AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hello fans or readers; might as well say. This chapter is hopefully going to be quite long because
I am actually leaving on August 5th until August 17th to Quebec (I live in Toronto, Canada) which
means about 8/9 hour drive. So I won't be updating my 10th chapter for atleast 2 weeks. I am
super sorry, and I really hate not updating but I have no other choice. So enjoy this chapter!
ARIA'S P. O. V
"Aria, wake up!" cried a voice in the background.
I slightly opened my eyes to find myself curled up in my bed; breathing heavily
underneath my thick blankets. In front of me stood Spencer who was waving her
arms at me. I felt her hot breath on my nose as she kept yelling; but I couldn't
figure out what she was saying. Then I rolled my eyes to the right to find Emily
staring at me and then on Spencer, trying to figure out what's going on.
"W-why are you yelling?" I asked her quietly; while rubbing my eyes.
"Aria? You're awake?" asked Emily.
"Of course, why wouldn't I be?" I asked.
"Um, because you were hit in the head by a baseball bat." answered Emily.
"Really? Ha, that's funny. By who?" I asked and sat up.
"I think it was a hard hit." whispered Spencer.
"Hey! That's not funny!" I yelled; standing up.
"Anyways, we don't know who hit you. You were making tea while we were
downstairs picking a movie to watch. Then when we came back, you were lying
on the floor with a baseball bat lying beside you. Your parents' balcony door was
open too." said Emily.
"Huh, that's odd. I don't remember anything. All I remember was making tea and
then black appeared in front of me." I told them with crossed arms.
"Black?" asked Spencer.
"Like darkness perhaps? I don't know!" I cried.
Emily pursed her lips together; hard while Spencer's brown eyes narrowed on me.
I looked to the side and saw Ali's pink journal, then I walked up to it and picked it
up.
"Ah!" I screamed and threw the book onto the ground; making a loud bang.
"Aria! Stop! What are you doing?" yelled Spencer.
My head throbbed, and I felt my eyes swelling up. Then I fell onto the floor,
becoming unconscious.
FLASHBACK
"Oh, what's this?" I asked picking up a brown box that sat perched on top of Ali's desk.
"Don't touch it!" cried Alison; dropping her notebook that she was looking through.
"Just chill Ali, what's in this thing?" I asked as I put it back onto the desk.
"Things, secret things that shouldn't be known to anybody." answered Alison with her smile.
I opened my eyes and looked around. Solid white walls surrounded me like a big
blob of white paint. I felt like I was in a bubble, which was trying to eat me up.
I couldn't feel my legs, or my arms. My hair lay on my chest, sticking in different
directions. I looked down, a thin white blanket covered me, and I wore a white
robe with black dots everywhere. Spencer and Emily sat around me; reading
books and magazines. To my right, stood a lean woman in a white shirt and skirt,
wearing a pale blue mask. She was adjusting something that stuck to me, it looked
like an IV tank.
"Where am I?" I managed to speak, feeling a little nauseated.
"Aria; you finally woke up!" yelled out Spencer who looked up from her book.
"Aria! No way!" yelled out Emily who right away stood up and held my hand.
"Ms. Montgomery? I am Dr. Herald." said a man who appeared out of the blue.
He wore a funny looking white cap, a white robe and a pale blue mask.
"Where am I?" I asked again.
"You are in the Rosewood General Hospital." answered Dr. Herald.
"To say it is hard but you were in a coma for 3 long weeks."
"3 weeks lying in this horrible bed?" I shouted out.
"Sure, you can say." said the lady in the white.
"By the way I am Nurse Jenna."
"Why was I in a coma?" I asked while biting my lower lip.
"We don't know yet. But it seems like you were under some type of medical drug.
Most likely an overdose." said Dr. Herald.
"3 weeks ago, you woke up from a hard hit on the head, then you fainted and fell
unconscious."
"But I didn't take any type of medical drug." I whispered.
"You might have indigested it through a meal or perhaps a drink." said Dr. Herald.
"Well we were about to drink some tea the night she got hit." said Spencer.
"Oh yes? That might have been the cause." said Dr. Herald.
"I don't remember anything." I said while feeling my forehead; which was hot.
"Where are my parents?"
"They left this morning, they come here every day; twice a day actually." said
Nurse Jenna.
I nodded; feeling a little bit of disappointment and worry. Then I flattened my
elbow-length sleeves and looked up to the ceiling. It was plain white with bumps
on them. I hummed Mary Had A Little Lamp, which made Spencer look up and
smile. In her eyes stood the words 'Nice nursery rhyme Aria.' I smiled at her and
stiffened as I heard someone's phone twinkle. Spencer looked around, making
sure Nurse Jenna and Dr. Herald weren't around. Then Spencer picked up her
phone and glanced through her texts. Her eyes widened after a few seconds, but
then her facial expression softened and she put down her phone.
"What's up?" asked Emily; who flipped her dark hair out of her face.
"It was a text from A." answered Spencer who looked like she just saw a ghost.
"A, it seems like they could have something to do with me." I blurted out.
"But of course! Aria you're completely right! A must have snuck into your house
through the balcony in your parents' room! Then they poisoned you with a drug
which they put into a glass of tea. A hit you in the head with a bat and then you
fainted the next morning from the drug overdose!" yelled out Emily with a smile.
"Em, you are right! We've got to tell Dr. Herald!" I screamed out.
"No way, nu-uh. Not going to happen. No one knows about A." said Spencer.
"Spence, we just figured out what happened to me. I was in a coma for 3 weeks. I
think it's time to tell the police about A." I said quietly.
"Aria, you are mad! A threatened us about telling the police when Ali's body was
found. If A finds out that the police are trying to figure out who they are, A will
kill someone. I predict it will be one of us." said Spencer with her eyes big.
"I think we should figure out ourselves, let it slide for now."
"You are kidding! So someone else will end up in the hospital?" I cried.
"Aria, no; I don't think we're ready for this yet." said Spencer.
"Oh hello Ms. Montgomery; I am the hospital's chef. I brought you your morning
breakfast!" said an overweight woman who just burst out into the room.
"My name is Chef Laura and I will be serving you 3 meals of the day for the next
couple of weeks that you will be here for!"
"Couple of weeks? I thought they would sign me out tomorrow!" I yelled out.
"Oh no honey bun, your doctor needs to figure out what drug you took 3 weeks
ago. I heard it's still running through your veins and slowly affecting your health."
said Chef Laura while handing me a huge plate of different foods.
"That's great." I said sarcastically while looking at Laura.
She had her blond hair tied up in tight bun which was protected by a hair net,
she wore a blue dress with white stripes and on the dress Laura wore a white
apron matched up with white flats. Laura had a small mole on her chin, she
wore black bold glasses that hung on the edge of her pointy nose and the bright
red lipstick she was wearing has got to go.
"Enjoy your meal!" she shouted and walked out of the room.
"Great, what's next?" I asked and opened up the chocolate pudding.
"Aria, we will come visit you every single day. Ezra texted me yesterday night
telling me that he is coming to visit today after his meeting at Hollis." said Emily.
"Well, that's a bit of good news; I guess." I said as I took a spoonful of pudding.
"We've got to go. I have to meet up with Toby while Emily is going to sign up for
a job!" said Spencer with a smile.
"Congrats Em, I hope you get it!" I told her with a smile.
"Thanks Aria. Feel better, we will come tomorrow morning." said Emily.
I smiled and waved goodbye as they both walked out of the room.
-4 hours later-
After I ate up my breakfast and had finished watching Titanic, Nurse Jenna came
in through the doors with a small plastic box containing different sized needles.
"I need to give you a needle a day to keep destroying the medication inside your
system." said Nurse Jenna as she took out a small needle from the box.
"Alright, I am not scared of needles." I said; while thinking that I kind of am afraid.
She gave me a quick shot and put a cotton ball and bandage onto the area.
"I will be back to check on you in an hour, meanwhile there's a man coming in to
see you." said Nurse Jenna as she stormed out of the room.
As soon as she was gone, Ezra walked into the room with a box of chocolates and
a bouquet of red roses.
"Ezra!" I shouted out as he came in and gave me a peck on the lips.
"Aria, I missed you so much. I am so glad you are awake." said Ezra.
"You don't know how glad I am to see you." I admitted with a smile.
"Caramel or chocolate?" he asked as he opened up the box.
I smiled and picked out a chocolate candy and bit into it.
"Yum, it's tasty." I told him as I smelled the roses he got me.
"They're lovely too."
"No one wanted to tell me what happened to you. What did happen?" he asked.
"Well, 3 weeks ago Spencer and Emily were over. While they were downstairs
picking a movie, I didn't notice how someone put in a mysterious drug into a cup
of tea and I drank it. After that someone hit me in the head with a baseball bat
making me unconscious. The next morning, I woke up from the hard hit and
everything seemed alright until a few minutes later. I felt pressure inside my head
and I felt my eyes swelling up which caused me to fall unconscious, probably
hitting my head quite hard onto the floor. Apparently, my doctor cannot figure
out which drug I took but he did say that I probably had an overdose. So yeah, I
was in a coma for 3 weeks and I woke up this morning." I explained.
"That's awful." said Ezra once he found his words.
"Yeah, I guess it kind of is." I said as I fell back onto my large pillow.
"But, who did that? All of that trouble, who caused it?" asked Ezra.
"No one apparently knows. Probably someone who dislikes me." I replied.
"How can someone dislike you, you are amazing." he said with a smile.
"Aw Ezra, that's sweet. But you're my boyfriend." I told him.
"That's true." said Ezra as he took off his jacket.
The next hour or so, Ezra and I watched a movie while finishing up the chocolates
he brought me, then he had to leave for a major conference at Hollis. It was great
having a person that I love a lot beside me while I needed some support. I still
felt very nauseas, some of my body parts like my arms and legs felt quite sensitive
to touch. But then, I felt like I slept for ages without waking up; especially after I
slept for an hour when Ezra left. I looked to the side while watching Ice Age: Dawn
of The Dinosaurs and saw a book sitting on top of a bedside table. Hm, someone
must have visited me while I was asleep after Ezra left; I thought as I picked it up.
It was the plain black book with no writing on the front of back; but when I
opened it, a little note fell out.
'Feeling better yet Aria? Ha, my little prank worked like a charm. The drug that
you took really was an overdose but don't worry, this prank isn't the worst that
will happen to you! –A.'