This chapter is going to be really short. Just giving you a notice. It's KINDA a filler chapter, but yet it's not.
Kay guys, I'm really sick today so I stayed home from school. You guys are lucky that I am able to get one up today because I was going to have a lot going on but since I'm sick, I don't. :/ so here you guys go.
Eli's POV
After Adam got Principal Simpson, he called an ambulance because he said at the rate that it was going, that much blood loss could be fatal.
Alli, Adam and I all waited patiently in the waiting room. I sit there looking down at my tapping feet feeling as nervous as ever. I knew Clare wasn't going to die, but finding her sitting there looking as helpless as she did was probably one of the scariest things I've seen.
"Will you stop tapping your foot," Adam snaps. I look back down and notice my foot was tapping rapidly.
I gradually stop it. "Sorry," I say. "I'm just nervous."
"Clare's not going to die," Adam says.
I give him a look and he looks back off into the distance like nothing just happened.
"What happened!" We all heard which made each one of our heads perk up.
I hear heels clanking towards us and then see Ms. Edwards with Darcy trailing behind.
I stand up and she becomes face to face with me and her face looked furious. "What happened to my daughter?" She asks quietly but intimidating.
"Mrs. Edwards," I start. "We really don't know what happened. We found her in the gym and she had a huge cut on her arm."
She puts her hand over her gaping mouth and then exchange looks with Darcy. "Did she do this to herself?"
I look back at Adam and Alli and they also looked hopeless. "I really don't know," I said turning back to her.
I saw a tear drip down her face. "Where have I heard that before?" She says turning to Darcy.
Darcy starts to open her mouth but was then rudely interrupted by her mother. "Do you have any idea why Clare would do this to herself?"
I definitely had an idea, but I thought I should leave it to Clare to tell her. "I think Clare should tell you that…" I say.
She nods her head. She then takes a seat across the waiting room while Alli, Adam and I sit back down and wait for the doctor to come in to tell the details on Clare.
"So how's Julia?" I asked the doctor still shaking in my sweatshirt.
The doctor flips through her paper and then lets out a sigh. "Is there a family member here?"
"No," I say impatiently. "It's just me."
She shakes her head. "I need a family member."
I started to feel scared. "Can you just tell me if she's ok?" I ask.
"I need-
"Just tell me please!" I say a little too loudly.
She shakes her head one last time. "I'm sorry," She says. "Julia couldn't make it."
It took me time to process the words that went into my ears. Julia's gone? "No," I say with my breath sounding like it was about to shorten. "She can't be."
"I'm sorry," The doctor says one last time. I clench my fists and fight the tears. Julia couldn't just be gone…
We hear the doctor step into the room and everyone at the same time stands up. "Is she ok?" Mrs. Edwards blurts out.
It seemed like forever for the doctor to answer her question. I was mentally freaking out at the thought of Clare not being okay, even though I was pretty sure she would be.
I hold my breath before the doctor gave a comforting smile. "She's very lucky," She says and we all sigh in relief. "She almost broke a vein which would've been very fatal."
"So can we see her?" Mrs. Edwards blurts out again.
The doctor looks through the curtain of the window where Clare supposedly was. "Yeah, go right ahead. One at a time, though."
Of course, Mrs. Edwards went in right after that being said. Darcy takes a seat back down where she was before. She puts her hand on her head. "I knew something was up." She says.
"How?" I ask her.
She looks up as if she didn't expect us to wonder why, but she answered anyways. "She was acting weird…I just didn't act on it and I should've."
"None of us did," Alli says. "It's ok."
I heard the same heals that I heard when Mrs. Edwards came in but this time they were slowed down and the sound of the walking pace sounded…disappointed.
She steps in front of me. "She wants to see you."
I look back at Alli and Adam and was…surprised. "Me?" I ask making sure she really was talking to me.
"Yes you," She says.
"O-okay," I say and slowly lift myself from my seat and proceed to Clare's hospital room.
She apparently noticed my footsteps and looks up to me and gives a weak smile. Afterwards she wipes it off and then looks off to the wall.
I sigh and take the stool by the door and swing it nearer to the bed. "How are you?" I simply ask.
"Stupid." She deadpans.
I roll my eyes. "No you're not." I say.
"But I am," She says on the verge of more tears. "I was stupid for going to the ravine, stupid for cutting myself in the first place, and stupid for doing this now."
"Everybody makes mistakes…" I say.
"Right," She says sarcastically. "Because most mistakes leave you in a hospital bed."
I look down and completely change the subject. "Why'd you do it?"
She shakes her head. "Because I'm crazy…" She says.
I shake my head. "Remember what I told you about Julia?" She nods her head. "Well, the fight before that was about her cutting herself." She looks up from the wall and then looks back at me. "I told a councilor…she got upset. So that was what the fight was about. I thought that maybe you needed just someone to help you through it, but I guess I was wrong…" She still looks at me now looking concerned about me. "I didn't want to loose you Clare like I lost Julia. I have a problem with trying to handle things so I wanted to try and handle this by helping you out because I didn't want you to run off on your bike in the night like Julia did…" I look down at my hands and notice a drop of water fall onto my hand. Is the ceiling leaking? No, it's my tears. Damnit.
"You're not going to lose me Eli," Clare says.
"But I almost did." I say looking up at her.
"I'm not going anywhere anymore." She says and gives a comforting yet weak smile. "I'll talk to Ms. Suvae on Monday, and I'll tell my mom everything."
I nod and then look back up to her and smile. At least I'm not going to lose Clare.