Skylars POV
I sat there in my chair and stared off into space. I had nothing on my mind and I felt nothing inside of me. I just stared. At what, nothing. It's been a couple of weeks since the accident and ever since then none of us have been the same. Nate has been taking care of the baby that is still unnamed. He has been into work a few times but not as much, and even when he is here he isn't really here. I've been watching him and he seems as though he has nothing to live for. He started to look a little more thinner each day which made me question if he was eating.
Layla got out of the hospital yesterday with miner injuries. I saw her one time at the coffee shop and she looked down there dead. She didn't have on any make-up and her hair was a mess. I didn't go in though because I didn't want to hear a word from her. I still blame her for what happened and I always will.
The only person I have been more concerned about more than myself was my wife. Mel has locked herself in the room and will not come out. I understand that she lost a good friend but I didn't know why it impacted her this much. I haven't seen her come out of the room which made me question if she was eating. I called into her job a few times while I was at work but they said she never showed up.
My phone stared ringing which made me look at it. It was a un-known number so I just ignored it as I stood up. I had a meeting today which I was not in the mood for. I grabbed my bag and left my office. My phone had ringed again which made me want to throw the damn thing across the room. I turned it onto silent as i stepped into the conference room. There were about fifteen other people in the room which increased my stress level.
I sat down in my chair and cleared my throat. That got everyone's attention and they all sat down. "Okay I am not in a good mood, so let's get this over with." They all nodded their heads because they all knew why I was not in a good mood. None of the knew why I took Madelyns death to heart but none of them ever asked.
The meeting went on for about a hour in a half. It didn't go as good as it usually does because there was nothing that caught my attention. Whenever Madelyn was here I would be excited to go into meetings because I was always a loud to mess with her. I loved how she would try to ignore me but always let in. I felt a tear roll down my eye as everyone had there eyes on me. I quickly whipped it. "Is there anything else anyone has to say?" I asked. There was a silence until someone spoke up.
"Was Madelyn that important to you?" A man with dark hair asked. He looked around his late forties. I wouldn't say I didn't know him but I did know that he was a pain in the ass. He was the type of cocky dude who thought he could get whatever he wanted
"Yes she was." I said as I stood up and grabbed my bag off the floor.
"I'm just asking because if you ever need another play toy I'm here." Everything in me shut down. I slowly turned my head towards him
"Excuse me?" I lowly growled. Everyone seemed to get the hint that I was pissed except him. He started to smirk as he leaned into the back of his chair
"I'm just saying. I know that you and that girl had a little something going on, I don't know why but now that shes gone you could replace her with me anytime." Everyone in the room put their heads down in embarrassment for this dude. I put my bag on the table and quietly chuckled.
"I don't know what you saw, but clearly you saw wrong. I would never cheat on my wife. Now for Madelyns sake she was my best friend. She was not some toy but I can't say the same for you. Now I will thank you for saying that stuff because now I can do something that will make my day." His smirk turned into a wide grin.
"And what will that be?" He asked. My smile never leaving my face as I put my hands onto the table and leaned onto it.
"Your fired." His grin slowly faded as mine slowly grew. He had a look of shock as I grabbed my bag and left the room. I wouldn't say that cheered my day but it put a little joy in it. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and saw that I had thirteen missed calls. Three were from that unknown number and the rest were from Nate. I was going to call him back but instead I saw a text from Mel.
'please come home. I think I'm going to do something that might end badly for the both of us.'
I had a feeling I knew what she was talking about so I ran all the way to the stairs and down the building until I was out and outside then ran to my car.
I already lost someone I care about. I cant loose another.
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I got out of my car and ran into my house. When I opened the door I heard glass breaking. I ran into the kitchen to see Mel on the ground crying with glass everywhere. I saw a few drops of blood which made me want to cry. I slowly walked up to her and embraced her in my arms. "What's going on?" I whispered she didnt answer but instead leaned into my arms an started crying.
At this point I couldn't hold it in anymore and let it out. I started crying with her. All of my feelings and emotions, and the pain that was inside me, I just let it out.
My heart felt like it was ripped outside me of me and was threw into the dumpster to which people jumped onto it. My grip on her tightened as I felt the pain in my chest tighten.
All of a sudden I heard the front door being opened which made me stand up and grab a piece of glass. I held it up ready to stab the dumbass person who tried to rob us while we were in the house. But I put it down once I saw Nate. "What the hell!" Mel yelled. Nate bent over to try and catch his breath since he's been running.
"Why the hell haven't you been answering my calls?!" He yelled. I threw the piece of glass down and glared at him.
"Why the hell do I have to answer your damn calls?! Why haven't you been to work?! Why the hell are you in my house?!" I screamed. I felt more tears running down my face because I was still in my emotional state.
"Madelyn would really be disappointed in you for this." My anger rose as I picked up a piece of glass and threw it at him.
"Don't you fucking dare speak of her. You don't know a damn thing about what she would want!" I yelled. Nate dodged the glass and started chuckling. My anger towards him made me want to choke the living hell out of him. I don't know why he is laughing but there should be no damn reason.
"Why the fuck are you laughing?!" Melanie screamed. Nate looked up at us as he stopped laughing but instead smiled. I wanted nothing to do but smack the living shit out of him.
"I'm smiling because you guys are so stupid for not answering your damn phones." I picked up a large piece of glass and held it up. He put his hands and front of him. "Madelyn is alive!"
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Madelyns POV
I remember a book I read. It was called 'If I stay'. It was about this girl and who was as normal as can be. She had a normal family, normal friends, a normal life. The story takes place in one day. It goes from the current day to the past. Anyways, the day started off normal. Her family was there, they were facing breakfast and they decided to go their grandparents house. All of a sudden they got into a car accident.
That car accident ended up killing her entire family except her. After the car accident the main character was in a ghosts like form. She was there but she wasn't. Her ghost was traveling around the hospital. It's like she was there but no one could see her. She went around the entire hospital and watched as her friends and family reacted to her being there.
It took some time but she finally decided to live. She didn't want to at first because she realized that her entire family was dead. But she decided to live. I didn't read the second book because it ended on a good note. Although I did read a small bit of it. Apparently the main character left her boy friend. But what kills me is her boy friend is the reason why she woke up in the first place.
My head was hurting and my body felt like hell. I couldn't feel anything below my neck except the aching in my lower part of my stomach. I didn't have my eyes open but I could kind of see the light through my eyes.
I slowly opened my eyes and squinted a little as the light burned the crap out of my eyes. As I opened my eyes all the way I looked around. I was confused for a minute until I realized I was in a hospital.
I kept looking around until I realized that there was nothing in the room but this bed and me. I have watched a crap ton of movies and read a lot of books to know that when a person is in a hospital there is usually a machine hooked up to the person. But there was no machine, there was no tubes sticking in me, and there was no one in the room with me. I would expect that since there are so many people that down there suffocated me with love that there would at least be one person in here with me. But instead there wasn't a soul.
All of a sudden memories started to hit me. I looked down at my stomach to see that it had went down. I started to panic. Where the hell is my child? I tried to sit up but the pain shot through me as I laid back down in pain. I let a tear roll down my face because as far as I know I could be dead. There wasn't anyone in here and I felt useless. I kept trying to sit up ignoring the pain but the pain got the best of me as I stopped.
I wiped the tears off my face as I heard noises coming from outside. My head snapped towards the door as it opened. Three people walked in and they were carrying something long. In all honesty it looked like a casket. "What's going on?" I asked. Every one of them jumped and they dropped the thing. They all looked at me in shock.
"Um, doc, I think you need to see this." One of them said. Some dude with a white coat came into the room and looked at me. His eyes went wide as he slowly walked towards me. He then put his hand on top of my head then moved it back.
"Am I dead?" I asked. His facial expression slowly changed as he started to slowly smile.
"Far from it actually." I squinted my eyes at him in confusion.
"Can you guys give us a minute? And we won't be needing the casket." My eyes widen.
"You said I wasn't dead!" I yelled. Then man chuckled as he followed those people out and shut the door behind them. Once he turned around he softly chuckled and crossed his arms.
"You have got to be one of the most luckiest people I have ever met you know that." My confusion level never left as he grabbed a chair and sat right by me. "I guess I have some explains to do." I nodded my head. "Well you have been in this hospital for about three weeks. And as far as everyone knew. You were dead." My eyes widen. Oh my god! I am awesome! I came back from the dead! "Anyways you came in with your baby," I started to open my mouth but he stopped me. "Your child is perfect. It's a little girl and she is absolutely adorable. She is definitely fragile since we had to do a C-section but she is healthy." I smiled. "Anyways, we were getting ready to ship you off to the morgue but apparently you are alive. Thankfully you woke up now and not ten minutes later." I started to chuckle. "Oh and also, your friend is okay." I squinted my eyes a little.
"You came in here with another woman. Thankfully her injury's were miner." My mind started to clear as I remembered the accident with Layla.
"Why isn't anyone here?" I asked.
"Well again, we all thought you were dead. Although the first week three people did come and see you. Two women and a young man. They were all crying and I could tell they are good people and friends." I smiled. "Anyways, I think its time to call them."