Nicky's POV
I felt as though I was
floating on clouds…It seems so peaceful. I could hear the
occasional voice… “Nicky, I’m here, I don’t
know if you can hear me, but I’m here…I came cos I didn’t
want to miss saying goodbye to you…” this voice seems
so familiar yet, I can’t place the identity. Then I felt a
gentle kiss, and I suddenly knew that it was Eilidh, I had never
met her, or seen a pic, but I felt as though I had known her all
my life…
“Eilidh,” I said, in a soft voice. No answer.
I say it again, then opening my eyes slowly…there’s
someone in the room, I can barely make out who it is, then my
vision becomes clearer and its Georgina.
She leaves a note on the bedside cabinet, and goes without a
word.
I start staring at the open door, and a nurse walks past, and
comes back as she sees my eyes are open…
Soon, three people, all female walk into my room. One is my mam,
one is my sister, and the other is…I can’t place her
face, then as my mam and sister go, I soon know that its Eilidh..
“Eilidh?” I say with caution, as I don’t want to
mess it up…
She replies with a simple “yes!”
I start staring at her, she’s like an angel, but even
gorgeous…
“you came??” I asked..
“Yeah, I did. I couldn’t stay away, and not say goodbye…”
“But I’m not dying, my heart is growing stronger, and
my injuries are healing…”
“Nicky, I thought that you were a goner, I don’t know
what I would have done if you had died…”
“Why think of that now? I’m okay…”
“I know, and I’m so happy that I got the chance to be
here, to see you pull through!”
“I’m glad you came as well…”
I remember that there’s a note on the cabinet, I grab it,
and open it…it’s not good news…Georgina has dumped
me by this note. I can feel the tears forming in my eyes..
Eilidh notices my sadness, and I hand her the note, she reads it,
and drops it on the bed, and comes and sits on the bed, and wraps
her arms around me as if to say that she’s there for me…I
feel safe and loved in her arms…and then she slowly starts
kissing me, and with all the strength I have, I start kissing her
in return…
“Man, you two!!” Gillian says, walking into the room.
“You could have knocked…” I said, laughing.
“Nicky, the other lads are here, I thought I’d come in
before them, so they wouldn’t be interrupting anything…
“Nicky, you’re okay!!” Shane said, bouncing into
the room..
“Hey Shane, this is Eilidh, a very special friend of mine…”
I said,
“Hi, the others shouldn’t be too far behind!”
“Nix, I’ll let you catch up with the lads in private..”
“Eilidh, you don’t need to go.” I say with
sadness.
“Nix, I think I should…I’ll be with ya mam and
Sis..”
“Eilidh, don’t!! I don’t want you to go!”
“Nicky, I’ll stay if you want me too…”
“Please do, I don’t want to lose you again…”
“but you’ve never lost me!!!”
“But if you walked out that door, you might never come back…”
“Nicky, I’m not gonna leave ya…I promise ya…”
“Promise me, that you’ll stay, and that you’ll
never let me go!”
She walks out of the room, I feel stupid.
“Nicky, are you okay?” Shane asks.
“No, Shay. I’ve just put my foot in it…I’ve
lost her for sure…”
“Nix, I’m sure she just needs time to think about it
all!”
“Shane, you don’t understand! You’ll never
understand!” I said, feeling angry.
Suddenly I felt really tired, my legs felt like they weren’t
there…I felt myself falling, which was weird, since I was in
bed… I don’t remember what happened next, as it all
went black on me.