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Ben and Gwen opened their eyes to find a white room. The light from the white florescent bulbs overhead almost made the walls blinding. They then noticed that there were Christmas and New Year's decorations on the walls. How long have they been out of it? They looked to the side of their bed and finally noticed each other. In a great and painful deal of effort they reached for each other's hands and grabbed it. Still too week to talk they just smiled lovingly to each other hoping it would convey the message that they are sorry for what happened and that they love each other… after a while they released each other hands and just laid in bed and tried to relax. Due to the fact that they were in a comma for a period of time unknown to them they just lay there and stared at the ceiling... after a while the doctor came in and saw they were awake and caught Ben's eye contact.

"Well good morning sleepy head. How do you feel?"

"Ben was so exhausted he opened his mouth but was so weak he couldn't make an audible exhale to express his exhaustion.

"I'm gonna bring you some liquid food so you will have enough strength to chew and swallow. Hopefully you'll feel better afterward. I just need to check on your roommate first"

Ben wanted to thank him but couldn't even make a smile or make his eyes move up and down in their sockets to gesture a nod. Apparently the doctor got the same symptoms from Gwen so he walked out of them room to get them something to eat. Moments later the doctor returned pushing a wagon with two infusion bags on it. He attached both Ben and Gwen to thee bags and their much needed minerals, carbs and other ingredients were flowing into their body after about twenty minutes their mouth started to move. This means they could chew and swallow. The doctor basically spoon fed them and as humiliating as it might have been for them they started to get their strength back. The doctor had to feed them gradually to avoid overloading their system. But even after breakfast was done they were still too weak to talk or respond properly to his interactions. He would repeat this process for the next two days until they finally spoke again. During this time their parents visited them of course and were glad to see they were alright but were worried about the fact that they couldn't respond. On the third day of this spoon feeding process Gwen spoke between bites but with great effort

"th…th…thank you" she smiled sleepily

The doctor simply smiled with joy

"It's good to have you back Gwen"

"th..th...thank you…" she stammered again. Before long Ben was having similar symptoms and after two weeks of spoon feeding they were able to talk normally and another week after that they were eating independently. Since the doctors felt they were up to it they told the two cousins they were in a coma for four months. This kind of upset them but eventually they got over it and the doctors and their family were happy about that. By now Ben and Gwen have made up now that they can talk again and were back together. They were sitting on their beds one day eating breakfast hen the doctor came in for his usual checkup.

"Good morning you two" he said

"Hi Dr. Wiseman" they said and waved and he walked towards Ben and tended to him first

"How's your appetite?"

"Don't know how I ever did without it"

The doctor smiled

"Humor is a good sign" he said while checking his blood pressure

"Kiss my ass" said Ben. This whole spoon feeding and being stuck in the hospital for so long was starting to get him. He was becoming cynical from time to time

"As of curliness; it's one off your favorite flavors right?"

"Yeah" Ben muttered

"Okay so your condition seems to be improving but I'm afraid it will be another week or two until we will be able to release you so please try to hang on a bit more. You will be out of here soon"

"Love the smell of hospital food in the morning" Ben said sarcastically

"Apocalypse now right? Makes me feel like victory!" he said the second half of the sentence in a deep voice as they both laughed from his joke. Gwen got the same news about her condition. Even though they didn't like being stuck there for so long they were happy they were both alive and well and were back together and that helped them keep their mind of things…

To be continued…

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