Chapter 4
Author's note/disclaimer: I don't own Mako Mermaids. I wish I did though.
She gasped as she sat up in the hospital bed. "Lyla?!" Zac exclaimed in disbelief and happiness.
Rita ran to go get the doctor. "She's awake!" She said tears of joy ran down her face. Nixie and Sirena ran into the room to see their friend sitting up in the hospital bed.
"LYLA!" The other two Mermaids tackled their friend in a gigantic hug. Lyla laughed as her friends ambushed her.
"It's nice to see you awake Ms. Santos." The doctor said.
It took a moment for Lyla to realize that he was addressing her.
"It's great to be awake Doctor." She responded. "When can I go home?"
"I'm afraid you'll have to stay here for a while Lyla." He informed her.
"How long?" She asked.
"A few weeks at least." He said, "If not more."
"Why?" She demanded. "I'm perfectly fine."
"You're not fine Lyla." Zac hissed back at her. "You cut yourself! You self harmed."
Lyla flinched at the anger in his voice and the glare he was giving her.
"The doctor's right Lyla." Rita spoke up.
"Rita..." Lyla began.
"I don't want to hear it." Rita responded. Rita was trying to hide back the tears. "You could have died Lyla."
Lyla looked away guiltily.
"You can't keep doing this to yourself Lyla." Sirena told her.
"I know." She responded.
"We can help you." Nixie added taking her friends hand. "Just let us in."
"Okay." Lyla resigned.
Nixie and Sirena had both gone to the ocean café for a bit(due to Rita's insistence that they get out of the hospital for a while).
"Nixie?" The mermaid mentioned looked up to see Cam looking at her concerned. "Are you okay? I haven't seen you around for a while."
Nixie is sitting at a table Cam sits down next to her. "I'm fine." She responded quietly.
"Hey," He says softly, "What's wrong?"
Nixie wipes away her tears with her hands. "Nothing."
"It's obviously not nothing if your upset about it." He responded. "You want to talk about it?"
"It's just that." Nixie began, "Lyla's in the hospital."
"What?!" Cam says alarmed. "Why?"
"She started cutting." Nixie says as tears made their way down her face. "Sirena and I found her lying on the bathroom floor covered in blood. God... There was so much blood." Nixie whispered flashing back to the moment they found Lyla.
"Hey," Cam said as he took her hands. "It'll be okay."
"How? If Lyla doesn't stop she could die Cam." Nixie sobbed. "I can't loose her. I can't loose my sister. She and Sirena are all I have."
"Well, now you have me too." Cam said. He pulled Nixie into a hug. Nixie cried into his chest thankful that tears wouldn't turn her.
"Hey Sirena!" David said as she came up to him.
"Hey." She said quietly with a small sad smile.
David immediately noticed that something was up. "What is it Sirena?"
Sirena tried hard to fight back the tears. "Lyla's in the hospital."
"What?" David said concerned, "Why? What happened?"
"We found her in the bathroom a couple of days ago." Sirena began, "She was covered in blood with a razor on the floor next to her."
"She started cutting?" David questioned.
Sirena nodded in affirmation. "what if she doesn't make it through this David? What if she dies?" Sirena broke down tearfully.
"Hey," David said coming around to her side of the counter. "Lyla's strong she'll pull through this."
"For the longest time she was in a coma from the blood loss." Sirena told him.
"But she's okay now?" He asked.
"She seems to be doing better now." Sirena said. "She's agreed to help, reluctantly but at least she agreed to let us help her."
"Well, that's a start isn't it?" David said.
"Yeah," Sirena responded. "I just hope she doesn't go back to doing that again. I can't lose her. She's like a sister to me." Sirena said crying silently.
"Lyla can pull through this." David told her, "The best thing you can do for her is be there and offer your help, love and support."
"Thanks David." Sirena said drying her tears.
"You're welcome." he smiled at her reassuringly.
Author's note: I just thought I give you guys a quick update. Do you guys like the added Cam/Nixie and David/Sirena?
