An unexpected visitor
Kevin's POV
We finally get to the hospital. Would've been nice if Max actually told us which one.
"I'm looking for a patient. Gwen Tennyson" I ask at the front desk. I care here some girls behind me shrieking as Tennyson comes in standing behind me with yet another smoothie in his hand.
"Room 218, floor B" the receptionist says to me in what sounds like a naggy, get lost voice.
I turn left to the elevator and call for it. "Tennyson" I call out to him. Watching him sign a few autographs and pictures for some of the ladies there. Even the receptionist is joining in with them. "you coming or would you rather stay here with your girlfriends".
I see him turn red and run towards me. He quickly gets into the elevator and begins sipping his smoothie again. both of us avoiding eye contact.
Scene change
Ben's POV
I see Gwen sitting on the edge her bed. She was in her normal attire but hair wa down and she was wearing Grandpa's jacket. She still looked pale and slightly depressed.
"Hey" Kevin pushed me out of the way and sat down next to Gwen, placing an arm over shoulder and pulling her into him.
On a chair next to her bed was Grandpa. He looked slightly depressed too.
"hey grandpa what's up" I walk towards him and sit down in the chair next to his. He smiles at me but the smile quickly fades. "Your cousins not to well at the moment Ben." He says to me in an upset tone. I see Gwen shift a bit and then falling onto Kevin, he begins playing with her hair and placing his hand over Gwen's waist, he looked like he was trying to protect anyone from causing any further damage to her stomach. I glared at me for a second but I ignored it and turned my attention back to Grandpa.
"why, what's wrong with her" I questioned taking another sip of my smoothie.
"why are you even asking that Tennyson, she has a massive freakin, gash mark on her stomach and your asking her if anything's wrong with her" Kevin hisses but turns his attention back to Gwen as she winces a bit. He starts cradling her hands. I could see rings under her eyes from lack of sleep.
"the um… Doctor said that she'll make a full recovery but she needs plenty of bed rest and try to keep her away from stressful activities for a while" Grandpa claspes his hands together and leans forward a bit. Keeping his eyes on an object, on the opposite side of the room.
Kevin's POV
Gwen gets up out of my lap struggling to do so, she winces, trying to hold back the pain as I help her back up. She stares into my eyes for a while. She looked so sad.
"whats wrong Gwen?" I say to her adoringly
"can we please go home" she says to me desperately. I hold her once more and stroke her hair. "alright" I whisper into her ear and then release her.
Scene change
Gwen's POV
I finally get back to my house. I open the door and begin to walk up the stairs quietly. Its around 11:30PM, and my curfew was due around, well 26hrs ago. I shrug off the fact. The house was dark until, the lights flick on. I look down from the staircase and notice my parents there standing at the top of the stairs wearing their p.j's.
"And where have you been young Lady?" my mum asks yelling down the stairs in a strict, harsh down.
I let a sigh escape my throat as they start to make there way down towards me so I start go back down the stairs backwards. It was hard seeing over grandpas lumpy jacket but I finally mad It over to the couch and collapsed back down on it. Letting my head hit the back of it. I move my head to the left to see my parents glaring at me.
"Its not my fault" I say trying to get out of them grounding me.
" Oh, so its not now is it. Then whose is it?" my dad says in an even harsher tone than my mother.
"I bet it's that Kevin boy" my mother turns to face my dad.
"Wait on second thought it's entirely my fault he wasn't even there" I say to them. Trying to protect my boyfriend.
My prince charming shows up right on queue
"Hey Gwen you forgot this" he looks around the room to see me smacking my forehead and my parents glaring at him.
"oh man" I say slightly louder than intended.
"um… hey Mr and Mrs T. I was just returning this to Gwen" he holds up a small shredded red sweater with blood stains adding more questions to my interrogation from my parents.
"thankyou, Kevin but I think it's high time you should leave" he looks towards Kevin demandingly. As he does this I notice my mother staring at me. I lay my head back down again. a throbbing pain starts to shoot through it so I try holding it with my left hand trying to stop the pain from reaching its climax.
I wince my eyes as I hear a door shut and footsteps start to approach me. Try to look back up but the pain pushes me back down. I heard someone speak but couldn't make out what they were saying. I feel a hand light touch my shoulder. I try to look up to see whose there but instead see two humanoid shadows towering over me, I had never felt so scared in my life, I close my eyes again feeling as though they would go away but instead I get pushed. I feel like I'm falling into an abyss of darkness with searing burns concealing my whole body, I keep my eyes shut and wince as hard as I can but not before I hear yet another door open.
Frank's POV
I had just shooed Kevin away and turned back to see my wife and daughter. I placed her shredded, blood stained sweater onto the coffee table. Gwen's eyes were wincing in what looked like pain. She was holding her forehead tightly. My wife was holding my daughters shoulder. she looked very concerned.
"I think something's wrong with her Frank" she tells me looking up at me with sympathetic eyes. I start walking towards her and look over at Gwen.
"Gwenny" I whisper her name over the top of her head nearing her ear. She doesn't respond instead she winces even more holding her head more tighter than before.
Realising that the technique isn't working, I make my way over to her side. I grab her upper arm and made her fall onto me, she only winces in pain more. She lets out a slight whimper, before my wife starts stroking her cheek.
"Its aright Gwenny" my wife starts trying to comfort her. I look down at her and notice a small light beginning to emit from her small stomach but before I could reach for it I heard the door close. "Dad what are you doing here?"
"sorry to barge in but we need to talk" he looks down at Gwen and notices her shaking figure.
"Max, nows not a good time" my wife tells him.
"This is about Gwen, Lilly, and I think you'd wanna know this" he says nearing my daughter.
"Dad, what's wrong with my daughter?" I begged him, lightly cradeling my second born.
"You may wanna sit down for this" he says calmly.
I nod my head and tell my wife sit. Dad started explaining everything to me. I gulped after hearing ever bit of information. I looked across to my wife, she looked like she was gonna burst into tears.
"Excuse me" she says bluntly walking quietly over to the other room to get a tissue.
"Is she gonna be ok" I ask my him, my eyes tracing over my daughters sleeping figure. She looked like a little angle; I smile slightly and began to stroke her cheek gently, being careful not to wake her up.
"The doctor said that she'll be in a lot of pain, she'll need plenty of rest, but after the transformation is complete, the doctor said that she'll perfectly healthy."
I thought I heard glass shatter but that wasn't my main concern now instead I smiled at the thought of my daughter being ok. I took her into my arms and made my way up to her room. Dad helped me open the door and place the covers on her. I took off my dad's jacket, "this thing must've been at least 40yrs old by now, surprised it still fits him", I thought to myself. I turn back to her and notice that she's wearing a black t' shirt on underneath that's to big for her figure, but I keep it on her anyhow.
I kiss my daughter on her forehead and she smile back slightly, still asleep. I tucked her up under her covers and a few blankets, just encase she gets cold. I turn back around to the door and shutting it halfway just incase she needs anything. I smile at her sleeping form then walk back down to where my wife and Dad were.
Lillie's POV
I couldn't stand hearing the rest of Max's story. My daughter was slowly turning into an alien. I didn't like the idea, not one bit of it. I grabbed a tissue, wiped my eyes and blue my nose. I could still hear max and my husband talking, saying that she'll be aright after it… happens, I grab another tissue from the kitchen and repeat the same process I already did. I heard glass shatter "eh, neighbours" I thought to myself. After I had straightened myself up I went back into the lounge to see Max standing there silently and my husband coming back down the stairs.
"well I better get back to the Rustbucket, her beds calling me, I'll see you two tomorrow" Max yawns and walks off out the door, closing it behind him.
I sigh. "Lilly, Darling" I takes my hands in his. "everything's gonna be ok" he kisses me on my forehead and walks off to our bed.
Kevin's POV
I had just got shooed out of Gwen's house, when I looked up at Gwen's window. It looked closed from afar, so like the good citizen I am I took another look
"I guess I should close it" I say to myself menacingly.
I climbed to the rooftop of Gwen's house I could slightly hear Max talking with Frank and Lilly but it wasn't enough to make out what they were saying. I half ran to Gwen's window and pulled it up.
"Damn, it's locked" I thought of another way to get into the house. I looked but couldn't see a thing then I noticed a dark room on the opposite side of the house. It was completely blacked out and I couldn't see any light coming from it. I took the liberty of making this my advantage. I tried the window again one last time but it wouldn't budge. I sighed "owel it was a nice window to look at" I absorbed some of the white wood that was surrounded by the window. "lets make this quick then" I punched a whole out of the window and glass shattered everywhere. " why does it have to make so much freakin noise" I grabbed a lever and pulled it up towards me.
An unlocking sound was heard, it sounded like music to my ears. I pulled the window up above my head and I crawled through it. Careful not to make noise. I closed the window gentle not to break anything else. I was stepping of cracks of glass, which seemed to eco in the eerie room. I begin waling to the wall opposite the window trying to look for a door. I let the wood slip from my form as I flash my phone out to see where everything is. I finally see a door handle, twist it and pull it. Lights pierce through the darkness as I look back into the room. A wooden desk centered the room and bookshelves, books and other objects you would find in a library where placed around the room.
"great I broke into their study, now there all going to know" I say to myself snickering a bit, but slightly taking it back. I stealthily make my way to Gwen's room. I could see her dad from just outside the doorway taking off the jacket that Max had given her to keep her warm, and him inspecting the black t- shirt. He seemed to ignore the fact and starting walking towards to door.
"Crap" I thought "gotta hide. I make across the hall and take cover in the shadows. He smiles back at where his daughter was then walked down stairs.
"Finally" I thought as I walked into Gwen's room. I see her sleeping figure, I smile warmingly and walk over to her. I reach out to her when all of a sudden she grabs me lefts me up and throws me to the other side of the bed. I yelp at the slight discomfort but It goes away when I see Gwen's smiling face.
"Kevin" she hugs me tightly. I return the favour and hug her back. We stay like this for a while.
"You seem pretty playful Gwen" I tell her lightly tickling her ribs a bit. She starts to giggle like a three year old.
"I'm just glad you're here" she takes me in for another hug. "I thought my dad kicked you out, what are you doing here" she smiles at me. Her stomach starts to light up like a Christmas tree but she doesn't seem to notice that much. I look back into her eyes, still green thankfully.
"Yes Kevin, what are you doing her?" a cloaked figure emerges from the darkness.
Ben was taken home. His curfew was at like 10:30PM just in case your wondering. Sorry that the title didn't match til the end, I kinda wanted to put in a POV from the parents side of the story, the next chapter will be up shortly. Don't know what to call it though, maybe an unexpected surprise. Hmmm….. any way you'll know when it comes out. Im going to Exmouth next week so hopfully I can finish the whole story.
