another scar
chapter 12
awake
Melissa slowly opened the door of the operation room . one of the nurses noticed her presence and tried escorting her out .
"please , he needs me ! . I know he's going to be freaked out when he wakes up all by himself . " , Melissa said , pleading the nurse into letting her stay right next to jackson .
" ma'am , this is an extremely difficult operation , the doctors need to be extra careful and concentrated , you cant disturb them " , the nurse explained .
" I wont , I promise . please , I know if I was next to him he's going to feel it . and he's going to fight and be strong for all of us . "
The nurse felt that there was no use arguing with a stubborn , teenage , love struck girl .
" alright. but remember , you promised . " the nurse reminded her . Melissa gave her an enormous hug .
" thanks " she whispered to the nurse .
the nurse gave her a scrub suit , and some gloves , and a medical mask to cover her face .
" wear these fast , and wash your hands before you get in , an infection is the last thing we need right now . hurry up because they need me back there "
Melissa nodded and did exactly as the nurse instructed . then they both interred the operation room together .
" what is she doing here ? " , one of the sergeants asked . Melissa ignored the question and stood right next to jackson squeezing his hand .
" don't worry , your going to get through this , you're the strongest person I ever knew " . Melissa said , staring at jackson with a sad , broken look on her face .
" i….." . she stuttered .
" I don't know if you were going to be able to hear this but …………….., I love you "
Tears began rolling on her face . she never told him how she felt , and she was scared that she might not get the chance to .
" no , don't you dare think about that Melissa wu " . she argued with herself , struggling to kick this idea out of her head .
The operation was long , and intense . Melissa felt so tired , and her feet couldn't carry her anymore .
"you can go rest if you wanted to " , Melissa heard the nurse telling her .
" its ok , im fine " , Melissa replied after letting out a soft yawn . the palm of her hand was sweaty from holding jackson's hand for so long . her eyes were barely open .
When she was finally about to give up . the surgery finished with complete success .
" take him to the recovery room , and let everybody meet us there so we can explain some of the surgery's temporary complications " , the doctor announced .
Melissa's smile grew wide upon hearing the good news . she rubbed her eyes and took off the scrub suit . she headed to the recovery room , still holding jackson's hand . when she entered she was greeted by her friends . they were smiling so they must have got the good news as well .
Minutes later , the doctor arrived into the room , to give some necessary information .
" good evening everyone . as you all know , M.R jackson just had a very exhausting surgery . his body is very week so he needs to get all the rest he can get without any disturbance . I assure you that after he gets his rest , he will be fine . just try not to stress him in the mean time . another thing , when he wakes up , he's going to be a little bit confused . which is completely normal . he might forget some stuff so you need to fell him in with details without making him upset . "
Everyone seemed to fully understand what the doctor said , but they all knew it wasn't going to be easy .
A few hours later , jackson slowly opened his eyes . noticing that he was surrounded by faces he didn't recognize .
Nathan approached jackson as soon as he woke up
"hey " , Nathan whispered . jackson was looking at him with a terrified look on his face .
" who are you ? " , he asked .
Nathan seemed a little bit shocked , but soon after he remembered what the doctor said .
" im your friend , in fact , all of us here are your friends " Nathan pointed at every single person in the room .
" we went to school together "
" we survived a plane crash together "
" we became best friends "
" and soul mates " , Melissa added after everyone else .
" mel ? " he asked making sure if he remembered correctly .
She nodded , feeling really happy that she was the first person he remembered .
" wha…. What happened ? " . jackson was barely getting the words out his mouth . his voice was cracked , his face was pale , and his skin was as cold as ice . he was violently shivering under his covers .
Seeing as how horrible jackson looked . everyone where looking at each other , their eyes filled with sorrow . how were they going to tell him what happened ? . and who's going to do it ? . none of them had the heart to .
" jackson , why don't you just relax and then we'll tell you about everything later , ok ? " . Melissa said , brushing her fingers gently through his hair .
Jackson shook his head . things were complicated for him , and he wanted to know everything now . he figured , since Melissa is too worried about him , she wont tell him a thing . so , he thought he might ask someone else .
" eric ….. what happened " . jackson weakly asked , turning to face eric .
" uh , i… I don't know chief "
then he turned to face the others
"Daley ?"
" taylor ? "
" Nathan ? "
No one responded .
" ummm , jackson , we don't exactly know what happened to you " , daley confessed .
" what do you mean ? "
" loren told Melissa that you were at the hospital , then she called us and asked us all to come here " , Nathan carried on after daley .
" so , even Melissa didn't know what happened ? " . jackson asked in confusion .
Silence filled the room , no one wanted to admit to that fact .
" how did you just say that we are best friends ? when you even don't know something as big as this happened to me ? , we can skip little facts but but this thing , no way " . tears started welling up in jackson's eyes . from both , physical and emotional pain .
Slowly memories started flooding to him , starting from that night he left , he remembered why he left , and nothing else after that .
He suddenly moved due to the that last memory he remembered , a shocked look on his face .
" my mom …….. uh is she ok ? "
Loren's heart broke again . since she was the one responsible for what happened , she decided that she is the one who's going to tell him .
She sat on the bed near by him . placing her hand on his knee .
" jackson , she's not with us any more " . her eyes were shot red , and her little nose was wet since she was crying . she sniffed and gave him a hug .
Asiah was touched . he rarely gets to see this side of loren . she always beats the crap out every one .
" well , girls remain girls no matter how tough they are " , he told him self , smiling for a moment .
Jackson tried getting himself up off of the bed . loren gently pushed him down .
" what the hell do you think you're doing ? " , she said , giving him a sharp look .
" going to the funeral , I want to see her for the last time , I want to say good bye , don't I get the right to ? ' jacskon said through his tears .
Suddenly everyone in the room started crying , except asiah of course . jackson's heart was pounding in his chest due to the sudden change in everyone's emotions .
Loren gave him a sad look . and turned her face to not meet his .
" don't tell me I …….. I missed it ? " .
She was silent , so he knew that must have been the answer .
He smiled . which the others found so weird .
" great , I did it again . all of this was my fault . I understand why you guys left me . that was the best decision you ever made in your entire lives " .
Loren's hand formed into a fist . she really wanted to punch him hard in the face at this moment .
" jackson , how is this your fault ? you didn't do anything " , Melissa said .
" YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ! " , jackson screamed , almost the whole hospital heard that .
" THEN LET US KNOW " , Melissa shouted back at him .
Jackson took a sigh . she was right . how can he expect from them to know the truth when he didn't tell them about it . he prepared himself to speak . cause he was sure that was he's about to tell , is going to cause an emotional wreck in the entire room .