Part 8
"SAM!" Dave dashed forward and lay down flat on his front he stretched out and grabbed Sam's wrist.
"Don't let me fall.please.please Dave.please." Sam's eyes were full of fear, the screams bellow them erupted as Sam's father hit the hard concrete below.
"It's ok I've got you. I won't let you fall.Sam don't look down.look at me.at me"
Dave desperately tried to pull Sam up but his hands were slippy from the sweat and damp air, Sam was wearing a t-shirt so Dave had nothing to grab hold off. Frantically pulling at Sam's arm he himself was struggling to hold on to the ledge.
"Dave.please.I don't want to die.pull me up.please.Dave" Sam was now begging.
Dave was now holding on to the strap of Sam's watch he knew he couldn't hold on much longer, everything began to blur as the watch strap broke sending same backwards at a high-speed.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Dave screamed in terror as he watched Sam's body fall in slow motion to the ground.
There was a sickening crack as Sam's skull impacted with the ground.
"No" Dave repeated quietly to himself.
All the things he had promised Sam came flooding back;
'I can help',
'I can make it better',
'I can make it go away',
'I won't let him hurt you',
'I won't let you fall'.
He had broke all of those promises, he had failed that little boy, the boy who had put all his faith and trust in him.
He rolled over and looked to the sky the image of Sam's lifeless bloody body still imprinted on his mind.
He couldn't move, he was freezing and began to shake but not from the cold.
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"Dave.Dave come on let's get out of the cold." Carter was shaking his shoulders gently.
Dave stared into Carters eyes blankly he wanted to scream "Out of the cold...OUT OF THE COLD.he's dead I killed him and you want to take me out of the cold!"
"I killed him" Dave mumbled as the shaking increased.
"What? No you didn't you did everything you could to save him. Dave look at me.look at me this was not your fault" Carter was beginning to worry the blanket he had wrapped around Dave hadn't stopped him from shaking.
"Come on lets go inside" he pulled Dave up round the waist but his back cried out; Dave couldn't support himself and neither could he.
Then he remembered that Mark had come with him to retrieve Dave but John had asked him to wait inside hoping to comfort Dave first.
"Mark.Mark can you give us a hand." Mark popped his head round the door and shuffled over to catch Dave at the elbow taking the weight off Carter's back.
"It's going to be alright Dave we're all here for you we're going to help you through this."
The three of them walked silently back inside and made their way back down to the E.R
"SAM!" Dave dashed forward and lay down flat on his front he stretched out and grabbed Sam's wrist.
"Don't let me fall.please.please Dave.please." Sam's eyes were full of fear, the screams bellow them erupted as Sam's father hit the hard concrete below.
"It's ok I've got you. I won't let you fall.Sam don't look down.look at me.at me"
Dave desperately tried to pull Sam up but his hands were slippy from the sweat and damp air, Sam was wearing a t-shirt so Dave had nothing to grab hold off. Frantically pulling at Sam's arm he himself was struggling to hold on to the ledge.
"Dave.please.I don't want to die.pull me up.please.Dave" Sam was now begging.
Dave was now holding on to the strap of Sam's watch he knew he couldn't hold on much longer, everything began to blur as the watch strap broke sending same backwards at a high-speed.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Dave screamed in terror as he watched Sam's body fall in slow motion to the ground.
There was a sickening crack as Sam's skull impacted with the ground.
"No" Dave repeated quietly to himself.
All the things he had promised Sam came flooding back;
'I can help',
'I can make it better',
'I can make it go away',
'I won't let him hurt you',
'I won't let you fall'.
He had broke all of those promises, he had failed that little boy, the boy who had put all his faith and trust in him.
He rolled over and looked to the sky the image of Sam's lifeless bloody body still imprinted on his mind.
He couldn't move, he was freezing and began to shake but not from the cold.
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"Dave.Dave come on let's get out of the cold." Carter was shaking his shoulders gently.
Dave stared into Carters eyes blankly he wanted to scream "Out of the cold...OUT OF THE COLD.he's dead I killed him and you want to take me out of the cold!"
"I killed him" Dave mumbled as the shaking increased.
"What? No you didn't you did everything you could to save him. Dave look at me.look at me this was not your fault" Carter was beginning to worry the blanket he had wrapped around Dave hadn't stopped him from shaking.
"Come on lets go inside" he pulled Dave up round the waist but his back cried out; Dave couldn't support himself and neither could he.
Then he remembered that Mark had come with him to retrieve Dave but John had asked him to wait inside hoping to comfort Dave first.
"Mark.Mark can you give us a hand." Mark popped his head round the door and shuffled over to catch Dave at the elbow taking the weight off Carter's back.
"It's going to be alright Dave we're all here for you we're going to help you through this."
The three of them walked silently back inside and made their way back down to the E.R