I heard a voice. They were echoing but I could still hear them. After a while I heard the clearly and slowly opened my eyes. It was bright in the room I was in. I closed my eyes again and waited. I opened them again and this time I could stand the annoying brightness.
There was a man standing at the end of the bed I was laying in and reading something on a clipboard. When he heard me moan from pain he looked up. I got a full glance at him and gasped. The man before me could only be maybe in hisearly thirtys and he was gorgeous. He had Dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. His skin was pale white and underneith his eyes where heavy dark looking bags, obviously he wasn't getting much sleep.
He walked around the bed to stand next to me. I stared at him in wonder as he set the clipboard down and sat on the bed that was across from mine. He folded his arms in his lap and stared at me intently.
"Hello Miss. Thomas, it's good to see your finally awake. You gave us quite the scare." The man said, his voice was like a lullaby so I had to sit up just in case it made me fall asleep.
He noticed me trying to sit up so he got up and helped me. When his hand went under my arm, I shivered. His hands were icy cold. When I was leaning against the pillow, he stood back and sat back down on the bed.
I looked around me and noticed I was in a hospital. I looked down and saw my hand bandaged with gauz. I rolled my shirt up and saw that my arm was bandaged all the way up to my elbow. I removed the blankets and saw that my legs were also bandaged. I looked back up at the man in shock.
Hew seemed to notice my panic. "You're alright. You were in a car accident. You've been asleep for about three days now." He said.
I stared at him for a long time. I tried to speak but my throat was dry. I gestured toward my throat and the man understood what I was trying to say. He got up and walked over to the end of the room where the exit was. He poured a cup of water for me and wlaked back with it.
I took it from his hands and drank it in one whole glup. When I was done, a lyied it next to the table by the bed and cleared my throat.
"Where's my Uncle?" I asked.
The man smiled. "Criag has been coming in checking on you from time to time even though he has other pateints. He'll back very soon." He said sitting back down.
"Oh"
I sat quietly for a moment and fidled with my hands. I looked back up and saw the man starring at me. I quickly looked back down; this time staring at me feet under the blankets.
"My name is Dr. Marcus Lyndon." He said. I quickly looked up the last name 'Lyndon' coming to mind.
"Are you related to Benjamin Lyndon?" I asked suddenly. He smiled and nodded.
"Indeed. He is my son. Have you met him already?" He asked. I nodded.
"Yes I have. He seemed like a very nice boy." I said complimenting his son. He smiled. "That's good to hear."
There was a knock on the door and Dr. Lyndon walked toward it. When he opened the door, A boy with short croped hair and chestnut colored eyes was standing at the door. I was confused as to why a boy I had never met was at my hospital door. Dr. Lyndon stood aside and let the boy in. When he was standing in front of my bed Dr. Lyndon came up behind him.
"Irina, this is Shane Lawrince. He was the one that crashed into you." Dr. Lyndon said trying to make it sound casual.
Nothing casual about it at all.
I stared at the boy who had rammed into me and my bike. There wasn't a scratch on him. None what so ever. I turned my gaze toward Dr. Lyndon and gave him a questioning look.
"How come he isn't as banged up as I am?" I asked pointing a figure at him. Shane laughed a little.
"You should have seen me when on the first day. I got a killer black eye, concusion, and a big gash on my leg." He said smiling. How could you smile at something like that?
"I see." I said quietly.
I sat quietly in your hospital bed and fidled with them bankets. I wondered where my Uncle was and Tyler also. The next time I saw Tyler, I know I'm going to get yelled at. I thought about how bad my bike must be until I thought of something important.
"When can I leave?" I asked looking up at Dr. Lyndon.
"Tyler is at school right now. Your uncle is coming down here now so it's really all up to him."
On que as though he was waiting to be called into the room, my uncle swung the door open to my room and stared toward me. His eyes never moved from mine when he spoke to Dr. Lyndon.
"How is she? Is she stable? Irina, are you dizzy? How many fingers in my holding up?" He threw questions toward me and Dr. Lyndon. I watched as Craig forgot about the questions he asked toward me and turned to Dr. Lyndon.
"How is the cuncussion? Her leg? What about the injury on her stomach?" He asked desperatly toward the other doctor. He placed his hand down on my uncles shoulder and smiled.
"Don't worry. She's absalutely fine. You acted more like a mother than a father you know." Dr. Lyndon said patting his fellow doctor before droping his hand to the side.
It finally clicked into me. "My stomach? What's wrong with my stomach?!" I shouted. Before anyone could answer me, I lifted my shirt up until my chest began and stared in awe. My stomach had been wrapped with gauze from top to bottom. I looked up at the doctors in pure shock. Shane had turned away due to the fact that he was close to being flashed. I realized what I had done and quickly dropped my hospital shirt back down.
"A piece of your bike went through you. Your lucky that shane saw the cell phone in your hand and dialed 911 or you could have died from bloodloss.
I shivered. The thought of dieing made me scared. I didn't know I was that close to death. I shivered again. Craig came to stand next to me and smiled.
"Don't worry Irina. Your fine now so don't worry." He turned back to Dr. Lyndon and took the clipboard away from him. He examined it carefully then looked toward me.
"You will be able to leave tomorrow. But you'll have to take the rest of the school week off for that injury to heal." My uncle said. The smile you had was officaly gone and you groaned.
"What? Can't I go home now? I fell fine." I asked begning to pull the sheets off. Craig stopped me and pushed me gently back into the bed.
"I would much rather you to stay here one more day. You were alseep the entire time we ran test on you so now we have to run them when your awake. We need to check if the nerves are working properly." You Uncle said his doctor switch turning on.
I sighed and lied back down on the bed. Another knock on the door came and Dr. Lundon opened it. There stood a beautiful woman smiling at Dr. Lyndon. She caught me starring at her and smiled. She walked passed Dr. Lyndon and came over to me.
"Hello Irina, my names Cynthia Lyndon. It's nice to finally meet you." The woman said. She had long wavy black hair, and bright green eyes. Along with the Lyndon family, she also was pale and had deep dark bags under her eyes. None the less she was much prettier then a supermodel.
"It's nice to meet you too. Are you Benjamin's mother?" I asked. Cynthia laughed and nodded. "Yes I am. He's been nice to you right? Has Desmond been nice to you also?" She asked.
"Benjamin has been very nice. Though I only met him once. I haven't met your son Desmond yet." I said, fixing the way I have been sitting.
She continued to smile. "Be sure he doesn't fool you. He's a good boy, but he knows how to stretch the truth every once in a while.
I laughed and nodded. "Your son reminds me of Tyler than." Cynthia also laughed. She turned to the men who were watching us and stood up. She stared them down with a stare that I thought someone as kind hearted and easy going could never pull.
"It's our girl time. I would like to chat with her alone please." She said smiling ever so slightly. I shivered. I don't ever want to get on Cynthia's bad side. The boys quickly darted out of the room leaving me and Cynthia alone.
She turned to me and she was smiling normally again.
"I can tell you don't like it here. How about we brake the rules just this once and I check you out of here to go home?" She asked smiling down on me. She looked like she was glowing.
I stared at her in awe. This women is practicaly a queen like figure when you first see her. Once you get to know her, she's braking rules and glaring men down like she's ten times bigger than them yet she's so tiny.
"You're a Lyndon right? All the Lyndon's I've met so far are very calm and collected. You're no where near that." I said slipping out of the bed. She smiled anyhow and giggled.
"I'm the kind of woman that enjoys braking the rules. Now let's hurry before they notice what I'm planning" She said putting her fingers to her lips. She handed me a pair of clothes and I headed into the bathroom. I quickly changed and looked in the mirror. I was wearing a white blouce and a pair of deep blue jeans. I saw my accesories that I was wearing and quickly threw them on. I didn't like wearing necklaces but I enjoyed weraing rings and braclets. I had a charm braclet on my left wrist along with simple black band like ring. On my other hand I had a black wrist band that had the element sign on it.
I opened the door and Cynthia smiled.
"You dress like a girl but you wear the accesories of a boy. I like your style though. Here's your shoes." She said handing me the skater shoes. I quickly slipped them on and looked up at her.
"Let's go!"
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I was smiling like a child sticking my head out of Cynthia's car window waving hello to everyone. Cynthia had the radio cranked up so music was blaring out the windows. When we drove by teenagers the would give thumbs up toward the car or wave like crazy monkeys.
I pulled my head back into the car and smiled over toward Cynthia.
"Thanks for getting me outta there Cynthia. I hate hospitals." I said as I watched the speed-o-meter begin to rise.
"No problem. I don't like hospitals either. I shiver at the thought of gettin a needle." She said litteraly shivering. I laughed.
We came to a stoplight and I popped my head out the window again. I shouted out a 'woohoo' and some people actually 'woohood 'back. Another car pulled up beside us but I ignored it. It wasn't until I felt someone'sgaze on me coming from that direction did I turn to look.
A boy with long shaggy black hair was starring at me. His eyes were a shade of ocean blue and undernieth his eyes were dark purpleish bags. His complection was clear. All in all, he was gorgeous.
The boy continued to stare at me even though I caught him starring. When I notcied he didn't intend on looking away I stuck my tung out at him childishly and waved goodbye as Cynthia drove away.
I turned back toward Cynthia and she was smiling at me. I gave her a questioning look.
"Is there something on my face?" I asked beginning to look at the mirror for anything. She shook her head.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it. Oh, were here."
I looked up and indeed we were at my house. There was no car in the drive way. Tyler wasn't home from school then. I was about to step out of the car when Cynthia grabbed my wirst. Her cold touch made me flinch.
Ì heard about you mother. I`m really sorry. If you ever need someone to talk to, you can come to me." She smiled slightly, "You could think of me as another mom. I don't want to replace yours."
I stared at Cynthia in shock. I slowly sat back down in the car and continued to stare.
"Are..are you serious?" I asked. She looked down and let go of my wrist. She folded her hands in her lap and continued to stare down.
"I was also in a terrible accident like you. I didn't make it out very well though. I was pregnant at the time and when I was hit, I survived but my beautiful baby died." She said.
I stared at her in shock. She lost her baby? How could someone live like that? If my baby had died, I don't know i I could ever go on living a normal life knowing that my child died before actually living.
"When they told me my baby died, I was so sad. Marcus said that we'll have a new one when were ready again. But the doctor said I couldn't anymore. The damage was to much and it caused me to not have anymore childeren."
"So, Benjamin...is adopted?" I asked. She nodded slowly.
"I love this childeren so much. It makes me sad that they're growning up. I would love to have more." She looked up at me and smiled. "Anytime you need someone to talk to, I'll be here so don't be shy."
What I had done next shocked me and Cynthia. I had wrapped my hands around her neck and patted her back. She realized I was trying to comfort her so she returned the favor.
"Thank you Cynthia, and don't worry..." I pulled away from her and and gave her a warm smile. "I'll be your new daughter. You seem to have to many boys around you." I said laughing a little. Cynthia laughed also.
"I do have a girl but she'll be graduating this year and leaving to go to collage. Maybe it will be nice to have a new kid running around." She said laughing. I laughed along with her until I thought it was time to get out.
"Thanks for sneaking me out. You won't get in trouble will you?"
Cynthia laughed. "Oh no, Marcus probably saw this coming. He just didn't have the guts to try to stop me. Well, I see you later Irina! Bye!" She said before pulling out of the driveway. I watched as she drove off the street before heading inside my house.
"I wouldn't want to defye Cynthia either. Who knows what would happen. She is one protective mother." I said before unlocking the door to my house and walking in.
