The rain pours down hard enough to knock a small child over as I'm sprinting down the sidewalk in tears. I keep running and running. I see Eli's house ahead of me. I just keep running. I see the flashing lights in front of his house. It's too bright for the dark sky. I run up and over to an ambulance sitting in their small driveway. A paramedic is there, leaning against the side of the ambulance, also looking at himself in the mirror. I run up to him and a bit too roughly, shake him on the shoulder. "Where's Eli? Tell me, where is Eli?" I plead him. He just turns around and looks at me, seeing the waterfall that is coming out of my eyes.
"How do you know him?" He asks me and I roll my eyes to the best of my ability with my stableness.
"He is my boyfriend and best friend ever since kindergarten!!!" I practically scream at him. He just stares at me, not showing any emotion.
"Just go inside and up to his room, I am not doing this with you." He says and I turn away and sprint towards the door of his room. It's all the way open and I run in. A rope that is hanging from the ceiling holds a circle tied at the bottom. I start crying even harder and fall to my knees. Everyone finally notices me. Who is here to comfort me anyways?
I finally am able to choke out a few words, "I-is he d-dead?" I say and they all look at me, sympathy filling their eyes.
One of the strangers walk over to me and they say, "Come with me." I do as they say and follow them out of the house and to the ambulance. I now notice the body bag that is laying next to the driveway in the grass. I choke out a sob as the stranger pulls out a blanket and a breathing mask. He motions for me to sit down on the back bumper. I hop up and sit on the bumper and he puts the blanket around my shoulders. He hands me the breathing mask and I look at him in confusion. "You're hyperventilating. You'll need that." After that I understand. I then start to feel lightheaded. I feel myself falling over until everything turns black.
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I wake up with a pounding headache. It even hurts to open my eyes. I slowly crack them open at the sunlight that now fills the room. Why is sunlight filling the room? I never went to sleep!
Everything rushes back to me. Tears start falling down my face once again. I just have to face the fact that Eli literally hung himself. He is dead.
That thought makes the tears fall down even harder. I look up to the tall mirror sitting next to my vanity. I cry as I say to it, "I wish I could have him back," I still cry harder each word I say, "I miss him so much." And at this point I'm too unstable to say anything more. I just stare at my tear-stained face and just cry. I feel so pathetic. The mirror starts changing my view of myself, it now shows Eli sitting on a white bed with white sheets, blankets, and pillows. He is just sitting there smiling. It actually seems like he is looking at me now.
That is until he opened his mouth and spoke.
"Hi Ruby."