Chapter 2
When I regained consciousness, the first thing I noticed was the strong odour of disinfectant in the air. I squinted my eyes and was slightly blinded by the bright light. Every part of my body ached and throbbed. "Ugh" I grudgingly muttered. I lifted a hand up to cover my eyes from the light when I felt something restrict my wrist to a limited distance. I quickly glanced to it and I noticed it was an IV tube. It suddenly came to my attention that everything in the room was white. As I tried to sit up I said "What the-" but was interrupted by a nurse that had her brown hair piled up in a bun.
"Hello… Monika" she said with a cheesy fake smile as she looked at the clipboard near my electric hospital bed. "Um, yah, hey. One question. Why am I here?" I awkwardly asked while a bit annoyed by all these tubes. A small frown appeared on her face. "You don't remember?" She checked the clipboard again. "I suppose it's normal to have slight memory loss though." She gave a bright and annoyingly cheery smile. "Do get better soon." She said as she opened the door to leave.
"Wait!" I yelled to her. She turned her head back with a slightly worried expression on her face. "Have you called my parents yet?" "Unfortunately we haven't been able to reach them." I let out a sigh of relief. "Phew! Thank god. Is Roxanna awake yet?" Her smile was erased and with that small change my stomach did a dip. Though I was relieved at the same time since the nurse's joyful demeanor was aggravating me greatly.
"She took a bit more damage than you so she is not yet awake. After you take a nap you can see her though. She's in room 304." And with that she left. I rolled my head back so my eyes focused on the hideous spots on the ceiling. "Even when my parents aren't her we get something cheap." I wondered out loud. My eyes slowly closed and the last thought that I remembered before lulling off to sleep was, "I hope she at least has a better room than I do…"
I'm awoken by some children crying and screaming in the hall outside my room. "Fuuuuuugggggggggg yooooooouuuuu…" I muttered while shoving my face into a pillow. "Uwaaaahhhh! I want to see Monika!" I suddenly recognized the child's voice as my 5 year old cousin's. My head jolted up and I practically ripped everything off. I froze when I realized that if he must be here, then my 7 month old cousin must be here too, and when they're here, my aunt's here. "Shit." I quietly screamed.
I took all the tubes out and casually strolled into the hallway. I stood there with my hands on my hips and said "Someone called me?" before I gave a look to my cousins and aunt. My cousin ran up to me and jumped into my arms while screaming "Moniaaaa!" which is a pet name that our family gives me. "Oof! Hey Kacper!" I said while trying to keep him up and yet angle him so he doesn't hit my bruises. My aunt burst into tears upon seeing me.
"Oh my god, Monia! I was so worried about you!" She sobs into the tissue. I give her a light hug and desperately try to lighten the mood with jokes. "Hey, at least I didn't end up punching the doctor in the face again." She straightened up and regained her composure, a stern look on her face. "Monika. I got the results of your blood tests back." My eyes widened. "Shit." "It says here you were highly intoxicated? Care to explain this?" A broken television that had static was basically what my mind looked like. "Ummm…" I left off as I tried to come up with an answer.
Her eyes narrowed slightly but I also saw them soften up a bit. "Don't worry; this will be our little secret." I practically squeezed the air out of her lungs with my death-grip hug. "This why I love you, auntie. Because you're so awesome." I happily said while sighing into her shoulder. The first thing she did when I let go was take a deep breath. "Okay, I'm gonna go visit Roxanna now. M'kay? You guys just wait here." And with that being said, I walked into the area of the hospital where I would hopefully see my friend.