Ever Lasting Hope (In Need of MAJOR Editing)

Chapter 3

Darkness. Everywhere I look there is darkness. A steady beeping sound announces my heart beat to the world, so I know that I'm not dead. Instead it's like I'm trapped inside my head with only my thought's to keep me company. I should feel alone, but I do not, instead I feel like I have the company of all my dreams. The good and the bad, the happy and the sad.

I feel like I just woke up, I want to run, jump and sing. I start slowly at first. I try move my finger, nothing. I try move my hand, nothing. I try move my arm, nothing. I'm like a statue, a statue with thoughts. I hear a door open and someone grabs my hand. The person clinging to my hand for dear life starts sobbing. I want to shout out, tell them that I'm okay, that I'm just locked inside my head desperate to escape.

"Hope..." the person says sounding like Bria "Hope, I... I need to tell you something. I'm...." then silence. The silence is quickly replaced by the sound of her vomiting. I want to cry at knowing that my friend is worried sick about me but no tears fall. She leaves the room quickly.

I drift in and out  of consciousness, with no idea of time. For all I know minutes, hours or days could have passed by. Bria never came to visit me again, Gina visited once but said nothing, the only person who speaks to me is the doctor who visits regularly. The doctor, a faceless voice in the dark void of my brain. The other regular visitor was Kylee, the doctor's assistant, her voice was smooth and calm. She wasn't afaid to speak her mind, she often argued with the doctor about patients thinking I couldn't hear her.

The door opened pulling me out of my thoughts, two sets of footsteps walk  in. "Doctor, you know Hope's friend? Ummmm...Bria, the one that threw up everywhere then proceeded  to eat everything in sight? Is she alright?" Kylee asked, I didn't hear the answer so the doctor must have silently answered with a nod of his head or something. I feared for Bria's health, I know she had been eating more than average lately but still... It made me want to wake up, to see the world again, to see Bria again. I fought the darkness desperately, forcing my eyes open. The darkness suddenly seemed scarier, darker, more hostile. I wanted out. "Doctor? Is it true? Is Hope... different?" Kylee asked again.

"Yes Kylee, Hope is certainly... different" The Doctor replied almost sounding annoyed at her persistant questions.

"How so?" Kylee pushed further for information.

"Hope is... look her stats have spiked, we..." The doctor started. With one final effort my eyes pried open. Blinding light slowly banished the darkness...