Lucy's POV
I looked around the form room to find Kim was nowhere to be seen, neither was Jared... weird.
"I wonder what's up with Kim today." I said.
"Did you not hear?" Rebecca asked.
"Hear what?" I asked.
"She's in a coma in the reservation hospital." Rebecca said. I looked at her wide eyed. A coma? Are you kidding me I was only away for 2 weeks!
"How long has she been out?" I asked.
"2 weeks... I heard though she is on the verge of waking, the doctors have been working really hard to help her heal" she said.
"Heal?" I asked confused.
"Apparently she fell in the bathroom after a shower, she hit her head on the basin, Samantha, her sister was the one to find her, she was soaked in her own blood... ugh" Rebecca said shivering. And with that I got up and walked out. I got out of school and headed out towards the hospital, I didn't care, I would take my punishment, and attendance report isn't that bad.
I got to the checking counter at the reservation hospital and asked where Kim was and she gave me the room number and floor destination. I got in the elevator and set to go to the 2nd floor. I got out and when to ward 8 I walked down the corridor to room 5 and peeked through the window. There lay Kims sleeping body, I creaked the door open and slipped through. I walked over to her bed and sat down on the end. She looked so peaceful; there was a pack of grapes next to her bed. I was soo hungry, I leaned over sneakily and nipped one out. I popped it in my mouth. I sat back straight. And looked back at Kim. Her eyes where open and it scared the hell out of me. I jumped back. She looked at me sceptically.
"You did not just eat one of my grapes?" she said with a smirk. I brightened up at the sound of her voice; it had been so long since I had seen her, being in New Zealand had defiantly taken it's tole on me and had brightened my opinion on life. I had a lot to talk to her about.
"Nope" I said returning her smirk. "Any way, I came back from New Zealand last night, came to school this morning to find that you weren't there and Rebecca helpfully informed me that you had slipped into a coma after falling in your bathroom..." I said looking down at my hands.
"Yeah, not exactly what I wanted..." she said awkwardly. I looked up to see her staring out the window.
"You silly bitch... what the hell did you slip on?" I said jokingly. I saw a smile inch onto Kim's face and that's all I could ask for.
"The shower mat..." she said with a little laugh. I looked her in the eyes and she had that sad look deep inside,
"so how long have you been out, of the coma I mean..." I said.
"A day or two" she said looking down at the small bed table that was piled with hospital food that looked like it had just been received from a sick bucket. "Getting out in by Monday," she said deep in thought.
"what was it like, being in a coma..." I asked
"different, have you ever felt half alive before, it was like being deeper than a dream like it was just black but all you could hear was your own conscious. Now and again I would come to shallow patch and I would fall into a dream, time felt like noting, like I was only out for 12 hours instead of 240. I was out for so long... I lost so much blood, I never knew." She said looking up at me "I have haemophilia... it's extremely rare for a female whose mum never had it, I got it from my dad, I just got diagnosed... that's why it was so sever, I was born with it, but it has progressed over the years, now I am at a fatal point.." she said barely more than a whisper.
"Haemophilia?" I said confused. "what's that?"
" a dysfunction with your blood clots, basically it prevents me from having long term scabs, so I bleed for longer than most people, as I said it is rare for a female to carry it, extremely rare... but not impossible" she said in a grave tone. "Thankfully I haven't got any complications, which is also rare but thank god, if I had had the complications I would have known ages ago that I had it" she looked up at me "oh and my ankle has mostly healed over the past week or so, thankfully, but I am going to have to have a brace on it for a while. "She said. It went silent for a while as I watched her looking down at her hands fiddling with a neckless locket, I had never seen before.
"What's that?" I asked.
"It's a locket; I woke up from the coma with it round my neck. Sam bought it for me with embry. They have been hanging out for a while now, every time have seen her she is attached to his arm." I said with a smirk. I laughed along with her. She was still playing with it. I held my hand out for a silent approval to have a closer look. She looked up at me and then back to her locket then to my hand, slowly she placed it in my palm. I took a closer look, it looked expensive, it was shaped as a heart and had decretive flower patterns covering every inch of the solid gold, there was little diamonds embedded in each flower making the locket shine. I smiled as I opened it up, there was a picture of Samantha and there mum inside. Samantha picture was of her with a goofy grin, it didn't look like had been taken that long ago, and there mum had a small smile gracing her pretty face, both looked very cute. I closed the locket and looked at the other side there was a small engrave meant in the back on a small gold plate it read:
'Always Here'
so simple and yet so moving, I couldn't help the small smile that graced my face, I looked up at Kim who was smiling at me. I passed it back to her. She looked at it one more time before putting around her neck. And sighing heavily.
"So when you have to leave?" she said, looking sad.
"Well, I am going to skive school today, soo all day!" I said, her face brightened up considerably.
8 hours later it was about 6 o'clock and I decided it was about time to head home, I bid my farewells and make my way out of the hospital as I saw Samantha and embry walking out of the elevator a gave a small wave and she returned it with a smile. I walked out of the I got out of the hospital and got the buss home, I used with what was left of my dinner money, I had spent most of it on Kim getting decent food from the hospital cafe, why they never just fed them that stuff in the beginning was beyond me. I sat down on one of the seats to the left there was hardly anyone on the bus, I looked out the window as we sped away to 'St Ruth's drive'. It was dark as the winter was setting in. The lights flashed past the buss as it zoomed down the street, the lights became a slur as my eyes began to drag down, I was exhausted and I just felt like going to bed. The buss stopped and I found it was at my stop already. I got of and began to make my way towards my house. Suddenly I heard a rustle come from the other side of the street and I looked over to find ash walking in the same direction as me. I looked down as to not get noticed but it was too late.
"Loo" he hissed from the other side. I didn't look up. "Loo, hey Loo!" he hiss a little louder, I couldn't resist it; I looked over to see him staring at me. Anger rushed through me, how dare he, one minute it's no I don't like you because of Kim the next he is attempting to come and talk to me. What is wrong with is guy dose he just like does he just like to play with girls emotions.
"What do you want?" i asked in an irritated tone. "Come to hurt me some more?" I said. With a sneer.
"Of course not!" he said shaking his head. "I just wanted to see if you where okay!" he said reaching out for my hand. I pushed it out the way so he wouldn't touch it.
"I'm fine" I said angrily.
"You don't seem it, loo" he said.
"Don't call me 'Loo' my name is 'Lucy', sort yourself out mate, your pathetic!" and with that I quickened my pace, in an attempt to get away, but he grabbed my arm spinning me around to face him. "Dude, get the hell of me!" I said. He backed off holding his hands in the air.
"Just hear me out" he pleaded. I understood the feeling of not being heard so that you could explain my actions, and I could sympathise with him so I gave him a chance.
"Fine" I said crossing my arms setting my face with a raised eye brow.
"Okay" he said clearing his throat "I am really sorry about the whole 'bet' thing... I really regret it"
I nodded along "okay" I said.
"I really like you Lucy..." and with that he leaned down and connected his lips to mine. I smiled into the kiss and weakened my arms and wrapped them around her neck. I could feel his tongue slip along my bottom lip, begging for entrance and I agreed happily, opening my mouth for his tough to take control. Slowly the kiss became more passionate and I could feel my heart beating like crazy against my rib cage. Time stopped and everything around me was frozen and all that mattered was these few moments when he opened my mind to thinks I've never see, because when I was kissing him my senses came alive it was like the puzzle piece I was trying to find, fell right into place, he was all that a takes, I couldn't believe we had waited so long. Slowly he pulled away and I rested my head against his chest, his arms had found their way round my waist and he lent his head against the top of my head. I sighed in contentment. "I was just to sacred of what people would think... you know how I have a reputation to up hold and you are, well not one of the slag's that they expect me to date!" he mumbled.
"Why should it matter?" I said moving away y to see his face, glowing under the street lamp; a simile crept across his face.
"Your right" he whispered. "Would you like to be my real girlfriend?" he asked, with a gorgeous grin.
"Umm, yes, I think that would be acceptable" I said with a smirk, he returned it, and leaned down for a second kiss.
\\ Next chapter Jared comes into play /
