Five years later, Sky is still thinking about Auggie, daily. Even during sex with other men. She screams his name instead of theirs. She's used probably all the men in her city. She's 23 and she turned to alcohol like her dad, except he was probably two times older than her. Auggie still visited his parents once every two months. He stayed for a week at a time. He was still with Miranda. Every single time.
Five years later, Auggie is still in love with Miranda. After college graduation, he proposed. They're scheduled to get married 4th of July. He's 24 and he's CEO of a company. He has millions of dollars in multiple banks. He visits his parents from New York once every two months. For that, he drove a regular run down car, not his fancy Ferrari. He is a family man, he rather be with Miranda than at work.
On May 19th, 2011 at 3:07 in the morning, Sky OD'd on Heroin. Her parents told Auggie's parents, who were still their neighbor. His parents called him at 3:10 AM. Auggie didn't think about Miranda at that exact second. He called his secretary to schedule his private jet to take off at 3:30. She questioned him why so early but she did as she was told anyway.
He jumped into some regular clothes and brought nothing but a tooth brush and his work computer. He made some noise which woke up Miranda. He was going to text her when he got there, but instead he could tell her now.
"What's going on, Auggie? Why are you in suck a rush?" Miranda was worried something terrible happened.
"An old friend is sick. I don't know when I'll be back, but it will be soon. I will call you when I land." He yelled running out the door. As soon as he closed the door, she called his secretary.
"Hello, Mr. Bertum's office."
"This is Miranda. What happened with Auggie?"
"He called at 3:10 this morning to schedule a flight."
"To where? What exactly happened?"
"He told me that an old friend named Skylar Madison OD'd and he's going to stay with her until she gets better. You won't be seeing him for a week or two, OD'ing takes some time to get better."
"Skylar Madison!? You do know they used to date?"
"I was not aware of this detail, no wonder he wanted to go so early."
Miranda got so frustrated she threw the phone across the room. They were getting married soon and he was going to be with an ex?! Not just any ex either, Skylar Madison!
Auggie jumped into his red Ferrari and zoomed to the airport. He felt horrible, it was entirely his fault. He could've at least talked to her so she didn't go crazy and try to kill herself.
When he got to the airport ran to his plane and ordered him to take off immediately. As soon as they were in the air, she started crying. He knew he could've handled it better so she wouldn't do this. The whole trip, all he was thinking about was what he could've said differently.
He landed in his hometown in Nebraska by 6:37 AM. He got his limo to take him to a car rental place so he wasn't noticed as some big rich man. He got the same one he usually got when he visited his parents. He drove himself 17 miles to the hospital she was being held in. He parked his car and ran inside.
He demanded to be let in to see her but they said family only. He didn't want to use his CEO power to get in so he told the receptionist he was her boyfriend. She still didn't let him in. Auggie desperately wanted to see Sky. He remembered his engagement ring for Miranda and said she was his wife. The pressed the button under the counter that let him in,
Sky's parents weren't the least bit surprised to see him come in. They decided Auggie and Sky needed some alone time, so they left the room and went to the waiting room, very quietly, so it wouldn't wake Sky up.
Auggie sat next to Sky's bed waiting for her to wake up. When she didn't wake up soon, he fell asleep. He fell asleep laying his head on the bedside and his hand holding hers. He wanted to be the first person he saw when she woke up from the coma.
The doctors didn't think she'd wake up for a couple of days, but Auggie didn't care. He never left her side. When the nurse came in the put food in Sky's feeding tube, she usually brought a plate from the cafeteria for Auggie.
He was waiting for Miranda to call him, since she didn't pick up when he landed. Since she didn't call after three days, he called her again. This is the first time he left Sky's side since he'd been there. If she woke up while he was talking to Miranda, he'd feel horrible.
"Miranda?"
"What do you want August?" Miranda sounded real mad. She had every right to be as mad as she wanted, Auggie did a really bad thing.
"I'm sorry Mandy. She did this because of me. I don't want her to die because of me" Auggie tried to explain to Miranda the best he could so she would understand
"Auggie, do you love her?"
"No, Miranda, I love you. I just don't want another human being dying because of me, alright?" He was making sense, it wouldn't feel any good to know someone was killed or killed themselves because of you.
"Alright, but hurry home, alright?" Miranda knew if he stayed too long, they'd have to postpone the wedding.
After getting off the phone with Miranda, he hurried into Sky's room to see if she woke up yet. Nope. She was still unconscious. He sat back down next to her hospital bed again. The chairs are extremely comfortable, so he fell asleep once again.
He got awoken by the sounds of a heart monitor flat lining. He didn't know what was happening so he called for a nurse to come help. About five people came rushing in, doctors and nurses. They got started doing CPR, and yelling a bunch of doctor terms that Auggie doesn't understand.
One of the nurses began pushing Auggie out of the room. Of course Auggie didn't want to leave, but he had no clue what was going on, so he allowed them to push him out. When he got out of the room, he sat down in one of the comfy chairs right outside her room.
A few minutes went by and he started having a panic attack. He hyperventilated so much he blacked out. When he woke up he was in a hospital room of his own. The nurse in his room told him it was normal to pass out when something traumatic happens to someone you love. He asked about Sky, and they told him everything was fine, but she was still in a coma.
He jumped out of his hospital bed and ran to Sky's room. He immediately leaned over her kissed her. When he got no kiss back, he remembered she was in a coma. He was thanking God that she was still alive, and he didn't let her die. He sat down in his chair that he claimed to be officially his because he was there so much. He grabbed Sky's hand, so when she woke up, he could feel her move.
