3: Another One Gone

I woke up again still holding Jax's hand. I smiled and saw the time and saw the time. 6:24 am. I didn't know that day it is though.

I grabbed my phone and it said was Wednesday. I was too worried to think about school Tuesday. School started at 7:30 am so I had an hour to get to the house and ready.

I got up and kissed Jax's head and went to a nurse saying, "I'm leaving, I hope that's ok." She signed me out and I grabbed what I needed and left.

I got to the house at about 6:45 and it was clean. No glass shards or broken anything. I went to mom and dad's room to see if they were home. They weren't.

I started getting ready and saw that my phone was blown up by texts. Daniel, my parents, Wyatt, and 2 unknown numbers.

I opened Daniels first. "where are you?", "are you ok?", "I'm kind of worried", "answer as soon as you can" and, "don't text or call any random numbers! Somehow Bree got in my phone and got your phone number and gave it to lily too!"

I opened my parents next. "where are you?!", "Kaylee gets home right now and clean this house up!", "who are these people in our house?!" and that all I got from them.

I bet when the cops and FBI or police got there. My parents were probably already there and were way too drunk to be alive and got arrested.

I sighed and looked at Wyatt's. "where are you? why is your location disabled for me now?", "I'm really sorry Kaylee please answer!"

I'm still so mad at him. I knew the other 2 numbers were Bree and Lily, so I wasn't gonna open them.

About 40 minutes later I was at the bus stop waiting for the bus. I was gonna tell Daniel about everything. Except that my parents are alcoholics and smoke whatever is in front of them.

The bus pulled up and saw that Daniel wasn't there. I sat where he sat, close to the window.

He wasn't school. he wasn't there at all. Lunch and after was the worst.

At lunch Lily came up to me and with Bree and the rest of the girls who follow them while I was going to the table I usually go to with Daniel.

"why did you answer our texts bestie?" lily asked me that like she never said a mean thing to me in my life.

I looked at them like I wanted to strangle them, "we are not 'besties' in any way, shape, or form. Got it?" I sighed and got my food.

She looked back at me as if she was about to punch me or choke me. I rolled my eyes. They followed me to the table and sat down in front of me.

"Do you like Daniel?" Lily blurted it quickly and Bree hit her.

"Lilies stop heh" she said it as if she wanted an answer, and I knew she did.

I stayed silent because if I answered no, they knew I would be lying, and I obviously wasn't gonna say yes. I started grabbing my things about to leave, but they stopped me by grabbing an arm each. I looked at them like I was about to punch the each in the face. They didn't care.

Bree told me with puppy eyes, "Don't go bestie, you haven't even talked to us."

I kept staring at them waiting for them to understand the look. I bet they did they just didn't let me know. I jerked each hand back at a time and threw away the lunch I never ate.

I went to the bathroom and grabbed my phone and texted him "where are you? Lily and Bree are already terrorizing me already."

Not even a minute later he texted back. "I'm sorry my whole family got sick from food poisoning. Didn't you get it? It's from the time you eat with us."

I didn't eat. I haven't been eating even since I left the hospital and Jax. I didn't want him to know though.

So texted back, "I had a salad, remember? I don't like pork" I don't even like salad, but I don't think he knew that.

"Oh, ok I'm sorry I'll text you next time I'm on the bus telling you I'm back, ok angel?"

I blushed. He's never called me by anything except my name, nothing like angel.

I smiled and texted back "okay" with a heart emoji. Yes, I know it was cliché but why not. I'm also trying to slowly hint that I like him.

Then I got a call from Wyatt. I declined it from still being pissed at him. I almost blocked him.

But The following text made me wish I answered. "Get to the hospital now it's Jax!"

I immediately teared up and dropped all my bags running out the school doors not thinking about anything except that Jax.

By the time I was out the doors I was full of tears rushing off my face from the wind pushing them off. For once I was glad, I joined track and race team.

10 minutes later I was in the hospital about to pass out.

"Ma'am are you ok?!" A nurse rushed over to me helping me stand, with another getting water.

I nodded fast "my brother! Where is he?!" Wyatt came out and grabbed me as soft as Jax would and for a millisecond I thought it was Jax but could tell it wasn't.

I saw Jax in his room behind us and I went with him.

Wyatt saw me hyperventilating "Did you run here from school?!" He helped me up till he got me to the chair in the room with Jax. I nodded and then saw Jax. He looked horrible. Worse than before the first hospital visit.

I looked ta Wyatt, "What the hell did you do?! Was he signed out without me knowing?!" I was furious again. I thought Wyatt did something again. But he didn't.

It was mom or dad. I knew from Wyatt's tear stains on his shirts and face, and the bandages covering deep scratches from what seemed to be a beer bottle.

I hugged Wyatt crying again. "I'm so sorry for treating you horribly" I kept balling on him till he pushed me off him gently and wiped my tears. "You're my sister, you don't have to say sorry."

I wiped his tears while he wiped mine and heard something, that I would never want to hear. Wyatt noticed only after I did.

Jax died right then and there. No warnings. No goodbyes. No nothing.

I just stared at Wyatt as nurses piled into the room. I moved to the corner of the room and sat down hyperventilating with Wyatt following me. Wyatt didn't know what to do. He hasn't seen me have one in a while and I guess he forgot how to help.

he tapped one of the nurses and pointed at me. I could tell she knew immediately from her face expression.

She sat down with me and held my hands. "tell me 5 things you see." she sounded like an angel. Her voice completed muted out the beeps and rustling behind us.

"Wyatt, nurses, window, white board..." I tried not to say Jax, it would only make it worse. "and um..." I noticed she had rings under her gloves. "your rings."

She smiled a bit, "4 things you feel, mentally or physically" her voice kept distracting me.

"the floor, scared, your hands and overwhelmed." Wyatt took one of my hands with the nurse holding the other. I looked at him and sighed out of breath finally calmed down. It stopped then I remembered Jax.

Right as I looked over at the nurses surrounding Jax they all looked at us either shaking their heads or crying.

I started crying again and hugged Wyatt tight. I knew he was trying to keep it strong and not cry but he couldn't help it and bawled as much as I did. All the nurses except the one left and I ran to Jax and crawled on the bed and lied in his limp arms for the last time. I know it sounds stupid, but I felt safe again. Even though it was the last time. Anyone except Jax. Anyone.