No one's POV
"It's Harry, we think he's dying" he mutters. Evie looks down at Dizzy trying to hide her tears at the news and starts to kiss Dizzy's head again to try and calm down the young girl in her arms. Mal however, get's angry. Mal has never been able to show sadness and instead shows it as anger, so Mal shock her head and stepped out of Ben's arms.
"No,this i a joke. Ben tell me its a joke" she says sternly but when Ben shakes his head no, she breaks down. She starts crying more and more so Ben pulls her into a hug, but she starts punching his chest in anger and upset however Ben doesn't let go of her instead he holds onto her tighter and kisses the top of her head as her punches become less frequent and she places her head on his chest crying into him as he holds her.
"I'm so sorry Mal" Ben whsipers and he feels a pair of arms wrap around his and Mal's legs. Mal moves away slightly and looks down to see a crying Dizzy hugging both of their legs tightly. Mal chuckles as she bends down and picks up Dizzy, who immediately wrapped her arms around the purple haired girls neck.
"He's not going to die right ?" Dizzy mutters from Mal's neck and Mal looks up at Ben with tears gathering in her eyes once more at the little girls question. Evie gets up and stands next to Ben as she looks at Mal, silently asking her best friend to take this one.
"No, he is not" Mal finally says
"Now can you be sure ?" Dizzy asks, raising her head to look Mal in her green eyes that were covered with tears which made Dizzy even more upset.
"Because Harry is strong right" Mal asked and Dizzy nodded "so he will get better and the first thing he will do is run around the rose garden with you playing tag " Mal said tickling Dizzy's stomach, making the young girl laugh which in toe made everyone else smile
"Can I go see him ?" Dizzy questioned. Mal placed her hand on the back of the girls head, making the young girl rest her chin on the teen's shoulder, Mal looked at the other two and they nodded their heads at her.
"Of course, now come on and lets go" Mal said as she went to put down Dizzy but the little girl just kept her arms around Mal's neck "Dizzy, come on" Mal said
"Please Mal, I don't want to go out there alone" Dizzy said, gesturing towards the hallway that started to be filled with busy students.
"Mal, please my arms are still tired " Evie says
"Fine, but only this once" Mal said moving Dizzy so the young girl was on her hip with her legs wrapped around the teenagers middle.
Ben offered many times to carry Dizzy when they were walking down the corridor towards the boys dorm room, but Mal declined each time but as the group came towards the open door of the boys dorm room, Ben and Evie noticed that Mal slowed down almost coming into a complete stop in the hallway.
"I don't think I can do it" Mal muttered as Evie walked up to her best friend
"Mal, if you walk in that room then you may be able to save him and if you can't then you will be able to tell him that you love him and goodbye but if you don't you will always regret it " Evie tells her best friend
"What happens if he has already " Mal couldn't finish her sentence without a few tears escape her eyes but Dizzy whipped away some of Mal's tears with her finger
"Mal can you come in with me ?" Dizzy asked as she placed the right side of her face on Mal's shoulders so she could look up at the teen. Mal smiled down at the young girl.
"Okay " Mal confirmed taking a deep breath and walking forward so she stood in the doorway of the dorm room. The sight that greeted the teen almost break her, Uma was knelt on the floor next to Jay's bed as Harry lay on it, holding a crying Uma's hand in his own. Carlos, Gil and Jay were stood at the end of the bed, looking at their dying friend with sad expressions but they weren't crying because they both knew that crying meant giving up. Dizzy looked up from Mal's shoulder and gasped making Harry turn his head and look at her, he smiled at the young girl and did a small wave making Mal smile as the tears started to come more from her eyes.
"she wanted to see you" Mal said through tears and Harry smiled gesturing for Dizzy to come over. Mal placed Dizzy on the floor and placed her hand on the girls back, gently guiding the young girl over to Harry.
"hello lass" Harry said, his once thick Scottish was now weak and sounded sleepily.
"Hi, Harry" Dizzy said as Ben and Evie walked inside the room to stand beside Jay, Gil and Carlos "your going to be okay, right ?" she asked fear ringing through her voice.
"Diz, I will be fine" he said as he looked up at Mal, who had her hands resting on Dizzy's shoulders. Mal smiled at Harry through tears and he smiled back
"Hi ya" he said weakly
"Hi, Harry. I'm so sorry for this" Mal said as she moved and sat on the bed, with Dizzy on her lap as the young girl cried into Mal's chest silently.
"No, its okay" he said back
"Harry, please don't go. Your my brother, I need you. Who will calm me down when I have to do exams ? You were going to be the first person I told if I went to collage, what happens after school ? You can't leave me" Mal said through tears and Harry lifts his hand up and wiped away one of her tears and smiled leaving his hand on her check for a moment.
"You have Uma,Gil , Evie, Jay, Carlos, Ben and Dizzy" he explained causing Uma to look up at him from the mention of her name
"But what about the important things. We had it all planned out as kids, you and me partners in crime and then when we fell in love, you were going to walk me down the isle, you were going to be the first one to hold my child, you were going to marry Uma and have two children, one boy and one girl" Mal said laughing slightly at the memories.
"Holly for a girl and Ulfred for a boy" he said smiling at the memories
"see, and mine and your kids would be best friend and have sleep overs almost every night. They would sword fight and use magic and me and Uma would watch as you ran around the garden playing tag with them" Mal said looking over to Uma to see her smile
"yea" he mutters sadly
"Please Harry, I can't lose you. Your my best friend, always there for me and Uma. We can't lose you" Mal says reaching over and taking Uma's hand in mine and giving it a slight squeeze.
"please Harry" Uma begs wiping away her tears with her other hand that Mal wasn't holding
"I'm sorry love" Harry says to Uma who was crying more and more. Dizzy moved off of Mals lap and walked over to Uma who down at the young girl
"Evie said that a hug always helps" Dizzy says extending her arms to Uma. Uma smiles and picks Dizzy up and places the young girl on her lap, wrapping her arms around her waist as Uma kissed the top of Dizzy's head. Dizzy smiled as Uma wrapped her arms around the young girl and placed her chin on the young girls head.
"Dizzy" Harry says, causing both the girls to look at him "look after Uma, okay" Harry said holding out his pinkie and Dizzy wrapped her hand around it and nodded
"Okay, but promise me one thing " Dizzy said and Harry nodded
"anything" he said simply
"That I get to be a flower girl at you and Uma's wedding. And that Mal is the maid of honour and Evie is a bridesmaid" Dizzy said with a sad smile on her lips
"Of course but then promise me something" he said. He gestured for her to come closer so Dizzy jumped off of Uma's lap and sat in the bed next to Harry.
"Do you see that purple haired and blue haired girl ?" Harry asked pointing to Evie and Mal
"yea" Dizzy said as Harry looked back at a confused Dizzy.
"I want you to look after Evie because from what Mal has told me, she will be your mum right ?" Harry asked and Dizzy looked up at a smiling Evie and nodded
"yea, she is my mum" Dizzy confirmed
"so, you look after her and I want you to look after Mal because she is now your aunt. Okay?" he asked again and Dizzy looked up at Mal and smiled
"Yea, your all my family " Dizzy said and Harry smiled
"Now, this" he said leaning forward and taking off a gold necklace that had a hook dangling at the end of it "was my big sisters and she told me to give it to someone who I love, and because I love you like you were my own sister, you can have it" Harry said handing Dizzy the necklace. Uma smiled and stood up before sitting behind Dizzy and taking the necklace out of the girls hands to then place it around her neck and do it up.
"perfect" Harry said as Dizzy placed her hand on the little hook.
"I never want you to forget where you come from okay, it makes you you and no one can ever take that away from you" Harry said and Dizzy smiled before wrapping her arms around Harry's neck and pulling him into a hug
"please don't leave " Dizzy muttered
"I have to but I will always love you okay" Harry reassures the young girl
"Harry, don't give up" Evie said from the end of the bed "Who will I make suits for or complain to when Mal is being difficult ?" Evie said causing a small laugh from the pirate
"And who will I train with in R.O.A.R practice ?" Jay said
"Who will help me in school ?" Gil asked his best friend
"who will I ask for help in P.E ?" Carlos asked
"who will I ask about the Isle's docks ?" Ben asked
"who will help me plan for the future ?" Mal asked as Ben walked around the bed and placed his hands on Mal's shoulders with one of Mal's hands resting on his.
"who will teach me about boys and how to fight ?" Dizzy asked causing Harry to laugh
"You aren't getting a boyfriend" he told the young girl
"Who's going to teach me to love ?" Uma muttered from where she was on the bed. "I love you Harry, I always have. Please don't leave me alone in this world, I've been alone and I never want that again" Uma pleads as tears escape her eyes
"I love you too and I will never leave you, I will always look down on you from the stars " Harry says reaching over and wiping away one of Uma's tears
"It won't be the same, you will I kiss when I need to feel better, hug when I feel alone, hold hands with when I'm scared or even talk to when i'm angry" Uma cries.
"Uma, I love you so so much but we both know that you don't live forever" Harry reminded her and she looked away from him so everyone couldn't see her cry
"We are 17, me and you should be going on a long walk on the beach right now instead of me sat here watching the love of my life die " Uma says
"Uma, I love you " Harry said and Uma broke. Tears started to overwhelm her as she stood up and wiped away as many as she could before looking back at the group of teens who all had worried and sad faces on them.
"I c-c-can't do this " Uma stutters as she runs out of the room but as soon as she passes the doorway she starts to slow down and places a hand on the wall to steady herself as she uses the other one to cover her mouth. Back in the room, everyone looks at each other confused until Harry tries to sit up and leave his bed
"Oh no you don't" Mal warns as she gently pulls him back onto the bed.
"someone has to go" he said trying to get up again but yet again Mal stops him
"I'll go" Mal said and looks at Dizzy who smiles at the teen silently asking if she can go as well. Mal signs and kneels in front of Dizzy who was still sat on the bed
"Dizzy, I need you to be a big girl and look after Evie" Mal said as she looked over Dizzy's shoulder to see Evie facing the bay window with a hand covering her mouth trying to be as unnoticed as humanly possible. Dizzy turns around and see's Evie crying and nods
"Okay, aunt " Dizzy said
"Thank you" Mal said as she kissed the girls forehead and walks towards the door but stops when she heard Dizzy's small voice
"mommy" she said in a small voice. Mal didn't need to turn around to know that Evie smiled at what Dizzy called her but Mal smiled at Evie's response
"Yea baby-girl " Evie confirmed
I know this is a short chapter but I thought that it was a really sweet ending and I really liked it so i went for it. I know that some of you are going to be upset about the whole Harry dying but I have a plan that fingers-crossed you will like. I haven't proof read this so any problems e.g spelling, tell me in the comments and I will remember for next time.
I know that some people really wanted to know how Dizzy and Evie's story was going to carry on from previous chapters and I have a plan like i said but if you want me to include Jane and Carlos (they will come up in future chapters, I think) or Jay and Lonnie then please tell me in the comments because I do read them. Not a lot of Bal (Ben and Mal) moments in this but just like for Jane and Carlos, I will add more Bal moments but this one was many about Uma and Harry and this is one of the big chapters because all though it is a short one, Uma will look back on it for the rest of this book and make decisions based on the events.
Anyway, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. :)
