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Not In Time (CHAPTER 3: Part 2)
Harrison's POV:2
1 year later...
I opened my eyes. I was confused by what I was seeing. Everything is white; where am I? I want to get up, but my whole body can't. I feel weak. I tried to turn around and just look around. Suddenly, some people came and surrounded me. They are all in white. A laser was suddenly pointed at my eye. They were talking, but I couldn't seem to understand what they were saying.
After a while, I suddenly came to consciousness and became aware of the truth. I was in the hospital, and the doctor told me I needed to rest and not force my body.
Suddenly, all the events came back into my mind. The first thing was, "How is he?" How is that man?
My parents also came immediately. They cry a lot. They hugged me tightly. My tears also fell; I was comatose for a year. I'm also thankful that I'm still alive, but I don't know if I should really be happy. It's sad to think that this is how it all turned out. The man died; it is so painful that I failed.
If my leg hadn't cramped then, would he still be alive? Why do I have to live and he didn't? Why is that? I blame myself; maybe if I had run earlier and swam to him, I would have stopped him from jumping. I wish he was still alive. I should've been the one who died.
I seem to have lost my appetite even more and become discouraged. Mom really didn't want to tell me the truth, but I forced her.
Here I am now, stunned while looking out the window. I keep thinking about what happened before. I almost don't care about Aaron anymore; the news is that he is in the States with Julia, and they got married last month. I hope they are happy. That's all I can say. I know he loved me, but that's it; there's nothing I could do. I can't go back to the past, but if I had to, I would choose to save that man.
"Dear, you have visitors." I suddenly turned to mom. I'm confused. VISITORS? Was it my classmates? With Vineese?
"Who?" I asked. Mom immediately let the so-called guests in, and she went out.
They are not familiar. I don't even know them. There were five of them, five boys, and only one caught my attention. The man who entered first was tall, white, and wearing a blue polo shirt and black pants. He is very presentable and clean-looking. He also looked at me intently. He was very serious; he was obviously thinking about something too. Ah nevermind! I turned my attention to his other companions.
"Who... are you? Do we know each other?" I immediately asked them, and they introduced themselves.
"First of all, we are Jarred's friends, the man you tried to save," said a man with eyeglasses. "By the way, I'm Ryle Dela Vela," he continued.
"I'm Jonas Cadelle," he introduced himself.
"I'm Zed Wilson," and he smiled.
"I'm Hans Laurier."
"James Dylan Dawson, just Jaydi for short."
"And I'm Calvin De Vera. We are here to visit you, and somehow we can still thank you, even though he is gone. We are so thankful because somehow someone saw him and even risked her own life, just to save him." I could see the sadness in his eyes, and I could feel the serious tone in his voice. So Calvin it is.
"I'm Valirie Harrison; just call me Rhie. You know you don't need to come see me, but why? Why do you need to thank me? I failed to save him, and I'm really sorry for that." It's hard to accept that he's really gone.
"No, you don't have to be sorry for what happened; we also have shortcomings with him. And you know, there's nothing we can do; he's been gone for a long time. You don't have to blame yourself because it's not your fault. You're even being kind," Hans said.
"Yup, and we are more thankful to you. Because, you know, what if no one saw him? We would have no idea if he drowned. Even though you've failed, you are still his savior." Jaydi said this.
"Even us, we also blamed ourselves. It was almost difficult for all of us to continue life, but we realized that this is not what Jarred wanted. He doesn't want us to blame ourselves just because of him. He's that type of person. A precious friend that we really failed to protect. But we know he's happy now, especially since his mom is with him in the afterlife," Calvin added.
Because of our encounter and because of the things they said, shared memories, and shared stories of their friendship, I realized a lot, and it helped to calm me down. Since then, we have become close to each other.
To be continued...
@Jazzryl 04/10/24
© Jazzrylme_justreal
1 year later...
I opened my eyes. I was confused by what I was seeing. Everything is white; where am I? I want to get up, but my whole body can't. I feel weak. I tried to turn around and just look around. Suddenly, some people came and surrounded me. They are all in white. A laser was suddenly pointed at my eye. They were talking, but I couldn't seem to understand what they were saying.
After a while, I suddenly came to consciousness and became aware of the truth. I was in the hospital, and the doctor told me I needed to rest and not force my body.
Suddenly, all the events came back into my mind. The first thing was, "How is he?" How is that man?
My parents also came immediately. They cry a lot. They hugged me tightly. My tears also fell; I was comatose for a year. I'm also thankful that I'm still alive, but I don't know if I should really be happy. It's sad to think that this is how it all turned out. The man died; it is so painful that I failed.
If my leg hadn't cramped then, would he still be alive? Why do I have to live and he didn't? Why is that? I blame myself; maybe if I had run earlier and swam to him, I would have stopped him from jumping. I wish he was still alive. I should've been the one who died.
I seem to have lost my appetite even more and become discouraged. Mom really didn't want to tell me the truth, but I forced her.
Here I am now, stunned while looking out the window. I keep thinking about what happened before. I almost don't care about Aaron anymore; the news is that he is in the States with Julia, and they got married last month. I hope they are happy. That's all I can say. I know he loved me, but that's it; there's nothing I could do. I can't go back to the past, but if I had to, I would choose to save that man.
"Dear, you have visitors." I suddenly turned to mom. I'm confused. VISITORS? Was it my classmates? With Vineese?
"Who?" I asked. Mom immediately let the so-called guests in, and she went out.
They are not familiar. I don't even know them. There were five of them, five boys, and only one caught my attention. The man who entered first was tall, white, and wearing a blue polo shirt and black pants. He is very presentable and clean-looking. He also looked at me intently. He was very serious; he was obviously thinking about something too. Ah nevermind! I turned my attention to his other companions.
"Who... are you? Do we know each other?" I immediately asked them, and they introduced themselves.
"First of all, we are Jarred's friends, the man you tried to save," said a man with eyeglasses. "By the way, I'm Ryle Dela Vela," he continued.
"I'm Jonas Cadelle," he introduced himself.
"I'm Zed Wilson," and he smiled.
"I'm Hans Laurier."
"James Dylan Dawson, just Jaydi for short."
"And I'm Calvin De Vera. We are here to visit you, and somehow we can still thank you, even though he is gone. We are so thankful because somehow someone saw him and even risked her own life, just to save him." I could see the sadness in his eyes, and I could feel the serious tone in his voice. So Calvin it is.
"I'm Valirie Harrison; just call me Rhie. You know you don't need to come see me, but why? Why do you need to thank me? I failed to save him, and I'm really sorry for that." It's hard to accept that he's really gone.
"No, you don't have to be sorry for what happened; we also have shortcomings with him. And you know, there's nothing we can do; he's been gone for a long time. You don't have to blame yourself because it's not your fault. You're even being kind," Hans said.
"Yup, and we are more thankful to you. Because, you know, what if no one saw him? We would have no idea if he drowned. Even though you've failed, you are still his savior." Jaydi said this.
"Even us, we also blamed ourselves. It was almost difficult for all of us to continue life, but we realized that this is not what Jarred wanted. He doesn't want us to blame ourselves just because of him. He's that type of person. A precious friend that we really failed to protect. But we know he's happy now, especially since his mom is with him in the afterlife," Calvin added.
Because of our encounter and because of the things they said, shared memories, and shared stories of their friendship, I realized a lot, and it helped to calm me down. Since then, we have become close to each other.
To be continued...
@Jazzryl 04/10/24
© Jazzrylme_justreal
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