Chapter 1
Elle's POV: The sound of beeping machines causes me to wake up. I open my eyes, which are extremely blurry. I try to sit up but am hit with a sharp pain through my chest, making the breath escape my lungs. I cough and suck in air, I can feel my heart rate increase and hear it from the beeps of the heart monitor that is to the right of me.
I clear my vision and gaze around the room. I look down at my arms that have an IV attached to one wrist and a tube that is pumping blood into my veins, on the other. I moan in pain but manage to get myself into a seating position on the hospital bed. My head is pounding and my mouth is dry.
The sound of the door clicking open, makes my head snap up in its direction, causing another massive amount of pain to explode in the back of my skull. I watch as Reid and Morgan walk through the door with flowers and a giant teddy bear. I smile and roll my eyes.
"Hey, look who's up! You scared us for a little but there baby." Morgan said, a huge smile plastered on his face. I nodded slowly, my smile growing.
"Yeah, well, I'm fine now. I'm allowed to go home tomorrow." I stated proudly. I watch Reid nod out of the corner of my eye.
"That's good. Do you have anybody to take you home?" Reid asks. I freeze and he gets a look on his face that says he knows what he said wrong. I swallow hard and breathe out slowly through my nose.
"I'm so sorry. I-
"Don't worry about it, Reid. I'm staying in a hotel until I can find another place. It's being covered by the B.A.U." I answer.
"If you want, I could drive you there tomorrow, after you're discharged?" Morgan offers.
"Thanks, Morgan. That would be really helpful." I said. He smiles and then his phone rings and he holds up a finger, stepping outside of my room. Leaving only me and Reid.
"I'm glad you're doing well, Elle. Are you prescribed anything at all?" He asks. I nod and grab a small plastic baggy with an orange pill case inside.
"Painkillers. Two every day until I'm finished them and then I have to get them refilled." I say, putting the instructions on the bottle into my own terms.
"Ok. Well, be careful. We don't want you over-dosing, now do we?" he jokes, a small laugh coming from his mouth. Reid's attempt at a joke makes me laugh to the point where I'm crying and my heart is thumping loud in my ears. Or is that the monitor?
I open my eyes from laughing so hard to see Reid staring intently at me, as if analysing me under a microscope.
"What is it? Do I have something in my hair?" I ask. He smirks and shakes his head.
"No you don't Elle. Get some rest, you have a big day tomorrow." He tells me.
"Yeah, a big day of watching re-runs, infomercials and soap operas!" I yell slightly with a laugh as he walks out the door, leaving me in the cold, white and empty hospital room.