The Bucket List (One Direction)

8: Wishes.

''The ambulance won't be able to go up there, you must come down.''

A sob shudders through me as I nod, ''I'll be at the inn.''

My tears fall quickly, dropping off my chin, my jaw, dropping into the cold snow and I hit the snow, hating life and hating everything.

I wrap the rug around Tibby more securely and pick her up, bridal style. I start jogging, my eyes still full, Tibby feeling like a feather in my arms and I pick up my pace, wanting to get down there as quickly as possible, because they could save her.

''Tibby please, please wake up.'' I whisper, my voice hoarse and croaky.

We get down and close to the inn quicker than I thought we would and I crumple to the ground, Tibby still in my arms and I cry, my head bent. Her arm slips from her chest and falls to the floor, something dropping out of her hand. I pick up the paper and open it, wiping my eyes to see better. I faintly hear an ambulance coming from further down the road as my eyes flicker from sentence to sentence.

It's her bucket list.

It's her one. The one she supposedly spilt coffee on. My eyes stop at the last sentence, her writing familiar and seemingly cheerful.

A first kiss.

I shut my eyes, wishing she could've had her first kiss. I hear the ambulance pulling up and I turn the paper around and see her writing again. She'd written, ''I love you Harry, best friends forever no matter what.''

I look down at her peaceful face and whisper, ''I love you too Tibby. Forever, no matter what.'' I lean over and place a kiss on her lips, then the medics rush over to try to save her life.

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In the ambulance, I start crying again. I dial a number and as the person answers, I can't even get the words out. I keep on crying and then, I hear, ''We'll be there as soon as we can.'' and the line goes dead. I stare at my phone, tears running down my cheeks and a medic pats me on the back, handing me something to put over my nose and mouth, to help me breathe. I look away as they try to restart Tibby's heart and I close my eyes, wishing this hadn't happened. I give the medic my mum's number and he calls her. I hear her cries and pain and I lean against the wall of the ambulance, as it hurries across the road.

I close my eyes again.

I must have fallen asleep because the medics are pushing past me out of the ambulance and running to the door. I blink and stumble out, leaning against the open door before slowly following after them.

But I don't end up in the waiting room. I walk around the hospital, people calling after me, but I don't listen, I just walk. I find a nice patch of grass and sit, then lay back, staring at the sky and go over the moments Tibby and I have shared. I close my eyes and let the tears seep out and I curl up and fall asleep.

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When I wake, I groan, my heart still aching. I roll to my back and sigh, rubbing my eyes as the sun shines above me. It has to be about noon. I sit up and blink at the figure sitting in front of me. My throat wells up.

She turns and whispers, ''I said we'd come as soon as possible.'' and wraps her arms around me, tightly, squeezing me as if she'd never let go. My eyes fill with tears again. Maybe I'd underestimated her. ''Louis, Zayn and Liam are here. Niall's flying in later.''

I nod and let go as I hear footsteps approaching. I see Louis and Zayn, and Liam walking up slowly behind them. They all sit down around us.

''Louis and Sage called me, so I said I'd drive down to them in Doncaster, pick them up and then drive down here, to be with you.'' Zayn mutters and I lean over and hug him, my eyes over-flowing. ''Thanks mate.''

''That's what friends are for,'' Liam offers a small smile and Sage pokes him, ''You're nursing a hangover aren't you?''

I grin slightly and hug him as well, ''It's really amazing of you guys.''

Louis smacks me on the back and lifts me to my feet, as I let go of Liam. They all glance at him and he takes a deep breath and I steady myself as I listen to what he's saying.

''She's in a coma.''

''Is that a good or bad thing?''

Louis bites his lip and Zayn comes to his aid. ''She's breathing and alive. The doctors aren't sure for how long though. They want to talk to you, and your mother.''

I nod and start towards the hospital. Sage slips her hand around my arm and walks with me, Zayn on her side and Louis and Liam on my right. ''How did you find me anyway?''

Everyone shrugs and nods at Sage. Louis replies, ''Sage found you. I don't know how.''

I shrug, deciding to let it go and we all go find Tibby's doctors and my mother, waiting for me.

She runs up to me and throws her arms around my shoulders, her tears quickly soaking my jumper. I hear Sage and the boys slowly retreat into the waiting room.

''Mr Styles,'' I hear a voice call to me from the door of a hospital room. I nod and take my mum's hand as we go towards him.

He nods and gestures to the chairs. We both collapse into the chairs and I struggle to keep my breathing steady.

''Now, from what I see, Tibby had a black-out. It's frequent in terminal cancer patients. Their brain freezes and shuts down, much like their heart. It's hard to keep them alive. We revived her, but she drifted into a coma. Seems like her body does not want to keep living. We did a PET scan of her body, which shows us where the tumours are and... well, her whole body is covered in tumours. There's no way she can live much longer, even if she were to come out of the coma.''

''So what you're saying is...'' I choke on the words and the doctor nods.

''We'll have to take her off the life support and let her die peacefully, in her sleep. She wanted that.''

That's why she left the tent, so she didn't disturb me. She knew she wouldn't live much longer anyway, so she didn't want me to get immediate help.

''But, like I said to your mother, who has already made the choice – since Tibby's parents seem inadequate – it's entirely up to you.''

I stare at my mother and her eyes fill up with tears and I know what choice she made. I stand up and walk to the door and without looking at either of them, I nod.

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Hi guys,

This is the last chapter. :c

Hope you all liked it though, it's pretty sad tbh. I'm not used to writing sad stories!! I don't think I'll write another sad one lol.

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