Chapter 5
"Whit?" Lisa asked concern in her eyes.
"I need your car, my sister's in the hospital."
"Ok go, I will cover for you." She said starting towards the bathroom door. I swung it open and walked toward the table.
"Thanks for everything tonight, but I have to go." I explained to Gabe as I slipped off his jacket and handed it to him. He nodded; disappointment, understanding and a hint of something else filled his eyes. I didn't take time to focus on what it meant; I was only focused on getting to my sister. Lisa tossed me her keys and I bolted out the door to her car. Once I had gotten into the car and started it, I raced towards the hospital where my family waited.
Time seemed to slow as I raced through traffic to get there. I finally arrived and parked the car in the first spot that I saw. Anxious to get to my sister, I took off running toward the entrance. When I entered the building, my mom was waiting for me. Her eyes were blood shot and her face was red. She spun around on her heel and led me toward the elevator. It slowly opened its doors and even slower creped up the shaft passing the floors. When it finally reached the 8th floor, my mom and I sprang through the doors. She led me down a hall and turned right. The 3rd door on the right was crowded by my dad and brother. Wordlessly, I went through the doors.
"Sis?" a familiar voice called.
"Avery, I'm here babe."
"Whit, come sit with me." I pushed past the curtain and was shocked at what I faced. My normally tan adorable 19 year old sister with her spiked blonde hair was feeble-looking and pale, half of her head was wrapped up in a bandage, and she had a dozen wires hooked up to her.
"Whit, listen to me; I'm not going to make it. I have already seen grandma. My life's over, but I need you to promise me a few things.
"Sis, you can't die. You are only 19." I said tears rolling again.
"Whitney, stop, I'm going to die. That's that, you are going to go on and live an amazing life. But you need to promise me something."
"What?" I replied shakily.
"Promise me that you will stay strong around mom, if you can. Also promise me that you will try to hold on to Gabe, he is your other half. I know it's stupid, but you need to understand."
"How do you know about Gabe?" I asked confused.
"I have seen it; you need to promise me I don't have much time."
"Ok, I promise, I love you sis, don't go…"
"I love you t-." she choked out before her heart monitor went crazy and her blue eyes rolled back into her head. Before I could realize what was going on, doctors were rushing in and pushing me out of the way as they began to perform CPR. After a few minutes they stopped.
"Time of death, 5:45 p.m." one of them declared as my mom busted through the door screaming.