"Your going to be lately girl!" I sighed and rolled my eyes as I grabbed my binder and shoved it into my backpack. I looked into the mirror one more time to see that my make-up was okay. I don't wear much but I wear enough to see it. I always been really good at applying it though. I smiled at the mirror then rushed out of my room and downstairs to see my mom crossing her arms and shaking her head. I chuckled as I went to kiss her on the cheek.
"I love you." I said as I ran out of the door in time to see my bus pull up. I heard my mom chucking behind me which put a huge smile onto my face. I got onto my bus and sat down with me friend Samantha. I wouldn't say we are the bestest of friends but we talk to each other when we have no one else to talk to. We started talking about really nothing as the bus drove us to school.
I am in 6th grade and I love it. The people here are so nice and my teachers adore me. Which is no surprise because I've always been a little of a teachers pet. Once the bus pulled into the schools driveway everyone immediately stood up and started pushing each other to get off. I mean I like the place to, but who the hell is that excited to get to school?
Once I finally made it off the bus Samatha found her friends and I found mine.
My friends and I aren't exactly the most popular kids but we are well known around the school especially me. I am known for that kid that jokes around a lot and likes to do dumb things. And if they wanted to rob a bank, I would be the first one they pick.
The school opens at seven but they don't let us go to class until seven twenty and school doesn't actually start until seven thirty. My friends and i sat in the gym talking and laughing and making a fool of our selves. The loud bell that signaled us to go to class rung right above my head which sent a shiver down my spin.
I start my day off with math, which by the way is the worst. Especially when we have a test. I am really good at math and some could even say I enjoy it. But today I was off. I don't know why but I just couldn't focus on anything. I felt like there was just something bad waiting to happen, like it was just hiding in the shadows and ready for me to walk by. The feeling continued all the way up to third period until I realized why.
I was on my damn period.
I groaned in frustration because I had to sit all the way through classes without a damn pad. And to make it even worse I had the one teacher I couldn't stand. Mrs. I. Mrs. I is this old woman no one can stand. Shes been working at this school since it opened which was about fourth years ago. I remember some friends and I looked at year books that were from 13 years ago and that woman didn't change a bit.
We had to do a project which is weird considering it's English. She was explains the things we had to do when I started to put my binder away. One thing she hates more than anything is when someone interrupt her. And I was in to much pain to give a damn. I didn't hear her annoying voice after a while but as soon as I put my binder on the ground I could feel her eyes burying into my face. I didn't even make eye contact with her because again, I didn't care. "Are you done?" She asked. I rolled my eyes and nodded my head.
She started talking again to which I just zoned out
Time went on and we started out project. I wasn't really doing anything and i told my friends why and they were okay with doing the work. But apparently Mrs. I wasn't. Here eyes were on me the entire time as I was standing up with my head down and my hand on the desk while bending over a bit. I was starting to get frustrated but I didn't let it show.
"Madelyn do you need to leave my room?" I didn't respond but instead just shook my head. "I like eye contact when I am speaking." She growled. I rolled my eyes as I looked up at her. I am not one for disrespecting adults but this woman is working my last nerve. "I believe I said this is a group project and I hate when there is one person being lazy and not doing anything." I groaned out of pain as a cramp shot through me. "Miss Cooper, is there a problem?" She hissed.
Okay that's it. The devil is released.
"Yes there is a problem. I am on my freaking period and I feel like there is a volcano coming out of my vagina!" I growled. Everyone stared at me as I could see them trying to hide their smiles. Someone let out a laugh but tried to cover it up as a cough. Mrs I and I stared at each other without breaking eye contact. I am not letting her win.
Yeah, well, long story short I got sent to the office.
I honestly didn't care because I would remember all the period stories my mom would tell me. And comparing to hers, this is nothing.
I sat in the office as they called my mom but apparently she wasn't answering. After the third time someone picked up but it wasn't my mom. They had the phone on speaker as the un-familiar voice started to speak."Hello?" The voice said.
"Um hi, we are trying to contact Marie Cooper." There was a silence.
"Who is this?" I started to get upset because I should be the one asking that.
"This is the principle of Linkon Middle School calling in the regards of Ms. Cooper's daughter." There was another silence. My anger started to rise. Who the hell was this person and why the hell do they have my moms phone?!
"Ma'am, this is the Emergence hospital and Ms. Cooper is here." My anger started go down as I felt my body go stiff. The principle looked at me in sadness and confusion.
"May I ask why?" My face stayed completely frozen as my principle handed me a box of tissues.
"Ms. Cooper is a Cancer patient here and I think its her time." My heart dropped as I let out a little screech like sound. My breath started to stop as I held onto my chest and started heavily breathing. "She passed out in her living room this morning and almost died but we did make it in time. Unfortunately her Cancer has gotten to the point where it is not treatable." I let a tear escape my eye. "We have her here and she is in a coma but I am afraid to say that she will not recover from this." More tears started streaming down my face as everything started to hit me.
My principle ended the call and stood up. She started to come towards me but I immediately stood up and ran out of her office. I heard her calling after me but I ignored her. I ran out of the building and kept running. After about five minutes everything started to hurt but I didn't care. I wanted to go to the hospital but I ended up getting lost. At some point I just feel to the ground and cried. The pain that was inside my chest was unbearable. My heart couldn't take the damage as I laid down on the ground and made myself into a ball.
Tears were streaming down my face but I didn't care. I heard people around me and I even felt arms being wrapped around me but I paid no attention to them. My chest, my arms, my heart. Everything was just hurting. I laid there as everything started to fade away. I couldn't hear nor feel anything. I felt like I was drained of life and there was nothing anyone or anything could do about it.
My mother was gone.
Forever.
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Skylars POV
My shirt was hanging onto my neck as I tried to put them on and my shorts were down there underwear. I heard Melanie calling after me to slow down but I paid no attention to her. I put my shirt on the rest the way and ran out of the house. As I got into the car the passenger side opened and Melanie got inside. I didn't even bother to let the car warm up as I sped out of the drive way and down the road.
My mind was foggy and my heart was racing. I didn't even pay attention. To the red lights as I sped right through them, which was probably a bad idea but I didn't give a crap. Melanie kept yelling at me to slow down, but I knew she was just as scared as I was. I don't know why because she hasn't even known Madelyn that long.
As the hospital came into view I started to slow down a little because I noticed cop cars. I pulled into the driveway and both of us immediately jumped out. We ran to the entrance of the place and once we were in there were a crap ton of people everywhere. I didn't care about any of them as I pushed my way through to the front desk. "I need to see Madelyn Cooper." I said. The young woman behind the desk looked at me then slowly started typing on her computer.
She didn't look like she gave one fucks which pissed me off even more. Sometimes I questioned nurses ability to care. After about a minute she looked at me. "Shes in surgery right now, so no one can see her." I rolled my eyes.
"Thanks, you are so much damn help." She fakly smiled which made me want to punch the hell out of her but Melanie pulled me away.
"She's not worth it." She whispered in my ear. I sighed as I saw him approaching us.
"How the hell did you get here so damn quickly?" He asked.
Nate is the reason why I'm even here. He has my number because everyone who works for me had my number in case of an emergency with the company. It's a little bit past midnight, so when he called me I down there cussed him out until he told me that Madelyn got into a car accident. I didn't even let him explain as I jumped out of my bed and drove down here.
Apparently he is Madelyns emergency contact so he was called. "Come on lets go sit." He took my hand along with Melanies and walked us over to the waiting room. What surprised was that there was barely anyone in here. Comparing to everyone rushing around I would suspect there would be a lot of people in here.
"What happened?" I asked as I sat down. Nate sat right next to me as Melanie sat on the other side of me.
"Apparently May woke up with a pain in her stomach to which she called Layla." Melanie was holding my hand to which I squeezed because I was upset. I haven't heard the rest of the story but I have a feeling this is all Laylas fault. But what caught me off guarded was that Melanie squeezed my hand at the same time with the same amount of force. "When Layla go there she said May was on the ground and was all sweaty and looked like was about to pass out."
"Wait. Layla is here? And alive?" Mel asked.
"Yes she is. I went to go see her and she told me what happened." I nodded my head. "Anyways, May started crying and groaning so Layla took her to the hospital. While they were in the car May had threw up blood which made Layla turn to look at her. And next thing you know some idiot driver ran right into them and they were flipping down the hill." My fear for Madelyn was replaced with anger. Some dumbass person ran into them which might cause Madelyn her life.
I stood up as I went to the opposite side of the room and grabbed my phone out of my pocket. I dialed his number and called him. It took a few seconds but her answered. "What the hell Skylar! It's one in the morning."
"I need you to look at something." I heard him groan and some other stuff telling me he was getting up
"What?" There was an accident that happened about an hour ago on 5th Avenue street. I need you to hack into the security cameras and look at the face that ran into the car." He told me he was right on it and would call me once her found it. I hung up the phone and went back over to Nate and Mel. Mel already knew what the call was about but Nate didn't, and thankfully he knew better to ask.
"I'm looking for the family of Madelyn Cooper." All of our heads immediately snapped to the male doctor that had on a white coat and looked tired as hell. All of us walked towards himself and stood there. He looked as me as I had my arms crossed and he looked a little scared.
"I am the closets she has to family." Nate said. The doctor nodded his head and then looked back at his clip board. Whenever he looked up I saw something in his eyes. The thing I saw made me want to fall to the ground but I didn't. I needed conformation first.
"Well Miss Cooper came in with many injures. She had fluid in her abdominal, and there was blood leaking into her brain. The baby was badly injured. We tried to save them both but unfortunately we only had one heart beat." All of us went silent as that feeling in my gut hit me like a rock. All of our faces held no emotion but I knew all of us felt it.
"The baby didn't make it." Nate whispered. I saw a tear roll down his eyes. I wanted to cry to but I didn't.
"Actually," the doctor looked at me. "The baby is alive."
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