I can't remember exactly how it happened, but I will always remember the look on 's face as she fell to the floor.
We were on our way to a Blue concert (our favorite pop group) and were chatting and giggling about a TV appearance the lads had done earlier that day.
"I can't Believe how gorgeous was looking!" exclaimed with a cheeky grin on her face.
"What! You mean don't you?!" I pretended to be annoyed. I couldn't hold my straight face for long though and we both burst out in a fit of giggles.
It was just something we did. One of those strange best friends things.
We were too busy laughing at something - I forget what it was, something silly. When all of a sudden I heard a loud screeching noise and turned to see a dart of shock and fear cross 's face. She looked me straight in the eyes and I watched her slowly fall to the floor.
I just froze. I couldn't move. I couldn't think. I remember hearing a man say something about an Ambulance. Then I awoke to see my Mum over me. I looked at her and she smiled at me. For that split second everything seemed OK,��then my memories began to return.
"?" I mumbled. I had to know what had happened. Where was she? Was she OK? My Mum just forced a weak smile. "Everything's all right now baby. You've lost a bit of blood but you're going to be fine." Blood? Me? What? I wasn't hurt. What is she talking about?
"�" I mumbled again my voice trailing off as a wave of sleepiness came over me.
"She�s fine." My Mum replied. Why did I get the feeling she was lying? "Now you just get some rest. Ok?"
I must have lost consciousness again as the next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital ward with my Mum asleep in the chair next to my bed. I looked across at her. What had she been talking about before? I remembered her saying something about me losing blood. I felt so confused and my head was aching. It was that had been hit.
I put my hand up to my aching head and my fingers touched something soft that was wrapped around my head.
"Don�t touch your bandage dear," my mum said from the chair, she must have just woken up.
"What happened?" I asked her. I needed to know.
"You were in an accident." She replied, it looked as though that was where she was going to stop.
"Please mum. I have to know." I pleaded with her as the pain began to increase in my head.
"It was a hit and run. You were crossing the road when a car came out of nowhere. was hit first, a fraction of a second before you were, she took most of the impact. There where 4 witnesses who saw the whole thing. They called for an ambulance. I dread to think what would have happened to you if they�d not been there."
"And ?" I asked dreading the answer.
"She�s stable." My mum replied.
"Stable?" I asked. Wasn�t that what they said when you weren�t dying at that moment but they didn�t know if you would?
"Yes she�s in a coma. But the doctors are hopeful, so there�s no need to worry."
I was able to leave my bed later that day and go and see . She just looked as though she was sleeping.
A day went by she didn't wake, 2 days and she still slept, 3, 4, and 5 days and she still lay there.
After a few days I was able to go home. My injuries hadn�t been serious, they�d had to replace some of my lost blood but apart from that and the headache I was fine.
I visited at the hospital every day, but soon the days became weeks and the weeks became months and she was still in the coma. The doctor�s became less hopeful and I became more depressed. I sometimes blamed myself, if only I�d been paying more attention. But if only were pointless and I knew deep down no one was to blame. Visiting had become a routine. Like having a shower or eating a meal. It was something you did everyday without even thinking about it. I would stop by after college and read her articles from magazines and newspapers to keep her up to date on what was going on in the world. I didn�t know if she could hear me, but they say a person in a coma sometimes can and it made me feel as though I was helping. I would also bring my Walkman in and play her Blue songs; I even bought her the new single so that when she woke up she wouldn�t have missed it.
