Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
"Dinner is ready Liece!" Here comes the hard part, where should I look? Should I just stare out my window? Yeah, then she wouldn't wonder what was on the wall or her shirt.
"Mom, I really don't feel good, could you just bring me a tray please?"
"Yes!" I hunkered down amongst my pillows and felt for Zo, my stuffed rabbit. I hugged her to me, waiting.
"Oh, Liece, oh, my baby! You must be hurting badly, your eyes are red and teary! Here is your tray, do you want anything else?"
"No, I know you still have things to do mom, go ahead I am fine."
"Alright, just holler." She left and I wondered what she had made for me. I felt around a bit and nearly knocked over a glass, it was one of the tall ones, with stripes. I hoped it was the blue one. I took a sip. Orange juice.
"Thanks again mom!" I hollered down.
"Anytime, baby!" I felt for my a utensil and found a knife and fork.
"Oh boy." I gently poke at the food on my plate. I heard gentle knocking and wondered what my mother was getting up to.
"Chaliece, Seth is here, I'm just going to send him up!"
"Ok!" His heavy footsteps and the creaking of the floorboards outside my door announced his arrival.
"Chaliece, I am so sorry this is all my fault are you feeling any better at all?"
"No, not really. My eyes, they won't stop. They just hurt and hurt, I can't think about very much else." I sighed and poke my plate again." What exactly am I supposed to be eating?"
"It is eggs, sausage, and hash browns. Breakfast for dinner, it's your favorite. I will cut it up then you can feed yourself." He remembered that? My mother and Seth are saints. He remembered that I loved breakfast, but only at night. My mother must have had something already made, but fixed this when she saw how much pain I was in.
"What color is my cup?"
"Dark blue, the stripes are light blue." Mom knew it was my favorite.
"Thank you. Did she bring up ketchup?"
"No, I will get it."
"Thanks." When he was gone I burst into tears again, loving that it seemed to mute the burning in my eyes a little bit.
"What kind of person can't even cut up their own food?" I wondered, I knew blind people found ways to work around the difficulty. But I couldn't. I wouldn't let myself get used to this, marine biologists have to be able to see. I had to fix this.
"She said you really must be sick, forgetting to remind her to get ketchup."
"It's not every day I get blinded by a vampire."
"I will fix this Chaliece, I promise." He said shaking the bottle and handing it to me.
"Why, Seth? I know we are friends, good friends, but why? Why do you care so much? Maybe the pain will go away by itself, but I do not think you can help, you can't do anything. I don't need you." I blamed him in my heart, though logic told me that was wrong. My head said I didn't need or want him near me. My heart said that was wrong, although my thoughts would vehemently argue that.
"I never thought you needed me, you are too strong and too independent. If you really want me to leave, I will go. But you will have to tell me everyday, because I will come back tomorrow and the next day and the day after that, because I need you Chaliece. I can't let you go."
"Seth, I don't know what to say." I wiped away my tears with the back of my hand. "There are tissues in the top drawer of that dresser. Thanks. Seth, I don't know if I like you, or love you, or hate you. You kept a lot of big things from me. If I knew the risk, I could have paid more attention to what was going on, we could have avoided this whole mess, we could have, "
"No, Cayt would have found you. Because of me, you smell like Seth the werewolf. I'm really sorry it's all my fault and I will fix it." My heart forgave him, and my head gave in. To tired to fight anymore.
"You said that. I need to be alone but would you come back tomorrow please? Maybe I will be fine and we can go cliff diving!" I couldn't say he was forgiven. It was the best I could do.
"I don't think so Chaliece. But I will come. Jake will probably stop by too."
"Bye Seth."
"Goodnight Chaliece." He closed my door behind him and didn't think I could hear, but I did.
"I think I might, maybe, love you too Seth."
