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Oh, and if this story (particularly this chapter) seems unrealistic, my excuse is that this is a Disney Fanfiction, so deal with it :P
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Stella woke up first. She didn't remember where she was until she had looked around the entire room, and saw Wen sleeping with Avril cuddled in his arms. She thought that they look cute. Mo wasn't in the room, and Charlie wasn't either. Stella was panicked for a moment, but remembered that the hospital was guarded by police and that everyone's parents were here. She signed and sat up in her seat. "Wen," she whispered. He didn't stir.
"Wen," She said a bit louder. Avril's eyes snapped open, but she had to shake Wen a little so that he would wake up. "Is Olivia awake yet?" He asked Stella. She shrugged. "I wouldn't know. I was sleeping in here with you guys." She explained. Wen nodded and closed her eyes again. "Maybe we can find Olivia's grandmother. She might know," Avril offered.
I looked into the hallway through the door where Charlie, Mo, and everyone's parents were standing. They all seemed to be deep in a conversation, and Charlie looked confused while Mo looked a bit more understanding. What were they talking about?
Avril knocked on the door, and everyone's heads turned towards her. She instantly turned and shrugged back into her seat, looking nervous.
Stella's eyebrows rose slightly, but she guessed that she understood. "Hey, guys, come in!" She said, taping on the door. Charlie and Mo entered first with all of the adults following. With everyone in the room it felt cramped and smaller. "What were you guys doing?" Stella mouthed. Charlie looked over at Mo and shrugged. "Tell you later," He replied.
A few seconds later a doctor came into the room, with a nurse following, wheeling in a machine. Stella tensed up almost immediately, but relaxed when she saw the face that the doctor had he stared at all of the people in it. She wanted to laugh, but decided against it.
Stella POV
"Hello, everyone," the doctor smiled. Everyone mumbled something different, or didn't say anything at all. Stella waved, while Avril snuggled into Wen's chest. Wen still looked out of it. "I'm Doctor Edward Guida." He announced. Mo smiled and nodded at him, but turned away after no one said anything.
He looked between Charlie, Mo, Wen, Avril and me. "Well," He looked down at his clipboard. "I came down here to give you all checkups. Let's see….." He flipped threw a few papers. "Avril? From what I have heard, you inhaled a bit of smoke. Is that true?" He asked, looking over to Avril. She nodded, her dark green eyes studying him. A huge smile grew across his face, and Stella was kind of freaked out at first. Why the hell was this doctor so happy so early in the morning? What time was it anyway?
"My friend Nurse Amy here has a game for us to play, but first, I have a question. How old are you?" He asked; a pen ready in his hand. I was guessing that no one really had any information on Avril, since we had found her in the woods. I didn't see any parents come for her, so I was beginning to wonder….
"Almost thirteen," Avril said; her voice barely a whisper. Dr. Guida nodded. "Then I think that you are old enough for our game." He said with a smile. He gestured over to the machine that the nurse was setting up. "I am going to need you to blow into this tube, and since your birthday is coming up soon, I need you to try and blow out all of the birthday candles on the screen, okay?"
Avril turned to him fully, and once Wen felt her move, he sat up as well. She nodded slowly, staring at the machine warily. I watched as the nurse made a face, and so did the doctor. Avril stopped blowing. "I only got six out, and there were thirteen." She mumbled.
We waited another ten, twenty, thirty minutes until she came back from some room that they had taken her so that she could inhale oxygen or something. Then we waited while he asked Avril a few questions, and listened to her heart, writing things down on his clipboard. He paused when he saw her ankle, and when he saw a giant gash on her arm. He smiled at her when he was finished. "Well, Avril, you sound just fine. Another doctor is going to come to look at you a little bit more." He checked the rest of us out, wincing when he saw the wound on Wen's temple, and he gave Mo some ice for her ankle.
He looked up at Wen's dad and Sydney. "If I may, I would like to speak to you two outside, as well as…" He looked back at his clipboard. "Wen, Charlie, Mohini and Stella?" He held the door open for us, and gestured for us to leave the room. My mom looked pissed that she wasn't going to be involved with this, as well as Mo's father, but you know, you can't have everything in the world that you want.
Avril perked up in her seat. "Can I see Olivia while you guys talk?" She asked. The doctor glanced at Wen's hopeful expression before smiling gently. "She isn't exactly ready for visitors yet, but I saw her grandmother waiting outside. I could send her in to stay with you if you'd like." He offered. Avril leaned back in her chair in defeat. "Whatever," She mumbled.
We walked outside of the door in a line, and I saw Olivia's gram standing outside, her hands shaking. "Avril was wondering if you could keep her company while we talk." Wen informed her without making eye contact. She nodded quickly and shuffled into the groom quickly, without a word. As soon as she was gone, Dr. Guida clapped his hands and smiled at our group.
He opened his file. "Okay, then. I have special permission from Olivia's grandmother to discuss her case with you all. Now, would you like to hear about Olivia or Avril first?" You didn't even have to look at Wen to know that he wanted to hear all about Olivia. I personally wanted to hear about Avril first, because she was the girl that we had found randomly in the woods. Wen's dad stepped in. "Which case is a more…urgent?" He asked.
The doctor paused for a moment. "I think that I should start with Olivia's case first. Her grandmother was already filled in…" He started shuffling around in his folder. I knew that Wen wanted to scream at him to hurry up, and I was kind of proud of him when he didn't.
I guessed that he had dumbed everything down for us so that we could understand a bit better. "We tested Olivia for any drugs in her system, and it seems that she was overdosed on pain medication that they must've given her. This might've been one of the reasons that she was sick when she was found in the woods." He explained. Yeah, he defiantly dumbed it down. I had seen way too many hospital soaps with Mo to believe that this was in his notes.
"She has hypothermia from being out in the rain so long, and pneumonia that could have come from anything while she was there, as well as being out in the rain. It isn't as bad as it could be, and we have God to thank for that, I guess. I suspect that Avril might have a slight cold from being out in the rain, as well. She didn't get it as bad as Olivia did.
Olivia's ankle is pretty banged up, so if she stays stable she should be in surgery in a few hours so that they can fix it, and hopefully she'll be awake later tonight or early tomorrow morning, but I am not exactly sure. I have been told that they were gone approximately nineteen days, correct?" We all nodded at the same time.
"Has she been awake since she got here?" Wen asked nervously. "Briefly, but she passed out again. She seemed pretty overwhelmed. We've already flushed out the remaining medication out of her system. She had some minor burns that we have already taken care of, and we dressed a gash in her arm. She should be home in a week or so. She'll need to have help at home, as I suspect that she'll have trouble getting around with two cracked ribs, and a broken ankle, not to mention -"
The doctor froze and stared at all of our curious faces. "What?" I asked, eager for more news. He cleared his throat. "I have two pieces of shocking news. Would you like me to tell you the first piece or second piece first?" He asked, looking anywhere but at us. "Second piece," Sydney blurted out. Wen gave her an aggravated look, but we all agreed.
Dr. Guida sighed. "Well, while I was with Avril, we ran a few tests, including a blood test. We took a sample of Olivia's blood as well as testing her, and, well… Olivia and Avril are related, we are guessing that they are sisters." He blurted out. Mo and Charlie looked confused, as did Sydney and Wen's Dad. Wen looked back into the room, at Avril chatting shyly with Olivia's gram. I was the first one to speak.
"How?" I asked. Had she always known this? The doctor looked uncomfortable. "I do not know all of the details, but I do know that they aren't half siblings; they are related by full blood." No one said anything, so he continued. "I discussed this with Mrs. White, and, well, since Olivia's mother was reportedly murdered by her husband, and that was why he was in prison, but we were discussing the possibility of the mother not being murdered, perhaps her husband took her somewhere… we are guessing that he had several mental illnesses because we don't have files on either of them, as well as Avril." He explained. I shook my head. This seemed like something that would come out of a thriller book or something.
We sat there in silence for a few moments. "From what I have heard, an investigation is beginning to figure this all out. But until then, Avril will be under the care of Mrs. White." I turned to look into the room. Avril looked slightly confused, but like she was expecting that whatever Mrs. White was telling her. I guess this was what they had been talking about.
"You think that maybe…the kidnapper could be their father?" Wen asked slowly, putting the pieces together. The doctor shrugged. "It is possible."
Wen nodded slowly as the doctor cleared his throat. "Would you like to hear the second piece of information?" He asked, sounding as if he was holding back from yelling what he wanted to say.
We all nodded warily. "Well, as we were running blood and DNA tests with Olivia and Avril, she informed me that there is a chance that…well, Olivia might be pregnant." He paused for a moment, staring at Wen. He blushed furiously when his father and Sydney turned to him. "It doesn't nessisarily mean that the child is Wen's. The child could be Adam's, even though that Avril is positive that the child is yours, Wen." He explained.
The small sliver of excitement that I had felt disappeared. "You think that he raped her?" Wen forced out, his voice sounding choked up. The doctor hesitated. "They did a rape kit on her earlier-"
Wen POV
All of the air flew out of me as I threw myself against the wall. He didn't have to tell me that. I can't hear this. He's still alive somewhere and I'll have to leave Olivia to go kill him.
Stella POV
My mouth slowly dropped open as I reached for Charlie's hand. "It was negative! Negative, I promise! The police still want to check Avril, though."
"There is no way in hell." Wen burst out. Sydney nodded. "She does not need to be put through the trauma of a vaginal exam without a cause. Have her speak to someone about the possibilities, but she really shouldn't be traumatized if it can be avoided." Mo nodded her head in agreement, and I did as well, even though I really didn't understand what would happen to Avril if they needed to run a rape kit.
The doctor narrowed his eyes; something that I thought he was incapable of. "They're concerned."
"Welcoming to the damn club!" Charlie exclaimed. That was the first time that he had opened his mouth throughout this conversation, and I have to admit that I jumped a bit.
The doctor signed. "I understand your concern, all of you. We all want what is best for Avril. Someone from the psychology unit should be down in just a moment. I think that we have covered everything, so I'll be on my way. Mrs. White and I are going to be upstairs in Olivia's room. Good Luck to you all," He smiled, and I smiled back at him. God. It must be hard to be a doctor; to break the news to everyone. How was Mo going to do it?
Sorry if this was a short chapter. I wanted to get something out, because I haven't updated in a while. Ooh, the ending is coming up soon! So, how was this chapter? A little over dramatic, I know. Sorry if it was annoying…but I enjoyed it. Well, kind of the chapter after this one and the one before that. Wait, what? I am way too tired….
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