Okay, this is going to be alright. Ashley will have to wash the makeup off sometime. Unless she got someone to punch her...
I glance out my closed window for the third time today. His curtains are still closed. He hasn't talked to me since he thinks I punched his girlfriend yesterday.
I grab the vial of cyanide off of my side table and look at it. My dad went to go see Steve again so I should be expecting a visit from Carolyn. I look up and there she is. I shove the vial in my pocket.
"Mrs. Fitzgerald?" I ask.
"I'm a widow now. It's Ms. Smith, you idiot," she snaps.
"Both of you are dead!" I exclaim. I sigh and can't help but glance out of my window. Austin's window is open now but it's obvious he isn't in the mood to talk... I sigh again.
"No! Edward is dead! I'm still alive!" she yells at me. I stand up and walk over to her. I stick my hand through her stomach. She may be able to touch me but I can't touch a ghost. She scowls at me.
She screams and pushes me out of my window, not bothering to hold on to me this time.
I feel shards of glass enter my whole body. It's as if the whole world is in slow motion as I fall. I hear someone yell my name. As soon as I hit the ground, the breath is knocked out of me and I black out.
I don't black out for long though; Only a few minutes. No, the pain won't allow any longer.
I open my eyes and see Austin above me. He's a bit blurry. I can tell he's in pain too. He probably has a few shards of glass from my body in his arms. I slip in and out of consciousness.
The next thing I know, I'm in the back seat of a car watching the sky pass by above me.
"Austin..." I murmur.
"Ally, you've got to stay with me," he yells. He seems very afraid. I can tell he's in tears now too. I also notice he's holding my hand.
"Aus-" I can't finish.
"No! No! Ally!" I hear Austin yell. His voice is getting further and further away. I can't hold on any longer. It hurts too bad. Death would be such a relief right now. I taste blood in my mouth and feel it trickle down my face. I slip back into unconsciousness and hope I don't wake up...
But, of course, I do. I wake up to the sound of beeping. I half-open my eye and look out the window. It still looks bright outside.
"It's a surprise that she survived. You said she fell from the second floor?" I hear a female voice ask.
"Yeah, it's a good thing I was there too. Her dad wasn't home. I called him though and he said he'd be here as soon as he can," I hear Austin say.
Where am I at? What is that beeping noise? What happened?
"Austin..." I murmur. I blink my eyes open. He rushes to my side. I try to reach up and touch his face but there's and IV needle in my arm. I wince.
"Ally, don't move. There are needles everywhere," he tells me somehow soothingly. A single tear rolls down his face.
I look around. I'm in a hospital. I look down at my arms and there really are needles everywhere. I let out a whimper.
"Austin, get me out of here. I don't like needles," I whine. He brushes the hair out of my face.
"Ms. Dawson, you can't leave until your body is fully repaired," the woman tells me. Tears start pouring out of my eyes.
"Austin, I don't like hospitals. They scare me," I tell him through sobs. The beeping gets faster as my heart begins racing.
"Ally, Ally, shh, it's okay," he promises. He takes my hand and caresses it. I notice I'm wearing a hospital gown. Why does this bother me so much? It's not like I care if my butt shows. I won't be moving much.
"Wait, I thought you were mad at me?" I ask.
"Ally, you freaking fell. What was I supposed to do? Just sit there at my window and watch you die?" he jokes. I let out a laugh but it hurts my insides. I whimper again and look down.
The woman, who I'm assuming is a doctor, pushes a button on a monitor that is connected to one of my IV's. I feel something enter my veins and suddenly, all of the pain leaves my body. The pain is replaced by tiredness. My eyes slide shut.
"Austin, what happened exactly?" I ask breathlessly. I don't know why I'm out of breath though.
"You fell out of your window. And it was closed so there was glass everywhere. There was blood coming out of your arms, legs, torso, head, everything." He starts crying too. "I thought I was going to lose you. I also thought you had a concussion which is why I didn't want you to fall asleep but the doctor said you didn't have one," he explains. I blink away some of my tears.
"You're going to stay here with me, aren't you? Promise me you will. Please," I beg.
"Ally, I swear I'll stay by your side," he tells me. My eyes close again. He whispers something but I don't quite catch it before the drugs pull me under.
I wake up about an hour later. No one is in my room.
"Austin?" I call out. No answer. He said he wouldn't leave me. Where is he?
"Austin!" I yell. Still no answer. My IV's are gone, though. I stand up and instantly feel an uncomfortable breeze. I pull the back of my gown together.
I walk out of my room and down the hall, looking in each room. It's as if the whole hospital is empty. I look in one more room and see a little boy. I walk in.
It's Edward Junior...
I walk up to his bed.
"Hello, Edward Junior," I say softly. He looks up at me and almost screams again but I put my hand over his mouth.
"I just want to talk to you," I tell him quietly. He nods in understanding. I take my hand off of his mouth.
"Can you speak?" I ask. He hasn't been speaking so maybe he's been screaming in place of words.
"Yes," he says quietly. He has the most adorable voice.
"What did you mean when you said your mom tried to kill you once?" I get straight to the questioning.
"I overheard a conversation between Mommy and Daddy. They said something about... an abortion," he explains. "I think that means to kill me because my daddy got mad. It didn't work. He said that I would be dead if she had an abortion and he was glad it didn't work."
I choke back tears. I can't believe the words coming out of this boy's mouth.
"So why are you at the hospital now?" I ask.
"My mommy hurt me with a big pointy thing. It was silver and it was sharp on the end. It's called a nuf. No, a nif. No, a-"
"Knife?" I ask. He nods his head.
"So she dropped me off in front of the hospital and told me to walk inside. She told me that if they asked, to tell them I had no parents and that I was a... a... a orphan," he says.
Tears begin streaming down my cheeks.
"That's awful," I tell him. "Do you know why she made you come here?"
"She said she couldn't take care of me because she was going to be busy killing Daddy," he explains.
Shouldn't he be dead by now though? They were living years ago. Then I remember something. The poison. The cyanide. It's all coming back to me now.
That's why this gown bothers me. The cyanide was in my jeans pocket.
"The cyanide!" I yell waking up.
"What about the cyanide, Ally?" Austin asks. Wait a minute, that was a dream?
"Austin, where are my clothes?" I ask. He points across the room.
"Get my pants and see if the vial is still in there," I tell him. He picks up my pants and digs in the pockets.
He hands the vial to me and I clutch it in my hand.
"Austin, I got most of the answers... in a dream," I tell him.
"In a dream? And what do you mean most of them?" he asks.
"I had a dream. I walked down the hall of the hospital and found Edward Junior. Then-"
"Edward Junior?" he asks.
"Yeah, he's the Fitzgeralds' son," I tell him.
"They had a son?" he asks.
"Yes, but they kept him a secret from everyone. Will you let me finish?" I ask. He nods.
"Okay, so I walked down the hall and the whole hospital was empty except one room. That room held Edward Junior. He told me how his mom had an abortion but something went wrong. So they kept him a secret from the world. If someone came over, he would have to go in the basement until they left. Then, on the day Carolyn was going to kill Edward, she stabbed Edward Junior. She dropped him off at the hospital and told him to tell the doctors that he was an orphan," I explain.
A nurse comes in and I hide the vial in my blanket.
"Oh good, you're awake. This will help you heal," she says holding up a giant shot. My eyes widen and she walks over to me. I move my feet trying to get away but of course I can't move unless I want to rip these needles out.
"No, no," I say. "Get that away from me!"
"Ally, it'll be alright. It's just a shot. That isn't a big deal," Austin tells me.
"Austin, do you see the Size of that thing?! It's huge!" I exclaim.
He sits beside me and takes my hand in his.
"Austin, there's got to be some other way to do this. I can't just-"
I'm cut off by a prick in my arm. I gasp and I feel the color drain out of my face.
"That wasn't so bad," I finally get out. He smiles.
"I told you," he says.
"So that will help the healing process. I'll be back later to check on you," the nurse says smiling. She leaves the room and I turn to Austin.
"You still don't believe me, do you?" I ask.
"About what?" he asks pushing his eyebrows together in confusion.
"About Ashley's eye," I say. He looks down sadly.
"Well, it is kind of believable," he tells me scratching the back of his neck.
"Okay, let me explain to you why it's impossible. It couldn't have happened the other day because I was with Dez and then you," I tell him.
"What about earlier yesterday?" he asks.
"Wasn't she with you?" I ask. His eyes widen at the realization.
"She lied to me. This is the second time she's lied to me in two months. And she forgot our two-month anniversary. That's it. We're done," he says to himself. He takes out his phone but she walks through the door.
"Aw, look at the poor baby," she says to me.
"How did you find my room?" I ask.
"I know your name? Duh," she says.
"Ashley-" Austin starts but Ashley cuts him off.
"I know. I'm glad I'm here too," she tells him.
"No, Ashley-" Again, the bitch cuts him off.
"I'm glad this happened to you. You deserve it for what you did to my eye," she says pointing to it.
"Ashley, we're over!" Austin yells. My mouth drops open.
"Excuse me?" she asks.
"You heard me. Ally didn't punch you. There's no way she could have. You lied to me. We're over," he repeats. I can't believe he just broke up with her. After putting up with her for two whole months, he's finally breaking up with her. She just brushes it off.
"That's fine. I'm cheating on you with Dallas anyway," she says. She turns on her heel and leaves my room.
"Austin, I have something to tell you," I say. He raises his eyebrows, gesturing for me to continue.
"You... were right," I admit. I was only dating Dez to make you jealous."
"I knew it!" he exclaims.
"Yeah, yeah, you were right," I tell him rolling my eyes. "Where's my dad?"
"Oh, he came in while you were asleep. He said he was hungry so he's down in the food court," he tells me. I laugh.
"So, now I have a question for you," he says.
"What's the question?" I ask.
"How exactly did you fall out of your window?" he asks. I feel myself being pushed but I'm still in the hospital bed.
"I was pushed," I whisper. "It's still a little fuzzy so I'm not sure who pushed me."
"Do you think it was Carolyn?" he asks.
"Who?"
"Fitzgerald," he specifies.
"Oh, um..." Her faces flashes into my head and she is, indeed, the owner of the hands pushing me.
"It was Carolyn," I confirm. "What are we going to do about her?" He shrugs. Suddenly, I'm tired again. I yawn and Austin notices it.
"Are you tired?" he asks. I nod.
"Will you sing me a lullaby?" I ask sleepily. He just laughs.
"I'm serious," I tell him. He sighs.
"Hush, little Ally, don't say a word. Austin's gonna buy you a mockingbird. And if that mockingbird don't sing, Austin's gonna buy you a diamond ring," he sings softly to me.
I close my eyes. He sings about a bottle of wine, a billy goat, a Chevrolet, and the prettiest gown.
"And if that pretty gown gets torn, you'll still be the prettiest in the world," he sings the last verse and brushes a strand of hair out of my face. I drift off to sleep.
I can't remember what I dreamed about but it was a horrible dream. It was so horrible that sat up very quickly... I sat up and ripped the IV's out of my arm. Every. Single. One.
Every IV left a long rip down my arm. Blood begins pouring out of my arm. Soon, both of my arms are paler than they were before. I scream in pain.
"Ally!" my dad and Austin exclaim. I'm losing blood fast. Austin reaches behind me and presses the panic button. I look down and almost throw up.
Blood makes me woozy.
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God!" Austin exclaims. A doctor walks in and takes in the scene. He does something to the bottom of my bed. The next thing I know, I'm being wheeled out of the room. I grip the vial from under my blanket in my hand. I feel myself slip away from the world. Maybe, I'll actually die this time. I'm not sure.
"Ally!" Austin exclaims again. He keeps up with my bed. I scream again. My eyes slide shut and I hear Austin start crying.
"No, Ally! Keep your eyes open!" His voice seemed further away. I open my eyes. He was stopped at the door. He's beating on it now. There are now about three doctors around my bed.
I close my eyes and let myself drift away.
A/N: Hello, my loyal minions and Micchir333 and LittleKitten816. I'm writing this on my phone (Yes, again. Don't judge me) so that explains why this isn't bold. And why the dream wasn't in italics... Anyway, I feel like this is a sad chapter probably because it is... Sorry it's so late tonight! So, review my loyal minions and Micchir333 and LittleKitten816!
Love, Kenzie