The Morticians Daughter Black Veil Brides
Chapter 4
I sit bolt upright in my hotel bedroom, my phone pressed up against the side of my face.
“Hanna?!” I shout and get up, not bothering to get dressed, I run down the hallway to Jack’s room, I pound on the door. “Jack!” I shout. He groans and opens the door. “Get packed now. Something’s happened.” Jack groans and turns around “I’ll meet you on the bus later.” I grab him and shove him waking him up.
“We are leaving now.” I snap
*Time skip*
We land in Maryland and get off the plane. I left a note under Matt’s door. He probably has it already and is wishing he could fire me right now. Katie stands straight ahead of me. My heart falls, I see the tears run down her cheeks, but her facial expression is flat. No no this is not happening. I think to myself and start to run over to her
“Katie. What’s going on? What happened to Hanna? Is she okay?” I grab her sides. Jack seems to be more awake as well. She looks at me and starts shaking her head slowly, not saying a word as my heart stops and I feel my knees start to give way beneath me.
“How badly is she hurt?” I say. My voice is thick and I look down at Katie’s shoes. I feel Jacks hand on my back.
“Alex… This isn’t the place for this.” She says, her voice wavering.
“Then take me to her.” I look up at her and feel my eyes start to brim over. I lock eyes with her, trying to read her expression. Jack offers me his hand, I take it leaning on him as we rush through the airport. Jack waves over a taxi and we all pile into the backseat. Katie tells the driver the name of our hospital. I sit staring out the window our last conversation running through my head over and over again. Jack rubs my arm as we drive. We reach the hospital and the world seems quiet around me, I start to walk into the front desk. The woman looks at me, she seems to recognize Jack and I. I open my mouth to speak but she cuts me off.
“This way Mr. Gaskarth.” She looks at me sadly “Your Girlfriend was in a car accident. She was reaching for her cell phone and took her eyes off the road. She swerved across the street and she had a collision with an oncoming semi truck. It hit her car on the drivers side.” Her voice sounds regretful. “She made it to the hospital but…” She stops outside a room and pushes the door back. “She passed away less then thirty minutes ago.” I look in the hospital room and realize it’s a morgue. In the middle of the room there is a metal table and a body laying on it under a white sheet. The nurse walks ahead of me and pulls the sheets back just so it uncovers her collarbones and up.
All I hear is a small whimpering noise, I think it came from me. I run forward to the table No No No this isn’t my Hanna she can’t be. My hands smack against the side of the table shaking it slightly. Her eyes have a blueness around them Her lips have turned into a white-ish pink. Not the healthy lips that used to smile and make my world light up shine a little bit brighter. The lips I used to kiss. Her skin is pale paler then I’d ever seen it. I remember joking about how she’d never tan. I reach out to touch her cheek. This. This is real. I look at the rose on my hand against her skin. The world takes my brother, now my future wife. A small wet spot falls down on her cheek, I realize I’m crying and just break down. I hide my face in her neck and wait for her arms to wrap around me. To tell me that we’ll be together until death do us part its sort of sick now, telling her that we’ll be together until we die.
“I love you Hanna. Come on babe, I’m here. Please… wake up. I’m here now. I promised you I’d be home. I promised you that we would visit your aunt remember? You were supposed to meet me there.” I start to ramble into her throat. “Come on Love. Please.” I break out into sobs and feel a hand on my back. “You promised me that we’d see each other again.” I start to shout my hands shaking. The hand starts rubbing my back.
“Come on Alex. We have to go.” Jack says his voice thick. I shake my head and slide my arm around her and kiss her neck.
“No.” I sob, “I can’t leave her.” I shake my head vigorously.
“Come on Alex. They can’t have her here any longer.” He starts to pull me back. “We have to start making arrangements. Get her things.” I let her go regretfully and look down at her lifeless body. I stand looking down at her, expecting her eyes to open and all this just be a really sick episode of fear factor. I pull my backpack off my back and start to sing the first song that comes to mind. The one she used to love so much, she said was how she felt when I’d leave on tour. The one I’d listen to when I wanted to think about her on tour.
“I open my lungs dear… I sing this song at funerals… no rush. These lyrics heard a thousand times, just plush.” I open up the front pocket and pull out my wallet. I pull out a picture of her and I on stage when I asked her to become official. When I promised her I’d be hers forever. When I promised her one day I’d marry her. “Baby boy you’ve held so tightly, this pain it visits almost nightly missing hotel beds, I feel your touch.” I pull out a small velvet box.
“I will await dear, a patience of eternity, my crush.” My voce cracks as I sing and Jack rubs my back, I pull out the ring and reach over taking her left hand “A universal still. No rust.” I slide the small diamond ring on her finger and lean down, laying her hand on her stomach. I lean down and kiss her lips, longing for the warm response. Her lips feel cold against mine. I swallow hard and pull away looking at her. My fiancée. Jack leads me back, the last thing I can say to her. The one thing I wish I could say to her over and over again, “I love you.”
“Hanna?!” I shout and get up, not bothering to get dressed, I run down the hallway to Jack’s room, I pound on the door. “Jack!” I shout. He groans and opens the door. “Get packed now. Something’s happened.” Jack groans and turns around “I’ll meet you on the bus later.” I grab him and shove him waking him up.
“We are leaving now.” I snap
*Time skip*
We land in Maryland and get off the plane. I left a note under Matt’s door. He probably has it already and is wishing he could fire me right now. Katie stands straight ahead of me. My heart falls, I see the tears run down her cheeks, but her facial expression is flat. No no this is not happening. I think to myself and start to run over to her
“Katie. What’s going on? What happened to Hanna? Is she okay?” I grab her sides. Jack seems to be more awake as well. She looks at me and starts shaking her head slowly, not saying a word as my heart stops and I feel my knees start to give way beneath me.
“How badly is she hurt?” I say. My voice is thick and I look down at Katie’s shoes. I feel Jacks hand on my back.
“Alex… This isn’t the place for this.” She says, her voice wavering.
“Then take me to her.” I look up at her and feel my eyes start to brim over. I lock eyes with her, trying to read her expression. Jack offers me his hand, I take it leaning on him as we rush through the airport. Jack waves over a taxi and we all pile into the backseat. Katie tells the driver the name of our hospital. I sit staring out the window our last conversation running through my head over and over again. Jack rubs my arm as we drive. We reach the hospital and the world seems quiet around me, I start to walk into the front desk. The woman looks at me, she seems to recognize Jack and I. I open my mouth to speak but she cuts me off.
“This way Mr. Gaskarth.” She looks at me sadly “Your Girlfriend was in a car accident. She was reaching for her cell phone and took her eyes off the road. She swerved across the street and she had a collision with an oncoming semi truck. It hit her car on the drivers side.” Her voice sounds regretful. “She made it to the hospital but…” She stops outside a room and pushes the door back. “She passed away less then thirty minutes ago.” I look in the hospital room and realize it’s a morgue. In the middle of the room there is a metal table and a body laying on it under a white sheet. The nurse walks ahead of me and pulls the sheets back just so it uncovers her collarbones and up.
All I hear is a small whimpering noise, I think it came from me. I run forward to the table No No No this isn’t my Hanna she can’t be. My hands smack against the side of the table shaking it slightly. Her eyes have a blueness around them Her lips have turned into a white-ish pink. Not the healthy lips that used to smile and make my world light up shine a little bit brighter. The lips I used to kiss. Her skin is pale paler then I’d ever seen it. I remember joking about how she’d never tan. I reach out to touch her cheek. This. This is real. I look at the rose on my hand against her skin. The world takes my brother, now my future wife. A small wet spot falls down on her cheek, I realize I’m crying and just break down. I hide my face in her neck and wait for her arms to wrap around me. To tell me that we’ll be together until death do us part its sort of sick now, telling her that we’ll be together until we die.
“I love you Hanna. Come on babe, I’m here. Please… wake up. I’m here now. I promised you I’d be home. I promised you that we would visit your aunt remember? You were supposed to meet me there.” I start to ramble into her throat. “Come on Love. Please.” I break out into sobs and feel a hand on my back. “You promised me that we’d see each other again.” I start to shout my hands shaking. The hand starts rubbing my back.
“Come on Alex. We have to go.” Jack says his voice thick. I shake my head and slide my arm around her and kiss her neck.
“No.” I sob, “I can’t leave her.” I shake my head vigorously.
“Come on Alex. They can’t have her here any longer.” He starts to pull me back. “We have to start making arrangements. Get her things.” I let her go regretfully and look down at her lifeless body. I stand looking down at her, expecting her eyes to open and all this just be a really sick episode of fear factor. I pull my backpack off my back and start to sing the first song that comes to mind. The one she used to love so much, she said was how she felt when I’d leave on tour. The one I’d listen to when I wanted to think about her on tour.
“I open my lungs dear… I sing this song at funerals… no rush. These lyrics heard a thousand times, just plush.” I open up the front pocket and pull out my wallet. I pull out a picture of her and I on stage when I asked her to become official. When I promised her I’d be hers forever. When I promised her one day I’d marry her. “Baby boy you’ve held so tightly, this pain it visits almost nightly missing hotel beds, I feel your touch.” I pull out a small velvet box.
“I will await dear, a patience of eternity, my crush.” My voce cracks as I sing and Jack rubs my back, I pull out the ring and reach over taking her left hand “A universal still. No rust.” I slide the small diamond ring on her finger and lean down, laying her hand on her stomach. I lean down and kiss her lips, longing for the warm response. Her lips feel cold against mine. I swallow hard and pull away looking at her. My fiancée. Jack leads me back, the last thing I can say to her. The one thing I wish I could say to her over and over again, “I love you.”
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