Chapter 5 iLove Him

Getting back from the hospital with my mom, I went to my room and threw myself on the bed. I couldn't stop thinking about what Emma told me. It was all too much to take in. How could he be so stupid to drive drunk? I muttered to myself. He should know best that it wasn't healthy to drive drunk. He probably couldn't have given that a thought since he was drunk. Drunk people don't know if they were drunk or doing something stupid. But still, someone should have stopped him. I wished that I had gone to that stupid party, maybe I would have stopped him from making that stupid mistake.

Now he was in a coma. A freaking-coma. Poor Kent. I could only hope that he gets better as soon as possible. I wondered how his loved ones must had be feeling at the moment. And his girlfriend, Tia. I hated her so much but I was still worried about her. She must had been so devastated. It was all just too much. I suddenly couldn't control the tears I had been trying to hold back. The tears started rolling down my cheeks as I buried my head in my pillow. The horn of a car grabs my attention and I snap my head up. Sniffing, I stood up from my bed and walked to the window to peer through the gaps between the window curtains. I took a deep sigh after realizing it was Emma and Kim, who had just pulled over at our driveway. I walked away from the window and went back to coil up in my bed. In few seconds my friends were in my room. I pushed myself up from bed and tried to force a smile but I couldn't do it. "Hey...girlfriend" Kim said and hugged me while Emma did the same before sitting by the edge of the bed. "Hi guys" I replied reluctantly. "How are you feeling now?" Kim asked with a curious expression. She probably wanted to know how I was really feeling or how I was taking the news about Kent. "Well...i'm fine. I already took some pills prescribed by the doctor" I said. "Uhmm...I was talking about Kent. You know...I meant how are you taking the news about the coma thing?" "Oh....uhmm....i don't...." I stuttered, thinking of what to say but I noticed Emma elbowed Kim. "Kim...you shouldn't ask her that for now. Can't you see she doesn't feel too good" Emma said, concern spreading all over her face. "I was just curious" Kim shrugged as she rolled her eyes. "Well it's okay... I'm fine and I'm not so bothered about Kent. It's not like i'm related to him or something" I scoffed, trying not to show how bad it was all getting to me. I wasn't related to him, so why shouldn't I feel fine. "but i hope he recovers soon" I added. "Really? Alex...really?" Kim said and raised her brow at me. Was it that obvious that I was lying? They probably should be able to figure that out quickly because this was the guy I had been crushing on since elementary school. "Alex...you don't have to hide anything from us" Emma held my shoulder "we're friends like sisters and we know when you're not saying the truth" "Okay fine....i'm so worried about him. I love him and to know he might die....i don't think i can live with that" The stupid tears came rolling down again and I just embraced it. "I don't think i will ever be able to love someone like I love Kent" "Oh, don't worry....you will. You're just a sixteen year old teenage girl, you're still going to find some many guys to fall in love with" Kim said jokingly. It was hard to believe she could joke about something like that when I felt heartbroken. "Kim! Stop it, this is not the time to make jokes" Emma cautioned Kim. She was beginning to sound mean and inconsiderate. "Uh...i'm sorry" Kim said and sat on the bed quietly. "You don't have to cry, let's just hope everything would be fine. Who knows you might get to tell him how you feel in the future" Emma said. "Probably when you're 60 and your grandkids are also crushing on each other" A familiar voice said by the door way and we all turned our head towards the door. I just knew it could only be my evil twin, Max. He laughed when he saw the bitter look Emma and Kim gave him. He doesn't seemed moved or intimidated by their look. "What is wrong with you, Max? Why don't you ever take anything serious?" Emma questioned. "Maybe it's because i'm hilarious" Max laughed again but so loud this time "I really do not know what you see in that dude, he's a jerk and everyone knows that. He takes nothing serious, not even his life" Max said looking into my already puffy eyes. "I guess you also can't resist his cunning cute face" he shook his head. Emma looked at him with disgust as she squeezed her face at him. "You really are a devil in human form. I so much wonder what kind of girl would end up with you" Emma said. "A sexy and drama free girl....and besides, I'm every girls dream" Max bluffed. What girl would want to have anything to do with a mean person like Max anyway? "Oh yeah? I don't think so" Emma said "Yea...we don't think so" Kim said as she batted her eyes repeatedly. She always did that when she wasn't sure of what she was saying. "Just get out if you have nothing good to say to your sister" Emma said trying to keep her cool. "I'm only here to get the laptop" he walked into the room and head to the small table in my room, he took the laptop that was on the table and walked back to the door. "Adios...." he said before he left my room and slammed the door behind him. "He's such a jerk....a big jerk" angry Emma said as he turned her head back to me. Emma and Kim stayed and tried to cheer me up until they felt it was getting dark and decided to leave. They went out of the room while I also followed them. They met my parents and Jane in the sitting room. "Hello Mr and Mrs Cooper" Kim said "Hello" my parent responded in unison. "Hello..." Emma said "You're leaving?" my mom asked. "Yeah..." Emma and Kim answer "Alright sweetie...thanks for checking on your friend" my mom said with a smile. She knew what Emma and Kim's visits meant to me, I didn't have much friends but the ones I've got had my back. "Oh...it's no problem. We know she really needs us in her darkest days and probably when Kent......" Kim said while Emma interrupted and elbowed Kim "....uh we should be on our way now. See you later Mrs Cooper, bye bye Mr Cooper" Emma rushed her words as she pulled Kim along with her. "Bye sweeties" My mom replied, clueless. "Bye bye" Kim shouted as she got pulled out of the house by Emma and I followed behind. They both hugged me before getting into the car and drove away. My eyes followed the car as it zoomed off until I could no longer see the car. I looked across and saw the couple opposite my house screaming at each other again. I laughed as I wondered how they still kept up with each other's craziness. "It's so obvious those two are so in love" a thick but sexy voice said behind me. "Sure" I replied with a smile and wondered who must have noticed what I also noticed about the couple. Could it be Max? It definitely didn't sounded like my brother, he saw them everyday and didn't even care. With curiosity seeping through me, I turned around and my jaw almost hit the floor when I saw who it was. I stood still for couple of seconds with my eyes and mouth widened. I couldn't believe my eyes. Kent. What was he doing here? He was suppose to be in the hospital. He couldn't be here. He shouldn't be. He was in a coma for goodness sake. Was it a dream? Maybe it was a dream. It's probably a dream. I tried to convince myself in my head. But the truth was that I wasn't sleeping. I was wide awake. But then maybe I was wide awake in a dream. That was the only way I could convince myself that I wasn't crazy. I scoffed at myself. I was probably dreaming, if not he wouldn't be here. There was no better explanation for what I was seeing than to conclude that I was in a dream; or the pills I took were having bad effects on me. My head began to hurt again and everything was going on a slow motion. It felt like I couldn't even see clearly and everything was spinning. "I've been standing here and watching th..." Kent started to talk but before he could finish, I find the darkness slowly taking over me and then it was suddenly nothing. Nothing at all.