Chapter 1:
“Auf...Auf Weidersein....Dankeshun...” I whispered down the phone, feeling a tear trickle slowly down my cheek. I shuddered, closed my phone, and looked over at one of the pictures of me and Bill when we were younger. “Bill...” I sobbed, clutching my mobile to my chest as my legs gave way beneath me, causing me to slide helplessly down the wall and onto the floor. “Nein....” I whimpered, tucking my knees to my chest as I let my emotions loose. The door of the living room opened, and I looked up slowly and sorrowfully at the person standing there.
“Tom?” Georg practically jumped to my side, clutching my head to his chest. “What happened? What’s going on?”
“Bi...Bill....” I managed to say, my lips trembling as I let out a loud moan of sorrow.
“Wha.... What happened?”
“He....I need...hospital...Bill...car crash....” I struggled to put a sentence together, but Georg seemed to know what I was trying to say.
“What? No...Bill.. Is he...” Georg gulped before continuing, as if he knew how I’d react to the next thing he was going to say.
“He...5% chance...surviving....the night....” I whispered, clutching Georg tightly. “I...I need....See...Bill....”
“I’ll give you and Gustav a ride to the hospital...”
“Thank you....”
I don’t remember getting into Georg’s car, or Gustav getting in as well. However, I do remember the journey being the longest of my life... Every second we were stuck in traffic, Bill was slipping further and further away. I don’t know how to explain it, but I could feel something inside me... It felt as if my heart was hollowing at the harrowing thought of losing my twin. I clutched my hand to my aching chest, and felt a never-ending river of slaty water flowing down my face as I thought about Bill and how bad he must be for him to only have a 5% chance of surviving the night....I felt another sob escape my throat, and I watched the dull sky as the dark grey clouds above open and pour their own tears onto the dirty concrete of the raods and pavements. It was as if the heavens above could feel my sorrow.... I looked at the rear-veiw mirror as Georg had to stop for somethng like the 20th time. He cast a sympathetic look at me through the mirror, before turning his gaze quickly back to the rear lights of the black car in front. The car resumed on it’s journey about 10 seconds later.... ‘And Bill is 10 seconds closer to death...’ I found myself thinking, the deep feeling of dread everytime the car had to stop causing sharp pains to surge through me from that one place in the left-side of my chest. I gripped my t-shirt on my chest, and let out another loud sob as I placed my forhead on the vibrating glass window, resisiting the urge to punch it through and run to the hospital. Suddenly- Georg was forced to stop. The quickest road to the hosptial was closed off... And I recognised one of the mangled cars blocking the road straight away. I rapidly undid my seatbelt, and charged out of the door, pelting down the road towards the vehicle I had been sat in the previous day. “BILL!!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, the icy air almost catching me off-guard. A police officer grabbed me roughly, and started telling me how everyone involved in the accident was at the hospital... and that there was no-one in any of the cars, something I already knew. I ran past the police officer, ran past the wreckage of Bill’s car, and charged down the road in the freezing rain, the dropelets hitting my tear-stained face and stinging as if I’d just been slapped as I ran head-first into the heartless wind.
“Auf...Auf Weidersein....Dankeshun...” I whispered down the phone, feeling a tear trickle slowly down my cheek. I shuddered, closed my phone, and looked over at one of the pictures of me and Bill when we were younger. “Bill...” I sobbed, clutching my mobile to my chest as my legs gave way beneath me, causing me to slide helplessly down the wall and onto the floor. “Nein....” I whimpered, tucking my knees to my chest as I let my emotions loose. The door of the living room opened, and I looked up slowly and sorrowfully at the person standing there.
“Tom?” Georg practically jumped to my side, clutching my head to his chest. “What happened? What’s going on?”
“Bi...Bill....” I managed to say, my lips trembling as I let out a loud moan of sorrow.
“Wha.... What happened?”
“He....I need...hospital...Bill...car crash....” I struggled to put a sentence together, but Georg seemed to know what I was trying to say.
“What? No...Bill.. Is he...” Georg gulped before continuing, as if he knew how I’d react to the next thing he was going to say.
“He...5% chance...surviving....the night....” I whispered, clutching Georg tightly. “I...I need....See...Bill....”
“I’ll give you and Gustav a ride to the hospital...”
“Thank you....”
I don’t remember getting into Georg’s car, or Gustav getting in as well. However, I do remember the journey being the longest of my life... Every second we were stuck in traffic, Bill was slipping further and further away. I don’t know how to explain it, but I could feel something inside me... It felt as if my heart was hollowing at the harrowing thought of losing my twin. I clutched my hand to my aching chest, and felt a never-ending river of slaty water flowing down my face as I thought about Bill and how bad he must be for him to only have a 5% chance of surviving the night....I felt another sob escape my throat, and I watched the dull sky as the dark grey clouds above open and pour their own tears onto the dirty concrete of the raods and pavements. It was as if the heavens above could feel my sorrow.... I looked at the rear-veiw mirror as Georg had to stop for somethng like the 20th time. He cast a sympathetic look at me through the mirror, before turning his gaze quickly back to the rear lights of the black car in front. The car resumed on it’s journey about 10 seconds later.... ‘And Bill is 10 seconds closer to death...’ I found myself thinking, the deep feeling of dread everytime the car had to stop causing sharp pains to surge through me from that one place in the left-side of my chest. I gripped my t-shirt on my chest, and let out another loud sob as I placed my forhead on the vibrating glass window, resisiting the urge to punch it through and run to the hospital. Suddenly- Georg was forced to stop. The quickest road to the hosptial was closed off... And I recognised one of the mangled cars blocking the road straight away. I rapidly undid my seatbelt, and charged out of the door, pelting down the road towards the vehicle I had been sat in the previous day. “BILL!!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, the icy air almost catching me off-guard. A police officer grabbed me roughly, and started telling me how everyone involved in the accident was at the hospital... and that there was no-one in any of the cars, something I already knew. I ran past the police officer, ran past the wreckage of Bill’s car, and charged down the road in the freezing rain, the dropelets hitting my tear-stained face and stinging as if I’d just been slapped as I ran head-first into the heartless wind.
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