I watched him as he was sleeping peacefully on his bed. It'd been two days and Chase had not woken up yet. The doctors said it was a side effect of the surgery but I was still worried. As for me I was totally fine. When Mr. Davenport asked what happened back then, I lied to him. I said that I was looking for Marcus when I stumbled and fell. I didn't know if he believed me. I didn't care either. I tried to imagine how Chase was going to react when he would wake up and figure out that he could not walk anymore. Millions of images crossed my mind. Of course his real reaction was painful for all of us.
I was stroking my brother's hair when he started opening his eyes. He eyeslids slashed opened and looked up at the ceiling, then at me. He smiled.
"Chase. I am here."
"Bree, what happened?" he asked.
"You don't remember?"
"No. I remember Marcus and the bridge... and then... darkness." he tried to sit up but couldn't.
"Don't. You had a surgery. You need to stay down." He smiled. I accidently put my hand on his left leg.
"Bree, Bree..." he said panicked.
"What is it?" I replied pretending to be unaware of his problem.
"My legs, I can't feel my legs." Chase shouted and started crying. Tears streamed down his face. "You knew about it right?" He screamed. I just nodded. I was not in a position to asnwer. "Get out." he yelled.
"Chase... I."
"Get out. NOW!" He yelled again. As a result, I exited the room crying.
I sat on a chair outside his room sobbing. Some minutes later, Mr. Davenport, Leo and Adam appeared in front of me. "Bree what happened to you?" Adam asked and sat next to me. I could not speak. The only word I managed to take out was Chase.
"What happened to Chase? Is he..." Mr. Davenport asked panicked.
"No, he woke up and found out about his legs. He started accussing of not telling him anything. So, he yelled at me and dissipated me." I leaned on my brother's shoulder and cried more.
After a couple of minutes, Mr. Davenport grabbed my hand and we inserted Chase's room violently. I noticed his eyes. They were read. He must had been crying for long. "Chase, why did you hurt your sister's feelings?" Mr. Davenport asked not yelling. Chase looked at him furious. "Because she didn't lied to me."
"She did not lie to you. She did not want to worry you. Chase, you have to understand."
"Understand what? I can't walk and you defend Bree."
"She almost die."
"So did I. But you don't care about me. You never considered me as your child. To you I was only a Bionic leader. Nothing else. I bet now, you are going to dump me. Right?" I could not stand at my brother's words. I stood up, went closer to his bed and started yelling. "Do you know why I almost die? Because I fell off the bridge to find you." Mr. Davenport looked at me with anger and worry at the same time. "I found you, talked to you but I bet you don't remember anything. Alright Chase, I am sorry that I tried to save you. I am sorry that I almost die because of you. I am sorry for being your sister." With that I supersped outside.
I didn't know what happened next. Chase hurt my feelings. I knew he was upset about the whole thing but it was not appropriate to yell at me. I went to that bridge again. I looked at the people who were crossing it. Beautiful couples, families etc. Suddenly, I stared as I saw a girl rolling the bridge with her handicapp brother. I burst into tears. I just yelled at my little brother. I almost lost him and I was mean. I had to go back I had to fix everything.