:2: Ah Promise You
She let go of Irene's hand and timidly edged closer to Cody's room. She was in the doorway when she saw his form lyin' so still.
Suddenly Remy woke from his nap on the med bed and was hit with an immense amount of pain, regret, despair, sorrow, self loathe, and helplessness. He almost fell unconscious before he could filter most of it out of him. He wondered if the boy in the coma had woken up but he sensed someone else in the room and peeked from behind the curtain of the other bed. The door clicked when it shut. He saw the back of a girl and she slowly turned around….
His breath caught in his throat when he saw a tiny young girl about thirteen or fourteen with long auburn hair with two white streaks as bangs that framed her heart shaped face. She looked very delicate as if by touching her she would wither away. Her skin was so pale and porcelain like. Her full lips were naturally deep red and they slightly quivered she held so much pain…he wanted to embrace her in a tight hug and hold her to tell her it was goin' to be okay whatever was making her hurt cause with his empathy and her pain so overwhelming it became his. He looked at her glassy eyes, two piercing emeralds shining with tears threatening to fall any second. He saw her reach up with a shaky hand to caress the boy's cheek but stopped just a breath away from his skin and pulled back like she was burned. He was contemplating on if he should interrupt her, ask her if she's okay, well…clearly she wasn't, or if he should let his presence be known to excuse himself out of the room but he decided against it to give her a moment undisturbed. Though he wouldn't want anyone there if he was in her position…but before he could reach a resolution he saw the tears fall. Then she spoke.
"Cody…."-it was barely above a whisper, her voice was glass…fragile..and full of sadness.
"A-a-ahm so sorry shugahh…Ah nevah meant ta, ta hurt yah…"-silence.
"Please….j-just be okay…huh…Ah made yah favorite cookies…"
"I-if/ when, WHEN. Ya wake up ah'll have em hea waitin' foh yah buh thay're not gon stay warm ifn' yall don't wake up shugah!" –she let out a suppressed sob that came out high pitched and she quickly took in a sharp breathe and exhaled shakily as she inched a little closer to him.
"Shugah memba when yall caught me singin' in the showah…ya told me not to stop and ya said ah had a beautiful voice…Ah was too shy and embarrassed to ever sing in front of ya again……... i-if I sang ta ya this once an yall don't wake up….ya just maght miss the only chance ta be the only person ta evah hear mea sang again…... memba that song yall dedicated to me that one night we danced under the stars with fireflies around us in the field? Ah'll sang ya that wun since ya liked it soo much…"
Slowly and with a shaky voice Marie started to sing…As Remy listened to her sweet voice sing full with emotion he closed his eyes…'Mon dieu…the most belle voice of a belle ange.' He thought to himself.
"Ah wanna hold the hand inside you…ah wanna take the breath that's true, ah look to you and ah see no pain, ah looked at you to see the truth. You live your lie you go in shadow, you'll come apart and you'll go blank…some kind of knight into the darkness, close your eyes to what's not there's. Faaade into you…straaange you never knew…faaaade into you…I think it's strange you nevah knew…the stranger life comes on slowly…the stranger's heart without a home…you put your hands to your head…and your smiles cover your heart. Faaade into you…straaange you nevah knew…faaaade into you. ah think it's straaange you never knew…ah think it's strange you nevah knew…ah think it's strange ya never knew shugah…"- she finished in a whisper.
Silence came after a few moments of waiting, wanting, expecting him to open his eyes magically, but he never did.
"Cody Banks….PLEASE…ahm so scared..tha doctors keep tellin' 'Rene that ya ain't gonnah make it….th-that thairs nothin' they can do…"-she sobbed.
"Ah told em ta shut thair traps!"-she chuckled but it ended in a strangled sob.
"prove em wrong Cody…c'mon yahr mah best friend…-sobs- mah ONLY friend I ever had…Ah…they… could have raped and killed me if it wasn't fa'you shugah…-sobs- yah stupid boy! Ya shoulda let em…c-cos ya wouldn't be the one dyin' ry now dammit it should be me!"-she yelled in anguish.
"it should be me shugah notcha –sobs- never you."-she whispered.
"ah've been nothing but happy tha day I met yah yanno…before you ah was empty and broken..-she inhaled deeply- ya have ta be okay Cody cos I don't know if I can go back to that, I don't want to, I cant, I –I wont….see ya have ta come back ta me because I'll be all alone again if ya don't….ah lost mah father and my mother..-sobs- gawd dammit CODY! I don't wanna lose ya! This is all my fault…" she grasped onto his bed frames and leaned over his body as she sobbed uncontrollably and gripped the frame so hard her knuckles turned white and the tears fell as she relented not pausing.
"if you go I'll never forgive myself, was this what I was born for… pain? To hurt? Don't be selfish Cody! Who will I make breakfast for? Who will I walk with to school? Who will I share lunch with? Who will sit with me under the shade of a tree in the middle of the prairie grass guessin at cloud shapes? W-whose face will I shove ice cream into! And make fun of mista dumas dumb-ass! Who will go swimming with me in tha Missisippi? Star gaze? Picnics? Slow dancin'? pissin' off Raven? Cookin good ol' southern cookin' fried chicken? Flour fights? Pillow fights? Sleep overs? Movies? Fishin'? whose house will I break Inta ta scare the jeebus outta!...-sobs-sobs-sobs-"
"w-who will stick up for me when they come again? Who will protect me? Who will wipe my tears away and hold me in the night when I have those nightmares and bad memories again? Who will tell me it's gonna be okay?...will ya just leave me here all by myself? Who will tell me I'm bein' silly and kick my ass when it needs kickn'? I'll letcha just this one time if ya would just pleeeease cooomme baack!" –she sobbed.
The steady beep flatlined BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
She started sobbing hysterically and pleading and saying everything she could in a frantic and desperate rant she gripped the sheets-
"Cody Banks don't you do this! PLEASE! Ahm so sorry so so sorry! I will never be sorry enough and I will never forgive myself for this! You mean so much ta me –sobs- please don't go! Don't leave don't leave me don't leave me! –sobs- I'll be all alone like before! -sobs- please forgive me oh Gawd! What have I done! I'm poison! I'm a murderer! –sobs- should be me! Should be me!"-she slid to the floor and coiled into a hugging crouching position rambling and rocking back and forth.
"no…no….no…no…"-she whispered.
"come back? Please? Please! I never meant to…I love you! Cody! I love you -sobs- I love you I love you I love you! Don't do this.."- she got up and shook him and pleaded.
"WAKE UP CODY! WAKE UPPP! DONTCHA DARE LEAVE ME Y'HEAR ME! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS IF YA DON'T WAKE UP! WAKE UP RYTE NOW! NO! please?"-she relented putting her lips to his forehead, nothing, no pull, he was cold…sooo cold… closing her eyes tight she just cried...and in a low voice made a vow.
"Ah will nevah hurt anyone again, this wont evah happen again Ah promise Cody…you will always be my best friend….-tears and tears and sobs- ya know ya were my first kiss right? Ya know…it's nahce havin atleast that…cos no one will ever touch me now..i will never ever feel again…-sobs- ah'll never know love…ah'll never feel again…good bye Cody…I will always love you...my friend...my only friend…." -sobs-
Remy sat on the other bed in the room hidden by the curtain he cried for this girl…as he heard every word..'so…overwhelmingly heart aching…'-he thought…'wish there was sometin' I could do for the fille…don' cry chere... shhhh everyt'ing be alright petite…shhhh'-he sent his comforting feelings to her.
He heard the door burst open and the voices of nurses and the doctor as they came in. They were all talking at once asking what happened and trying to revive him. But it was too late…
"He's gone. I'm sorry…."-the doctor sadly stated.
"NOOOO! NO!"-Rogue screamed as Raven was pulling the hysterical girl out of the room struggling and crying.
Remy peeked over and saw that they were prying her off of her friend as she sobbed hysterically. A woman with dark hair pulled the girl out into the hall and in her struggle Remy saw as she did her necklace snapped and it slid across the floor to the end of his foot. It was an emerald & silver necklace.
A/N: Next chapter Cody's friendship with Rogue, Remy's situation with Belle, and his pov.