Ch. 5 Lillith Sees the Damage

"Want breakfast" Zeke asked. A week had past after he had talked with Rose. They had gotten to know each other a little better, and both started to think of the other as a friend. Zeke had taken away the eye-patches in hopes that her vision would soon return.

"Sure!" Lillith replied eagerly. Her stomach was grumbling. Zeke put oranges into a smoothie, and fried some eggs. When they were done, set them o a plate with some toast, and poured the orange smoothie into a glass. He walked into the living to find Lillith sitting up and blinking her eyes.

"Glad to see you've opened your eyes," he told her.

"Rose persuaded me." Zeke chuckled. Rose seemed to be persuasive as much as she was stubborn.

"Can you see clearly?" he asked her.

"No," she replied. "Only lights and shapes."
Zeke raised his hand in front of her. "Can you see my hand in front of your face?" Lillith narrowed her eyes, trying to focus on his hand.

"Um… a little bit." She reached out with her left arm, and clasped his hand.

"Good," Zeke said as she let go. "Give me a minute." He set down the plate and glass on the coffee table, and went back to the medicine shelf, grabbing a bottle of medicinal eye-drops.

"This might help," he said as he returned to the living room. "This may sting," he told her as he lifted her chin so she was looking directly at the ceiling. He applied two drops in each of her eyes. Lillith twitched as each drop touched her eye.

"Is that better?" he asked her.

"Kind of."

Zeke placed the plate on her lap and the glass on the couch. "Now that you can slightly see it, eat up. I'm getting tired of having to feed you like some little baby."

"Shut up!" Lillith said resentfully. "You try being blind!"

Zeke laughed at the irony of that statement. She still didn't know how blind he really was. It was another month before her vision really came back. It was a bright morning, and Zeke was feeding his cat when he heard a yell from the living room.

"ZEKE! I CAN SEE!"

Zeke stood up, thinking it was great she could finally see. He walked into the living room, finding Lillith looking around at all his furniture and walls. She turned around as he came in.

"Zeke, I can see clearly…" Before she finished her sentence, she uttered a loud scream. She clasped her hand over her mouth in shock. Zeke turned his head, realizing she had seen his eye.

"What happened to your eye? She asked after a few seconds of silence.

"Your boyfriend did that," he replied, facing her once again. Lillith had gotten over her initial shock.

"Does it hurt?" she asked, stepping towards him. She extended her hand out to touch his forehead above his right eye. Her eyes fluttered, and she fell forward. Zeke caught her as she collapsed.

"You ok?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I just got a little dizzy."

"More then a little bit. Maybe you stood up too fast. Walk around the room, it'll help, trust me."

Lillith obeyed, taking a slow pace around the walls of the living room. She was stopped by his cat, who rubbed up against her legs.

"Thanks," Lillith said as she crouched down to pet the cat. "I feel better."