I love your comments! Just so you know, I'm not making up this situation. Stuff like this happens ALL the time, especially the guy from chapter 3. Unfortunately, everything in this chapter is true, also, and happens more often than we'd like to think.
Chapter 4: Police
After what seemed like forever of holding his unconscious, bleeding lover, the police squad car approached him again. The two men stepped out, and looked down at Collins and Angel apathetically.
"Jon just buzzed us," one said with dark hair, stepping closer, "the bastard." Collins didn't answer at first, just looked up at them with sad eyes.
"He's barely breathing," the man managed to get out.
"Alright," said the other, taller one, "We'll do what we can. We've got another dispatcher on its way." They came over to the two, and the taller man stopped. "We don't have any gloves," he told his co-officer, "and he's bleeding."
"So?" remarked the brunette, "We need to help him."
"Regulation," the first, obviously older, one told him, "medical reasons."
"What medical reasons?" the brunette laughed.
"AIDS," the tall man said sternly. The younger one got a serious look.
"He doesn't, though, does he?" He turned to a defeated Collins, who nodded, letting more tears fall.
The young officer's eyes grew. "He does?"
The teacher couldn't speak through his sobs. He nodded more fiercely, wiping his eyes with the cuff of his shirt. He coughed a little, trying to regain his composure. He took a deep breath, and sighed. "Yeah," he said, swallowing hard.
The fearful look on the young man's face told Collins that not much can be done. "I'm so sorry," he whispered, looking down.
"Regulation," the older officer told the man on the ground, "a safety precaution. I hope that you can understand."
Tom tried to mask his disappointment, and nodded. He looked down at his lover, who was quickly fading in his arms. He stroked Angel's face, watching the slow rise and fall of his chest.
The squad car drove back in its previous direction, finishing the job that it had abandoned. Angel's lungs began to lose their capacity, and her breaths grew short. Collins moved his position, and hugged his lover close. The last moments began to blur together, as Collins wish he could slip into oblivion along with the one who had completed his life.
Who knew that it would end this way?