Dear Stranger

by Lady Fyria

Serena was taken to a hospital by a stranger and as thanks, she went through his wallet. Now, stuck in the hospital because of a brain tumor, she writes letters to this mysterious stranger, telling him all about what happens every day...whether he likes it or not. At least she knows he's reading them. AU. Short chapters.

6. Letter Six

Dear Stranger

This letter is sooner and shorter than all the rest because I'm writing it in the middle of the night and my nurse keeps insisting that I go back to sleep.

What he doesn't seem to understand is that I can't go back to sleep. You see, I woke up to a lot of beeping, except this time it wasn't my monitors going off—it was Lucas's. A herd of nurses and doctors came stampeding in and started yelling at each other. I couldn't see a thing until they wheeled Lucas' bed out, and then I could see the boy's frighteningly pale face, wide, terrified eyes and the way his small body was convulsing.

I tried sleeping, but his face haunts me even in my dreams.

Serena