Chapter 6: Hospitals
Before I knew it, it was the day of the musical. Jacob and me had gotten together the day we took that note to the office. He's my first boyfriend, and recently, he revealed that I was his first girlfriend. Right now, I'm backstage getting ready for the musical to begin. Jackson is in the front row saving mom, dad, and Aunt Dolly's seats.
"Miley, it's almost time for your next scene," Lisa said as she poked her head into the room.
"Okay," I said and got up from my seat. I walked over to the side of the stage and waited for my cue.
"No guys, I don't think I'm going to the dance. I don't have anyone to go with," Jacob said, playing his character Daniel. He was talking to a group of 3 other guys who were playing his friends. That was my cue.
I walked over to them. "Daniel, if you don't have anyone to go with, do you wanna go with me?" I asked. I was playing Julie. A girl who was brave and independent enough to ask him in front of his friends like it's no big deal.
"Sure," he responded.
"I'll talk to ya later," I said, and walked off stage.
"Bye," he called, and went to the next scene.
Eventually, we got to the ballroom scene. There had been a few singing scenes before that. As Jacob and me danced, I took glances out to the crowd watching. For some reason, I wasn't that nervous. I grew worried when I saw that mom, dad, and Aunt Dolly hadn't shown up yet.
"I'm glad we went to the dance together," Jacob said.
"Me too Daniel," I said, and as rehearsed, we kissed. People would automatically think it's a stage kiss, but they wouldn't know I'm kissing my boyfriend.
After the musical, some people congratulated me for my job well done. Some unfamiliar person was talking to Jacob. When I met up with Jackson, he was as clueless as to where mom, dad, and Aunt Dolly were as me. So we walked home, it was very cloudy and the streets were wet and had puddles. It looked like it had rained, and it was going to rain again.
"Mom? Dad?" Jackson and me called as we entered the house. "Aunt Dolly?" No lights were on, and it was cloudy outside, which made the house dark. We went to the kitchen and turned on the light. Once the room lit up, the yellow sticky note on the counter was very noticeable.
mom in crash went to hospital
You could tell it was written in a hurry. The words were written in chicken scratch and dad didn't put a coma between crash and went. But, when you're in an emergency, you don't have time. As you can tell, I'm not freaking out or anything. That's because this newly acquired information hasn't exactly sunken in yet. My mind was saying that this had to be a joke. My heart knew that that wasn't the true. I'm just staring blankly at the note, and so was Jackson, until he got to the phone.
"I'll call dad," he said quietly. Jackson dialed dad's cell phone number and waited for him to pick. We started to hear a ringing coming upstairs. I guess he was in such a hurry, that he forgot his cell phone. Jackson hung up and dialed in another number, which I assume is Aunt Dolly's cell phone number. After half a minute, he hung up.
"Voicemail," he muttered.
"The hospital is only half a mile away; lets take the bike," I suggest.
"We don't have enough time to take the bike out of the garage, lets run, we have to hurry!" he said. So we ran out the house and slammed the door behind us. We ran down the sidewalk, and sometime before we got there, it started to rain. We got inside the hospital soaked, and it was then when I realize that my mom has in the hospital. I mean, I knew it before, but now, my stomach is filled with worriment and my heart is beating fast. We ran to the front desk of the hospital.
"Carolina Stewart?" Jackson asked.
"Third floor," the lady said, and with that, we ran quickly to the elevator and pushed the button to the third floor. You would think that I'm tired, but right now, I can't even noticed. When the doors opened, we ran to the desk.
"Carolina Stewart?" Jackson asked once again, but to a different receptionist.
"Room 321," the receptionist said. We ran towards her room and saw dad and Aunt Dolly sitting on a bench outside the room.
"What happened?!" Jackson and me asked in unison.
"Kids what are you doing here?" dad asked.
"We came to see mom," I replied.
"What happened?" Jackson asked again.
"Your mom was in a car crash this afternoon. I got a call from the hospital around 4, so Dolly and me went straight here. We haven't been able to see her yet; the doctors are doing some tests right now, so we have been waiting," dad responded. Jackson and me silently sat down, and a few minutes later, the doctors came out.
"You can see her now, but please, one at a time," he said.
Dad went in first, then Aunt Dolly, and then Jackson. Now, it was my turn, which I had been avoiding. I'm afraid to see my mom in the hospital room. Jackson came out and I went in. She was sleeping, so that's probably why dad, Aunt Dolly, and Jackson weren't in here very long. Mom's face was pale and the room was silent except for the heart monitor and the rain from outside.
"Hey mom," I say, even thought she was sleeping. I couldn't bear to looking at her so I just stared out the window, watching the rain fall outside. "You're really scaring us. Dad and Aunt Dolly and Jackson and me are real worried."
"Hey Smiley," mom said quietly, saying my old nickname.
"Mom," I whisper. I walked over to her and give her a light hug, afraid I would hurt her, because she looked so fragile. As if one simple touch would make her fall to pieces.
"I'm sorry I missed your musical today," mom said. How could she be thinking of something so insignificant compared to this right now?!
"Mom, it's okay, it doesn't matter," I said.
"Just remember Mile, you're an amazing person, and don't let anyone tell you different," mom said. By now, I had tears streaming down my face. "I'm gonna miss you so much Miley. I love you," she said before closing her eyes.
"What do you mean you gonna miss me?! You're not going anywhere mommy!" I cried right before the heart monitor made a long beep. Doctors rushed into the room and I got out.
I will never forget this next moment. One of the doctors came out and dared to utter those painfully words, "I'm sorry, she didn't make it."
A/N: Hey peoples, this chapter was hard to write because nothing like that had ever happened to me, so I tried my best. I probably made some mistakes on how a hospital runs, but once again, I tried. I probably won't be updated my stories soon because final exams are next week, but I hope to have the next chapter up next weekend.