and shove everyone away from me. “I said move!” I take off running. I don’t know where Chris is but I know I am going to find him. I run down the hall and straight into Lea. “Where's Chris?” I demand. “I need to see him! Now!” I am crying and yelling at the same time.
“This way. I'll take you to him, just please calm down.” Lea is begging and none of this is her fault so I immediately slow myself.
“Sorry, just please, I need to see him.”
“Okay come on, this way.” We step into the elevator and it feels like it is never going to end. Lea is twisting her fingers in her hands.
“What is the matter , Lea?” She is so nervous.
“Nothing, I just didn’t want to be the one to bring you to Chris, sorry.” She is scared and I really feel bad. Why does everyone want to keep this a secret from me?
I walk into Chris' room and everyone spins their heads towards me. Danny jumps up and runs to me, I shove him away. What the hell! His parents are at his bedside and flowers line the room. I move closer and tears start streaming down my face, there is no controlling them. What I am looking at is a nightmare!
Chris is connected to every piece of hospital equipment I know of. He has a bandage covering his head and his eyes are swollen shut. His lip has stitches in it, along with his left eyebrow. He has his right arm in a cast that goes all the way to his shoulder and his leg is in traction. There are tubes down his throat and wires coming out from him everywhere. He has an IV steadily dripping something into his forearm and a heart monitor beeping in the background seems to be the only noise I can hear besides the beating of my heart in my ears.
I drop to the ground. Danny comes running to me, kneeling down beside me. He puts his arms around me to console me, but that is not what I want at that moment. I wanted Chris to wake up and flirt with me. As much as I don’t like him always harping on me to go out with him, there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do to hear him ask me right now. “Can everyone leave for a moment?” I look around the room and everyone stands up.
“Yes of course.” Chris’ mom answers for everyone. She looks at me with sadness in her eyes. Then puts her arms around me and lightly gives me a hug. I stiffen for a moment then realize she isn't mad at me, she doesn’t blame me.
“I came and checked on you , CC. You were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you.” She whispers in my ear I guess she knows what I was thinking. I look at her as a single tear falls from her cheek. She wipes it away and slowly leaves the room and then I am alone with Chris.
As I sit down beside him and have a rush of different emotions. I cannot remember what happened but he is like this because of me. I shake my head. I can’t deal with the thought of it. I am in need of answers and know I cannot rest until I get them.
I tell everyone to leave me alone for the afternoon because I need to do some serious thinking. When I get back to my room Det. Abernathy is still waiting for me. I forgot he was speaking to me when I ran out of the room.
“Are you alright?” He asks, but he knows I’m not.
“No.” I can't stop crying and the more I try the worse I gets. “Can you come back tomorrow ? I can’t really deal with anymore right now!” It is not a question.
“Of course. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Thank you.” I turn on my side and cry until I have no tears left to shed.
I wake up screaming. The nightmare I had was unlike anything I had before. I felt it. It was more like a memory instead of a dream. It was Chris and me fighting. He hated me. Then he was screaming and shoving me. “Oh no.” I say to myself, it wasn't a dream, I remember!
Chapter Nine
Jenny picks me up and demands I stay at her house until I fully recover. There is no need to go home, my mother only showed up at the hospital to sign my paper work and never even came in the room to see if I was okay. Ms. Gina had picked up
“This way. I'll take you to him, just please calm down.” Lea is begging and none of this is her fault so I immediately slow myself.
“Sorry, just please, I need to see him.”
“Okay come on, this way.” We step into the elevator and it feels like it is never going to end. Lea is twisting her fingers in her hands.
“What is the matter , Lea?” She is so nervous.
“Nothing, I just didn’t want to be the one to bring you to Chris, sorry.” She is scared and I really feel bad. Why does everyone want to keep this a secret from me?
I walk into Chris' room and everyone spins their heads towards me. Danny jumps up and runs to me, I shove him away. What the hell! His parents are at his bedside and flowers line the room. I move closer and tears start streaming down my face, there is no controlling them. What I am looking at is a nightmare!
Chris is connected to every piece of hospital equipment I know of. He has a bandage covering his head and his eyes are swollen shut. His lip has stitches in it, along with his left eyebrow. He has his right arm in a cast that goes all the way to his shoulder and his leg is in traction. There are tubes down his throat and wires coming out from him everywhere. He has an IV steadily dripping something into his forearm and a heart monitor beeping in the background seems to be the only noise I can hear besides the beating of my heart in my ears.
I drop to the ground. Danny comes running to me, kneeling down beside me. He puts his arms around me to console me, but that is not what I want at that moment. I wanted Chris to wake up and flirt with me. As much as I don’t like him always harping on me to go out with him, there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do to hear him ask me right now. “Can everyone leave for a moment?” I look around the room and everyone stands up.
“Yes of course.” Chris’ mom answers for everyone. She looks at me with sadness in her eyes. Then puts her arms around me and lightly gives me a hug. I stiffen for a moment then realize she isn't mad at me, she doesn’t blame me.
“I came and checked on you , CC. You were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you.” She whispers in my ear I guess she knows what I was thinking. I look at her as a single tear falls from her cheek. She wipes it away and slowly leaves the room and then I am alone with Chris.
As I sit down beside him and have a rush of different emotions. I cannot remember what happened but he is like this because of me. I shake my head. I can’t deal with the thought of it. I am in need of answers and know I cannot rest until I get them.
I tell everyone to leave me alone for the afternoon because I need to do some serious thinking. When I get back to my room Det. Abernathy is still waiting for me. I forgot he was speaking to me when I ran out of the room.
“Are you alright?” He asks, but he knows I’m not.
“No.” I can't stop crying and the more I try the worse I gets. “Can you come back tomorrow ? I can’t really deal with anymore right now!” It is not a question.
“Of course. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Thank you.” I turn on my side and cry until I have no tears left to shed.
I wake up screaming. The nightmare I had was unlike anything I had before. I felt it. It was more like a memory instead of a dream. It was Chris and me fighting. He hated me. Then he was screaming and shoving me. “Oh no.” I say to myself, it wasn't a dream, I remember!
Chapter Nine
Jenny picks me up and demands I stay at her house until I fully recover. There is no need to go home, my mother only showed up at the hospital to sign my paper work and never even came in the room to see if I was okay. Ms. Gina had picked up
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