Hey guys so here's a new chapter!
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I can't sleep, it's three in the morning and I'm wide awake all I can think of is what Four said.
Someone left a letter at my apartment. Whoever did this to me went out of their way to make sure that no one looked for me at least not right away; did they plan to kill me? That would defeat the purpose of leaving me on the street, or maybe whatever they planned just went wrong, Either way it's pretty clear now that this is worse than what I had thought, this was a lot more than just a mugging and now I feel more fear now than I had before and this hospital room feels a lot safer. I sigh and roll over a half hour later I finally manage to fall asleep.
"Good morning!" Christina is at my door holding a tray with breakfast
"No" I pull the covers over my head and bury myself in them "it can't be morning yet, tell the sun to go back down" I tell Christina, I feel extremely tired I've only gotten a few hours of sleep and the thought of hospital food is a bit nauseating right now.
"Sorry, I can't control the sun. You need to get up is coming in with good news" says Christina she's smiling from ear to ear, I push myself up and look at Christina feeling skeptical I can't think of any good news at the moment.
Just then Dr. Claymore walks in with two people behind him "Good morning Tris, glad to see you're up" they walk in and I see its and someone else I haven't seen yet. She's a woman with long brown hair just past her shoulders and light skin with bright green eyes, she smiles at me then turns to look at Dr. Claymore waiting for him to begin speaking.
"Tris, you know Dr. Bridges and this is Marlene" he says pointing at the woman with brown hair "she works with the physical therapy department here at the hospital she's been assigned as your physical therapist. We're here to discuss plans for you for the next few weeks and months. As you know we want you to continue seeing on a weekly basis to work on your memory and Marlene will help with getting strength back in your legs, and I will monitor your overall health and recovery process make sure you're healing well, we may do an MRI a month from now to make sure that everything is still looking good in your brain. And, we're thinking of discharging you next week"
I look over at Christina this must have been her good news, I look back at the others they're all waiting for a reaction.
"What, why" I ask
"Well, medically we don't really have much reason to keep you in the hospital anymore, your injuries are healing well, there's no swelling in your brain anymore. You'll be working with Marlene twice a week; we don't think you'll need much time to be able to get your full strength back. Overall you are well enough to go home" he says
"But... I still can't remember everything" I tell him
"Which you'll be working with me" says
I nod feeling worry forming in the pit of my stomach
"Tris...look at me" I look up at he walks over and stands next me "It will be ok, you're not leaving yet we can talk about all this the day of your appointment, I've heard that you've received some news about your possible attacker and I understand that it can be unnerving and anxiety provoking but is right medically there's no reason for you to live in the hospital. If you get out and back to your home it may even help jog your memory"
"Tris, we wouldn't let you go unless we were sure that it was the best thing for you. We have some reservations of course but we'll work through those as they come, for now the best thing really is to get you out of the hospital" says Dr. Claymore smiling at me, I smile back you can't help but feel reassured when he smiles at you. With the "good news" said they walk out the room.
I had spent the past week hoping I'd get out so I could go home but I hadn't given much thought to what I would actually do once I left. I don't exactly remember where home is anymore, I don't know how I'm just going to step back into my life it seems overwhelming right now. After what Four told me last night it makes it even scarier, I sigh and poke meekly at my breakfast. I wasn't expecting to stay here that long but I hadn't thought of how I would feel when I finally had to leave, I guess I thought I would be more put together when I left, I would remember more and whoever hurt me would be put away. I push my food away feeling no appetite I reach under my pillow and pull out Fours card I hadn't really paid much attention to it since he'd given it to me
"Officer Eaton
(555) 0121"
Huh, no first name, but I guess policemen generally aren't a first name basis. I put the card back down I don't even know why I took it out, there's nothing he can do to help me besides he has other cases.
I lay back down and spend the next hour thinking of what I'll do when I leave the hospital, I felt safe here, people were always here no matter what time of day it was, you were never alone, maybe the food was horrible and getting checked on often could be a bit annoying at times but by now I knew the people here and they knew me. I trusted them, and nothing about being here was unpredictable.
"How about a walk, or a ride I guess" I turn away from my window to see Four walking into my room with a wheelchair
"Hi" I said smiling at him, I felt better when he was around, safer
I pushed myself up grabbing the arm rests of the chair for support, Four put the wheelchair in front of me, putting his hand out, I grabbed his hand feeling the warmth of his skin on my hand. I sit down on the chair and he rolls me out of the room. We walk passed the nurses desk where Christina suddenly walks up to us.
"Hey, where are you talking her"
"I don't know, around the hospital. That room is kind of depressing" said Four
"I told you she was getting food in like half an hour Four!" I look up and he only smiles at her wheeling me away a few inches further from Christina "I want her back by three for food" she says with a sigh
"Thanks mom" I said looking up at her
"Except I'm getting her food" replies Four as he begins to walk away, I could hear Christina laughing in the distance
We went down a few more halls and into an elevator, we reached the main floor then out into a little courtyard area that I didn't know the hospital even had. Four wheels me over into a bench and then sits down.
"I figured you would want to see something other than the four walls of your hospital bedroom" he says
"Thanks" I say, I feel the cool breeze on my face, it did feel nice to finally be outside the weather was nice enough to not need a sweater. I'd spent about four weeks inside being outside was a nice change, the trees are slowly getting their leaves back spring is slowly returning.
"So, while I did come to break you out of your room. We need to talk about what we're going to do, I hear they're thinking of discharging you soon and I don't know how I feel about you going back to that apartment"
"Should I move" I ask him, it seems like a good idea at the moment
"Maybe, but Uriah thinks you going back to your apartment wouldn't be a bad idea. Well, we could get you back to your apartment and have officers patrolling the area. I could also check up and you if you don't mind"
"I don't mind" I tell him
"Alright then, well we'll work it out as it goes, the day they discharge you call me. Will or Uriah will probably let me know beforehand but either way give me a call. Do you want food?" he asks
"I guess" I say crinkling my nose
"So unenthused about food" he says smirking
"Hospital food will do that to you" I tell him
He laughs "I can see how that would happen, well don't worry once you're out of here I'll take you to get more real food" he says as he wheels me back inside.
We go into the cafeteria and get food, and sit down at a table a few minutes and bites into my sandwich I begin to look around.
"Are people...looking at us" I ask Four, he looks up from his food and around the room
"I think so. Maybe they're worried that they're having lunch with a dangerous criminal" he says smiling at me, I begin to laugh and so does he. If people hadn't paid attention to us before they probably were now. We calm down a bit but after a few minutes begin to laugh again, at nothing in particular this time, laughing quietly till we're both done eating, he gets up and wheels me back to the elevator.
The elevator dings and we're in, going back to the twelfth floor
"So how was it to get out of your room Ms. Prior"
"Very nice, Mr. Eaton thank you"
"No problem Tris, anytime"
The elevator dings again and we go out and I'm back on my floor, Christina sees us and waves giving me a smile suggesting that she wants to know what just happened in the last hour
"Told you I'd bring her back" says Four stopping in front of the nurses' station "By the way if you see Uriah today, tell him Zeke said he wants him at The Pit tonight for drinks, no matter how many patients are hanging out in his psych ward today. Actually, make sure you let him know or Zeke will have my head"
"I'll make sure to let him know then" says Christina
"Good, you and Will are invited to, pretty sure that Marlene was supposed to tell Will. Either way see you guys tonight" he says, he wheels me over to my room and helps me back into bed "I'd invite you too but I'm pretty sure you drinks are off limits to you. That and if I took you out of the hospital, Will wouldn't be too happy with me" says Four
"Yeah, I think you're right" I tell him
"Alright then, I'll come back to check on you another day" says Four which by know I know pretty much means tomorrow or the day after
"Thanks for coming, it's nice to see a familiar face"
"I mean it, anytime" he says patting my hand then he walks out of the room.
The next few hours pass slowly, I spend most of my afternoon flipping through the TV trying to find something good to watch for a place that's claims to have cable their channels suck, I finally settle on what looks like a rom-com.
"I thought you would be happier about going home" I look away from the TV, Christina is sitting in my chair smiling a bit sadly at me. I didn't even hear her come in the room she's out of her nurses scrubs and into everyday clothes, she's wearing dark blue skinny jeans and a black shirt.
"I am, I just hadn't really thought about what it would feel like to go home or what I would do once I did get home. I thought that when I left everything would be fixed"
"I wish I could help you somehow" she says
"Well, don't worry if I need anything I'll just come and annoy you here at the hospital" I tell her, she laughs and stands up walking over to my bed "No but really Tris, if you ever need anything just give me a call. I know we've only known each other for a while but I really like you and I think we'd be great friends, and not hanging out in a hospital room would be pretty cool"
"Alright, that sounds nice" I say laughing a little, having a friend once I get out sounds like a good idea.
"Well, I need to get going, Will, Uriah and Marlene are probably ready to go. I'll tell your boyfriend you said hi" I swat her are playfully "Not my boyfriend" I tell her
"I think you may have hit your head again Tris" she says
I laugh and turn my attention back to the TV as she leaves the room, I begin to feel sleepy looking over to the clock I see that it's barely eight but after barely having slept the night before I think I'll just go to sleep now. I turn off the TV and curl up in the bed sheets hoping that sleep will come a lot faster today.
That's it folks! Going to try and get the next chapter up sometime this week if I can
Hope you're all having a lovely memorial weekend