Chapter 17
Alex's squinted at the bright light. She blinked at her grandmother, who waved to her. "It's not your time Alex. Not yet. You have a whole life ahead of you." Alex's body jolted up, her eyes shooting open. Dean stared at her, wide eyed, indesicive whether this was actually happening.
"Alex?"
"Where...where am I?" She whispered huskily, feeling weakness grow over her body.
"The hospital. You were in a coma for a week. You're on life support. A lot of it, because you can't even breathe on your own."
"It's that bad?" She took a deep breath, but even breathing- a involuntary action-took effort.
"Alex, you almost died. You were brain dead for a week. And you've done so much damage to your body." Dean stared straight into her beautiful eyes, hoping her was actually getting somewhere.
Alex was silent for a moment, before speaking up. "I just...I..."
"I don't understand."
"You don't. And you're won't. You don't know what it's like to be raped and abused and depressed and..." Her voice trailed off. She remained calm, but then again it took so much effort to become angry. "Dean...I can't live like this anymore."
"Alex, if you love me, you'll eat."
"I want to...but I can't."
"Why not?" Dean was becoming fustrating, but he loved her and had to get her to eat.
"Because...I just can't."
"Alex you were practically dead for a week. A whole week. And do you know how much damage you've done to your body?" He asked rhetorically and she stayed silent. "So I guess this is goodbye. Because..." His tears would could no longer hold back. They streamed down his eyes like a faucet. "because, you're not going to survive another night without eating."
"Dean...this isn't goodbye. I'm...I'm going to eat."
"Oh my god! Are you serious?" His heart began to race with excitment.
"I'm not ready to die."
"She's going to eat!" He stood up and dashed out of the room. "She's going to eat! She's going to eat! She's going to eat!" He told everyone who passed, but the most excited people was Alex's family, Harper, and . They followed Dean to her room, a smile on each of their faces.
"We're so glad to see you awake. You had us so nervous." Theresa hugged her daughter as Dr. Stevens returned with a bowl of oatmeal.
"We have to start light, but we'll work our way up." She handed Alex the bowl and spook and they watched as she slipped a spoonful of oatmeal in her mouth.
"Oh my god! She ate! She ate!" Dean jumped up and down, before pressing his lips against hers. "I love you."
"I love you too." She laughed, something she hadn't done in so long.
"It's so good to see your beautiful smile again."
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