Chapter 2: To beep or not to beep2?
*BEEP, BEEP, SUCTION SOUNDS, BEEP, BEEP, SUCTION SOUNDS*
Ben and Gwen were still unconscious. It's been two months since the accident now and they had woken up only once since then. The doctors kept giving them liquid food through the infusion tube. The only thing keeping them alive now was the life support systems which kept making those mesmerizing yet annoying sounds.
*BEEP, BEEP, SUCTION SOUNDS, BEEP, BEEP, SUCTION SOUNDS*
The machines went on with no intention to stop. The odds were that they were not gonna make it…
It was New Year's Eve and Ben and Gwen still didn't wake up from their long coma. Their families were very sad when they realized the fact that they would not be able to celebrate it with their kids. And they hated that…
Without fully realizing what was happening, Gwen starting to show signs of life. Her eyes were wide open and her right hand was twitching. At that moment the nurse came in to check on them and she saw Gwen doing that. Immediately she pressed a button next to the EKG machine to contact the Doctor.
"Dr. Wiseman?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you please come in here? I think Gwen Tennyson is waking up."
Moments later a relatively old doctor with some facial hair and some white hair on his partially bald head came into the room.
"What's the stats?"
"She opened her eyes and her right hand is twitching." said the nurse.
"Alright let me take a look at her." he said, walking toward her.
"Gwen, are you alright?" he asked.
"Gwen? Can you hear me Gwen?" he shined his flash light into her eyes and they flinched. He snapped his fingers next to her ears and her eyes flinched once more. The doctor raised his back and sighed.
"Well?" asked the nurse.
"Doesn't look good... I cannot communicate with her verbally. I can only communicate with her through her reflexes."
The nurse sighed sadly.
"What about Ben? Can you at least take a look at him since you're already here?"
"Okay." said the doctor as he began to examine him.
"He's still in a coma I'm afraid. Boy I hope he makes it. Come, let's let them have their rest." The nurse nodded solemnly as they both walked out of the room.
It was almost midnight which meant that a new year was about to start. It was 11:56 PM. Four more minutes from now and it would be New Year's. Ben and Gwen were finally starting to wake up. They noticed the oxygen masks on their faces and heard the life supporting systems. They looked to their sides, saw each other's faces and grabbed each other's hands and cried softly. They wept both from guilt and from the happiness of seeing that the other one was alright. They found themselves crying themselves to sleep, hopefully to wake up to a better tomorrow...
To be continued…
Wow I haven't written such a short chapter in ages. Anyway did you like it? Did you dislike it? Did you like it even more? Please tell me what you think in your reviews on your way out…