Chapter 59: 59

Chloe POV

"Chloe"

"How long are you going to stay here?"

"Let’s go home now. You already did enough", Eric kept on forcing me home but seeing him struggling to breathe I just couldn’t.

"Chloe, what are you even thinking? Don’t feel guilty at all because when he falls you are the one who called an ambulance and took him to the hospital so there is nothing to worry about. You already played your part even though it was not needed", Eric again said and tried to pull my hand but my body didn’t move from the place.

"Chloe"

"You can leave. I will stay here till he comes to his senses, ok?" I said looking at him while his eyes had angry expressions looking at me.

"Chloe, you are choosing wrong again", he said.

"What have I done?" I wasn’t paying attention properly.

"Chloe, you know that better than me what am I saying so don’t act."

"You know you are again becoming weak right?"

"And the reason is this guy who made you cry as hell."

"This guy made you look like a slut in front of the entire school."

"Why are you again trying to be with him?"

"Chloe, he doesn’t deserve it!!!!"

He kept on saying but I could hear nothing but only look at him.

"Chloe, listen to me!!!"

"Let’s go", he again pulled my hand but I somehow slapped his hand.

"Ch-

He was about to take my name but I stopped realising what I had just done.

"Eric, I don’t mean to", I panicked.

"I know you didn’t mean this because this guy is dancing on your head like crazy again. I know you are still in love with this guy. Even though it was me who suggested for us to date even though you never thought of me that way I still thought there will be one day you will love me as we have been friends since childhood but I never knew he will return to our life like a cyclone and snatch you away from me." Eric said, making me feel guilty.

"But Chloe, do you think he won’t do the same thing he did back then?" Eric asked while I stayed silent.

"Do you think he won’t trouble you the way he did back then when you again got entangled with his brother?" he asked, making my fist clench.

"Tell me, Chloe, what are you thinking?" his voice rose.

I took a long pause but still in the meantime my eyes kept on looking toward his sleeping voice. I don’t know how long it has been since I took his name out of my lips or is it that for the past years I have been calling his name in my sleep every night but now seeing him sleeping like this makes my heart hurt a lot.

"Sorry, Eric"

"I don’t know if after this you still will be my best friend or not but I don’t think I could ever be in love with anyone else by him."

I have been looking down all of this time. I don’t want to see his hurtful face. I’m always used to seeing his smiling face but I could never bear his eyes to filled with tears because of me. No, I can’t.

"It’s ok Chloe, but I hope you won’t feel hurt anymore", he said and kissed my forehead.

As I raised my head I was only able to see his back.

"How I wish I could tell him that he was the best person I ever met in my entire life but he could never be nothing more than a friend to me", I said looking at him walking far from me.

"Miss", someone called me, making me land into reality.

"Ah yeah," I replied. It was the nurse.

"You are the guardian of the patient admitted to room 509 right?" she asked.

"I’m his friend, not guardian", I replied.

"But we need his guardian to sign this paper. Do you have any contact?" she asked while I realized I had his phone with me.

"Don’t worry, I will call his family immediately", I said while the horse walked away.

I quickly let the phone out of my pocket and tried to check his contacts but there was none who I could say was important or not. I keep getting scared seeing him lying down for so freaking long.

"What if his speed dial is the one he cherishes the most?"

I thought and quickly clicked the 1-speed dial when the call connected to a person saved as a brat. I don’t have any idea who could be this brat but as the call connected I could feel it was Aaron.

"Aaron?" I asked.

"Yes? How do you have James’s phone?" he asked instantly.

I took a deep breath realising it was none other than him. My anxiety level was at a high point thinking what if someone blamed me for his situation but I’m glad now.

"Aaron, James is in hospital so come quickly", I said.

"Hospital? What happened?" His voice sounds calm.

"I don’t know but come quickly", I said and messaged him the address.

I don’t have any idea how long it will take him to reach here but as fast as possible I need him here to sign the form because I don’t know what will be the further treatment of him.

It is already 7 in the evening and I’m still roaming around his room but he still isn’t waking up.

I was about to go inside when I heard footsteps sounds.

"Is it a ghost?" I started getting scared.

I could see no doctor or nurse and it was too dark outside reminding me it is not impossible to see a ghost here.

The footsteps kept on approaching me which made me close my eyes.

"Ahhhhh", I shouted but soon a voice assured me.

"Hey hey why are you screaming like this? You are scaring me as well", it was Aaron.

"So it was you?" I asked but my heart kept on beating loud.

"Of course it was me. I was the one who you called so I will come eventually", he replied but he was scared as well.

"Oh sorry I thought it was a ghost", I said somehow.

We both tried to calm ourselves down for a minute then he asked, "what happened to him?"

His voice is hoarse. He sounded calm on call but seeing him like this I could tell he came here in a hurry.

"I don’t know but he fainted all of sudden and the nurse wanted to sign the guardian on a piece of paper so I needed to call from his phone", I said.

"Did he save my name in his contact?" he asked while trying to peek inside his phone.

"Ah no", I looked away.

"Tell me what he saved my number", he tried to see when I said, "It was actually saved as a brat."

I almost laughed trying to explain to him but his face was looking like a teenager who is angry with his older brother. Then what’s the issue between them? Why do they act like they don’t know each other?

While I was thinking about them he walked toward his room and looked at him through the transparent glass. He looked as if he was in pain as well but he didn’t show it.

In a minute he looked at me and asked, "What is going on between you two?"

I didn’t say anything.

"I don’t know what happened but it has never happened before."

"At Least I have never seen him in my entire life. Even the moment when I left home he ran after me but he didn’t taint or anything even though I don’t know his mental health still this is first."

"And there is also another reason which made me question the way he looked at you."

"Today when I was about to beat him he didn’t care that it has never happened in my entire life. He always provokes me and I ended up beating him more but this time he was looking at you carefully as if he look away you will vanish."

"So tell me what is going on", he asked me while looking toward him.

"Nothing is going on", I said.

"You sure? Nothing is going on?" he asked again.

"Yeah, nothing is going on. It was maybe a long meeting reaction but nothing else."

"It has been a long time since I left the school so it was just an overwhelming time. And it happens with everyone. There is no other meaning. We are not friends or family. We are not lovers nor in any relationship. So....

I stopped.

"So?"

"Nothing, I just help him as an old friend of mine," I said while I was clenching my fist all the time.

"Oh on thank you for calling me here. From here now I will handle things here so you can leave. It’s already been so late and you need rest as well", Aaron said but my feet don’t want to leave.

I wanted to say I want to be with him.

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