Chapter 20

Open Eyes

Hailey peeked through her eye lashes, blinking numerous times. She finally got her vision focused. She smiled a bit noticing her sister asleep in the chair next to her. It had been a rough week for the Martin family, a rough year and a half at that. Hailey, however, did not go into a coma, but she did have to stay in the hospital for two weeks.

Cailey did try to kill herself; she just didn't have enough time to do so. After what she had attempted a week ago she had been on close watch. In a way you could say what Cailey shouldn't have done is what it to open her eyes. She realized the whole problem to all her situations. There was no one else to blame, it was her. It was her being rude, her being hateful, and her being careless. She had to quit continuing on blaming everyone else around she; she needed to point her fingers at herself.

From just a few days ago upon discovering this, Cailey vowed to never be that heartless again. She was happy to have learned from her mistakes, and maybe her family would just live "happily ever after". Hailey then sat up from her stacked pillows. She adjusted her bed so that she could watch the television. She did her best in not waking her sister, but the minute she moved the bed Cailey had awoken. Cailey stretched and smiled at her loving sister, then shuffled over to give her a hug.

Hailey was aware of her sister's attempt in killing herself, but never brought it up. She didn't want to feel like she was intruding in on her sister's business in any such way. They turned their attention to the door there after. Cody was not entering the room with breakfast for the morning.

"Hey sweetie." He kissed Hailey's forehead. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling great dad. I'm ready to go home." She replied softly. She held out her hands waiting patiently for her father. Cody shrugged his shoulders.

"What?" he asked. She chuckled lightly.

"I'm hungry, you going to give me my food or not?" jokingly, she asked. They all laughed, filling the room with joy.

"Well, you have to wait for the doctor's approval to eat. I have to go downstairs in the meantime to get our drinks. I'll be back." Cody said in his terminator impression. He turned heading toward the café. Hailey glanced at Cailey sleepily. Cailey felt bad for her sister. She was doing better yes, but was she well enough to go home?

"You okay sis? I know you're ready to go home. I am ready for you too." She spoke with enthusiasm. Hailey smiled half- heartedly. Why had her sister been so generous to her lately?

"Why did you smile like that for? It's as if you are just brushing it off. I meant it Hails. I do want you to come home. I need you." Cailey assured her sister.

"Really, it's just you usually are putting me down and such. I'm not sure what to believe that comes from you anymore."

Cailey pouted a bit, but she wasn't angry at her sister. She was frustrated with herself mostly. She always put her sister down, which was wrong of her to do. She pretended like she loathed her at school for friends, she called her names, and disrespected her. To think the one person she treated like dirt from the beginning was the one that could be ten feet under; the one that loved her and took a bullet for her, but how could she manage to do that?

"You're right sis, you are I know that. I never got to really discuss with you about all of this, so I guess now would be the appropriate time to do so." She positioned herself toward her sister on the hospital bed. "Hails, last week I wanted to die. Yes, I really did want to. I felt so horrible for the way I treated my family and friends, but mostly you. My irresponsible actions brought more to the table then what I could eat." She paused swallowing the air. This was an emotional time for her.

"My point is, is that I have changed for the better. I am never, I promise, going to be rude, selfish, and addict, or crude in any manner. That is unless I am protecting my family from some trifling human being. I need to be there for you, now more than ever. You are my sister; not Sam or all those other people. I do love you, honestly. I want you to know that you risking your life for me really touched my heart." She stared into her sisters cloudy blue eyes. Hailey believed her. That say she was this compassion, this responsible side of her she hadn't seen in a long time.

She peered in closer to her sister's eyes. Wait a second; her, Cailey's, eye's were wet. Was she crying? She had never seen her sister cry like this since they were children. Hailey hugged her sister, embracing her. She hated to let go after she finally got her real sister back. Everything truly felt normal at the moment, and she knew all would be fine long as she had Cailey by her side.