Author's Note:

Sorry for the delay in uploading new chapters. School work is sure getting to me. -.- Sigh. Anyways here's the new chapter! =) Hope you enjoy it! I will try and upload it as soon as I can whenever I'm free. Feel free to suggest improvements, criticise and comment! =)


Chapter 3

A blazing, vivid, glaring light hit my eyes. I opened my eyes and found two gigantic faces staring down at me. Another giant face loomed into view.

'Yelena, you're alive!' They all exclaimed at once.

At first my mind was blank and I was confused as to who they were but slowly I recognised them all. My mum and dad and that same girl whom I saw at the accident was there as well. Only this time she wasn't crying. Instead relief and joy shone brightly on her face (probably because she was relieved to see me alive and well).

'Where am I?' I asked confused.

'You're in hospital, dear.' My mum anwered.

'In hospital? Why am I in the hospital?'

'You had an accident.'

'An accident?! How?'

'You were hit by a car.' She patiently explained.

I was even more confused now. What was she on about? What car? Then it suddenly clicked into me. Of course the accident! I wonder how long it had been since the accident.

'Mum?'

'Yes, sweetie?'

'how long have I been in hospital?'

'You've been in here for nearly five days'.

'I've been in here for FIVE DAYS?!' I couldn't believe it! I'd actually been in here for FIVE DAYS! It was unbelievable! SO if I had been in here five days then the accident must have happened five or six days ago. 'Yes sweetie. You've unconscious for five days. First we had no hope that you would wake up. The doctors tried to do everything they could to wake you up but you just wouldn't wake up.' She broke off and shut her mouth. She had that familiar look in her face. Her mouth was pulled tight together and her eyes were shining brightly with tears which threatened to spill down her cheeks any minute.

'What happened? How did you come to know about my accident?' I asked.

'I was at home, your dad was at work and your brother was still in school. I was just tidying up the house when the doorbell rang. I looked out of the window to see who it was and saw two policemen outside, one male and the other a female. They're faces were grim. I opened the door and the female police officer asked me "Are you Mrs Zaltana?"

I replied "Yes I am".

"Could we please step inside and have a word with you?" she asked.

So I led them inside and sat them down in the living room.

"Would you like to have a drink? Tea? Coffee? Juice? Water?

The man police answered, "No thank you. It's alright. Don't trouble yourself. Just please sit down. We would like to have a chat with you about something which happened today."

The female police officer saw the worried look on my face and hurriedly said "It's nothing to do with you. It's to do with your daughter." In a quiet tone she added "You're not in trouble but you're daughter is. Upon hearing this I became hysterical and started firing questions at her.

"My daughter? What about my daughter? What has she done? She hasn't gotten in trouble with the police has she?"

The policewoman tried to calm me down. "Please Mrs Zaltana sit down. Please let me explain. If you don't let us explain your daughter could be in danger right now."

My blood froze and a cold chill ran up the back of my spine. I narrowed my eyes and said, "Danger? What do you mean danger?"

The policeman looked at me straight in the eye and said, your daughter has just had an accident."

"An accident?" What happened to her? How did she get an accident?! Where is she now?" I got hysterical again.

"The traffic lights were red and your daughter was talking to her friend, Opal Cowan. It seems that your daughter was about to cross the road. The traffic lights went on as green but she never saw it turn green. By the time she'd realised it. It was too late. She tried to run back to the pedestrian crossing but a car hit her and she flew into the air and landed on the other side of the road. The driver was injured and so was she. He was lying unconscious in the car with blood covering his face.

I stood there trying to grasp in all that they were telling me. "Where is she now?" I demanded.

"She is in hospital in the intensive care unit. Right now at the moment she is fighting or her life."

"Take me to her right now! Please."

I got into the police car and they brought me here. I phoned your dad and your brother, your dad rushed here as soon as he could. He brought Valek with him. And so I've been in here ever since hoping and praying that you would wake up. That God he answered my prayer.'

I looked over at my mum, guilt pricking in my heart like needles for putting my mum through all this pressure. I had a feeling that I wouldn't survive long but I didn't tell her.

I looked around. There was once person missing. 'Mum?'

'Yes sweetie?'

'Where's Valek?'

'Valek's staying over at your grandparents. Ever since the accident, your father and I moved into the hospital just to keep an eye on you. So we sent your brother to stay with your grandparents.

'Is Valek coming here?'

'Yes dear, he is. Your father's just going to in a minute and to collect him.'

'Oh ok' I replied back.

'You're a good girl Yelena. Keep fighting. Don't stop fighting for your life.'

'I'm trying to mum. I'm trying to. I'm trying really hard.'

She gathered me into her arms and hugged. We stayed there hugging each other.