Chapter Six- Hospital
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Abbie POV
Everything hurts, so nothing new then ha-ha. All I know recently is pain, yet I still cannot get used to it. I do not like it or enjoy it. It would be nice one day to wake up to no pain at all, but we can all dream.
As I start to wake up my senses start to take in my surroundings. I can smell antiseptic and hear this annoying beeping sound. What the hell is going on?
I slowly open my eyes and quickly close them again as I am greeted with a blinding light.
After a few more attempts I can fully open my eyes and look around, I am in a strange room. Everything in this room is either white or cream.
Am I dead?
That is my first thought but then I feel something holding my hand, I look over and see that my brother is sitting beside me holding my hand. He is fast asleep so I try not to wake him.
Where am I?
I look around and see that there are machines connected to me. I lay there staring at the clock, listening to it tick until after twenty minutes the door opens. It is as if the sound of the door pulls me out of a trance, I cannot believe I was just staring at the clock for twenty minutes.
“Ahh, you are awake. Do you know where you are?” A doctor asks me, smiling kindly at me.
I nod. “Hospital.” I get out, but my throat feels sore.
“Here.” The doctor says, moving quickly to my side and helping adjust me so that I can take a few sips of water. At first it hurts but then it feels soothing.
“What happened?” I ask.
“You were brought here with some serious injuries. Your left arm has been badly burnt, you had lost a lot of blood and had some other wounds too.” The doctor explains.
“I see.” I say, trying to remember but all that comes up is a blank.
“Do you remember what happened?” The doctor asks me gently.
I shake my head.
“All that is coming up is a blank.” I say.
“That is normal in cases like this, there were some older injuries too that we treated so whatever happened has been repressed by your mind to protect itself.” He explains.
“Will I ever be able to remember?” I ask,
“Maybe, in time. Putting a block up is a form of protection your mind does when it cannot cope with what has happened. It needs time to heal, and it will remember in it own time or not at all. It is all down to your mind.” The doctor says.
The doctor starts to do his checks but I just try to think what happened to me. It cant have been that bad, surely? The last thing I remember is Luke telling me that he will be back to have all of me… that wasn’t it, was it? He didn’t come back and follow through on his threat?
I know Luke hates me for some reason but surely even he is not so cruel as to do that to me. Right?
I try to remember what happened, and then like a switch it all comes back to me. And what do I find myself doing?
Screaming.
Joe POV
I wake with a start, the sound of my sister screaming bringing me out of my slumber. I cannot believe that I slept while she is lying here in pain. What a stupid brother I am. I wanted to be the first thing she saw when she woke up, not my slumbering self.
Abbie starts to increase in her screaming, how she is able to do that without taking a breath astounds me. I quickly move so that I am under her and she is cradled in my arms, acting as a cocoon for her to make her feel safe.
It hurts me to see her like this. I then notice the doctor has inserted something into her arm and Abbie goes limp.
“What did you do?!” I cry out.
“I gave her a sedative. Had she kept on doing what she was then she would have caused injury to herself. It appears she has remember what happened to her and it caused her brain to stop coping. I told her not to force herself to remember.” The doctor says.
“She remembers?” I ask, rocking my baby sister in my arms in an attempt to comfort her.
“It would appear so.”
“When will she wake up?” I ask.
“In an hour or so, when she does give me a call. If she goes into hysterics again we will have to sedate her for longer.” The doctor says, finishing his checks before leaving.
I look around and see that Luke left while I was asleep, leaving just me and my sister alone.
“I promise to always be here for you, why didn’t you come to me when things got bad? I may be many things and I may be busy but I am you brother first and foremost. I would drop everything to come to your aid, you know that.” I mumble into her hair.
I just sit there on the bed with my sister in my arms, making sure not to disturb the IV in her hand. Nurses come and go as they take out the tubes and machines that they had left connected to her until she woke up.
“Brother? Is that really you?” I hear Abbie whisper, her voice sounding weak.
“Yes, I am here sissy. Your big brother will protect you now.” I say, hoping to goddess I am able to stand by those words from now on.
“I…”
“Don’t. Don’t try to remember, please sissy. Focus on getting better first and getting out of here, then we will remember together. You are not alone; I will be with you every step of the way.” I say, pulling Abbie closer to me.
“But I...”
“I know you feel low and like you can’t trust me but believe me you can. I will prove it.” I say.
“I cant breathe.” Abbie finally gets out.
“Sorry.” I say, loosening my grip on her.
“Its ok brother.” She says comforting me, she is in the hospital and here she is comforting me. I really am a lousy brother. At every twist and turn I am unable to protect her.
I relish in the comfort of having her in my arms, of being able to protect her and know where she is. When we get out of the hospital and Abbie comes home I will be a lot more protective over her, that means me picking her up and dropping her off from school. Making sure I know where she is at all times.
I will protect her from something like this happening to her again.
There is a knock on the door.
“Joe, do you mind if I speak to Abbie alone?” Luke asks me, closing the door behind him.
I look at Abbie, who hesitantly nods her head.
“Five minutes.” I say, leaving no room for argument. He may be alpha one day but Abbie is my sister and my loyalty to her overrules all others.
“Thank you.” Luke says as I close the door and leave them to talk.
Dead on five minutes later Luke walks out of the room, looking a bit sad but also relieved.
“She is asking for you.” He says before he walks away.
I walk into the room and Abbie looks up at me and smiles, but the smile does not reach her eyes.
“I am ready to tell you.” Abbie says.
I take a seat and nod my head, “take your time.”
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