When I'm gone

Remember?

Chapter 29

Laura's POV
"What's your name?" Blankly I stared at this doctor holding one eye open and shining a flashlight in it. He turned to the nurse scribe standing beside him. "Left eye injuring, possible internal bleeding in the brain." He paused and glanced back to me. "And uh make sure she gets an MRI, and X-ray's done tonight. I suspect there's broken ribs, right wrist and arms and blunt force trauma to the head." He stared at the nurse. "My name is Laura." I whispered. "Oh good. No signs of memory loss, nurse." He spun around, quietly removing his gloves and slipping out the door effortlessly. "If there's anything you need just..." his voice faded as I attempted to move my neck but a brace nearly made that much impossible.

Oh my God.... Brandi! What about Brandi?

Tears fell but there was no way I'd go through pain to wipe them away. "Ma'am?" I sighed out of pain from my exhale. "Yes?" I whispered. "Did you hear me about the buttons and other things?" I smiled though pain was evident on my face but even that much hurt my neck. As soon as the door closed I was left in silence. Brandi's figure seemed to dance through my thoughts until I swore I could see her, easily twirling, smiling, and laughing. My very memories playing on the wall in front of me. It was blurred but so real. So beautiful that I almost saw how amazing life was, how happy I should've been all this time.

Demi's POV
Something about that wreck kept replaying in my head. Did I miss something? They never told me a detail about the other driver. Did they? My memory of that night was jumbled together and uneasily sorted. I couldn't look Brandi in the eyes. I'd let her down. As a mother somehow my love was supposed to fix these things like a bandage but it was time the bandage be removed and we healed the wound from the inside out. "Brandi..." she nearly threw her fork down. "Yeah?" Wait was she mad already? Silence.. "yes, Demi?" Wow okay maybe a tad bit upset but it couldn't be anything to do with me right? "I need to tell you somethi-" I cut myself off. I was thinking about telling her about Laura but wouldn't that only make things worse? "Uh okay??" She questioned letting the words draw out. "Never mind." She stood up. "Why aren't you touring or anything right now?" She called from the kitchen. I shrugged. Why wasn't I touring? Ohh wait... Break time. Sighing I shuffled to the kitchen. "What were you gonna tell me? You can't leave me hanging like this." She chuckled just a bit but I could almost see the annoyance written on her 17 year old face. "It's Laura..." I sighed. "What? No. Never mind I don't want to hear it." She pushed herself off the counter, unfolding her arms and heading upstairs. "Brandi wait!" I jogged up the steps and ran down the hall coming to a stop just as she slammed her door and locked it. I stood there, leaning against the door as my almost adult daughter cried like she did when she was 15. "Brandi." I sighed. "Just let me in... please." I heard the ruffling of sheets and her light steps towards the door. I backed up and stood awkwardly meeting the eyes of my heartbroken daughter. "Mom-" Her voice broke and she shook her head. "It's gonna be okay baby." I didn't feel the need to tell her anything about what happened because to be totally honest I didn't even know where exactly Laura was right now. I wanted to believe she was merely late and not caught up in a car accident minutes from our house.

Brandi's POV
     I don't know what propelled me into the soft embrace of my mother. It was always usual for me to run the other way and hide myself from her. Maybe I was gonna be okay. Maybe as long as her arms continuously embraced me I could face these trials in life. I wanted to believe that with Demi behind me anything could happen. I didn't go to school that day. She was all too familiar with the heartbreak I was feeling and seemed to know exactly what to whisper in my ear as we lay in my bed watching a movie in my room that night. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost her. Then I got to thinking, look what a mess I am without Laura by my side.

Laura's POV
    "I'm okay I swear!" I yelled at the doctor as he shook his head. "Ma'am I ask that you stay here overnight at the very least." Sighing I met his eyes. "I have to go. You told me yourself that all those useless X-rays came back looking fine. That all I had was some internal bruising and a moderate concussion so why am I still here right now?" I knew I nearly had him convinced by the look on his face as he sat in a chair near the door, tapping his foot. "Okay..." He replied, glancing up momentarily. "I'll go to my office and write up the discharge papers." With that he slipped out of the room and I let my head fall back onto the pillow, staring at the ceiling. I'm a whole two days late and I can only wonder if Demi will be upset.

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Sooo this chapter is so short but what if I ended the book here? I'm thinking about a sequel but idk it all depends on what you guys want. Thank you so so much for reading this book and I hope you all enjoyed it and I'm thankful for the support I received from some of y'all throughout this book. Love y'all

~Hannah