Elsa sat in the waiting room with her head in her hands. She couldn't help but think about the events that happened in the past hour that went to fast for anyone's liking. Lindsay left to return after she was done putting Zebra back at the apartment.
The sound of high heels sounded through the room alerting the room's residents. Elsa looked up puffy eyed to see a stunning woman looking around. She had creamy blonde hair that descended down into perfect locks she used a blue flower clip to keep her volume bangs to the side…. Jean's bangs did the same thing yet the girl didn't really take care. Her face was a slight tan and she had perfect features. Her presence was intimidating and demanded respect. Her eyes were striking silver with lighter grey specs littering through her irises. Elsa knew those stormy silver orbs anywhere. This woman held a resemblance to Jean that she had to be a relative. Jean's eyes, Elsa compared, was friendlier and looked like the sea after a gentle rain storm. But this woman's eyes looked like the sea during a dangerous hurricane of raining silver. This must be Chloe. She was dressed in a black skirt and dark blue ruffled blouse that hugged tightly to the curves of her body.
Elsa straightened out her clothing hoping to look presentable. She stood up and approached slowly with a gentle smile.
"You must be Chloe?" Elsa assumed politely.
The woman looked at her cautiously. "And you are?" She inquired her thick, smooth accent and piercing gaze made Elsa want to squirm.
"Umm I'm Elsa Vineter Jean's English teacher. I am the one who found her." Elsa explained. The woman relaxed slightly.
"Well then it's you who I owe my thanks to." She shook Elsa's hand. "And just so you know my name Alessandra not Chloe." Alessandra said as-a-matter-of-factly.
Elsa nodded confused. If Jean only had one sister then why did she say her name was Chloe?
Alessandra knew that look. "Giovanni tells people, mostly strangers that my name is Chloe for confidentially."
Well that made sense. "Speaking of which how is il mio piccolo bambino?" Elsa froze she had no clue what Alessandra said but she could guess that she was talking about Jean.
"Ah well the doctor said that her leg had to receive surgery for the break. Her lung was lightly punctured by her broken rib, her arm and collarbone got boke as well, and her spine had severe trauma. Asa for her head she has concussion." Alessandra gasped and walked past Elsa to the nursing station.
"Oh wait! The doctor said we can't go back there yet." Elsa jogged after the determined woman.
"Non me ne frega un fico secco!" Alessandra yelled. The tone of voice made Elsa halt. Alessandra looked over her shoulder and frowned when she noticed Elsa wasn't following her.
"EH!" Alessandra called. Elsa looked like a deer caught in the road. "Who me?" She pointed to herself pathetically.
"Yes you! Les go!." Elsa stiffly followed.
They asked at the nursing station what room Jean Bambibinuex was in. when they entered they saw a brunette woman writing down Jean's vitals.
She turned around and gasped. "Umm I don't think anyone is allowed back." The nurse said in an English accent.
"And who are you exactly?" Alessandra asked in a condescending tone putting her hands on her hips. Elsa just hid behind her trying to look inconspicuous.
"I am Jean's nurse Jane." She went to shake hands but Alessandra held her cold stance.
"Alright then I would like to speak to the doctor if you don't mind."
The nurse nodded. "I can alert Doctor Tarzan of your…..questions." Then left the room
Alessandra rushed to Jean's side mumbling in Italian kissing her forehead. Elsa looked at her bandaged body and a single tear ran down her cheek at the damaged sight of Jean.
"Hello." A man greeted from the sliding door. He had long brown hair and doctor's garbs on.
He shook Elsa and Alessandra's hands then explained Jean's condition.
"So you see if Ms. Vineter didn't find Jean then she probably would have drowned."
"Drowned?" Elsa questioned confused.
"Yes when she came here because her lung was punctured it was filing up with blood easily drowning in her own blood or from hypothermia." Elsa's heart dropped she didn't know that.
"Oh Mia cara." Alessandra cooed grabbing Elsa's shoulders and kissing both her cheeks. Elsa blushed.
"You saved my baby sister. Do you have any idea how much that means to me?" Elsa shook her head. Alessandra turned back to Jean. "She is my world."
The very idea of someone dying in such a painful horrible manner made her want to faint. Then she remembered how she actually discovered Jean.
"Actually Zebra is the one who really saved Jean, he's the one who found me and led me to where Jean was located." Elsa said smiling.
"Well then Jean is quite lucky to have an extremely devoted companion, She should wak up in about two hours." Doctor Tarzan stood up. "Get him a steak." He joked leaving the room.
When Lindsay returned Elsa convinced the two worried women to go to the cafeteria and get coffee to help their nerves.
Left alone Elsa sat on the edge of the bed and examined her features. Her eyelids shifted and Elsa spotted dull grey peeking out from under them.
"J-jean can you hear me?" She leaned in closer.
"M-Ms Vineter?" Jean replied weakly.
"Yes Oh God Jean you scared me." Elsa began crying.
"I'm sorry." Jean whispered.
"Oh Jean you don't have to be sorry it was an accident." Elsa explained grabbing her hand.
Jean moved her hand out of Elsa's grip. "No.. I am sorry." Elsa realized what Jean was apologizing for.
"No Jean just focus on recovering." Elsa said nodding. She wasn't really ready to forgive the girl for her reckless actions but for now she would stay by her side.
Jean did her best to shake her head no but winced in pain.
"No Elsa you were right. I-i- I don't want to hurt you. You deserve better and I'm not good enough for you. I- I'm going to leave you alone. You know to make room for that perfect person who won't hurt you with stupid mistakes… I promised myself that I wouldn't hurt anyone I care about with being bad, but I was very bad still am." Jean's voice resonated with hurt and guilt too much guilt for it to be from just this one mistake.
"Jean what did you do that was so bad?" Elsa asked quietly.
"I- I used to try to forget it to pretend it never happened but it did and maybe admitting to myself what a bad person I am I won't hurt wonderful people like you." Jean turned to Elsa.
"I killed my little sister…and I am not talking about how I told you I killed my mom. I physically killed her when I was eleven." Jean sobbed.
"What? How? " Elsa couldn't fathom how an eleven year old could be capable of murder.
"I didn't mean to but I did. She was only a baby and was my princess I loved her so much. I would hold her all the time. One day we were playing on a blanket outside and….she got mud on her face so I took her inside and ran a bath. I put her in it and left her alone to get bath toys. I was so stupid and retarded like what my brother called me that I didn't know you couldn't leave a baby by themselves in water. When I came back about thirteen minutes later she wasn't moving, just floating in the water. So poked at her for a little while thinking she went to sleep but she didn't wake up. I ran to get my father and he and Chiara my step-mom came in. she screamed and went hysterical. She kept calling me a murderer and said I killed my baby sister. I did. So she told my father that she would never have another baby "with that retard in the house." Me and my father grew closer after my mother's death he would always play games that I didn't really understand but I was glad to have my father back… I don't really remember the games we played but Chiara wanted me gone nonetheless, so my father sent me away to a hospital psych ward. I didn't talk to anyone ever and stayed in my room all the time. I eventually started making these escapes and eventually started making video games. When he would visit me he took my game and sold it for his company. The visits stopped after that and all I had was Alessandra but she was forced by Chiara to come here for college. I was all alone. Eventually the game got old and father needed more so he took me out of the hospital but he couldn't bring me home. So he gave me to Lindsay." Jean frowned.
"Elsa I am a horrible person who does horrible things and you need to stay away from me…you…Anna….even Olaf." Jean never used her first name but felt the need to get her point across. Elsa soaked in all the information and it hurt her for Jean's sake.
"Please go Elsa, please." Jean cried sniffling.
Elsa got up and shocked. She didn't want to leave Jean. She wanted to stay, to comfort Jean, to tell her she wasn't a bad person because she…..
At that moment Elsa realized she loved Jean. She actually loved her.
Jean had already turned away. Elsa backed out of room and covered her mouth rushing to her car.
She climbed in and rested her head against the steering wheel confused. Jean had hurt her with her own sister yet why did she at that moment love her?
Maybe because Jean had once again shown selflessness, sometimes doing the right thing for the one you love is the most difficult especially when the best thing for them was to let them go even though it hurt.
But Elsa didn't want to be let go, she wanted to fall in Jean's gravity, she wanted to fall so hard she couldn't get back up.
If love was the poison founded on her Romeo's lips then she would kiss her until she accepted every last drop.