2nd update of TEH DAY!
"That's not supposed to happen! You put your friend into danger!" The woman accused Ryan, but this time she actually called the ambulance.
"Come on Natalia." Ryan said, suddenly found himself performing CPR on Natalia. "Don't do this Natalia." Ryan told her. All of a sudden Natalia coughed, and Ryan felt her pulse return, but her face was still clammy and white. The sirens sounded in front of the store, and three paramedics came into the store.
"What happened?" A red headed nurse asked as Ryan ran by the gurney.
"She started convulsing and after that she lost her pulse." Ryan explained.
"And?" The nurse asked, as Natalia's gurney was put in the ambulance.
"I gave her CPR and her pulse returned." Ryan told. "Am I allowed to ride with her?" Ryan asked.
"No." The nurse shook her head. "Family only." She explained.
"Alright." Ryan said. Knowing that Natalia had left her bag in the car, Ryan pulled out her cell phone and dialed Calleigh.
"Natalia, what's going on?" Calleigh asked.
"Uh, it's Ryan actually. Natalia's been taken to the hospital." Ryan explained, taking a few shortcuts to Dade Memorial.
"Wha- what happened?" Calleigh asked
"The psychic did something to Natalia… she went paranoid, she thought that I was Nick." Ryan explained.
"Alright, I'm at the university, I'll get Maxine and Kim can drive us. Dade Memorial right?" Calleigh asked, and Ryan heard some shuffling on the other side.
"Yes." Ryan said, as he followed ambulance. "See you there." Ryan said and heard a click.
Hospital
"Alright, now what the hell happened to Natalia?" Calleigh asked, those being her first words as she entered the waiting room.
"It was the psychic Calleigh." Ryan explained. "After their session, the witch pulled her into a locked room telling her to face her fears." Ryan explained.
"That bitch." Maxine muttered. Kim was running her fingers over her jade pendant, and Calleigh was leaning and resting her head in her hand.
"Is she gonna be okay?" Ryan and Maxine asked at the same time as the doctor came out of Natalia's room.
"Yeah, she's currently under anesthesia, but aside from that in about 2 days or so she'll be okay." The doctor said.
"Two days?" Maxine asked. "Why?" She asked, as Calleigh and Kim took a closer seat the the doctor.
"She was drugged scolapine " The doctor said, but Calleigh interrupted him.
"What is that?" Calleigh asked, jumping up and taking a place by Maxine.
""It's hallucinogen that makes someone live their worst nightmare." The doctor said. "It's a derivative from a local weed… and the two days should be enough for the drug to leave the blood system." The doctor explained.
"Oh." Calleigh nodded. "Can we go visit her?" Calleigh asked.
"Are you all family? You don't look like family." The doctor furrowed his brow.
"We're all friends of hers." Calleigh explained as Kim got out too. The doctor looked at Ryan, and then at Calleigh, at Maxine, whose hand was nervously placed on the top of her blonde bob, and then at Kim, who from the tension was still running her fingers over the jade pendant that hung from her neck.
"Yeah. Just try not to scare her when she wakes up." The doctor told them as the 4 walked to Natalia's room.
Natalia was lying in the hospital bed, and it was evident that she had gone through some kind of apocalypse. Maxine took up the seat closer to Natalia's head on the left side of the bed, Kim taking a seat by her, while Calleigh was on the other side of the bed... and Ryan, well Ryan found it sufficient enough to stand leaning against the side wall.
"Sweetie, sweetie can you open your eyes?" Calleigh asked, almost whispering. Natalia's eyes were closed but were darting back and forth, something known as REM sleep- Ryan knew this because of his overly annoying red haired Psych major friend. Suddenly Natalia's eyes popped open and she let out a yelp of surprise that actually made Ryan jump.
"You're okay, you're in the hospital" Calleigh told her friend calmly.
"Wh- what happened?" Natalia asked, getting herself to sit up, Maxine being sweet enough to fluff up her pillow.
"You don't remember any of it?" Kim furrowed her thin black brows in surprise slash confusion.
"I only remember... that fact that Ryan drove me the psychic... and after that I think I fell asleep." Natalia explained. "And then I wake up here." Natalia explained. "And woke up here, in a puddle of freezing sweat apparently." Natalia said and at the moment Calleigh and Maxine exchanged "Hmm..." glances as Maxine pulled out her iPhone and began quietly typing away.
A nurse knocked on the door, giving the group a "Get out of there" glare. Calleigh, Kim and Maxine got up, Ryan still lingering by Natalia's bed.
"Get well soon, Nat." Calleigh said and the three left, leaving Natalia with a question.
"Get well soon? What does that mean?" Natalia asked, her eyes searching for something in Ryan's.
"The psychic drugged you, and she might have overdosed you on the drug, so you're staying in the hospital for the next two days." Ryan explained. "Look the nurse is giving me the wrap it up and cut throat hand signs so I should really get going." Ryan said and before he was able to reach the door, he heard "Thanks, Ryan." Natalia told him.
"Thanks for what?" Ryan asked turning around, ignoring the repeated knocks on the door.
"For telling me the truth about the psychic. I guess it's better to hear it from a friend than from a doctor." Natalia explained, smiling.
Ryan smiled back and left the room, being met with the angry nurse.
"You were supposed to be out of there 10 minutes ago!" The nurse barked at Ryan, those words making no difference to Ryan as he stared at the woman.
"Yeah. She was the one keeping me there, not me bothering her." Ryan explained, the nurse staring at him, as Calleigh and Kim stared at Maxine's purple flower skinned iPhone.
"Well you have to let the patient rest." The nurse said and headed into Natalia's room, closing the door's window blind.
"What are you three women doing?" Ryan asked, peeping into Maxine's phone.
"Googling the Zombie drug." Calleigh explained. "The side effects include dry mouth and hallucinations, but if you didn't get the bitch to let her out, Nat could have died. You pretty much... saved her life" Calleigh said, her brain clearly not processing the information very well. Her friend could have died. Died. As in her heart would stop and she would stop breathing. Shuddering at the thought of that, Calleigh handed Maxine her cell phone back and faced Ryan.
"We were gonna go out for drinks, just us girls, but if you want to join us..." Calleigh's voice trailed off.
"Nah, I'm heading home. Just when you get home, be careful... try not to wake me up, alright?" Ryan asked and Calleigh nodded, Ryan just hoping that her head wouldn't bobble off. "Well be careful you all!" Ryan said, just as the nurse walked out of the room, the door closing slowly enough for Ryan to catch Natalia's tiny smile to which he smiled back.
"Good night!" Calleigh called out as the three of them left, a muted chatter heard coming from them.
You might even get a third update today!
Bye, you guys, I still need to write 4995 words today! in 7 hrs.
