Hit & Run

Chapter Twenty-Two: The End

Piper Belle-Harwood.

The End

.Eight Years Ago.

"Fleur, I can't find a quote to write this paper on!" I complained.

"Hold on...okay, check your email. I just sent you a link and there are a million quotes on it. It's where I got mine from."

I went to my email and clicked on the link. We sat in silence for a few moments while I scrolled through the different quotes.

"These are all dumb, Fleur. They're all about love. Which one did you choose?"

"I don't think they're all dumb. I chose the one by George Bernard Shaw... 'There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.' Isn't that a good one?"

I wrinkled my nose and I returned to my computer screen, scanning through the rest of the quotes.

"I get why losing your hearts desire is so tragic, but why is gaining it?" I questioned.

"Because...when you gain your hearts desire, you risk losing it, and I think that in itself is a tragedy."

"Oh, well I bet this guy would disagree: okay, so apparently Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote 'Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.'"

Fleur made a contemplative sound.

"Huh. I don't think they'd necessarily disagree-"

"Oh, they totally would. And I'm going to write my paper about this quote in order to prove it. Thanks, Fleur."

"Welcome, Piper."

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.Present Day.

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My body was stiff and the moment I moved, I felt somebody squeeze my hand.

My eyes shot open and it only took a moment of observing the white walls, wooden cabinets and insane amount of flowers for me to place where I was.

"I hate hospitals," I muttered.

Fleur let out a quiet sigh.

"Yeah. Me too."

I turned to look at my twin, a prominent frown on her face as she took me in.

There was a short time of silence between us before I spoke.

"Where is everyone?"

Our family is huge and I doubt it would be easy to keep them away.

"Home. It's really early. They'll be back in an hour or so, I'm sure." She swallows. "I usually stay the night with you and then leave for work once Mom or Dad gets here."

I furrow my eyebrows.

"How long have I been in here?" I ask, my voice a bit raspy.

Fleur sniffs and nods, her eyes getting a bit teary.

"Two days," her voice shakes and I frown as she wipes at her tears. "Gosh, Piper...I can't believe you didn't tell me." I opened my mouth but she shook her head. "Please let me finish, Piper...Lucas is in the hospital –he's fine, don't worry. He's going home tonight, actually. But anyways, I went to see him yesterday and he told me everything." Instantly, I felt my body begin to heat up as anger started to mount. "Please don't be mad at him." I groaned. It's like she could read my mind. "I was afraid you weren't going to wake up and I was so confused and he just...he thought I needed to know and-"