I am so so sorry for the ridiculous delay. Not even going to bother with lame excuses. Truth be told, I forgot how to write for a while. But now my mojo is back! So to redeem myself, three chapters! And I promise to not keep you waiting forever again! Enjoy and review at will ;)
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"Open your eyes honey, we're here" my dad said, gently squeezing my hand to give me some reassurance everything had stopped spinning. I cautiously opened my eyes and found myself inside a Hospital. Hun? But it felt weird, there were no people there. Just me and my dad. That's odd.
"Dad, why are we in a Hospital? And where is everyone?" I asked him, unable to hide my curiosity. A Hospital without people was just plain weird.
"You need to see something Ana. Come on" he said, urging me into one of the rooms. It was a private room, with a big Hospital bed and a private bathroom. It even had a TV. Wow, I wouldn't mind staying in a room like this at all.
"Who's that?" I asked my dad, pointing at the patient sleeping in the bed. It was a girl, made obvious by the long hair and breast size. But she was facing the other way and I couldn't see her face. She looked peaceful though, apart from her completely fucked up state. I mean, the girl was a mess. Bruises, cuts, casts in both legs. Damn, poor girl.
"Take a closer look baby. But remember, stay calm. Everything we'll be ok" my dad whispered to me, releasing my hand so I could go the other way and check this poor girl's face. Why did I need to stay calm? Anyway, I slowly approached the bed, careful not to wake her. When I reached the other side of the bed and looked at her, my heart stopped. My legs froze in place, all the air in my lungs escaped me in one breath and I felt myself faint. It wasn't possible. I was hallucinating, had to be. Probably due to that earlier roller coaster ride. I was caught by my dad's strong arms before I hit the ground. He soothed me by stroking my hair and repeating that everything would be ok. But when I looked again at the girls face, nothing had changed. I was looking at myself. A broken, bruised version of myself.
"Dad, is that me? Am I lying on that bed? Is that why I can see you right now? Am I dying?" I whispered at him. My heart was racing, my breathing was becoming erratic and my whole body was shaking. This couldn't be happening, I was having a fucked up dream, had to be!
"Yes sweetie. That is you. That's why you're here with me now, talking to me and seeing me. You were in an accident Ana. You have been in a coma ever since." he said, stroking my hair and rubbing my hair. Somehow, through all this weird stuff, having him comforting me felt really good. But here I was, somehow trapped somewhere between the real world and some other world I wasn't suppose to see yet. Exactly why I disliked Sci Fi stuff, too much weirdness to comprehend.
"What? In a coma? But what do I do? How do I wake up dad?" I pleaded him for some answers. But the look he gave me let it pretty clear I was going to have to figure that out by myself.
"That is for you to find out sweetie. You are a strong girl, I know you'll figure it out. I'm so sorry I can't stay and help you. I really miss you baby. You have become a beautiful woman, just like your mother. I love so much Anastasia. Don't ever forget that. You will always be my little princess." He whispered into my hair, still rubbing my back. He was so gentle, so warm. No wonder my mother had fallen madly in love with him. That's why she kept dating and getting married. She wanted to feel this kind of love again. And I think she did, with my dad Ray. I know she loved him very much, and he loved her just as much. But sometimes love isn't enough. Sad but true. I was exhibit A.
"Can't you stay and help me dad? I don't have a clue what I'm doing! I don't even know where I am for god's sake!" I was starting to seriously panic! This didn't look good! How would I go back to my comatose body, if I was a freaking spectrum walking the halls of this Hospital like some damn horror movie character?
"I can't baby. I have to go. But you're not alone. Just focus on what you really want to go back to and it will happen. You're not suppose to die yet Ana, that's why you're here. This is your chance to show just how much you want to live again. It is completely up to you" He explains. So apparently I was in purgatory. Oh goodie. I was starting to feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, except I had no red shining shoes and no good witch to help me. Nop, I wasn't in Kansas anymore, I was in ghost town!
"I'm scared dad. Please stay" I begged him. I really couldn't do this alone. I was scared out of my mind. This whole thing was surreal!
"Ana, you will be fine. Focus honey. Trust yourself. You already said you want to go back, now all you need to do is find out why you want to do 't be scared, just focus ok? I love you sweetie, I'll never leave you." and just like that he was gone!
"No dad! Please come back! Please! Dad! Don't leave me here! Please!" I cried out, trying to make him come back, even though I knew he wouldn't. I was so scared tears started falling down my cheeks and I cried for as long as I could.
Here I was, alone in an alternate universe, staring at myself sleeping, completely trapped in a Hospital bed. It couldn't get any freakier than this! Right?