CHAPTER EIGHT
"It's Katie. Get a doctor! Hurry!" Eli shouted at Grace.
"Oh my god," Grace whispered, running down the empty hall to the nurses station.
Jessie remained frozen in her seat. "Code Blue room 305," a nurse relayed over the hospital loudspeaker. A group of doctors and nurses ran past Jessie, pulling crash carts behind them. "She's not breathing!" Dr. Michaels shouted from inside the cold tomb. She's not breathing, resonated throughout the vacant hall. Jessie's heart increased. She's not breathing... Jessie tried to find her breath as her body started to shake. This is shock, she thought, this is what it feels like. Eli placed his hands on Jessie, shaking her back to reality.
Jessie leapt from her seat and pushed her way into the room, fear washing over her. Doctors, nurses, and machinery surrounded Katie's bed, and Jessie was unable to see her love. Katie hates hospitals, Jessie thought as she watched the scene unfold. Katie was suddenly thrust into view as the nurses rushed a crash cart into the cramped room.
"BP's dropping! We need to shock her!" Dr. Michaels shouted at a nurse. "Charging to 200...Clear!"
Katie convulsed as the defibrillator shocked life into her lifeless body.
"Her stats are still dropping. Charging to 300...Clear!" Another jolt pushed its way into Katie's heart. Jessie watched the monitor, hoping for a miracle. Jessie's wish went unanswered as Dr. Michaels lowered his head and sighed. "Call it. Time of death..."
-FLASH-
"I choose you," Katie said, smiling at Jessie, causing the blonde's heart to grow at this declaration.
"What" Jessie asked, confusion filling her words.
Katie smiled, "I choose you over her."
Jessie frowned, "But I don't want anybody to choose anybody."
"I know you don't, but... I can't help it," Katie stated.
--
"What's so great about hiding who you are" Katie asked.
--
"Just throw the stupid letter away," Katie told the blonde, her heart shattering.
Jessie opened her eyes and searched inside her heart for an answer. "I can't," she said, pulling away from the taller girl and staring into her eyes. "I can't throw it away. I wanna keep it forever."
Leaning forward, Jessie's lips met Katie's and their mutual passion swarmed through their bodies.
--
"I just think that sometimes things happen between people that you don't really expect. And sometimes the things that are important are the ones that seem the weirdest or the most wrong. And those are the ones that change your life," Jessie told her mom, believing in her heart every word she was saying.
--
"I love you Jessie. I've known it since the moment I met you. We can be happy if you just let it happen. I'll wait for you...but I can't wait forever..."
--
"I love you Jessie..."
-FLASH-
"I love you too," Jessie stated, opening her eyes to Grace's confused face.
"What?" Grace asked, staring down at the panicked girl.
Jessie heart raced, "She's dead! Katie's dead."
"What are you talking about?" Grace asked, rubbing the girls shaking shoulders.
"Eli said to get a doctor and then they came and she...she..." Jessie's voice trailed off when she realized that Eli was smiling. "How can you smile Eli, Katie's dead!"
Eli smiled at his sister and took her hand, "No she's not...Katie's awake."
"It's Katie. Get a doctor! Hurry!" Eli shouted at Grace.
"Oh my god," Grace whispered, running down the empty hall to the nurses station.
Jessie remained frozen in her seat. "Code Blue room 305," a nurse relayed over the hospital loudspeaker. A group of doctors and nurses ran past Jessie, pulling crash carts behind them. "She's not breathing!" Dr. Michaels shouted from inside the cold tomb. She's not breathing, resonated throughout the vacant hall. Jessie's heart increased. She's not breathing... Jessie tried to find her breath as her body started to shake. This is shock, she thought, this is what it feels like. Eli placed his hands on Jessie, shaking her back to reality.
Jessie leapt from her seat and pushed her way into the room, fear washing over her. Doctors, nurses, and machinery surrounded Katie's bed, and Jessie was unable to see her love. Katie hates hospitals, Jessie thought as she watched the scene unfold. Katie was suddenly thrust into view as the nurses rushed a crash cart into the cramped room.
"BP's dropping! We need to shock her!" Dr. Michaels shouted at a nurse. "Charging to 200...Clear!"
Katie convulsed as the defibrillator shocked life into her lifeless body.
"Her stats are still dropping. Charging to 300...Clear!" Another jolt pushed its way into Katie's heart. Jessie watched the monitor, hoping for a miracle. Jessie's wish went unanswered as Dr. Michaels lowered his head and sighed. "Call it. Time of death..."
-FLASH-
"I choose you," Katie said, smiling at Jessie, causing the blonde's heart to grow at this declaration.
"What" Jessie asked, confusion filling her words.
Katie smiled, "I choose you over her."
Jessie frowned, "But I don't want anybody to choose anybody."
"I know you don't, but... I can't help it," Katie stated.
--
"What's so great about hiding who you are" Katie asked.
--
"Just throw the stupid letter away," Katie told the blonde, her heart shattering.
Jessie opened her eyes and searched inside her heart for an answer. "I can't," she said, pulling away from the taller girl and staring into her eyes. "I can't throw it away. I wanna keep it forever."
Leaning forward, Jessie's lips met Katie's and their mutual passion swarmed through their bodies.
--
"I just think that sometimes things happen between people that you don't really expect. And sometimes the things that are important are the ones that seem the weirdest or the most wrong. And those are the ones that change your life," Jessie told her mom, believing in her heart every word she was saying.
--
"I love you Jessie. I've known it since the moment I met you. We can be happy if you just let it happen. I'll wait for you...but I can't wait forever..."
--
"I love you Jessie..."
-FLASH-
"I love you too," Jessie stated, opening her eyes to Grace's confused face.
"What?" Grace asked, staring down at the panicked girl.
Jessie heart raced, "She's dead! Katie's dead."
"What are you talking about?" Grace asked, rubbing the girls shaking shoulders.
"Eli said to get a doctor and then they came and she...she..." Jessie's voice trailed off when she realized that Eli was smiling. "How can you smile Eli, Katie's dead!"
Eli smiled at his sister and took her hand, "No she's not...Katie's awake."