The Abbots finally got Amy to leave the hospital with them. The harts were
staying around, probably for as long as it takes for Colin to wake up
again, and unfortunately for Ephram, so were the browns, though he should
have known that Colin's doctor wasn't about to leave him hanging there and
get a good night sleep. Not when that doctor's name was Andrew Brown
anyway.
Laynie was in Colin's room when Dr. Brown came in. "I think it's time we talk about the complications of the surgery, "he said, "there were minor injuries to some areas of the brain responsible for logic, and control, only for a while, though. He-" he was cut off by Mrs. Hart, Hurt his logic? What does that mean? That he won't be able to know a bad situation, or solve equations?" after a short silence, that seemed to go on forever doctor brown said, "both." Mr and Mrs. Hart began crying, and Laynie just couldn't take it anymore. She stormed out of the room as loudly as she could, but except for dr. brown no one even looked up. And she didn't even needed to turn around to know it. She shot through the halls through the waiting room, not even looking around, and inevitably crashed into Ephram, who was just coming back with munchies that were now spreading all over the floor. "Oh, god! I'm such a klutz. Sorry." She bent down to pick them up, as well as he did. He looked at her face and saw that it was practically red, her eyes were wet. He just kept thinking, "That's Laynie. Stronger then a bull, funner then a Roller coaster! And she's crying. What would make the great Laynie shed tears? And then it hit him, "is Colin going to be ok?" She was silent. She sighed and said, "apparently he lost his logic, but it's only temporary, he'll be fine." "Then why are you crying?" "Who said I was crying?!! I certainly didn't? Do I look like I'm crying??" She looked directly at him, with fierce eyes and a trembling mouth. "I gotta go." She whispered as she quickly got up and sprinted out of the waiting room. This was not how he thought this would happen, but he knew that if he pressured her, he wasn't going to get answers; he was just going to have to wait for her to come to him.
2 hours later, she came back. "Hi." she was even quieter then she was when she left. "Sorry about before. I reacted badly. I shouldn't have yelled at you." He looked at her, how did he not notice it before? She was hurting. She was covering it up, just like he was. He had his temper tantrums, and his dad to take it out on, but she was away at boarding school, sent there when her parents finally gave up dealing with her. She was just like him. That's why she needed a friend right now just as badly as he did. "So why were you upset before?" "Just.. Everything. hey, I saw you had clue earlier, care for a game?" he looked at her with the most understanding eyes she'd ever seem, and said, "blue, or red?" which somehow, at that moment, meant the world. Hell, maybe she'll even have a friend if things keep gong the way they were. But that meant telling that friend stuff she really didn't want him to know.
Morning came, and unfortunately, so did sunlight. Amy was already at the hospital, looking at 2 very tried people. Ephram and Laynie were asleep, drooling all over the clue people, half up some under chins and such. She wished she had a camera. "Hey guys, rise and shine!" they both flinched and groaned, what made it funny was that they were doing it almost simultaneously, like they'd planned it the night before. Finally, after the long arduous process, called getting your head off the table, they were semi-awake. But suddenly, as soon as they saw her, both faces went blank. Transparent even, with the guiltiest eyes she'd ever seen, "what's wrong?" Ephram looked at Laynie, but she was telling him with her eyes that she wasn't the one to start talking. "He looked back at Amy, "Colin's not going to be very well for a while, my dad said his logic was sorta screwed in the surgery and it'll take a while to recover. And remember the temper tantrums? We'll be enjoying those for a while, too." Amy just sat there, and took everything in. She honestly didn't know if she could survive another time of physical therapy, and all the pain that came with Colin's recovery.
Laynie was in Colin's room when Dr. Brown came in. "I think it's time we talk about the complications of the surgery, "he said, "there were minor injuries to some areas of the brain responsible for logic, and control, only for a while, though. He-" he was cut off by Mrs. Hart, Hurt his logic? What does that mean? That he won't be able to know a bad situation, or solve equations?" after a short silence, that seemed to go on forever doctor brown said, "both." Mr and Mrs. Hart began crying, and Laynie just couldn't take it anymore. She stormed out of the room as loudly as she could, but except for dr. brown no one even looked up. And she didn't even needed to turn around to know it. She shot through the halls through the waiting room, not even looking around, and inevitably crashed into Ephram, who was just coming back with munchies that were now spreading all over the floor. "Oh, god! I'm such a klutz. Sorry." She bent down to pick them up, as well as he did. He looked at her face and saw that it was practically red, her eyes were wet. He just kept thinking, "That's Laynie. Stronger then a bull, funner then a Roller coaster! And she's crying. What would make the great Laynie shed tears? And then it hit him, "is Colin going to be ok?" She was silent. She sighed and said, "apparently he lost his logic, but it's only temporary, he'll be fine." "Then why are you crying?" "Who said I was crying?!! I certainly didn't? Do I look like I'm crying??" She looked directly at him, with fierce eyes and a trembling mouth. "I gotta go." She whispered as she quickly got up and sprinted out of the waiting room. This was not how he thought this would happen, but he knew that if he pressured her, he wasn't going to get answers; he was just going to have to wait for her to come to him.
2 hours later, she came back. "Hi." she was even quieter then she was when she left. "Sorry about before. I reacted badly. I shouldn't have yelled at you." He looked at her, how did he not notice it before? She was hurting. She was covering it up, just like he was. He had his temper tantrums, and his dad to take it out on, but she was away at boarding school, sent there when her parents finally gave up dealing with her. She was just like him. That's why she needed a friend right now just as badly as he did. "So why were you upset before?" "Just.. Everything. hey, I saw you had clue earlier, care for a game?" he looked at her with the most understanding eyes she'd ever seem, and said, "blue, or red?" which somehow, at that moment, meant the world. Hell, maybe she'll even have a friend if things keep gong the way they were. But that meant telling that friend stuff she really didn't want him to know.
Morning came, and unfortunately, so did sunlight. Amy was already at the hospital, looking at 2 very tried people. Ephram and Laynie were asleep, drooling all over the clue people, half up some under chins and such. She wished she had a camera. "Hey guys, rise and shine!" they both flinched and groaned, what made it funny was that they were doing it almost simultaneously, like they'd planned it the night before. Finally, after the long arduous process, called getting your head off the table, they were semi-awake. But suddenly, as soon as they saw her, both faces went blank. Transparent even, with the guiltiest eyes she'd ever seen, "what's wrong?" Ephram looked at Laynie, but she was telling him with her eyes that she wasn't the one to start talking. "He looked back at Amy, "Colin's not going to be very well for a while, my dad said his logic was sorta screwed in the surgery and it'll take a while to recover. And remember the temper tantrums? We'll be enjoying those for a while, too." Amy just sat there, and took everything in. She honestly didn't know if she could survive another time of physical therapy, and all the pain that came with Colin's recovery.