Drifting Away
Chapter 6The sky was a beautiful crystal blue with only a few puffy clouds. I fell to the ground and just looked up in the sky. Ash stood over me and laughed.
"What are you doing down there?" She sat down next to me.
"I'm just enjoying the moment." I answered.
She lay down next to me and slipped her fingers through mine. I turned toward her and gave her a sweet kiss.
"I wish this moment could last forever." I whispered.
"It can." She replied.
I opened my eyes. Everything around me was white and bright. There was this faint beeping sound ringing in my ears. Where was I? I tried to sit up, but I couldn't move to well. Everything smelled so clean, like Pinsol. I felt like crap. I had this huge headache, I groaned.
"Well it looks like someone's finally up." A plump woman walked in the room carrying a needle. She was dressed in primarily white. There was a huge smile plastered on her face.
"Where's Ash?" I asked rubbing my head.
She gave me a confused look. "Ash?" She said to herself, "Was that the girl who brought you here?" She said, like it had just hit her.
"No, that girl who brought her here would be Alex." I looked towards the door and saw Alex walk in. She didn't look too good. She looked like she had been up all night. There were bags under her eyes and her clothes were pretty wrinkled. I looked around. That's when I realized where I was.
"Why am I in a hospital?" I asked. The nurse walked over towards me and put a shot in my arm.
"Well honey, you took a nasty fall." She started to explain, "You were losing a lot of blood because you hit your head on a rock or something, and on top of that you had a mild concussion."
"Oh?" I said. That was all I could say.
It started to come back to me. I was wandering around and I ended up in the ravine. Then I remember tripping. Everything after that was a blur. I was still puzzled about two things though. How did I end up here and where was ash?
The nurse continued to talk, "If it wasn't for this gal here," she nodded towards Alex. "You might be in worse shape."
I looked towards Alex. We made eye contact for the first time since she came into the room.
"Thanks" I muttered for some reason I started blushing.
"No problem princess, you were in bad shape though, you kept calling me by someone else's name and slurring your words." Alex said.
It suddenly hit me. Alex was the one who was standing by me, not Ashley. I looked at her appearance again.
"Did you stay here all night?" I asked
Alex looked down and hooked her thumbs through her belt loops. She opened her mouth to say something but the nurse beat her to it.
"Yes she was, I told her to go home and get some rest and that we'd call her when you woke up, but she wouldn't leave. She drove you here last night through the storm. I don't think she slept a wink." The nurse said with a gossipy voice.
I heard a buzz and the nurse excused herself. Alex stayed all night? She was the one who helped me. I remembered all the voices I had heard. If it wasn't for her I could've died. As thankful as I was, I couldn't help but be disappointed that it wasn't Ash. I thought back about the memory of us lying next together on that sunny day again.
"Hey Paige, I should probably get back." Alex said. She started to leave.
"Hey Alex?" she turned around. "Thank you, really." I said.
She nodded and walked out. I thought about Ash again. She said that moment would last forever, but she lied. That moment, was forever dead.