Chapter 5.
*TOBY'S POINT OF VIEW*
11 Am. I check my iPhone to do a double check. Yep, definitely 11am.
I was sat in Rogue Cafe by the window viewing the road outside and the busy bodies out there whilst waiting for Katie. It was the time we had to meet yet she still hadn't arrived. Perhaps she got held up? I continued to wait; drinking my coffee and playing on my iPhone. Recently Olga Kay had introduced me to the app Temple Run and ever since I had been addicted!
Ten minutes later, after giving up hope on Temple Run and resulting back to watching people outside, I spotted Katie. She was wearing another long sleeved top again with a floral long skirt. Why did she cover her top half like that? I still could not understand. I really wanted to ask but it seemed evident it was a personal thing she didn't particularly want to discuss.
As Katie entered the cafe, I took in her image. She looked beautiful. Today she had no sunglasses on and I could see her eyes perfectly. Blue. Her eyes were sky blue. They were mesmerising. However she owned dark bags under her eyes which did not compliment her extravagant eye colour at all. Clearly she did not get much sleep that night. I wonder why.
Katie gave me a nervous smile before proceeding to the bar and ordering coffee. Within minutes she had exchanged her money for a coffee, walked over to me and slid in to the seat opposite. "Hello" she said sweetly. Today her voice sounded like honey. "Hey guuuuurl!" I said a little too enthusiastically, but nevertheless she giggled her cute laugh. "So I was thinking, we should go up in to the mountains today! I've been up there plenty of times before and the view is FAB-U-LOUS. What ya say Katie?" I babbled out quickly. Did she even manage to catch all that? I virtually face palmed myself. I was always incredibly over confident but got much more excited when I was nervous. "Sure" she nodded calmly to me; not fazed by my bubbliness. God, I was like an energetic puppy.
After finishing our coffees and having a conversation (which mainly consisted of my total nonsense and Katie's polite replies) we headed over to my car and fastened our seat belts. "K-k-Katie" I rapped, "h-h-have you heard my swing maaaa sworddddd tune?" Katie seemed confused. "No? Why, should have I heard it?". "OF COURSE!" I announced with a fake shocked look on my face as I started the car and pressed the play button on my CD player. "Take a listen!" On cue my song started pumping through the car and I undoubtedly sang along with great stamina whilst concentrating on the road ahead of me. Unexpectedly Katie burst in to a fit of laughter. "Is this you?" she exclaimed in surprise. "HELL YEAH!" I replied "I CAN SWING MY SWORD SWORD". "You're a man of many talents Toby" she joked. I liked it when she was happy like this. It made her shine bright.
We arrived at the mountains. Slowly I crawled the car up to the car park and got out. Katie also followed my lead. "Wow, it's beautiful" she stated twirling around on the spot as she gazed around her. "The view is better up top- c'mon!" I shouted; pulling my head back laughing in a good old 'Tobuscus' characteristic. I waved my arm at her and pointed at the top of the mountain and began to walk. Katie followed behind me obeying the whole journey up. She didn't say much; but it was more of a peaceful and joyful silence than an awkward one. Her presence was all I needed.
"I told you it was better up here!" I shouted with my arms open wide as we reached the top. I twirled around giggling like I was on top of the world. It always felt such an achievement whenever you managed to reach the top. I turned around and faced Katie. Why was she not answering me? I took in her profile and I begun to realise why she was not replying. "Katie" I said moving closer to her. "Katie, what's wrong?" I had come to realise she was very pale in the face and was shaking. Her once gorgeous sky blue eyes were now dark and lifeless. Her body held a tired outlook on itself.
"Ev...everything is so...so...so dizzy" she whispered breathlessly. Suddenly, she collapsed heavily on to the ground beneath her and led there uncomfortably without a sign of life in her. "KATIEEEE!" I shouted on the top of my voice; falling to my knees beside her.
I checked her breathing; panicking I would have to perform CPR or something. Fortunately, she was still breathing but nevertheless it was slowly and not as often as I would have liked it to be. I pulled out my phone and quickly dialled 911. All of sudden I broke out in to uncontrolled sobs and shook majorly in shock. I shrieked down the phone. "Someone help me, please!"