Sorry it's a little shorter than the last few chapters. ^^;
(Harley's POV)
No, this couldn't be happening…this couldn't be happening! I refuse to let this happen, I wouldn't allow it…but it did happen. Sitting in a chair in the waiting room of the hospital, I rocked back and forth. My breathing was shaky, unable to take deep breaths or calm down. Blood covered my shirt but I didn't care, Harriet just had to be okay!
Clawd sat next to me, his hand on my back and trying to comfort me but it was useless. He called Deuce and told him the bad news, knowing of his feelings for my sister. The snake-haired boy stormed in, worried to the point where he demanded to know her condition. Thankfully, Harriet hadn't bled to death by the time we reached the hospital. Finally, a doctor exited the ICU and approached us with a clipboard in hand.
"We did everything we could, it was very touch-and-go but she managed to pull through. If she had been brought in just 10 minutes later, she most likely would have passed away." He smiled.
"Can I see her…please?" I looked up with red, puffy eyes.
"Yes but remember, she's very weak so be gentle for now." he said carefully.
The boys stepped towards her room but the doctor stopped them, "Sorry, only family can see patients just after ICU treatment."
Without another word, I walked past him, wanting nothing more than to see my sister. Opening her room's door, I could see her lying in a bed with an IV blood needle in her arm and a tube of morphine in her hand. She was pale and tired, looking as if she was a ghost that was about to go to sleep. Sitting by her bed, I placed my hand over hers, tears still in my eyes. She looked over to me with dull, lifeless eyes. It was almost as if she didn't even see me there. Slowly, she moved her hand out from under mine, rejecting me.
"Please, Harri…I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry I left you out and even thought you were fine where you weren't. Please, I'm sorry." I lowered my head a little, the tears dripping down to my hands in my lap.
She was silent, unwilling to respond or even let me know if she forgave me or not. I knew she'd never forgive me, though, for trying to save her from killing herself but it needed to be said. Standing up, my mind turned absent as my feet headed slowly for the door to join Deuce and Clawd in the waiting room. This is it. I've just lost my parents and now, I've lost my other half. Sorrow circled in my chest, anger towards stinging in my throat as I resisted the urge to completely break down.
As my hand took hold of the door handle, something astonished me. Just as I was about to leave, a pair of arms wrapped around me from behind. It was Harriet. She must have ripped the tube and the IV out of her arms just to hug me, showing me she forgave me. Her wet tears dripped on to the back of my neck as she trembled.
"I'm sorry, I could have told you…"
With that, she collapsed to the ground. Just as the doctor said, she was still too weak and needed bed-rest. Turning around, I saw her resting peacefully on the floor, unconscious. A nurse rushed in, helping me to get her back on the bed and sticking the tubes back into my sister's arms. A smile formed on my face as I glanced back at her. Without her, I was incomplete but now, I was whole and I wouldn't trade it away for anything in the world.
How did Harley and Harriet lose their parents? Who are they? Are they monsters that adopted them or rabbits? How will Harley Handle Toralei when she finds out? How will Cleo accept the fact Deuce is falling in love with another girl? Find out next time! REVIEW!