Chapter Thirteen
Haunting
Two weeks later Vanessa was driving to the hospital to take Zac home. She walked down to the room and waved to Patty when she saw her in a patient's room. Zac was sitting on his bed talking on his phone when Vanessa came in.
"Vanessa's here so I'll talk to you later, Corbin. We can go to that place we were talking about." Said Zac "Alright bye." He hung up and smiled at Vanessa.
"Ready to go?" Vanessa asked
"Yup." Said Zac as he walked over to Vanessa
They walked hand in hand as they walked down the hallway.
"Bye lovebirds." Said Patty from the front desk
"Bye Patty." They said at the same time as they walked out of the hospital through the revolving doors.
Vanessa was glad to be leaving the hospital she spent almost two months in. That hospital was filled with bad memories she wanted to forget and she was happy to leave the reminders behind. Vanessa drove Zac home and walked him in his apartment.
"Do you want me to pick something up to eat?" Asked Vanessa
"If you want to." Said Zac who was sitting on his couch
"What do you want?" Vanessa asked
"Anything."
"Alright I'll be back in twenty minutes if you need me call."
"I'll be here." Said Zac as he put his feet up on his coffee table
"Are you sure you're going to be okay by yourself?" Vanessa asked before she opened the front door.
"Vanessa, stop worrying. I'll be fine." Said Zac with a laugh
"Okay…" Said Vanessa as she closed the door behind her.
Zac turned the TV on, sunk into his couch, and sighed. Vanessa came back through the door. She walked over to Zac and gave him a kiss. Then she walked back to the door.
"Remember; call me if you need anything." Said Vanessa as she closed the door
Zac smiled to himself. Vanessa came back in exactly twenty minutes. They ate and then watched a movie. Vanessa fell asleep and Zac moved her feet from the coffee table to the couch. He sat on the other couch and continued watching the movie.
Vanessa drifted into a deep sleep. The accident started to play in her head again. She didn't expect it and this time it was even louder. When she saw the headlights of the car she gasped.
"Zac watch out." She yelled. Her heart was pounding. Hot tears poured from her eyes and she sat up quickly.
"Vanessa, are you okay?" Zac asked as he rushed over to her and sat down.
"No." She said as she fell into his arms and cried harder.
"What's wrong?" He asked
Vanessa sat up and looked at Zac.
"Almost every time I fall asleep I see the accident. I saw a lot more and it's haunting me." Said Vanessa as a few more tears rolled down her cheek.
Zac wiped away the falling tears.
"It's over now." Said Zac with a comforting smile
"You don't understand." Said Vanessa as she shook her head. "I saw your hand just drop. It was like you died and I couldn't do anything about it. It was loud and it went so fast. I can't lose you Zac." Vanessa said as she started crying again.
"You won't lose me. Remember I promised." Said Zac as he held Vanessa closer
Vanessa nodded but still she was scared about what could happen in the future.
Only one chapter left! You'll hate me though. ; )
Much love,
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