It's Our Melody

Chapter 15: In The End

I was scared, they gave me an IV which scared me horribly but I was only awake enough to hear and feel everything couldn't talk or open my eyes. It was horrible and I just wanted my friends to get me out of here. The doctor took a long needle to my side around the cut and it stung badly and burned even worse. I squirmed trying to get away from the doctor and he had 2 nurses pin me down to finish numbing my side. He came close to me and started talking. "Melody can you hear me?" He asked as I mumbled. " Yes." He nodded telling me he was gonna put me to sleep to remove glass from my side. The nurse put a mask over my face and I faded back out of it.  I heard a long drawn out beep and got really scared but I sat up and felt fine, everyone was rushing and I slid off the bed. "I'm fine really. See?" I tried reassuring the nurses I was fine. No one was looking at me so I walked out and out into the waiting room. Everyone was sitting quietly and Chris had his head on his hands. "Guys?" I walked up to them and sat in front of them but none of them looked at me. The doctor came out and walked over to my friends and Chris looked up at the doctor. He patted Chris on the shoulder. "She's not looking good, she's lost a lot of blood and we can't get her stabilized. We have her on life support and in the ICU but we advise saying your goodbyes while you can. I'm sorry." He walked away from them and I freaked out. "I'M RIGHT HERE! I'm fine!" I screamed and Chris walked right through me with everyone else back into my room. I followed and saw myself laying hooked up to a bunch of machines and I looked like I was sleeping, was I dead? I cried hard and just looked at everyone who were surrounding me. Lucy was crying and standing to my side. "Why did she have to go through this?" She was bawling and Delilah hugged her trying not to cry herself. Munro couldn't even look at me like this. I tried to hug him but it was no use, I just went right through him. "Oh god no, please I can't die." I cried harder thinking this was it. I was dying in front of all my friends. I was never going to grow up I would die at 16 years old and never have a family or get married. I wouldn't go to school or college. I was going to die and eventually be forgotten. I sat on the edge of my bed yelling at myself. "Wake up! You have to wake up!" CJ was crying to which was a shock, he didn't even know me and was crying. "Why?" I asked myself closing my eyes laying on the bed. I was so scared and everyone was saying goodbyes and really sweet things about how they loved me and cared about me and telling me to wake up. Everyone walked out but CJ, Aiden, Chris and Munro. Munro was sitting in a chair not moving at all, Chris was clutching my hand tight and CJ just looked at me. "Chris...you have to let her go." Aiden was in tears and by my side with CJ. "I can't she isn't going to die. She's to strong for that she won't stop fighting till she wakes up and makes it through this." He gripped my hand tighter and Aiden just nodding. He wasn't giving up hope on me, and I felt something, warmth on my hand from his. "Guys...she moved her hand." I was being pulled back into my body and I was moving my hand slightly. "Doctor!" Aiden ran out yelling for a doctor or nurse, anybody. "Melody. Can you hear me?" Chris gripped my hand rubbing my head. I managed to peak open my eyes. "I've heard that twice now, can anybody say something new?" I smarted trying to lighten the mood. Munro jumped up seeing me peeking at him and smiling softly. "You're alright." He was smiling bigger then I'd ever seen. "Yeah." I choked out coughing slightly. "No more talking Mel just rest please." He smiled as I closed my eyes realizing I was going to be okay. When I woke up just Chris and CJ were there and Chris hadn't even sat down he stayed right there clutching my hand. "Morning beautiful." He smiled at me as I rubbed my eyes. "The doctor said it was a miracle you're still alive. That you must have had a strong will to live." He rubbing my head and I tried to sit up but Chris told me not to. "They still have to operate on your side but other then that you should make a fast recovery." I smiled wanting to look at the cut but was scared to see how bad the damage was. "How did you cut your side?" Chris was curious for more details of what happened and then I realized it. "The window...." I mumbled to myself. "What?" He looked at me confused. "When Dustin kidnapped me I had to bust out a window and slip through it I must not have realized it at the time but I had to have gotten a shard of glass in my side climbing through it and was in such panic not even noticed it till I passed out from losing blood." The doctor came in and asked CJ and Chris to leave but I said it was okay for them to stay. "Were going to have to check the wound and take you back to an operating room and remove the glass." He assured me it would be fast and I'd be in and out in a few hours. I looked down to see an open gash with just a bit of glass sticking out. "No wonder I didn't notice it." I laid back as he felt around it trying to see just how deep it was and jumped when he felt the top. "Sorry Ms. Melody but we need to get this out and stitch you up, I'll be back in a few minutes to take you back." I sighed as he walked out and Chris rubbed my head again trying to comfort me. "It's gonna be okay Melody, promise. I'll be right here for you when you wake up okay?" I nodded and CJ looked at me still teary eyed. "I....I need to talk to you when you come back okay...." He looked at me and I was curious as to what he meant by that. Chris held my hand as the doctor came back in with 2 more doctors and 4 nurses and they wheeled me away to an operating room. "We will have to put you to sleep Ms. Melody, and when you wake up you should feel loads better." I nodded as they put me to sleep and began the pain staking long surgery to take the glass out of my side. The had to cut it open even more and slid the glass out because it was pressed again my lung, luckily it didn't puncture it to badly, just a minor hole and the stitched it shut and cleaned out the little shards and stitched the wound shut. I woke up back in my room and it was quiet, Chris had fallen asleep in a chair and Munro had left me a note on the wall. I leaned over flinching in a slight pain grabbing the note. "Went out to get you some stuff hope you don't mind. ~Love Munro" I smiled closing the note sliding it under my pillow just as CJ came in with 2 cups of coffee. "Hey.." He smiled nervously at me as I sat up and looked at him. "I'm sorry for freaking you out earlier with the whole we need to talk deal." He sat on the edge of my bed handing me a cup of coffee. "It's okay, but what did you need to talk about?" I was gripping the cup with both hands like I usually did and he looked at me confused. "Do you always do that?" He smiled looking at me. "Yes I do, do you always stray from the subject when it's hard for you to talk about?" I smirked looking at him. "Uh yeah....sorry. Melody do you remember anything about us?" He looked at me curious and I just looked confused. "Us?" I was curious to what he meant. "What do you mean us?" He looked at me hurt by that and just shook his head. "Melody I'm your twin brother....." I grew shocked and just stared at him. "I ran away when we were 14 and you thought I was going to buy a skateboard. I left just 3 days before we turned 15 and you swore you'd never forgive me. I kept an eye on you for the past 2 and a half years." I couldn't think of anything to say just stare at him. "Please just say something." I sat up and smacked him as hard as I could. "How dare you! What nerve do you have to come back after these years? You left me alone when I only had you CJ!" I was in tears and hurt and mad and just a mix of emotions. "I know I'm sorry." He hugged me tight to him and I was nervous but hugged him back. "This explains a lot, similar hair and color, eye color and height." He smiled as everyone came back from shopping and surrounded me. "What's going on?" Lucy asked looking at me. "Nothing." I smiled looking at CJ and back at her. "Everything is perfect."