I still couldn't believe what had happened as I sat next to the unconscious Chloe. The doctor said she needed some rest after such a shock.
Not long after Chloe passed out, a nurse came up to me and said that Jamie was awake. She asked if I wanted to see her. Of course, I didn't think twice, but as soon as I stood in front of the room that Jamie was in, I wasn't so sure if I should go in.

I didn't know what I was supposed to say to her. How could I tell her that both of her parents died?
I'd never told anyone such horrible news. 'Should I go in there or wait until Chloe wakes up?' I asked myself.
I didn't think I was the right person to tell Jamie about Anne and John, but I couldn't leave her in there alone.

"Beca", I heard someone call me.

It was my mom. She approached me with tears in her eyes and hugged me. In that moment, I couldn't stop the tears myself.
"I heard what happened", she said, her voice cracking halfway through the sentence.

In this four years since Chloe and I got together, my mom and Chloe's family also got very close. We ate dinner together at least once every week, we went on vacation and spent holidays together; we became a real family, and that's why my mom was the emergency number for them.

"Mom, I can't believe they're gone", I said crying into her shoulder, "What are we gonna do? What is Chloe gonna do?"

She didn't answer me, she just held me and kissed my shoulder.

When we let go of each other, she looked into my eyes and said: "Everything is gonna be alright. This will be a really hard time for all of us, especially for Chloe and Jamie. That's why we have to stay strong, and help them. It'll take some time until everything will go back to normal-"

"Nothing is going to be normal again, mom", I interrupted her.

"I know, Beca. But we have to stay strong. Jamie and Chloe have only us left here, and we have to help them through this, okay?"
I nodded, looking at the ground.

"Where is Chloe?", she asked.
I started to cry again.

"She passed out after we saw Anne die."
My mom took me into her arms again.

"Is Jamie alright?", my mom asked.

"The doctor said she's fine, and she's awake now. I didn't know if I should see her alone though. She'll ask what happened and I don't know if I can tell her."

"Okay, we're going to go see if Chloe is awake and then we'll go to see Jamie. In which room is Chloe?"

I showed her the way and she put an arm around me as we went there.
Just as we were about to go into the room, a nurse came out and said that Chloe had woken up.

I was scared to go inside and see her cry again, but as we walked in, she just sat on the bed and stared at the ground; not even moving and inch when she heard us. Chloe was always such a happy and bubbly person, but now she just looked like an empty shell of herself.

"Chloe?", I said, but she didn't react. She was still in shock.
I got closer to her and sat next to her on the bed.

"Chloe? Jamie is awake, do you want to see her?", I asked.

"What am I going to say to her?", she questioned not looking at me.

"My mom and I will be by your side. We'll help you."

She didn't say anything, but stood up instead.

"Where is she?", she asked standing by the door.

"A couple of rooms down the hall", I answered and took her by the hand.

The three of us walked into Jamie's room and immediately heard Jamie call Chloe's name.
Chloe's face changed in that moment, she was relieved that her sister was fine. She rushed to Jamie's bed and they hugged.

"Chloe what happened? The doctor said I should wait until you're here. Where are mom and dad?", Jamie said.
Chloe had tears in her eyes.

"You were in a car accident, Jamie."

"The only thing I can remember is that I was sitting in the backseat reading my book, and suddenly mom screamed. But after that, everything went black", Jamie said.
I saw that it was hard for Chloe to say it out loud. I walked closer and stood next to her. She couldn't hold back her tears, and it was very difficult for me too.

"What's going on? Where are mom and dad?", Jamie asked again.
I touched Chloe's back to show her that I was with her.

She took Jamie's hands into hers and said: "Mom and dad died, Jamie."

"What? No, no, no, it's not true", she said getting louder and louder, "You're lying!"

"I'm sorry", Chloe said to her crying, "The doctors couldn't do anything."

I had never seen Jamie cry before. It's not that she never did, but Chloe was always the one to comfort her sister. The moment I saw the little girl cry, although she wasn't that little anymore, my heart broke even more.
None of them deserved something like that.
Chloe hugged Jamie again, and didn't let go. They cried so hard, and I couldn't watch them in that state. It hurt me so bad. I knew how it felt like to lose a parent. I've kind of lost three myself.

My mom approached me and told me that maybe we should leave them alone for a moment, but I didn't want to go. I didn't want to leave them alone. Like my mom said, we should be there for them.
I sat next to the both sisters, still touching Chloe's back so she'd know I was still there.
After a while, their cries got quiet, but they still held onto each other.
My mom went outside, because she wanted to talk to the doctor.

"Everything is going to be alright. We'll make it through, okay?", Chloe said to Jamie and wiped the tears of Jamie's face. Jamie nodded while more tears ran down her face.

I went to sit next to Jamie on the other side and put my arm around her.
"And you won't have to go through this alone", I told her, and she hugged me back.

In that moment, my mom came back, and also sat down on the bed.
"We're here for you. We're your family and we won't leave you alone", my mom said.

After a couple of minutes, Chloe and Jamie were lying on the bed, drifting off to sleep while my mom and I sat on the chairs next to the bed.
"They're two strong girls. They'll make it through", my mom whispered to me.

"I hope so", I said.

I knew it wouldn't be easy. I didn't know what would happen next. Would Chloe go back to school? What would happen with Jamie? Would everything really go back to normal?
The only thing I was sure about was that I definitely wouldn't leave them.

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