Fighting for Survival

By Samantha Tragedy

Chapter 7 Goodbye

A/N I tried something different in this chapter. Not only is it a song fic. It's a very different style of writing I tried. This is a dramatic chapter. And if you listen to Say Goodnight not Goodbye while you read it will make it so much better.

Contest!- If you can tell me the series this song is from I'll dedicate the next chapter to you. Hint: This song was played during the couple meant to be together's first kiss.

Say Goodnight. Not Goodbye. You will never leave my heart behind.

Ryan woke up with so much pain in his head, he wished he had never woke up. He opened his eyes as slow as he could. Ow. He snapped them back shut. That hurt way too much. Five minutes later he was finally able to show the world his baby blues.

Like the path of a star, I'll be anywhere you are

Then he sat up. That took even longer than opening his eyes. Damn it! He groaned in pain. Now that he was sitting up he looked around and realized with more than a little horror that he had no idea where he was. Shit. This is bad.

In the spark that lies beneath the cove, in the secret place inside your soul.

He looked to his left and saw a lot of blood and felt faint. No way is that mine. But it was. He looked up when he heard a voice. Some people were running towards him. They were shouting. But what were they saying? They were defiantly saying something. He could see their mouths moving. He felt his head pounding. He felt himself fall slowly backward.

Keep my life in your eyes. Say goodnight, not goodbye.

And he didn't see it. But the people running towards him did. They saw him as he fell back and ran faster to try to stop it. But they weren't fast enough. His head hit the sidewalk. For the second time. But they didn't know that.

Don't you fear, when you dream, waking up is never what it seems.

All they saw was the kid they had seen on TV, blood all around him. Pale as ghost. This kid must have lost a lot of blood. "Call an Ambulance!" someone shouted. So they did. But as they knelt on the ground, looking at the teen, lying in so much blood, they thought.

Like a jewel ,very deep. Like a promise meant to keep.

He is so young.

I wonder what happened to him.

There isn't a chance in hell he'll live.

Too bad. He looked like he could have been cute.

Stupid kids! Always thinking their immortal!

He looks so sad.

Someone must have cared a lot about him to put his picture all over the news like that.

That poor family. Now someone will have to tell them their son is dead.

The media is going to love the ending of this story.

Serves the idiot right! A Newport kid in Chino! Should have known better.

Why did he even come back? Theresa is gone now. Their wasn't anything left for him. Now there isn't much left to him

You are everything you outta to be. So just let your heart reach out to me.

When the ambulance arrived and took the kid away, the five friends walked away. No one, not even the one who actually knew Ryan, noticed his cell phone.

It rang and rang. Seth's name flashing across the screen. Seth becoming increasingly frustrated with each passing moment. He was on his way to Chino with his dad. The call had come not more than 10 minutes ago. They had tracked Ryan's call. He was in Chino.

Seth laughed to himself as he flipped his phone shut. Ryan got him. He got him good. Here he was thinking he was on the other side of the country. When he wasn't more than an hour's drive the whole time. This was unbelievable. Seth was worried about his brother but right now he was pissed off.

He was more than pissed off. He wanted to hit him and hit him hard. He had no right to run away like that. Sure, Seth had done it himself. But he had left a note. They knew exactly were he was the entire time. He called them and told them he was okay. How could his brother do this to him? Again?

"He's barely alive! We gotta work fast!" The paramedics went to work the second they put him in the back of the bus.

"We're here!" The driver shouted as the back doors flew open. Doctors were surrounding the kid immediately.

I'll be right by your side. Say goodnight. Not goodbye.

"He's lost a lot of blood!" They worked as hard and as fats as they could. They tried really they did. It wasn't their fault it happened. It wasn't anyones fault really. Except for AJ. AJ could be blamed for this. Or maybe even Ryan himself. He never should've run away in the first place. He could've worked it out. Now he would never get the chance.

You are everything you outta to be. So just let your heart reach to me.

Is it true? Is is true that your life flashes before you eyes when you die? I wouldn't know. But Ryan? Ryan will know. He will know. Actually he's learning right now. As the doctors rush around him. Doing their best to prevent the inevitable.

Keep me life, in your eyes. Say goodnight, not goodbye.

Maybe everyone will be better off with out him. He never really did belong here. He never really belonged anywhere. He saw Trey, Dawn, his Dad, then Sandy, Seth, Marissa, Summer, and Kirsten. And then Theresa. Telling him to only say goodnight it meant you'll see them later. Goodbye was forever.

Say goodnight, not goodbye.

And as Ryan remembered her. He saw her as if she was real and not just a picture like the others were. She looked so peaceful. And that's all that he wanted. "Goodbye." He whispered.

Beeeeeeeeepppppppp.

A/N I know, I know. You hate me. I'm sorry but I love this song and I needed this chapter. The next chapter will be up soon. I hope. I have another Mock trial Tournament Friday and Saturday and a job interview Sunday. So... don't kill me. And don't ask me what happens to Ryan. I don't even know yet. Just REVIEW! Tell me if you like it! And the beep at the end was supposed to signify Ryan flat lining.