Chapter 3
Erika's POV
It was august now. We had been off school for about 3 weeks now. Tonight was Kayla's party. We were going to go even though we hadn't been invited, 'cause that's now we roll. It was 4 o'clock now and the party was at 7 so Brittany was coming over at 5 to get ready. Right now, I was sitting in my living room watching the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I heard the door open and then close again and Harry came walking in.
"Wassup bro." I said to him, not turning away from the TV.
"Hey sis." He said, coming to sit next to me. Me and Harry had always been close. We tell each other most things. Not everything because some things are private, and Harry has a big mouth. I don't know what I would do without him.
We had been watching the TV for about an hour now and Brittany was going to be here any minute. The door bell rang.
"It's open." I shouted, knowing who it was. Brittany came walking in with two bags.
"Hey." She said, putting the bags down.
"Hey." Me and Harry said at the same time. We're good at that, and finishing off each other's sentences. I got up and hugged her.
"Right, we're going upstairs to get ready for tonight. What time are the boys coming over?" I asked Harry.
"5 to 7 I think." He replied.
"Ok then. Laters." We walked upstairs and into my room, Brittany struggling to carry her bags behind me.
I went and had a shower, leaving Brittany to get all her stuff ready. When I came out, she had a shower while I got what I was wearing ready. I decided on a dark purple on shoulder dress and had silver sequins at the top. It came to just above the knee. Brittany was wearing a dark blue dress with silver string tied around the neck that came to just above the knee.
Once we had got dressed, it was quarter to 6. I had decided to curl my hair so I got my curlers out.
"You want your hair curled to Brit?"
"Yeah, do you want me to do yours?" She asked me.
"Yeah, I can't do it all myself." Once the curlers had heated up I got to work curling her hair. That took about 20 minutes. She did my hair which took a bit longer as my hair was longer that hers. It took about half an hour. We had about 20 minutes until the boys were coming over. We did our make-up. We both went for the natural look. I put on mascara, eyeliner and some brown lip gloss as it went with my skin colour. Brittany put on mascara, eyeliner and nude pink lip gloss.
It was now 10 to 7 so we were putting everything away so there was no mess. The door bell rang and I heard Harry open it. I heard all the boys.
"Erika, Brittany, hurry up, the boys are here." I heard Harry shout up. We quickly go out shoes on. We both had silver heels. They made us a little bit taller. We got jackets and then walked out my bedroom and downstairs.
The boys were wearing jeans and shirts. They went for a more casual look, yet it still looked dressed up.
"Looking good girlies." Zayn smiled. We replied with a thank you.
"Right, shall we leave then?" Harry asked, opening the door. We all made our way out and down the road towards Kayla's house. She only lived about a 15 minute walk away. All the boys were messing about in front of us, jumping on each other and trying to trip each other up. Me and Brittany were behind talking about random things. As we got to Kayla's road, we could hear the music very faintly already. When we got outside her house, there were people outside that already looked drunk. The door was open so we just walked straight in.
Louis' POV
We had been at the party now for about 45 minutes. I was sitting in the kitchen with a beer in my hand. From where I was, I could see Erika. She looked really nice tonight. She was talking to one of the boys from our school. He was one of the popular people. He had an on-off relationship with Kayla. You could tell they were flirting with each other. They were sitting on the sofa, really close to each other. They had both been drinking, but he was very drunk and she wasn't. She had only had one drink and was on her second one. I was jealous. Why couldn't she been doing that with me? She got off the sofa and walked into the kitchen towards me.
"Hey Lou." She said happily.
"Hey." I said moodily. She didn't know I liked her and I wasn't going to tell her anytime soon so I really shouldn't be annoyed with her, but seeing her with someone else just really annoyed me.
"What's your problem?" She asked me.
"Nothing. I'm fine." I snapped.
"Why are you shouting at me? I haven't done anything." She shouted back.
"Why were you flirting with Nathan?" I asked with a raised voice. The music was still quite loud and people were really drunk so no-one was paying attention.
"What does it matter to you? It has nothing to do with you." She shouted. I know it didn't but she doesn't usually go for those types of guys.
"I never said it was but you were practically all over him." I shouted, getting even more annoyed.
"What are you saying? That I'm a slag. I am allowed to talk to people and have fun. It has nothing to do with you." She retorted.
"Well, if that's what you think then maybe I am." I shouted, and instantly regretted it. How would she ever like me now, after I said something like that?
"I don't believe you." She said, upset. She walked out of the kitchen and towards the door. I quickly got up and called her name, following her out. I caught up with her outside. I grabbed her arm and spun her around so she was facing me.
"Look Erika, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." I pleaded with her.
"No Louis. You made it clear that you did, just leave me alone. I don't want to see your face, I might punch it." She said, trying to pull her arm away but I tightened my grip so she couldn't, hoping I wasn't hurting her.
"Please. I'm sorry. I don't think that about you." By now, I had tears in my eyes. The girl I really like, maybe even loved, was angry at me and may never talk to me again.
"No Louis. You really hurt me." I loosened my grip and she pulled her arm away. She had tears rolling down her face and I just wanted to kiss her and hold her and tell her how sorry I am but she wouldn't listen to me. She wiped the tears away as she walked away. She walked towards the road, ready to cross it.
"Erika, please." I tried one more time. She was crossing the road and she stopped and turned around.
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE LOUIS!" She shouted. That was when I saw them. Bright lights coming from down the road. She hadn't seen them yet. She turned to carry on walking.
"ERIKA!" I shouted. She turned towards me but stopped when she saw the lights. She froze. That's when I heard her blood curdling scream and the loud thump as she hit the car. She rolled up the windscreen and over the roof and onto the floor with a loud thump. I was frozen in shock at what I had just witnessed. She was just lying there on her side, not moving. The car had stopped but no-one had come out from it. I ran over to her and knelt down beside her. I turned her towards me and lifted her head so it was resting in my lap.
"Erika. Erika, can you hear me? Please answer me." I was now fully crying. The car door opened and a woman got out. She looked pale and shocked.
"CALL AN AMBULANCE!" I shouted at her. She quickly got her phone out and called the ambulance.
"HARRY!" I shouted, hoping he would come out. A few people had witnessed her getting hit and now a lot of people were outside watching the scene in front of them. He eyes fluttered open.
"Louis." Her voice was so weak. I hoped that she would be fine and that the ambulance would hurry up.
Harry's POV
I was in the living room, talking to Niall. I saw Erika walk into the kitchen after talking to Nathan on the sofa. You could tell how drunk he was. I had had about 4 beers but I wasn't that drunk. About 5 minutes later, I saw Erika storm out of the kitchen, through the living room and out into the hall towards the front door. Then I saw Louis run out, calling her back.
"What do you thinks going on there?" Niall quizzed.
"No idea mate, but I think we should just leave them to it." I said, taking another sip of the beer I had in my hand. We carried on talking for a couple more minutes when there was a blood curdling scream that sounded too much like Erika for my liking. Then there was a loud bang and screeching tyres.
"What was that?" Niall said, also looking worried.
"That sounded like Erika." I said. The music stopped and people were going outside to see what had happened. It was quite quiet and then I heard Louis.
"HARRY!" he shouted from outside. I ran out of the living room and into the hall and through the front door. When I got out there, I pushed everyone aside and wished I hadn't. What I saw in front of me made me feel sick. Erika was lying in the middle of the road, Louis kneeling down beside her, a car stopped a few meters away and a woman on the phone. I saw her move slightly and her talking to Louis but she looked so weak. Then she just went limp.
"NO! No, no, no, no, no. Please. Erika, wake up." I heard Louis say. I just knew she was gone. I just about heard the sirens but my mind couldn't process anything. The ambulance stopped and got out a stretcher and wheeled it over to Erika. The police arrived too and were pulling Louis away from the scene. They lifted Erika onto the stretcher and wheeled her into the ambulance. I quickly ran over to the ambulance.
"I'm sorry but you have to stay back." One of the paramedics said to me.
"I'm her brother. I need to see her." I said, shaking, with tears falling down my face. The paramedic nodded and moved aside and I got into the ambulance. Just then, Louis ran over, tears streaming down his face.
"Can I come? I want to stay with her." He said. The paramedic looked at me for confirmation.
"Yes, let him come." I said. The paramedic let him in and then closed the ambulance doors. The paramedics weren't doing anything. They were just looking at her and writing things down on a piece of paper.
When we got to the hospital, she was rushed out. Me and Louis ran along behind. They took her into a room and we had to wait outside.
"This is all my fault." Louis said quietly, sliding down the wall and sitting on the floor.
"No its not. How is it your fault?" I asked, sitting down on the floor next to him.
"If I hadn't started arguing with her then she wouldn't have left. I was just jealous. She was flirting with Nathan and I just got jealous and I just snapped." She said, starting to cry again.
"Hey, it's not your fault. I would have been jealous to if the girl I liked was flirting with someone else." I reassured him.
"How are you so calm about this?" he questioned. The truth is, I'm not. On the outside, maybe, but inside I'm dying. I am never going to see her again and I can't cope with that. I have never been without her. The longest I have been with out her was a week and that was when I went and stayed at my Nan's, and I called her every night because I missed her. I was only 7 at the time so it is understandable. But now, I will never see her again and it's killing me. She is, was, my twin. We did everything together, and now we can't.
"I'm not. I'm never going to see her again. How am I going to live without her? We did everything together. How can I cope? What is my mum going to say? Does she even know? She's going to kill me. I should call her and let her–" I was cut off by Louis.
"Calm down. The receptionist is calling her. She wont kill you." He reassured me. I don't know what is going to happen now. The doctor walked out and we both stood up.
"I'm sorry." I broke down, I couldn't do it. I knew she was gone already but hearing it is harder. I just couldn't accept it. I couldn't believe it, I wouldn't believe it.
"The impact caused internal bleeding. She hit her head when she hit the ground, causing her to fracture her skull. There was nothing we could do." Louis punched the wall.
"This is all my fault." He said, crying.
"NO! NO SHE'S NOT GONE. YOU'RE LYING!" I shouted. Just then, my mum ran down the corridor. She saw the scene in front of her and broke down, knowing what had happened.
"My baby." She said. She came over to me and hugged me.
"You can go in and see her. One at a time." The doctor said sympathetically. My mum went in first, leaving me a Louis outside. While she was in there, Liam, Zayn, Niall and Brittany turned up. Louis and I tried to tell them what happened but broke down. They finally understood and Brittany and Niall also broke down. Liam was comforting Brittany, while crying himself, and Zayn was sitting on the floor with Niall crying. My mum walked out and I went in. She was pale. I started crying again and I walked over to her. I grabbed her hand. They had cleaned her up so there was no blood but she had cuts and bruises over her body.
"I'm so sorry sis. I should have stayed with you. There was so much we still had to do together. Go to college and Uni. You was going to become an Art or Music teacher, I was going to become a Sports teacher, Louis was going to become a Drama teacher, Niall was going to become a Cooking teacher, Brittany was going to become an English teacher, Zayn was going to become a Sports teacher and Liam was going to become a music teacher and we were all going to work in the same school. Always staying friends. You were going to get married and be happy and have kids a live a happy life. Why did you have to leave so soon? You're my baby sister. I can't live without you." I was now crying so much I couldn't speak anymore.
I spent about 5 minutes calming myself down. Once I had, I decided to let everyone else go in. I kissed her forehead and walked to the door. I put my hand on the handle and turned around.
"Sleep tight baby sis" I blew a kiss towards her and left the room. Next was Liam and then Zayn. They took about 5 minutes each, both coming out crying even more than when they went in. next was Brittany. She came out about 5 minutes later. She was crying and just went back over to Liam and collapsed into his arms. Niall was next. He was in there for about 8 minutes and when he came out, he went over to the wall and kicked it. he then slid down the wall and put his head in his hands, crying. Zayn went over to him and sat down next to him and put his arm around him. Last was Louis. You could see he didn't want to go in, in fear of what he might see.
Louis' POV
I walked over to the door and opened it slowly. I walked in and closed the door. I walked over to her and took her hand and collapsed.
"I'm so sorry Erika. I shouldn't have been jealous. I shouldn't have started shouting at you. This is all my fault. If I had just told you how I felt before all of this then it wouldn't have happened. I love you. I wish you were here so I could tell you that and you would tell me to stop being a soppy git. I will never forget you." I kissed her on the lips and then broke down. About 10 minutes later, I finally stopped crying and just looked at her. I kissed her forehead and walked to the door.
"Sleep tight babe. Wait for me." Then I walked out the door and just broke down. Harry came over and hugged me.
Anne said she would drop all of us home. It was quiet in the car. No-one would talk and the only sound you could hear was the passing cars and the sniffs of everyone. She dropped everyone off and then parked in her driveway. The three of us got out the car.
"I'm really sorry." I said as I hugged Anne. She said thank you and good bye and then went inside, leaving me and Harry outside.
"Listen mate, it isn't your fault. Stop blaming yourself." Harry said to me. I just smiled but could stop feeling like it was my fault.
"It's going to be weird tonight. With her not being there. I'm really going to miss her." He said.
"Yeah, me too. It's always going to be weird now." I said. We hugged and then went into our houses. When I got in, my mum was watching the TV and when she saw me she got really worried. I told her everything that happened and she just comforted me.
Eventually I went up to my room and went to bed. I got changed and then went over to my window. I went to close the curtains and expected to see Erika closing hers and waving at me, but I knew it wouldn't happen. I closed them and turned off the light. It took me ages to fall asleep because every time I shut my eyes, I saw Erika being hit by the car and heard her scream. When I did get to sleep, I dreamt that everything was back to the way it was and that nothing had happened. And I hoped that when I woke up that was how it would be. But it wasn't going to happen.
Hey guys. So here is Chapter 3. Reviews would be nice so I know what you guys think about this. xxx
