I Will Wake Up for You

I had drifted back from a certain thoughtlessness to hear an array of uneven beeps. I forcefully tried to open my eyes when at last I saw a room in all white: a hospital room.

I looked around, groaning in pain, as I saw chords and monitors all leading up to my body. It was scary. I looked down and both my legs were in casts along with one arm. My chest was in a lot of pain along with my head. I looked to my side to see no other than Eli sitting with my unbroken hand in his. He was staring at the floor so I squeezed his hand a little to show him I was awake.

He looked up at me, green eyes surrounded by red, red surrounded my pink, and pink surround by a grave expression yet a sudden relief.

"Thank God you're awake, I was getting even more worried," he said as he sat up taller looking into my eyes. I tried to smile.

"What's their diagnosis for me?" I croaked out slowly as Eli let one quick tear fall.

"Well they tell me that your arms and legs are properly repaired so they will heal in two months," he said trying to smile.

"Elijah, I know there's more," I said as he frowned a little.

Eli paused, staring down at the hospital floor and letting out a small whimper. His eyes looked up to reveal a dark crushing pain that wanted to hold on, it was something I had never seen.

"They say that one of your ribs collapsed into your lungs and something hit your heart in the fall. They say there's a chance they'll be able to fix it up. So you'll be okay!" he cried as he smiled wide.

"Eli," I groaned, "When someone says there is a chance, it is slim. It doesn't mean they can undo the happenings, they can patch them. I am still broken. I can feel it. I feel numb. I feel less cautious. I feel like letting go would mean letting go of life."

"No, the doctors say there's a chance they can fix you! They will fix you! We belong together! We do!" Eli yelled with sobs. I had not heard him this livid since the night he had crashed Morty. I hushed him as I laid my hand on top of his.

"God already gave us a second chance. I should have been crushed when I jumped off of that cliff, but he let me stay longer so I could see you once more and tell you that I love you one last time. Isn't that magical enough?" I faintly smiled.

"This is my fault. Why did I become some crazy psycho? If I hadn't been so dumb we wouldn't have broken up and you wouldn't have jumped. We could be happy and together forever," he sobbed so hardly that his eyes squinted shut as tears poured out onto his pale cheeks.

"But do you know what is so bittersweet about how it did end?" I softly asked him as I rubbed his hand with my finger.

"What?" Eli asked as he wiped a few tears.

I scooted a few of the monitor wires out of the way and patted the bed for Eli to lie next to me. He scooted carefully onto the bed and laid my head on his chest.

"We are still together and we still love each other indefinitely in the end. And even though this might be the last place we are together, we can still say we will always remember it," I spoke softly and evenly before a cried just a little bit. Eli rubbed the back of my head that was covered in dry blood.

"Do you remember when you ran over my glasses and got out of Morty to tell me I had pretty eyes?" I looked straight in front of me trying not to cry.

"Of course," Eli said flatly.

"Do you remember the Romeo and Juliet film and how we had our first kiss?"

"How could I not?"

The walls became a little blurry and I began to feel a lot of pain.

"Do you remember how you made me your girlfriend after I 'twisted your rubber arm'?" I giggled painfully.

"Mhmm," Eli cried slightly.

"Do you remember kissing me in the library after defending me and then our first date?" I uncovered my ear to show our matching piercing. He showed me his.

"Do you remember how much we love each other?" I looked up with care into his eyes as he nodded with a smile.

I heard footsteps arrive at the doorway as my mother and father walked in with tears cascading off their cheeks.

"My baby!" cried out my mother as she grabbed my free hand that was casted up. She wept into my side.

"Clare-Bear, how do you feel?" my father asked me as he wiped a tear from under his eye.

"A little bit of pain but not too much of it," I said with a small smile. My mother looked at Eli with a smile.

"We can't thank you enough for finding her. You are so much like a part of our family so me and Clare's father," she said as she rubbed the top of Eli's head.

My two parents pulled up chairs on the opposite side of the bed that Eli's was on and sat down. They were both praying, but not out loud. Eli held me softly.

"I know it sounds odd because I am only fifteen, but I feel complete. I have had enough drama to fill the ocean. I've loved someone so much I couldn't love another. I've had two caring parents for my whole life. I had a sister who supported me. I had great grades in school. I feel…successful, in a way. Like, I accomplished so much in so little time. I'm actually very proud of that," I croaked softly. I let out a heavy cough as my lungs hurt horribly. I lifted out my hand as I realized it was splattered in blood. I had just coughed up blood.

"Oh my gosh!" my mother cried out as she and my father ran to get a doctor.

I turned to Eli with a soft grin. I tried to comfort him before I broke him the news.

"I think it's time…" I trailed off as he began to cry hard again.

"Don't forget me," he begged.

"It seems like only yesterday it was the time of our lives," I croaked.

"I love you," he said softly.

"I love you more," I said as he kissed my forehead.

"I'll never find someone like you," he sobbed slightly.

"Maybe that's the magic of this," I grinned up at him.

I'm not going to say that Eli saw it coming, or that I recovered and we grew old together. I'm not going to say that we had a beautiful wedding and lived in a wonderful home. Because none of that happened. I'm going to tell you that I squeezed his hand muttered my last "I love you" and then let go.

Like a balloon in the wind…

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