Autumn's Perspective:
I woke up feeling great it is a nice sunny day, my life is good, and I can kind of cook. I thought to myself, today is gonna be a good day.
"Good Morning Honey," my Mom walks into the kitchen with my dad following behind.
"Morning Parentals!" I said back which makes my dad laugh. "Doesn't today feel like a good day?" I asked feeling jumpy. "I mean last night was amazing. Blake took me out to the lake, we went to the ice cream parlor. Then he asked me to be his," I mumbled the last part.
"Finally!" I turn to my head to my dad who is spinning with his arms up. "He manned up and took what he wanted!" Dad shouts way to loudly for his age. I look at Mom who is smiling with her hand on her waist shaking her head at Dad.
"What are you talking about?" I ask laughing. Dad calms down.
"He's been wanting to ask you since forever," Dad tells me.
"And how would you know?" I ask wanting the details. My chest starting to hurt a little bit.
"Because he told me!" Dad says. My hand reaches to my chest which is really hurting, god it feels likes it's tightening now. My heart was beating really quickly, it's getting really hard to breathe. I look up and everything seems in slow motion. I can see the look of concern on my parents face.
"Autumn what's wrong, what's happening?" Mom voice sounds of worry and fear. I couldn't say anything I was losing balance and fell to the ground. Next thing I know everything went black.
- A FEW HOURS LATER -
I wake up in the hospital a room again ugh hospitals are so last season. This time I have wires on me and wires going into me and a big monitor to the side of me. Doctor Jensin walks in and has a soft smile on his face.
"Hello Autumn it's nice to see you again," he says with a gentle but deep voice. Yeah sure great way of catching up.
I smile, "You too Doc."
"Okay so would you like to what happened to you?" he asks nicely.
"What happened to me and don't sugar coat anything, lay it on me," I say trying to sit up from the very uncomfortable bed.
"Well you went into a mild cardiac arrest or heart attack if you will, and we had to put you on life support," he points to the monitor beside me. "until we figure out a solution," Doctor Jensin explains. I am speechless, I could've died.
"Is there any way I can be stable again?" I ask worrying.
"well worst case scenario you'll need a heart transplant," Doctor Jensin tells me, "but that is gonna be difficult seeing your heart is so rare and damaged that it needs a specific heart, we are looking for a match right now," he takes a breather, ya dude I need one too. "but if we don't find one, you would be in the hospital on life support until then."
"How long will it take for you to find a donor?" I ask not knowing how to feel. Doctor Jensin doesn't reply, he calls in my nurse and whispers something to her. She looks at Doctor with a blank expression and leaves the room.
"It might take longer than we thought, you have AB- blood type so your heart is one of the rarest in the world. Only 2% of the population have this blood type. So finding a match let alone a donor is gonna take a while," Doctor tries to explain.
I slightly shiver from the coldness and fear in the room. I believe him because when I was little I was told my heart was rare. Sure those were stories my mom told me to make me feel special, it never failed to make me smile.
I wish my mom was here to tell that everything is gonna be okay. But I knew it wasn't. I am 18 now, I should be able to take care of myself. Right? Horrible thoughts began to fade away and all I could hear was Blake calling my name. I look around to find him but he wasn't here.
"Autumn? Are you okay?" Doctor Jensin asks.
I blink out of it, "Oh yeah sorry, I'm fine," I mumble.
"Autumn, this is important if you don't tell us your symptoms you could get sicker."
"I was hallucinating, kinda I didn't see anything I heard it," I reply quietly.
"Thank you Autumn," Doctor says smiling, "the heart is a powerful organ, your mind is just playing games with you. Nothing to worry about."
I smile at the words repeating in my head. The heart is a powerful organ, the heart is a powerful organ, the heart is a powerful organ, the heart is a powerful organ, oh my lord, my heart is a powerful organ.
Narrator's Perspective:
Little did Autumn know that Blake was perfect for her, literally. Blake was at the front desk asking if they found any donor hearts. The nurse tells him only one person resembles the heart.
Blake stands in silence waiting for an answer.
"Do you remember when you were in the sky diving accident?" she asks him.
Blake nods his head, "Yeah, why?"
"We had to test your blood according to protocol and found that you and Autumn share the same blood type," Blake stands there staring out already knowing what it means and he immediately he knew what he has to do.
Blake's Perspective:
I look around the hospital and see nurses and doctors rushing to Autumn's room. My heart starts pounding in my chest. I hear on the intercom, "Code blue, code blue room 604," a nurse calls.
I think to myself how could someone be so calm when someone is dying? I start running to Autumn's when her nurse comes out of her room quickly.
"Blake, Autumn is dying. You have to decide now, do you want to do it?" she asks me rushing. I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces as tears start dwelling in my eyes.
"I'll do it."
I'm being taken into a room and am about to change for operation. All I can think is how she will live the life she's always wanted. Another part of me wants to be selfish and look for another donor, but we don't have time.
Before I know it i'm being put under, when the door burst open and all I hear is, "Stop she's stable!" before complete darkness takes over.
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Author's Note:
Hello everyone thank you for reading 'Our List'.
Oooohhhh such a twist, I had to much fun writing this lol. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. More to come, Love ya lots.
Updated: July 17, 2020
Sincerely, I.V.