ENDING A
CHAPTER 5
More days went by and the doctors didn't give them a lot of hope, Jade's father usually went to see her once or twice a week and stayed there for a few minutes before leaving. One day Beck, Melissa and Jade's friends were there when Mr. West walked into the room along with Brittany and the doctor.
"Hello" Richard, Jade's father, said.
"Hi" They all said politely as the doctor did the routine check on Jade.
"Any news?" Richard questioned.
"No, she is stable but no signs of improvement" The doctor informed.
"Be honest, what are her chances of waking up?" Richard questioned seriously.
"I can't assure you anything but I would say one in fifty" He said and they all looked down sadly.
"What do you recommend us to do?" Brittany questioned.
"As a doctor it is my must to try to save people's lives even when things don't look good" The doctor answered.
"Yes but as a person who knows the circumstances, what would you recommend us to do?" Brittany questioned. "I mean she's been on life support for months and her chances of waking up are very low so what do you think we should do?"
"Are you asking me if I think you should pull the plug?" The doctor asked back and Melissa immediately stood up.
"Yes, I mean if she is probably never gonna wake up then why should we make her agony longer?" Brittany commented.
"We are not killing Jade, Brittany" Melissa affirmed.
"She is dead already, god, you people need to have resignation" Brittany responded.
"You've been trying to convince Richard to disconnect Jade for months; you thought the same thing when she had been in coma for a few weeks, what's your problem with my daughter?" Melissa questioned clearly upset.
"I don't have a problem with her, Richard knows that" Brittany affirmed.
"Yes, Melissa, Brittany likes Jade even though she has been pretty rude to her" Jade's dad commented. "And I honestly agree with Brittany, I wish Jade weren't in this situation but it's been too long, she needs to rest, what that bastard put her through was horrible and I want her to be in peace"
"You're not gonna kill Jade" Beck said.
"I'm not gonna kill her, your fiancée did that, remember?" Richard said to Melissa upset and she looked down. "I'm gonna free her, doctor, please tell me what I have to do to stop the life support or pull the plug or whatever that's called"
"No way, I'm still her mother and I do not approve so you're not gonna pull the plug" Melissa affirmed.
"Melissa, please understand that it's for her own good, she is not gonna wake up but she can't rest in peace now, maybe she is suffering, maybe she still thinks she is getting raped by her mom's boyfriend" Brittany commented. "And besides, life support is not cheap, by having her here you're only making her agony longer and wasting a lot of money"
"You shut the hell up, this is none of your business" Melissa said angrily."Sorry but as long as I'm here, Jade is going to remain alive, I don't care if she is unconscious, as long as she is alive there's hope"
Brittany insisted and Richard tried to convince Melissa to agree to pull the plug for a couple of weeks but she always denied and so did Beck and Jade's friends, they were sure that Jade would wake up sooner or later.
One day Jade's friends and Beck went to see her after school and found her mother already there. "Have they found Nick yet?" Tori questioned.
"No, the police think he is probably out of the country" Melissa commented.
"And how's Jade?" Cat asked.
"Same, she hasn't reacted" Melissa responded sadly. "I'm glad you guys are here because I got to go to the office but I didn't want to leave her alone"
"She is not gonna be alone" Beck said nicely as he walked towards the bed and smiled at Jade. "Don't worry; I'll stay with her all day"
"Thank you, Beck and thank you, guys" Melissa said sincerely but when she was about to leave the room, something amazing happened; Jade opened her eyes.
"Jade woke up!" Cat exclaimed excitedly when she saw Jade's eyes open and they all immediately turned to her, she was looking around confused and disconcerted.
The last thing Jade remembered clearly was being in her room typing down the play so to wake up in a hospital room shocked her. "What's going on? Where am I?" She questioned confused and tried to move but they stopped her.
"Jade, honey, you're awake!" Melissa exclaimed happily and Jade stared at her confused.
"Why am I here? What happened?" Jade questioned anxiously and they looked at each other not knowing what to say, it was like she didn't remember the rape.
"Jade, don't move you're not okay yet" Tori commented but Jade didn't understand anything, she was so confused.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?" Jade asked louder and tried to disconnect herself from the machine but Beck grabbed her arms and tried to get her to lay down again.
"Jade, calm down" He said as he pushed her back and to feel him grabbing her arms and pushing her back, to feel his power over her terrified her and she unconsciously reacted.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Jade screamed scared and pushed him away. Beck immediately stepped back and she looked at him confused because she didn't understand her own reaction but then she started remembering, she stared into space and all the flashbacks from that night came to her mind.
Jade remembered her own screams, his hands all over her and then him inside her and she started shaking her head as her eyes filled up with tears."No, no, no...No, NOOOO!" Jade said desperately as she pulled her hair back and shook her head with lots of tears streaming down her face.
"Jade, calm down, breathe!" Melissa said nervously but Jade couldn't calm down, she couldn't stop crying and screaming. "Go call a doctor now" Cat and Robbie ran out of the room to get the doctor while Melissa, Beck, Andre and Tori tried to calm her down.
"AAAAAAAH" Jade screamed in pain and humiliation as she trembled and cried desperately, she felt so dirty and so angry.
"Jade..." Tori said as she tried to reach her arm.
"Don't touch me!" Jade exclaimed, she started embracing herself with her eyes closed and remembered what had happened.
"Jade, honey, please calm down" Melissa said with tears in her eyes but Jade wasn't even listening, she was freaking out while remembering the rape.
A few moments later two doctors rushed into the room and found her sitting on the bed having an anxiety attack. "Calm down" One of the doctors demanded and grabbed her arm.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Jade screamed and tried to push him away but he and the other doctor pushed her down to make her lay on the bed again. "NO, NO, DON'T TOUCH ME, STOP" She didn't stop screaming so they quickly gave her a shot and she started feeling very tired. "NO, No, no... No..." Jade fell asleep within a minute and the doctors stopped pushing her against the mattress.
"She'll be sleeping for a few hours" The doctor informed. "When patients wake up from a coma, it's always a big impact and in her case, she also experienced post traumatic stress from what happened, according to what you said the last thing she felt while being conscious was the rape so her reaction is understandable" He explained.
"Well, let's hope she assimilates it better when she wakes up" The other doctor commented. "I'll be back in a few hours to make sure she is completely okay"
"That was scary" Tori commented.
"But thank god she finally woke up, I was starting to lose hope" Melissa responded sincerely.
"But why did she get so crazy?" Cat asked confused.
"She freaked out after I tried to push her back, I shouldn't have... she probably remembered what happened" Beck said sadly.
"I feel so bad for Jade; it'll be very hard for her to accept what happened, especially after she learns that she's been in this bed for over ten months" Tori commented sadly.
Melissa obviously stayed after Jade reacted, she couldn't wait for her to wake up again and speak, she missed her daughter so much and so did her friends, they were all happily waiting for her to wake up.
About five hours later, Jade started moving and rubbing her eyes so they immediately stood up and Andre went to get the doctor. "Hello, Jade, I'm Doctor Adams" The doctor informed. "We're going to do a little routine exercise, okay?" He said and Jade nodded. "What's your name and how old are you?" He questioned.
"Jade West, I'm eighteen" Jade answered, her birthday had passed so she was nineteen now but she didn't know it.
"How much is twenty five plus eight?" He questioned.
"Thirty three" Jade responded.
"Good, now follow my finger with your eyes, please" He said and started moving his finger from side to side, Jade simply followed it with her eyes and he smiled at her. "Perfect" He said but she didn't respond, she simply looked down sadly. "Jade, do you know why you're here?" He questioned but she didn't say anything. "Can you talk to me about it?"
"Just leave me alone, I don't wanna see anyone" Jade affirmed and the doctor nodded.
"Okay, take your time, I'll be back soon" The doctor said nicely and left the room, Jade didn't even want to look at her friends or her mother's faces , she was so ashamed and depressed that the only thing she wanted was to go back to sleep.
Nobody knew what to say to her either, they had been dreaming about that moment for months but being there, seeing her awake was too much and they didn't know how to start. "Jade, baby..." Melissa said sweetly with tears in her eyes. "Jade, look at me" Her mother demanded but Jade couldn't do it, she felt so bad.
"I wanna be alone; please, get out" Jade said still looking down.
"Jade, do you remember what happened? Do you know why you're here?" Tori questioned, Jade looked at her mother and then shook her head, she did remember but she didn't want to say it.
"No" Jade said but it was pretty obvious she was lying.
"Then why are you about to cry?" Beck asked her and Jade couldn't take it anymore, she broke out crying and covered her face.
"I'm fine, I'm fine..." Jade said as she tried to stop crying. "Just leave me alone, please, I don't want to see anyone"
"Jade, what happened?" Tori questioned and Jade looked down ashamedly.
"He did it, Tori, he did it to me" Jade informed with lots of tears running down her face and Tori hugged her. "He did it!" Jade said as she cried her eyes out while hugging Tori.
"Sh, sh... it's okay, it's okay" Tori said as she rubbed her back trying to make her feel better.
"He did it... he didn't care, I begged and I begged but he didn't listen, you were right about him" Jade exclaimed and continued crying. "It was horrible..." she said.
"Oh Jade, I'm so sorry this happened to you" Tori commented and Melissa couldn't take it anymore, she couldn't handle seeing Jade crying like that so she made them break the hug and embraced her daughter.
"Jade, baby, I'm so sorry!" Melissa said with tears in her eyes but Jade pushed her away.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Jade screamed madly. "Go with your fiancée, marry him and leave me alone!" Jade was so angry with her mother for not believing her so she blamed her in a certain way for what had happened.
"Jade..." Melissa said sadly. "Please forgive me, I should've believed you, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry"
"It's too late, Melissa" Jade said coldly and Melissa stared at her surprised because she had never called her by her name. "Nick raped me; do you know what that means? HE RAPED ME!" Jade screamed with rage dripping from her voice and tears streaming down her face. "I begged you to believe me, I told you many times that he was harassing me and what did you do? You ignored me, you called me a liar, YOU encouraged him to do this to me"
"Jade, please forgive me, I know I was wrong and you have no idea how much I've suffered because of this" Melissa affirmed with tears in her eyes.
"Not nearly as much as I have, that's for damn sure" Jade responded. "Get out, go see Nick, marry him and live happily ever after without me, isn't that what you wanted? Well, be my guest"
"Jade, I'm your mother, you're my life" Melissa affirmed.
"You're eighteen which means you're an adult so my life doesn't have to turn around you, isn't that what you said to me?" Jade asked and Melissa looked down, she couldn't believe Jade remembered that so clearly after months.
"Please, Jade, I am really sorry, I've been drowning in regret and I broke up with Nick, I denounced him" Melissa informed and Jade chuckled.
"Congratulations but how is that supposed to make me feel better? I don't care if you are sorry, I don't care if you broke up with Nick, I DON'T CARE BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO AND NO MATTER HOW SORRY YOU ARE, I WAS RAPED AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE" Jade affirmed. "So take your regret somewhere else because I don't want it"
"Jade, I'm your mom" Melissa commented sadly.
"And where were you when I needed you?" Jade questioned and Melissa looked down. "Answer me, Melissa, where were you when Nick locked me up in your room and tried to touch me? Where were you when he forced me to kiss him? Where were you when he raped me? What did you do to stop him? Nothing, absolutely nothing, I was alone all this time, I had to deal with it on my own because you were too busy ignoring me" Jade said. "A mother always puts their kid over everything else but you didn't do that, you always, ALWAYS put Nick over me just like my dad puts Brittany over me, everyone puts everything else over me. I am nobody's priority, Nick knew that, he used it and he ruined my life, YOU ruined my life" They noticed Jade was saying things that Nick had said to her and it just made them feel so bad because she had actually taken them as accurate.
"Please forgive me" Melissa insisted but Jade shook her head.
"I can't, I'm sorry but I can't" Jade said sincerely. "Saying I forgive you is like saying I forgive Nick and that's never going to happen" she affirmed. "In fact...I HATE you, Melissa; I hate you as much or even more than I hate him, I hate you like I never thought I could hate anyone"
Melissa's heart broke into millions of pieces when Jade said that but she could understand it, she knew Jade was right to feel that way and that was the worst part. "You weren't there when I needed you, I was alone and I don't need you now so please, get out of this room and get out of my life"
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Yup, Melissa is facing the (well deserved) consequences of her distrust in Jade.
But Jade is awake so yay
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