Chapter 37 (angel and forgiveness)
Erik watched over his sister like a guardian angel. He would sit down at her bedside every hour except that he would go for a short break and come back again. Meg's medicine did not seem to cure anything. However, Lavender was constantly drifting to sleep. Very soon, the dark rings around her eyes disappeared, but she remained skinny. Erik would sing to her sometimes, mainly all the old creation which he had composed, he had not the time to come up with new ones while taking care of her.
Lavender finally opened her eyes one morning, much to Erik's relief.
"How are you feeling now?" he asked anxiously. Though Lavender had managed to open her eyes, Erik could see that they were still misted.
"Much better," Lavender whispered weakly. She tried to sit up.
"Lay down, do you need me to get you anything?" Erik asked, concerned. Lavender shook her head, her hair a little messy, but she did not seem to care.
"How long have I being lying in bed?" she said softly. Erik had to strain his ears to listen, but he got what she said, however.
"Two weeks, you have not taken any food. But Madam Giry advised me to put small amounts of sugar and salt in your water at times, to prevent dehydration and malnutrition" Erik said comfortingly. Lavender nodded. Two weeks were a bit of a shock to her, but she did remembered sleeping for long hours. She looked up at Erik, the green eyes looked exhausted, but a worried look remained on his face.
"Hey, how was Meg?" Lavender whispered.
"Don't even mention that name to me, she tried to kill you, for as far as I know," Erik growled. Lavender shook her head.
"You have always being a great brother to me, surely you would forgive her?" Lavender said gently.
"No, I won't, I would have killed her if she had being successful in killing you," Erik said bitterly.
"Listen, Erik. Why is there any holy people and angels in this world? An angel would not remember the things which their enemies did to them in the past. Instead, they would forgive, and forget. Erik, I knew that Meg had almost destroyed my life, but honestly, do you really think that she meant it? She did it out of fun, not at all knowing that the cup of water held poison which harmed me terribly. But would it too, harm your trust to her? She was ignorance to the poison, not at all knowing that how much damage she would cause. Meg would not have done the deed knowing that she would kill me if she did. How could a small thing like that break the two of you up?" Lavender asked.
"It's not a small thing, it almost killed you. For the two weeks, you had being fighting hard against the illness itself," Erik looked shocked to see his sister regarding death as a small matter.
"No, I know it is not a joke to laugh about, but do you think that angels would be formed if violence and hatred were formed between the two parted souls? There would have already being tension and disagreement between the two, but they still learn to form back up together. Think of it this way, Erik. If you and Meg were to build a bridge across to each other with forgiveness, you would not be burying a seed of anger, the pain and the sorrow would be released. Be an angel, Erik, forgive and forget," Lavender slipped away into unconsciousness. She had to master all her energy to draw breath and try and persuade Erik. It had tired her out.
Erik watched as his sister slowly fell asleep again. He knew that she would take some time to be awake again, but he had plenty to think about during the time.