Chapter 10: Broken Inside
"Honey, honey, wake up, darling"
"Mom"
Eric adjusted his eyes to his surroundings. He was at home in his bed. He looked up to see his mother standing over him, smiling warmly.
"Mom, you...you're out of the coma"
"Where's dad?" he asked wearily.
Suddenly the sincere smile Kitty was wearing contorted into an angry grin and she began to change until, what was standing in front of Eric wasn't his mother at all. It was Red!
"Right Here" he sneered.
And then with an evil laugh he lunged forward to hit Eric.
"NO, NO, STOP..."
"Eric, Eric wake up, it's just a dream Eric, wake up!"
He was breathing quite heavily by now and was covered in sweat. Tears had already begun to streak his face. He had been dreaming. It was just a terrible nightmare. But it felt so real!
He raised his eyelids. This time he saw Donna standing above him, a worried look on her face. He was still scared that she was going to morph into Red again.
"Are you ok?" she asked, and then thought to herself, "I doubt he'll ever be ok after this"
He looked up into her eyes and sighed. He didn't answer her he just turned and stared up at the ceiling. He was in the hospital again, staring up at that same ceiling. He quickly turned to his other side. His mother still lay in that same bed. Still in a coma!
Changing the subject Eric began to talk.
"Do you think she'll ever come out of that coma?" he wasn't really expecting an answer.
He was more or less asking himself than anyone else, he just happened to say it out loud!
"I hope so" Donna replied.
"It's my fault anyway," he mumbled to quiet for Donna to hear.
"What?" Donna questioned trying to figure out what he had said.
"Nothing" he replied meekly.
"Eric, Laurie has been here for the last two days, she only just went to get a drink for us, she's been really worried"
"Yer right" he said sarcastically.
"Yer, that is right"
"If she cared about me so much, why did she have to go and tell dad I told her, he's gonna kill me now, he's find me and kill me and there's nothing anyone can do!"
"She didn't mean to, she was trying to help and no one's gonna hurt you the way he did, never, never again!"
Eric turned back to his other side again, away from his mother. He couldn't bear looking at her almost lifeless body any longer.
"Sure" He couldn't be bothered to argue with her.
"You know we've all been really worried about you, Hyde got everyone to sign this and he's came to see you a few times"
She pulled out a gigantic colourful card with big bright letters stating 'GET WELL!' on the front of it. Hundred of signatures littered it. And at the very bottom in Hyde's handwriting it said:
'Hey, Eric, I hope we can be friends again, if I'd known you were going through such a ruff time I wouldn't have acted the way I did. Hope you get well soon, coz I hear you still aint seen Godfather 2, so when you get out, you, Donna and me can go see it! So GET WELL man, coz we're all missing ya here at school. Well I'm probably not in school when ya reading this, no matter what time of day it is. Cya Later!!!!!! Ya best mate Stephen Hyde'
Eric smiled. Slightly because he didn't think Hyde would dare to actually make such a happy, bright card like this but mostly because his best friend hadn't abandoned him, he cared!
Other little messages covered the card. Including one from his form teacher, Ms. Brumewood, it said:
'Hope you get much better and all the teachers are missing all your humour here at school; I'll see you soon, Ms. Brumewood x'
"Ah, a smile, haven't seen that in so long!" said Laurie as she entered the room.
Eric was about to blank her out. He was still mad at her for telling Red about the things he had told her. But he really couldn't be bothered. He knew she didn't mean to get him into trouble. After all she had saved him.
"Hey" he said casually looking up and raising his eyebrows at the same time.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Yer" he said lying slightly. He was still a bit freaked out by the dream.
Laurie noticed the new tears that streaked his face. But didn't question about them.
Seeing that look on her face he rubbed at his face and eyes. Scraping at the dried streaks that covered it.
He wasn't going to dare ask where his father was, for fear of another morphing scare, in another nightmare.
"Can I have some water, please?" he asked, his throat-feeling sore.
"Yer, sure" Donna leaned over grasping a small plastic cup in her hand and gave it to him.
"Thanks" he replied.
"Eric we have to tell you something" Donna paused.
Laurie looked down at the floor.
"It's about you're dad" she added.
She could see the fear in his eyes at just the mention of his father.
"What...what about him?" he asked, flashes of his nightmare coming back to him.
"I don't want to alarm you, but...but he's in this hospital, don't worry he's..."
"WHAT, I need to get outta here, I can't stay here then, he'll kill me, he'll kill me!"
"Eric stop, he's still unconscious and ill, he won't harm you, and there's something else you have to know..."
"NO, no, he wont be unconscious forever, I can't stay here," he said dashing for the door.
"ERIC, it's more likely he can hurt you if you're alone!" Laurie shouted after him.
Eric turned around. He looked down at himself. He was still in his hospital gown and he hadn't noticed before but his skin had a kind of musty coloured kind of tint to it. He thought about what she had said, he wanted to get out of the hospital. She was right though; he would be all alone with no one to help him!
He headed back towards his hospital room.
"Come, sit down" Donna stated as he entered the room again.
He sat down beside her. Wondering what was so important that she had to tell him.
"Eric, your father, well, the doctors say the man, the Red who hurt you wasn't you're father. They say he has a tumor, in his head. They don't think he has much time left to live. Apparently the tumor has gotten too big for treatment, and it effected how violent he was. It made him act like a completely different person. The last few stages of it make a person act very aggressive towards people, even loved ones."
Donna paused. She didn't expect any forgiveness towards Red, heck she didn't feel the slightest bit of it, even if the doctors said it wasn't his fault. She still couldn't believe it wasn't his fault anyway!
Eric looked up at Laurie. She had tears in her eyes. Eric couldn't cry anymore. All he had been doing is crying, and he couldn't do it anymore.
"So, if dad dies and mom's in a coma" he said in a shaken voice. "What's gonna happen to me, to Laurie"
He knew Laurie was too old for to go into care, but he knew she couldn't make it on her own, without a job, without a home.
"Unless, Kitty, unless your mom wakes up some time soon, I...I don't know"
Just then Laurie leaned over and hugged Eric. She was still crying almost silently. He didn't know whether she was crying for him, for mom and dad or for herself but he didn't say anything.
He still felt broken inside. Like he could never be fixed. And if he could, it certainly wouldn't be easy...
Hey, well you said update soon, so I couldn't keep myself from writing this as soon as possible, thanx for all you're reviews, very motivating! Well tell me if you liked this chapter too! Bye until the next chapter x
"Honey, honey, wake up, darling"
"Mom"
Eric adjusted his eyes to his surroundings. He was at home in his bed. He looked up to see his mother standing over him, smiling warmly.
"Mom, you...you're out of the coma"
"Where's dad?" he asked wearily.
Suddenly the sincere smile Kitty was wearing contorted into an angry grin and she began to change until, what was standing in front of Eric wasn't his mother at all. It was Red!
"Right Here" he sneered.
And then with an evil laugh he lunged forward to hit Eric.
"NO, NO, STOP..."
"Eric, Eric wake up, it's just a dream Eric, wake up!"
He was breathing quite heavily by now and was covered in sweat. Tears had already begun to streak his face. He had been dreaming. It was just a terrible nightmare. But it felt so real!
He raised his eyelids. This time he saw Donna standing above him, a worried look on her face. He was still scared that she was going to morph into Red again.
"Are you ok?" she asked, and then thought to herself, "I doubt he'll ever be ok after this"
He looked up into her eyes and sighed. He didn't answer her he just turned and stared up at the ceiling. He was in the hospital again, staring up at that same ceiling. He quickly turned to his other side. His mother still lay in that same bed. Still in a coma!
Changing the subject Eric began to talk.
"Do you think she'll ever come out of that coma?" he wasn't really expecting an answer.
He was more or less asking himself than anyone else, he just happened to say it out loud!
"I hope so" Donna replied.
"It's my fault anyway," he mumbled to quiet for Donna to hear.
"What?" Donna questioned trying to figure out what he had said.
"Nothing" he replied meekly.
"Eric, Laurie has been here for the last two days, she only just went to get a drink for us, she's been really worried"
"Yer right" he said sarcastically.
"Yer, that is right"
"If she cared about me so much, why did she have to go and tell dad I told her, he's gonna kill me now, he's find me and kill me and there's nothing anyone can do!"
"She didn't mean to, she was trying to help and no one's gonna hurt you the way he did, never, never again!"
Eric turned back to his other side again, away from his mother. He couldn't bear looking at her almost lifeless body any longer.
"Sure" He couldn't be bothered to argue with her.
"You know we've all been really worried about you, Hyde got everyone to sign this and he's came to see you a few times"
She pulled out a gigantic colourful card with big bright letters stating 'GET WELL!' on the front of it. Hundred of signatures littered it. And at the very bottom in Hyde's handwriting it said:
'Hey, Eric, I hope we can be friends again, if I'd known you were going through such a ruff time I wouldn't have acted the way I did. Hope you get well soon, coz I hear you still aint seen Godfather 2, so when you get out, you, Donna and me can go see it! So GET WELL man, coz we're all missing ya here at school. Well I'm probably not in school when ya reading this, no matter what time of day it is. Cya Later!!!!!! Ya best mate Stephen Hyde'
Eric smiled. Slightly because he didn't think Hyde would dare to actually make such a happy, bright card like this but mostly because his best friend hadn't abandoned him, he cared!
Other little messages covered the card. Including one from his form teacher, Ms. Brumewood, it said:
'Hope you get much better and all the teachers are missing all your humour here at school; I'll see you soon, Ms. Brumewood x'
"Ah, a smile, haven't seen that in so long!" said Laurie as she entered the room.
Eric was about to blank her out. He was still mad at her for telling Red about the things he had told her. But he really couldn't be bothered. He knew she didn't mean to get him into trouble. After all she had saved him.
"Hey" he said casually looking up and raising his eyebrows at the same time.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Yer" he said lying slightly. He was still a bit freaked out by the dream.
Laurie noticed the new tears that streaked his face. But didn't question about them.
Seeing that look on her face he rubbed at his face and eyes. Scraping at the dried streaks that covered it.
He wasn't going to dare ask where his father was, for fear of another morphing scare, in another nightmare.
"Can I have some water, please?" he asked, his throat-feeling sore.
"Yer, sure" Donna leaned over grasping a small plastic cup in her hand and gave it to him.
"Thanks" he replied.
"Eric we have to tell you something" Donna paused.
Laurie looked down at the floor.
"It's about you're dad" she added.
She could see the fear in his eyes at just the mention of his father.
"What...what about him?" he asked, flashes of his nightmare coming back to him.
"I don't want to alarm you, but...but he's in this hospital, don't worry he's..."
"WHAT, I need to get outta here, I can't stay here then, he'll kill me, he'll kill me!"
"Eric stop, he's still unconscious and ill, he won't harm you, and there's something else you have to know..."
"NO, no, he wont be unconscious forever, I can't stay here," he said dashing for the door.
"ERIC, it's more likely he can hurt you if you're alone!" Laurie shouted after him.
Eric turned around. He looked down at himself. He was still in his hospital gown and he hadn't noticed before but his skin had a kind of musty coloured kind of tint to it. He thought about what she had said, he wanted to get out of the hospital. She was right though; he would be all alone with no one to help him!
He headed back towards his hospital room.
"Come, sit down" Donna stated as he entered the room again.
He sat down beside her. Wondering what was so important that she had to tell him.
"Eric, your father, well, the doctors say the man, the Red who hurt you wasn't you're father. They say he has a tumor, in his head. They don't think he has much time left to live. Apparently the tumor has gotten too big for treatment, and it effected how violent he was. It made him act like a completely different person. The last few stages of it make a person act very aggressive towards people, even loved ones."
Donna paused. She didn't expect any forgiveness towards Red, heck she didn't feel the slightest bit of it, even if the doctors said it wasn't his fault. She still couldn't believe it wasn't his fault anyway!
Eric looked up at Laurie. She had tears in her eyes. Eric couldn't cry anymore. All he had been doing is crying, and he couldn't do it anymore.
"So, if dad dies and mom's in a coma" he said in a shaken voice. "What's gonna happen to me, to Laurie"
He knew Laurie was too old for to go into care, but he knew she couldn't make it on her own, without a job, without a home.
"Unless, Kitty, unless your mom wakes up some time soon, I...I don't know"
Just then Laurie leaned over and hugged Eric. She was still crying almost silently. He didn't know whether she was crying for him, for mom and dad or for herself but he didn't say anything.
He still felt broken inside. Like he could never be fixed. And if he could, it certainly wouldn't be easy...
Hey, well you said update soon, so I couldn't keep myself from writing this as soon as possible, thanx for all you're reviews, very motivating! Well tell me if you liked this chapter too! Bye until the next chapter x