Sorry for the long wait, guys. Here's the next chapter. Will definately update next week.
Chapter 31
Lissa pov
I was all alone in my head. I could hear people, but I couldn't see them. It was all so confusing. I recognized Dr. Olendzki's voice.
"I'm going to go out in the waiting room and tell Mr. Ozera was we're trying to do."
"Okay," I heard another female voice say. It was probably one of the nurses. "Knowing that Miss Hathaway is Mr. Ozera's charge for the field experience, she'll most likely be here soon."
Dr. Olendzki said nothing more. I heard a door open and close softly.
I tried to remember how I got here in the first place.
*Flashback*
It was after dinner and I had just gotten back to my dorm room from the commons. I had barely seen Rose all day, and, to top it all off, I saw Christian talking with some girl. I thought he wasn't liked at this school. She was definitely flirting with him, but I don't think he noticed. If he did, he didn't do anything about it. And that's what got my blood boiling.
I just couldn't take it anymore. I went over to the top drawer of my dresser and looked through it until I found my pocket knife.
Just to make it clear, I only kept it for self-defense purposes. I didn't want another incident like what happened with Jesse and Ralf right before the attack.
I went into the bathroom that I had attached to my room and locked the door. I sighed and went over to the tub and sat down.
I raised the blade of the knife to my arm. As I cut each line, I said everything that I was cutting for…
"This is for Rose not paying attention to me." Cut. "This is for seeing Christian with some other girl." Cut. "This is for Jesse and Ralf making my life a living hell." Cut. "This is for all the rumors about Rose." Cut. "This is about all those rumors about me." Cut.
All the cuts were deep. Blood flowed around me. Not too long later, I fainted from the blood loss.
*End flashback*
I heard footsteps coming toward the room. I didn't know how long it was. It could have been hours. I heard the door open and I heard someone gasp.
"Oh my God. Liss." I could have sworn it was Rose who said that.
I heard a man gasp in shock. He sobbed.
Please let that not be Christian, I thought.
"Lissa," I heard Christian say.
Damn my luck, I thought.
Rose, I thought. Can you hear me?
I heard Rose gasp suddenly.
"Yes, Liss," she said. "I can."
I smiled mentally. I really want to get out of my own head and wake up, I cried to her through the bond.
"I know, Liss," she said. "I know. Try to see if you can."
"Can you hear her?" Christian asked.
Rose must have nodded because Christian asked, "She can hear us?"
Rose must have nodded again because she said no more.
I felt someone grab my hand.
"Please, Lissa," Christian pleaded. "Please wake up. I need you."
I tried to open my eyes, but I just couldn't.
"Try harder, Liss," Rose stated.
I tried harder. I tried with al my might and will-power. I tried with everything that I had in me. I thought about Christian. I thought about Rose. I thought about the school. I thought about my family. I thought about everything and anything you could possibly think of. Good things. Things that are good in life and good about life. Hell, I even thought about Rose and Dimitri hooking up.
I know what you're thinking. Ew, right?
I opened my eyes as wide as they could go – which wasn't very far. My eyelids were so heavy that it felt as though there were thousand pound bricks weighing them down.
I eyes only opened a little. I could see – kind of – but it was all blurry. It stayed like that for a while before I could see clearly.
I sniffed. "What's with those looks?" I asked. My voice was very raspy and thick with sleep.
Rose was smiling at me. Christian looked like he was about to pounce at me any second. Dr. Olendzki and the nurses all looked surprised – probably because they didn't expect me to wake up like this.
"Why does everybody look so surprised?" I asked.
Nobody said anything. You couldn't even hear anybody breathing. It was just utter silence.
"Will someone just say something?" I asked. This was starting to get annoying.
"Well, Princess –" Dr. Olendzki started to say, but I interrupted her.
"Please, call me Lissa," I said.
"Well, Lissa." She emphasized 'Lissa.' "I just wasn't expecting you to wake up like that."
I looked at Christian. No matter what happened between us, he would always be my rock. "Oh," I said, embarrassed.