The smell of lavendar filled my nose. Where am I? I thought. Who am I?
"I think she is awake!" I heard a familar voice call. Who is that?
"Clare? Clare? You awake?" the voice asked. Who is Clare?"Clare! I need you to wake up for me!" The voice called out, it sounded like he was in tears. Poor boy. This Clare girl should wake up.
That's when I remembered everything.
My name is Clare Flynn. The boy asking for me to wake up is Eric Flynn. My brother. My mom is dead. My dad is an abuser. Wait, I should be dead? I drowned! I hit my head off my diving board! Why am I alive?
Pain shoot all through me. I felt as if someone was chopping my legs off, and someone else was drilling a nail through my jaw.
I wanted to scream, but I didnt have enough air in my lungs.
"Clare?" a different voice asked. One I didn't know.
I opened my eyes, very slowly.
I saw two faces with mask on and my brother all leaning over me.
"Clare! I'm so glad your awake! Don't you ever try to kill your self EVER again!" Eric told me.
"I'm sorry." I spoke, my voice dry and cracked. It hurt to talk. "I didn't mean to...well, at first I did, but then I tried to stop myself and my foot slip and my jaw hit the board and next thing I know, I'm here. Enough about me, what happened to you? Dad said you got killed! What happened to dad? Why arent you answering any of my questions?"
"Well, maybe if you stopped and took a breath, I could. That wasn't me dad threw out the window, I don't know who it was, but it wasn't me! Dad is in jail, I called the police to get over there while I was in the cap on my way over there to get you. Long story short, they came in as dad had a knife to my throat."
"Oh my god! Your neck !" I said, just noticing the bandage.
"It's nothing compared to you. You have a broken jaw, your left leg is broken and you broke a couple of ribs."
"It hurts." I mumbled.
"Well, I'd be very worried if you thought otherwise."
"I don't mean my broken bones. I mean having no parents to love you, to be there for you, to hug you when you need it..." I drifted off.
There was a long pause, I could hear the clock ticking.
"I know..." Eric mumbled.
There was a long pause.
"What are we going to do now?" I asked.
"I have to finish high school to get my diploma so I can get a good job. For now, I can afford a small apartment. I'm going to need your help for money once your all heeled."
"Where can I work?"
"I don't know. We'll figure something out..."
