World Turned Black
I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!
Chapter 16
Peter and Shelby sat in an office waiting for the doctor to come in and update them. Last time he had found them in the waiting room, Scott was getting a chest x-ray then was scheduled to get his arm reset, the doctor had told them that he would still need to undergo other tests after.
Scott
Scott lay in a bed in a small room somewhere in the hospital, he was completely dazed, he couldn't remember much after being wheeled into the emergency room. The EMT's had given him some kind of drug thru the iv in his hand, it had brought him almost instant comfort and for a moment, he remembered the exact reason he had turned to drugs in the first place. Scott was oblivious to most of his surroundings, he only thought of Shelby, of her face when she turned around outside at the Morp, he had felt so great in that moment, almost like he felt right then, but it was all due to how Shelby had made him feel, how she still made him feel.
A nurse walked into the room, she saw Scott smiling in his bed and walked over to him. When she stood next to the bed, she lightly said, "Scott."
Scott heard his name being called, slowly he turned his head, what he saw amazed him, it seemed to be an angel. There was a lady dressed in white standing over him with light coming from behind her, he was utterly confused.
She smiled, glad he was responsive, "How are you feeling?"
Scott just continued to stare at her, his vision was blurry and he couldn't understand what she was saying.
She smiled again, "I'm just going to check your eyes." After she did, she picked up his chart and wrote something down. "Try to get some rest."
Doctor's Office
"Is he alright?" Was the first thing asked by Shelby when the dotor finally walked in the room
He was carrying a chart, walked over to his desk and sat down. The doctor put on his reading glasses and opened the chart, "Well, for now he is stable."
"Stable?" Shelby asked
"Yes, it means..." he was interrupted
"I know what it means, what is wrong with him?" Shelby said frustrated
"Shelby, calm down." Peter said looking at her
"Well, as I told you his arm was rebroken, what ever happened, he recieved a blow to his arm that cracked the cast. After a chest x-ray, we were able to diagonose him with a pneumothorax, or a collapsed lung."
Shelby got tears in her eyes, Peter noticed and placed an arm around her, "How serious is it?" Peter asked
"He will be fine, there does not seem to be an infection, we placed a chest tube in him which will let the air surrounding the lung get out. Doing this, the lung will have a chance to re-expand."
"Is that all?" Peter asked, hoping that is was
"Actually no," He said apoligetically, "Scott substained a blow to the head, of course we can not tell how serious the damage is until his head is clear of the drugs we put him on, and also when he starts talking, we will be able to know."
"He still hasn't talked?" Peter asked concerned
"Not yet, right now he is meeting with a social worker. Since you have expressed a concern of possible abuse, she is meeting with him to see what his side is."
"I thought he wasn't talking." Peter asked confused
"Yea, well, she will try and if he still doesn't, she will come back."
"When can we see him?" Shelby spoke up
"After the meeting, it will be fine for him to have visitors, but I must warn you, he is not going to be the same Scott he normally is. We had to put him on high amounts of pain killers along with various medicines to prevent infections. He will seem very out of it and may not reconize you at first."
"As long as he'll be alright, that's all that matters."
"I'm sure he will be." He said, Peter was upset at the lack of believebility in his voice that made Shelby' s return.
Scott
This new lady was completely annoying, her voice was not soothing like the "angel" and she wouldn't stop talking. He still didn't nderstand what she was saying, but just the sound of her voice was making his head throb.
"Scott, come on, tell me what happened when your father took you for lunch," She waited for Scott to respond, but he just looked away and closed his eyes. She couldn't tell whether he was ignoring her, or if it was from the head injury, "Who did this to you Scott?" He still didn't open his eyes, but she could tell he wasn't sleeping, she touched his shoulder lightly to get his attention.
Scott looked to his shoulder which was tingling, and saw that this lady had put her hand through it. He didn't understand why it wasn't hurting, or bleeding for that matter. He was ready for this lady to leave, she was making him anxious; finally, his wish came true, she got up and walked to the door, but before walking though said something, "iback'llcome." He knew she was crazy, she couldn't even talk normal.
Outside Scott's room
"Scott is hooked up to many things, but they are nothing to worry about; like I said before, he has a chest tube in, but also, he has nasal prongs giving him air, an iv in his hand, and and ekg patches on his chest monitoring his heartbeats and to make sure there was no damage done to it," When they both nodded, he continued, "Who wants to go in first?"
"You can." Shelby answered immediatly, she wanted to go second
Peter nodded and walked to the door, he turned the knob and walked in. Scott had his eyes closed, but when he closed the door, he looked at Peter.
Scott heard a slam so he looked to the door, someone had entered. At first he thought it was the annoying lady, but when they walked towards him, he realized it was a guy. At first, he was scared it was his father, he no longer felt the comfort of drugs, a tear fell from his eye.
"Scohat'srong?" He closed his eyes trying to clear his head, the voice made him realize it wasn't his father, but he couldn't concentrate on who it was
Peter could see in Scott's eyes that he didn't reconize him, but he continued talking, "Everyone's waiting for you to get back, they can't wait to see you. Maybe after a while when your feeling better, they can come visit you."
All Scott heard was, "Ev'saitroutetack, thec'taitoeou. mafteraileenyeelbter, thacmeisiou." Scott realized who it was, it was Peter! He remembered when he got back to Horizon, Peter had helped him to the nurse's then told him they were going to the hospital. He attempted to talk but all that came out was, "Pppprrrr."
Peter smiled, tears in his eyes, "Yea Scott, it's Peter, I'm here." He could see that Scott's eyes still weren't focusing on him, so he figured Scott heard his voice, Scott then tried to asked for Shelby but instead said, "Sseebyy."
Peter laughed, "Yea, Shelby's here, she's waiting outside, do you want me to go and get her?"
Scott was becoming frustrated, he couldn't put together the things Peter was saying and he couldn't seem to get anything out. Peter began walking out and Scott thought he was getting annoyed also, but when he walked out, someone else walked in.
Shelby walked in the room, she closed the door behind her and when she turned around and looked at Scott she gasped, throwing her hand to her mouth. She didn't think she could walk over to the bed, she was skeptical when Peter had said that Scott had asked for her no because of how he was staring at her, and looking through her at the same time.Shelby composed herself and walked towards her boyfriend.
When Scott looked at his hand, he noticed hers had become one with his, he stared at their hand until he heard her speak, "Sot re al rght?"
It was Shelby! He knew it had to be her, he had asked for her and now she was there! "Sseebyy."
Shelby laughed and cried at the same time, he would be alright, he knew who she was, she knew the doctor was wrong, "Ys, m hr!"
Shelby bent down and kissed his cheek softly, his face was full of bruises and she didn't want to cause him any more pain.
"Sseebyy...I lve ooo."
"I love you too!" She smiled and knew that everything would be alright
Scott knew better, but he had the most important thing in his life with him, and for the moment, that's all that mattered.
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