WHITE WALLS AND WHITE SHEETS
Daisy woke up in the hospital, in a little room with white walls and white furnishings; everything was white; her bed sheets were white too. Looking at all that white she felt like if she had to vomit, remembering another white sheet.
She shook her head trying to empty her mind. She wanted to wake up again, running to Enos's apartment in the middle of the night, hugging him and telling him her nightmare. She wanted to laugh with him 'cause such a strange nightmare, drinking a cup of hot chocolate.
"Come on, Daisy. Wake up. It's only a nightmare. Enos is alive; he's sleeping in his bed and you're dreaming. Wake up, please, wake up". She closed her eyes trying to fall asleep, hoping to wake up at the farm, but it didn't work. She wasn't able to wake up; she was still in that white room, and not in her warm bedroom at the farm.
She burst out in tears, and she cried and cried, sobbing, unable to stop.
The door of her room opened, and Bo, Luke and uncle Jesse came in.
Uncle Jesse sat on her bed, taking her hands in his ones, "Honey, calm down. You are shocked, but you'll be fine. Now you have to rest and to take some sedatives to sleep a bit. Tomorrow you'll come back home"
Daisy hugged uncle Jesse "I don't want anything. I don't want to come back home. I don't want to stay here. I want only to die"
Bo and Luke came near Daisy, shocked. Luke put his hands on her shoulders, and Bo kissed her forehead. Daisy was completely enclosed in her family's warmth, but she didn't feel better. She kept on crying on uncle Jesse's chest, "Oh uncle Jesse. Why? WHY? I can't live without him. I can't live without Enos. Why did he die?"
Uncle Jesse took Daisy's face in his hands, wiping her tears "Daisy, what are you saying? Enos isn't dead. He's badly injured, and now he's in the intensive care unit, but doctors say he'll recover"
Daisy shook her head, pushing away her uncle's hands, "Don't lie to me, uncle Jesse. I saw his body under a white sheet", and she burst out again in tears.
Luke took Daisy's hand, "Daisy, he was Scanlon, not Enos. When you saw that sheet, Enos was already in an ambulance. He's alive, Daisy. Trust us", he said in a soft voice.
Daisy stared at their faces "Is he alive? Really?" she tried to smile, and her family smiled her back.
They hugged, and finally she felt her family's warmth.
"But what's happened? I remember Enos was injured, and Scanlon was pointing his gun at him; then I heard another shot, so…. What's happened?". Everything was so confused in her mind.
Bo and Luke sat on Daisy's bed. "Well", Luke said "We'll tell ya everything" and he began to remember one of the most frightful moments his family faced.
When Bo and Luke arrived at Pruitt's glade, they saw both Daisy and Enos on the ground. Daisy was sitting, looking terrified at Enos who was lying down with his right hand on his left shoulder, bleeding, whereas Scanlon was standing with his gun pointed at Enos.
They understood it was too late; how could they help Enos and Daisy? They hadn't weapons, and Rosco (with his gun) and uncle Jesse (with his rifle) weren't there, yet.
They ran towards Scanlon, screaming their best friend's and their cousin's name. They didn't know what they wanted to obtain with their action (Scanlon was too distant to be reached and stopped in time, and, moreover, he had a gun in his hand), but they did it automatically.
Only few seconds.
Scanlon heard their voices and he turned his head to them.
Only few second, but everything was like in a slow-motion.
Scanlon, and the boys too, knew their run was useless; before they reached him, he could killed Enos, Daisy, and, then, also Bo and Luke.
But Enos was still conscious. He saw Scanlon looking away from him, and in those few seconds he drew his gun, pointing it at Scanlon.
Few seconds.
Scanlon turned again to Enos, seeing Enos was now aiming his gun at him.
They fired. Together.
Scanlon fell on the ground, with blood squirting from his head.
Bo and Luke stopped, in shock. They looked at Scanlon falling, and they saw blood spreading from Enos' chest.
They looked each other, and then ran towards their friend, kneeling to his side, calling him and trying to stop the bleeding from his chest, as he became paler and paler, not answering their call.
Daisy was lying on the ground, with her arms on her head, unconscious, but she wasn't injured .
They heard the ambulances' sirens, and they saw Rosco's patrol car followed by ambulances (fortunately Rosco, after the boys told him what's happening, called for help fearing Enos was injured).
After Enos was in the ambulance, with paramedics trying to help him, Bo and Luke took Daisy in their arms.
Uncle Jesse and Cooter too arrived, kneeling by Daisy's side.
When Daisy woke up she looked around, then she faint again.
After Bo and Luke ended their story, Daisy remained silent, thinking of Enos. He succeeded to save her and her family from Scanlon, risking his own life. She smiled, glad he was alive.
"Hey Daisy. How did you know 'bout Scanlon?", Bo asked her.
An oobvious question, since they didn't talk 'bout it 'till then, but the answerwasn't so obvious.
It was Daisy's time to tell her story, so she told his family 'bout her nightmare, her run in the middle of the night to Enos's apartment, and how she found Scanlon's letter.
Everyone wondered how Daisy's nightmare saved Enos's life, and what such a strange nightmare could mean, but there was no answer.
It was a mystery.