Chasing waves

Dreaming

Saturday morning and having nothing planned has got to be a blessing in disguise literally, not having to wake up early to a sound of a alarm clock sounds like a idea. Instead I'm snoozing till noon, being lazy like anyone else

"Lottie, your cousins will be here soon" I hear my grandad yell to me from downstairs, it be wrong for me to say I forgot they was coming but I completely forgot, never mind.

"Coming" I shout back lazily, still lying in bed, I would move but I'm in that comfy position that you don't want to move from however I don't move for another ten minutes but I don't fancy being squashed by my cousins, the thoughts of that makes me jump to my feet as they are heavier then they look

 I quickly put on shorts and a t-shirt, and run downstairs taking my seat on the sofa before everyone takes them all, I would be sat there first but they always say 'on your feet, lose you seat' I honestly don't think it works like that but who am I to say otherwise. I'm too focused on telly that I never heard them knock 

"Hello" I hear someone shout, Before I shout back, I have everyone jumping on me crushing my small body with there heavy ones 

"Come on guys, I can't breath" I yell but they all start laughing for a couple of minutes before finally getting off the top of me 

"You missed us kiddo" my oldest cousin Hayden says, he's only older by 3 years making him 21, he always calls me kiddo for some reason and I literally I hate it. 

"Sure, if you can call it that. How long you staying for?" I ask, they live a few hours away so sometimes they spend a week here as it's easier then driving back and forth 

"We staying all week little one" my uncle says, holding his arms out for me, he always wanted a daughter but he got all 4 boys unluckily but he has always treated me like the daughter he hoped for but my dad always got jealous as he didn't want to share his little girl with anyone even his brother. 

It's been two days since the family have been here and they have pretty much took over the house, who knew they could be so messy. We are watching a movie cuddle up together on the sofa it's almost midnight, I'm fighting my eye lids to stay away but I'm drifting off too sleep. "You better be recording, I want to catch the win on record" mother tells father who's got the camera in his hand, messing round with buttons but mother has a thrown on her face

"Yes dear, I got this" dad says pointing the camera at me as I battling for the wave, I'm paddles on the inside trying to gets the drop

"You got this locket" dad yells, with nothing but pride in his voice for his daughter, as i clear the wave, everyone cheering waiting for the final score to read hoping for a perfect score

"That was a perfect 10, your national winner Charlotte Lockhart" everyone cheering once again. Few minutes later, I am on the podium with my trophy and a huge smile on my face

"Well done hunny, proud of you. Now time for ice cream" dad says excited more about the ice cream. we all make our way to our car, dad driving with mother in the passenger seat looking at me though the mirror. But I lead forward wanting to flick though the radio station trying to find the perfect song when 'we are the champions' comes on, everyone starting singing and waiting for the chorus to come on 

"We are the champions" singing or should I say shouting out loud sounding terrible, dad takes his eyes of the road for a second and a lorry comes speeding towards us. 

"I know you can hear me right now but I won't hold it against you if you want to be with your parents, no one will" I hear my grandad say with so much hurt in his voice, I knew it killed him to say that, I'm fighting to wake up, I want to wake up, I want to see my grandad and let him tell me it's going to be ok. But I can't, I no long have the strength to keep fighting, seconds later the blackness disappear and I'm drowning, I'm fighting to swim to catch my breath but the water pulling me down, I'm on the verge of giving up. 

"Fight Charlotte" I hear a familiar voice say, I start looking but I see nothing but darkness 

"I can't, I just can't" I scream with water filling my lungs as I scream, I stop fighting and let go

"It's Ok, we right here but you got to fight" I hear that voice that's so familiar. I don't want to fight when I have nothing left to fight for, I close my eyes waiting for the light to take me 

"Charlotte Anna-bell Lockhart, don't you dare lose faith in yourself" I hear once again that voice, that happened to sound alike to my dads. Only my dad calls me by my full name. I slowly open my eyes to see my parents stood by me with that disapproval look on their faces 

"I don't want to fight anymore, I want to be with you" I say back, my parents give me that look of disapproval that I know so well off 

"Locket it's not your time, we will always be with you, we love you. Away from the eye but never from the heart" dad whispers in my ear before disappearing and leaving me with my thoughts

Grandad and everyone is stood outside my room, the doctors trying everything they can

"Charlotte fight, come on dear" I hear one doctor shout, My heart rate starts to slow down, as I think of my parents disappearing. Suddenly the machine flatlines again. The doctor started CPR, buts it not enough this time round, nothing could bring me back as they did everything possible. The doctor takes a look at the screen, nothing changed, then he looks at the clock taking a deep breath, holding his tears himself 

"Time off death 17:05" doctor announced me dead as they look at the monitor 

"No C-C-Charlotte, it can't be t-t-true" grandad screaming pushing pass everyone with tears rolling down his face

"I'm very sorry for your lost, I'll give you all a minute alone" Doctor says walking out the door. Everyone is gathered round Charlotte bed

"Charlotte, I love you. We are all so proud of the women you became" uncles says before leaving, one by one everyone leaves. Two minutes after everyone left, the monitor beeps.

"Away from the eye but never from the heart"