Teaching At An All Boys School

Chapter 34- Love

Chapter 34- Love

Wyatt's POV

"Coral Stewart is going to be okay," the doctor tells all of us, smiling softly.

I hear everyone sigh in relief around me, but I don't feel as relieved. My heart still feels like it's suffocating inside me. Coral almost died because of me.

Because of me. What I said to her. I almost killed her, just because she was in love with someone else. She told me what she did was a mistake, and it's true people make mistakes.  I told her to leave me alone, and she almost did.

"Is she awake?" I ask. It's been a few weeks, and they replaced all the blood in her body. They couldn't stitch her arm because it could cut into the vein again, and so they bandaged it and let it heal on it's own.

"Not fully. She seems to be waking up slowly, but she's not completely awake. When she does wake up, she is going to need counseling. Where are her parents?" The doctor asks.  

My stomach tightens and I shake my head. "I don't know." I close my eyes, not wanting to tell Coral that. Her parents didn't show up, even though they were informed about what happened.

They didn't come to see their dying daughter. What is wrong with them?

I stand up. "Please can I see her?" I beg the doctor. He hasn't let anyone inside, because we're not family. He says it's better if we stay out of her room, because he doesn't know why she tried to...

"Please?" I whisper. "Just for a second. I need to see her."

"Okay. Five minutes." The doctor nods.

I spin around and walk into Coral's room, not wasting one second of the time I have with her. I stay silent as I close the door to the hospital room.

The room is quite small. There is only the bed, a sink, one chair and the hospital equipment. All the walls are white and completely plain.

She is lying on a bed, wires going in and out of her, and she is clothed in a hospital gown. There is the annoying, yet comforting sound of the heart rate monitor.

She's alive.

I sit down on a chair next to Coral's bed, and I take her hand in mine. "Coral. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to do this. I didn't mean to say what I did. I love-"

"Wyatt?" Coral whispers. I look up, my heart racing as I see her eyes looking up at me.

She looks slightly confused. "What am I doing here? Why am I awake? Where is-" She starts panicking, looking down at the hospital gown. "No. I'm supposed to be dead. What are you doing here? What am I doing here? I don't... I don't want to be here. I..." I watch her in shock and slight fear, as tears start to fall down her cheeks when she realizes what's happening.

"I'm such a disappointment. I couldn't even kill myself without failing," she screams, more tears flowing down her cheeks.

"Where is my mom?" she whispers. The doctor as well as two other nurses rush in through the door.

"Coral..." I whisper, shaking my head.

"Where is she? Is she on her way? She's coming, right?" she asks.

"Sir, please leave the room. She's not stable and you're clearly not helping," the doctor says.