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Astor Campbell POV
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A continuous nudge to my foot wakes me as I spring up straight, as if someone screamed that there was a fire. I look over to see Chris staring back at me, worried.
"You alright, man?" He asks cautiously, watching me as if I had two heads.
"Yeah. Just a bit jumpy right now." I give him a sheepish smile. "Just stressed is all."
"Hey, man, look." He turns to face me in his chair and gives me a long look. "Go home. Unwind, chill for a bit, eat, and get some proper sleep. You look like a zombie, man. You don't look good. I'll be here the whole time you're gone and I swear on my life, I will call you if they let me know anything. Just go home and rest and eat. She won't be very happy with you if you don't." Damn, he's actually be nice.
I sigh, "Alright. I'm only doing this because I know you're right that she would be pissed if I didn't take care of myself." Taking a few deep breaths, I stand up and fetch my keys from my pocket.
"I'll see you later, Woods." I tell him and give up a two finger salute, jiggling my keys in my other hand.
"See ya, Campbell." He goes back to looking at his phone as I turn around and walk away.
Actually listening to the punk, I drive home to sleep and rest.
"Hey, son." My grandpa greets me when I pull up to the house and unlock the door.
"Hey Gramps, hey Grammy." I give them both a gentle hug and a soft kiss to their heads before heading to the kitchen.
"There's leftovers from dinner in the fridge if you want them." Grammy calls after me.
"Okay. Thank you." I grab some and heat it up. I eat about half a plate before I start to feel the weight of no sleep take hold. Yawning, I place my dishes in the sink and head to my room. Even though it's morning -and usually I can't sleep during the day- I don't care as I take my shoes off my feet before plopping on my bed. I'm asleep within the next minute.
(Two years ago------Flashback/dream)
"Hey!" My sister says, running towards me and flinging herself into my arms. I lift her off the ground and twirl her around a few times, making her laugh.
"Hey little sis." I kiss her forehead and ruffle her hair, earning a flare from her which just amuses me more.
"Where did Travis go?" She asks. I had left with my best friend Travis a few hours ago to head to the gym. He spent the night over at mine since and he took a ride from his girlfriend after we finished working out.
"Hannah came and picked him up when we were done." I tell her, throwing an arm around her shoulders and steering her to the house.
"Ew!!! Astor! You smell yucky!!" She exclames, her 12 year old voice sounding younger. She tried to get out of my grip but I hold tight.
"Aw who cares. It's just a smell Mels, you will shower later anyway." I pinch her shoulder as we enter the house and head towards the kitchen.
"True." She slides from under my arm and goes to the counter to make us both a peanut butter sandwich. It's routine.
"So how's today been, Melody?" I ask, knowing she had her chemo today.
"It was okay. The doctors said it's looking alot better. The tumor is going down by alot and they don't think it will get any worse. They said it's very rare this happens but it's a good sign. I'm not feeling too well though. You know how the chemo makes me feel weird for a few hours after." She shivers as if she can shake off the side affects like a dog.
Melody was diagnosed with a brain tumor about a month ago. They put her straight on chemotherapy because they said the tumor is too big to be removed and could badly damage her brain if they try to take it out at the size it was in. So in hopes the chemo would make it lessen, the doctors set her on a weekly chemo treatment at the hospital. After two months, they would recheck the size and if it's small enough, they would remove it.
"I'm sorry, Mel." She places my sandwich in front of me and I grab her hand and pull her into a hug.
"It's okay." She mumbles but I know it's anything but okay. She's had to be homeschool since she was diagnosed and I know she misses school.
"At least it's getting better. Hey how about a moviethon tonight? We can binge Riverdale and eat popcorn." I grin at her, hoping to lighten her spirits.
"Definitely." She grins back. "I'll get the popcorn, you get the show running." I listen to her orders and go into the basement to start turn the TV on and pull the show up while she's done making popcorn.
I hear her coming down the stairs and feel her plop beside me, the bowl of popcorn on her lap.
"Gimmie gimmie." I take the bowl with a smirk and she fights me on it.
"Astor! Come on we have to share!" She pouts and I give in with a smile. She smiles triumphantly. We watch a few episodes before I head upstairs to refill the popcorn bowl. On my way back down I hear a crash from the basement and hurry my step to see Melody on the ground shaking. She's have a seizure.
"MOM! DAD! CALL 911! CALL 911!" I scream as loud as I can, turning her on her side like I was told in my health class.
"Mel, you're going to be okay. Hang on... Please hang on sis." I move her hair back from her face as she slowly stops shaking. Mom and dad make their way down. Mom's on the phone with the ambulance dispatcher and dad runs straight over to us as right as she stops shaking.
"She was having a seizure. I didn't do what to do so I turned her on her side. She might have bitten her tongue but that's minor. She was fine earlier. I was coming back down from making more popcorn and heard the crash of the lap and saw her and did the only things I knew how to." I tell him as calmly as I can, tears in my eyes. I'm afraid to lose my sister.
Seconds later, she's coming to and looking around, confused.
"Daddy... Astor..?" She blinks several times, as if trying to clear her vision.
A few minutes later, the paramedics rush in with a stretcher and move her to the ambulance. I replay what happened while they strap her in. I let her know of the brain tumor and they tell us that that might be either the cause of the seizure or one of the causes. I shake my head at my dad as he tries to pull me away from the ambulance. He understands and let's go and I hop into the back with my sister and we rush off towards the hospital.
2 hours later....
Me, mom, and dad all sit in the waiting room drinking some coffee while waiting for the doctor to come and give us news. After another thirty minutes of waiting, the doctor calls our name and we all rush forward.
You can tell by the look in his eyes and on his face that there is no good news.
"I'm sorry, Mr. And Mrs. Campbell. Melody, I'm afriad, won't be able to be here much longer. Though the brain tumor shrunk in size, it's strength didn't and it spread to other parts of her body. It's from her head to her chest as of right now and there is no way to reverse this. The only thing we can do is prolong how long she stays with us and give her medication to help the pain. But she only has a few week left. I'm so..." I quite listening. I turn around and walk down the hall into the nearest bathroom I find. Once in alone I break down, tears coming out like fucking Niagra Falls. A sob escapes my throat as I think about what the doctor has told us. I'm going to fucking lose my sister. The one think good in my life. And she's about to leave me in the most painful way possible.
I throw a punch to the mirror, unable to hold my anger in any longer.
I back up against the wall and slide down to the floor, holding my knees to my chest as if the pressure will stop the pain.
I don't know how long I sit there and just cry and cry and hold my knees tight to my chest until I can't breath. It could have been hours or minutes, but I got up off the floor and cleaned my bloody and bruised hand off in the sink. I cover it with the sleeve on my hoodie before walking back out. I'm looking down at the ground instead of in front of me when I bump into someone. Im quick to apologise, but as I look up, my breath catches in my throat. Here stands the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.
"I'm sorry." Her angelic voice speaks, laced with sorrow. No angel should ever be sad.
"No it's all my fault, I'm sorry..." She trails off, looking at me and waiting for me to tell her my name.
"Astor." I give her a small smile.
"Rebecca." She gives me a small smile but I can tell it doesn't ever reach her eyes. "I'm sorry for running into you," she frowns. "But I have to go. Bye. " She gives me a small wave before walking around me and heading towards a room at the end of the hall.
As I walk back to my parents, I can't get the girl out of my head. Until I hear the words from my parents.
"Astor... While you were gone.. she had another seizure. Melody didn't make it." My mom says with a sob. I stand there, frozen as she pulls me into a hug and sobs into my shoulder. Once the words register, I break down and cry and cry and cry. Until I'm just a she'll, a zombie. And I feel nothing. And I completely and totally forget all about the angel I saw a few minutes before.
Give me some feedback. I need constructive criticism!! What do you think about Fearless? Let me know exatally what you think about it. If there's improvements you think I can make, comment and let me know. I take everyone's opinion in to account!
Soooooo Fearless is coming to and end!!!!! I literally like the end way more than any other part I've written lol. I think it's because I really enjoy writing in Astor's POV. It's a total change. I've stopped writing for all of my books except this one so I could focus and get it done and I didn't realize how much I became Rebecca. So it's nice for a little change. Probably going to do the Epilogue in his POV too and I'll probably have some of them in Loveless too. If you haven't already, go a head and add Loveless to your library please so you will get a notification when I update! The first 3 chapters will be up by September 1st. I know it's a little less then 2 months but I need a break for a bit and I need to start school first so hang in with me guys. Don't leave me just yet. The epilogue will be up by the 21st so keep an eye out!
Question: Do you guys like when I do Astor's POV? Do you want other characters POV's? If so, which ones? Leave me a comment! Your wish is my command!
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-Marissa
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