"Are you sure you're fine?", I asked Jade for the umpteenth time as she clutched her big stomach with a painful expression on her face. Dude, pregnancy is hard as fuck.
"Yeah, I'm okay, I think this is just how pregnancy works", she took in a deep breath and her eyes widened as she let out a soundless scream. I was starting to panic but she gave me a reassuring smile which was interrupted by a slow and short painful squeal.
"This can't be right, I'll call Cam or Jeremy or River to come drive us to the hospital", Know that popular saying "speak of the devil and he comes waltzing in"? Yup, the devil did waltz in. The doorbell sounded and I rushed to it to find Goldie standing there with an adorable toothy grin. "Oh thank God you're here, come", I pulled him in hurriedly towards the couch which Jade was laid on, rubbing her stomach.
"What's wrong with her?", The tone with which he convened the question was both urgent and worried. 
Cam and Jeremy had finally arrived at the clinic to see Jade since the doctor said she couldn't leave yet. Apparently; she was still too unstable and needed to be monitored professionally.Everybody was present yet no sign of River. I thought of calling him but I changed my mind; if he was leaving, he would be respectful enough to at least let me know by calling or texting, right? Maybe something came up, something urgent and he forgot to inform me about it. But then again, it's River, who knows? He might be somewhere setting something up to surprise me for the gram again. I focused my attention back on Cam who was making jokes, like his life and presence wasn't enough.Cam: I see you've got jokes, huh? T
11Fast forward to two weeks after the incident, almost forgotten; keyword: "almost".Jade: You all just can't forget about the incident, right? You also had to put it in the story, didn't you? Really?Yes really. Anyways, I was had poetry class, super important. I recently downloaded a poetry app on my phone which I actually really enjoyed plus it came with a certain kind of relief and I loved reading about people's deep and raw thoughts; so I signed up for poetry class.
The expensive sound of my iPhone going off jolted me back to reality; I was completely focused on my writing. I closed my laptop and picked up my phone to see three texts which I opened immediately. Two were from Goldie and one from Grey. You all know which one I opened first.Grey😍: Hey, are you free today, there's a carnival opening tonight, would you like to go with me?Me: Of course, I'll see you later.Then I opened River's text.Goldie: Hey babe, sorry I've been too busy lately. Classes and shit, y'know?Goldie: There's a carnival tonight, let me make it up to you by taking you there, my treat.
13We stopped by the store for a quick snack and by quick snack, I mean quick and unnecessary food. I don't eat chocolates; any type of chocolate because of my allergies so we got the other good stuff, cookies, ice cream, juice boxes and the sorts. While Grey was trying to decide which one to get between Lays barbecue and Lays classic, I decided to look around and see if I needed anything else. I walked past different rows and isles until my eyes landed on what I thought and hoped I wouldn't have to come across; more like who. I wanted to go with Jade's advice and just ignore him and walk away but I couldn't. I decided to just go talk to him. Be the bigger person. After all, how bad can it be, right?Man it was bad, really bad becau
14Waiting at the hospital was a sport for me but I had to. A few of my coursemates were there as well, waiting to hear what had happened to Gerald. The police took the statement of everyone found at the lakeside and were also waiting for the doctor's verdict to start the case. Jade, Jeremy, Cam, Grey and I were on one side waiting, the others were either outside or by the snack machine. We all had one thing in common, we were anxiously awaiting something, anything at all."Eve, come with me", Jade commanded. By the tone she used in conveying her message, I knew I couldn't rebel so I just followed her until we got into an empty ward. Little did I know she was thinking the same thing I was. "Do you think River might be behind this?", She a
15My eyes slowly opened and I was blinded by the oddly bright lights. Blinking a couple of times to get used to the light, I finally opened my eyes fully and remembered what exactly happened before I passed out. That remembrance was a very big mistake because immediately, the tears formed up in my eyes and we're pouring uncontrollably, I couldn't hold in the sobs as I cried out loud, not even bothering to get up or anything. The sound of the door aggressively opening didn't even bother me as I kept on crying. I felt fingers running through my hair and I didn't even give a fuck who it was, I couldn't even see anything, I couldn't bring myself to stop crying.Gerald is dead. Gerald died. Gerald died and I couldn't do anything about it. Pictures of his body floating on the lake filled my mind, clouded my empty and blurry visions
16Sorry I'm being too emotional, I'm sorry I just can't help it", I mumbled before patting Bibi who was laying on the ground by my leg. I drew in a deep breath and waited for him to say something, anything at all."Are you sure you're okay? You look pretty knocked out, y'know I said this earlier", I was aware he didn't use the word 'sick' because he didn't want to upset me."I'm good, I just-", I could feel the heat radiating off my own body as my eyes rolled into the back of my head, finding the perfect resting spot there, for the second time today.My head was pounding hot and my body felt extremely weak as I tried to open my burning eyes, again. I could feel the cool air around me but I was a hot sweaty mess; in the worst possible way. I could feel the irritation in my stomach as it fought its way up my throat. I opened my eyes and got up quickly before realizing it was a bad idea as my headache got worse, I fel
17I had finally gotten over the fact that I was never going to see Gerald again; although I hadn't completely gotten over the guilt, it kept slowly eating at me. Also, River hadn't been in contact with anyone since Gerald's death. Jade advised me to start up something new, to get a new past time while she found out about River, Arianne and Gerald so I did just that, I got a new thing, asides Grey of course."Excuse me", I made my presence known to the young male receptionist who was busy typing away furiously on his phone. His head snapped up and a very much required smile was plastered on his face as he said his well-practiced line."Welcome to Fi