Andy's POV:

"Mr. Alburn, Jessica is in a coma." As soon as the words leave his lips my heart beats so fast and blackness takes over. I feel my head hit something and I'm gone. I wake up in a hospital bed. I sit up and look around. Jessica...I stand up, making me feel a little dizzy and rush out of the room. I almost crash into the doctor.
"Whoa be careful, you hit your head pretty hard." He says eying me.
"What happened?" I ask in a horse voice.
"You fainted, after you heard the news."
"Where is she?" I ask immediately.
"Last room on the right, just down the hall." I nod and run down to the room. I skid to a halt and throw the door open. All the blood and dirt is washed off and there is a big tube in her mouth. Brandon is sitting beside her, but he is asleep. I walk over beside her, and look down at her. Her mouth is parted barley, but that's only because of the tube. Her chest is moving slightly but not much. Her eyes are closed, but you can see them moving frantically. I think she might be dreaming.

Jessica's POV:

The white is endless, nothing but white everywhere, and the beeping sound wont go away, it's very loud and I think I might have heard crying, but I don't know anymore. Everything is blank, what happened? Why can't I get out of this whiteness? I walk and walk and walk but see nothing. I scream until my voice gives out, I walk till my feet go completely numb. Nothing changes, why even bother. I drop to my knees and close my eyes. But when I close my eyes its white all over again.
I give up.....

Brandon's POV:

It's been 7 days since Jessica went into a coma. Andy or I haven't left the hospital, Andy's sister brought him some clothes and Callie brought me some things too. Our mom visited once, and she only stayed for an hour and then left, probably to go get drunk. Jessica has been stable, but there has been no sign of her getting better. Andy and I take turns sitting beside her. I feel so bad about how I jumped to conclusions about Andy, I just didn't want Jessica to get hurt. But I now see that he cares about her, A lot. Suddenly one of the machines start beeping loudly and two nurses rush into the room. Panic rises inside of me.
"Whats going on?" I ask, jumping up from the chair. They ignore my question and press a few buttons, after a minutes the beeping stops.
"What happened?" Andy asks, examining Jessica.

The nurse sighs and gives a sad look.
"It seems that Jessica has stopped breathing..."
"What!" I shout, my heart stopping.
"On her own." The nurse finishes quickly.
"So, she's not dead?" I ask like a little kid. She shakes her head Thank God, I thought I lost her.
"So what does that mean?" Andy asks.
"It means...It means that, while her body is still fighting to stay alive, her mind has given up..." She speaks carefully.
"So, she has to decide if she lives or dies...." I mumble and the nurse nods.
"Oh no..." Andy mumbles. I grab the chair and throw it across the room, it bounces off the wall and falls to the ground, making a lot of noise.
"It's not fair!" I scream and drop to my knees, crying into my hands. She can't leave, not now, it's not her time! After a few minutes I stand up and walk over to the bed. I look down at her.

She looks so peaceful, yet so terrified. "Can she hear us?" I ask the nurse. She nods.
"Jessica, please if you can hear me, please, wake up or I've failed...."

Jessica's POV:

All of a sudden, my breathing stops, its like someone is sucking the air out of my lungs. A loud beeping sound erupts in my ears and then the white is replaced by blackness and I can feel myself falling. I scream as I hit something hard. The blackness consumes me. I blink and I'm in my room. I'm standing in the corner. I see a boy and a girl on my bed, and then I realize that it is me and Brandon when we was younger. The little girl is reading to him, just like I used to with Brandon. I smile and step closer, but the scene changes and I end up in a field. The grass comes up to my waist and the sun is shining bright. Brandon is standing 5 feet away from me, and I'm so happy to see him.
"Brandon?" I whisper. He nods and smiles. I blink and when I open my eyes, the scenery is different. Its still the same field, But a ring of fire surrounds Brandon and I. Dark clouds cover the sky, making it darker than it was.

"Jessica, please if you can hear me, please wake up, or I have failed..." He says and disappears. What does he mean wake up?
"What do you mean?" I yell out into the air, wanting him to come back. I blink and once again I'm in another place. I'm standing in front of two cells. One has rusty bars and on the inside is dark and molded. The other one has shiny silver bars and it has a light hanging on the inside. I look inside the cell with the light. It's a girl.....I take a good look at her, It's me when I was seven years old. She is smiling brightly. She points to the cell next to her without saying a word. I walk over to the rusted cell. Inside there is a teenage girl. He hair is tangled and falls in front of her face. She is wearing a white, torn and dirty gown. Her skin is very pale and there are deep gashes all over her arms. There is a bloody knife in front of her.
"Decide." She whispers, but loud enough to where I can hear it.
"What?" I ask, stepping closer to her cell. Suddenly a big key appears in my left hand. The girl lifts her head and I realize.....It's me. It's like I'm looking into my reflection.
"Decide." She says again, but louder.

I look back at me when I was little, she has her face squished against the bars, but she is still smiling. I think I know what this is, If I pick the little girl. I'll be going back to a place when I was actually happy, I'll stay there for eternity. But if I pick the teenage girl, or if I pick me, then I will go back. Back to Brandon, and Andy and Callie. But thing is, if I go back I wont be happy.
"Think about the people who love you." The girl says.
"But you want to be happy don't you?" The little girl asks. I step back and debate. Both of there eyes are on me.
"Decide you don't have much time." They both say at the same time. I sigh and unlock the cells with the rusted bars. I open the door and I step back. The little girl in the other cell starts to sob, and she disappears.

The other girl steps out of the cell. The cuts on her arm disappear, her dress turns completely white and her hair flows down her shoulders like it was just brushed. All the blood and the dirt form the cell is off. Her pale skin glows, and she's smiling.
"Take my hand." She says holding her hand out. I slowly take it, her hand is freezing. It turns black and the girl disappears. Thousands of images flash before my eyes. I see Brandon, mom, dad, Callie, Andy, Zeke, I see school, and my bullies, I see many blurry buildings, and people. I hear quiet whispers, and loud screaming, I hear crying and beeping. The last thing I see is a bridge, and I start to fall off of it. But before I hit the water I wake up in a hospital room gasping.

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