Stay ≫ Jack Gilinsky

chapter thirty nine - hospital gown

beep

"Hayes leave her alone, she'll wake up when she's ready"

beep

"I think she's awake"

beep

"Just leave her, if she was awake we would know"

beep

My eyes open and a small ray of light floods in, blurred images, faces. As they become clearer, so does the fact that the whole room is white, painfully white, refelcting all light directly into my eyes.

beep

"Sarah? Are you awake?"

beep

"Leave her alone, she needs to rest"

beep

I sit up slightly and my eyes squeeze shut.

"It would be a lot easier to rest without the fucking beeping" I moan and as I open my right eye.

"And she's back" Trevor laughs.

The images become clearer and I see everyone standing at the end of my painfully uncomfortable hospital bed.

I am suddenly being moved upwards and look to my right to see Cameron holding a controller for my bed.

"Told you I knew how to work it" he says to Nash.

There is an uncomfortable silence, nobody knows what to say.

I can tell they all want to ask if I'm okay, if I want anything, the standard for a you've just been hit in the face.

After a couple minutes a doctor comes in, he looks mid sixties and has light grey hair with a bald patch.

"Ah, Sarah, you're awake" he smiles warmly and I try my best to fake one back but all I really want to do it say no shit sherlock.

He turns to the others, "right, immediate family only please"

"Yes, right here, move aside bitches" Andrea steps forward and I almost laugh.

"Nah uh, I'm staying" Trevor says.

"Same" Sammy and Hayes say at the same time.

The doctor looks to me.

"Andrea, Trevor, Hayes and Sammy can stay" I mumble.

"Rightyo, I'll be back in a few minutes with your results and-"

"Can I leave?" I cut him off.

"Like as soon as possible" I add.

He looks at me for a second, "I feel fine" I continue.

"We'll check your results" he says and leaves the room with the others.

When the door is closed Andrea speaks up, "why the desire to leave?"

I wait a second before answering, "this place is a constant reminder of the fact that I didn't hit the bitch back"

Trevor bursts out laughing and needs to take a seat to calm down.

"In sickness and in health" he laughs.

"I'm going to kill the bitch that did this" Hayes mumbled.

"Calm down kiddo, no you're not, nobody's going to do anything to the bitch" I say.

"Too late" Sammy mumbles.

"What?"

Sammy looks at the others but they all push for him to explain.