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When Elvira woke up, she was met with darkness. Slowly blinking her eyes, she tried to see above her. It was hard to, but once her eyes adjusted, she was able to see. This isn't my room... she thought to herself, looking around herself slowly. Why am I in the hospital...? At that moment, everything that had happened flooded back to her in a flash. Jeff the Killer pinning her to the couch. Jeff stabbing her twice in the chest. Jeff starting to carve a smile into her face that would match his own. Ivy screaming. Ivy calling the emergency help hotline. Ivy trying to tell her to hang in there. The police and paramedics showing up. All of it. Except for most of the ride to the hospital, and what happened once she was there. Her memory was a blank there. Did I pass out on the way here...? And why does my chest feel so tight...? She attempted to move her uninjured arm, only to find that it was hindered by something that was lodged inside of her. Glancing down, she saw that she was hooked up with two IVs. I must have been out for a while... she thought to herself.

Elvira couldn't help but wonder, though. Why would Ivy try to save her? It wasn't like the two of them were friends or anything... But more to the point, was the preppy girl alright? Did she go home? And if so, did Jeff decide to go and off her as a way to keep her quiet about the whole thing? Or just to see if it would get to the blond girl? Elvira was unsure, confused. She wouldn't quite admit to it, but she was worried about the health of the prep. If she was killed by Jeff, would the blond be pinned with the blame? Despite having an alabi? Though it was possible that since she was unmonitored, she could have sneaked out of the window and performed the deed long before anyone would ever find out.

The anxiety of her thoughts was apparent when she attempted to clench her fists, causing pain from the IVs and her injured arm to spike through her. Hissing in pain, the blond forced herself to calm down. It was apparent that she really had missed her dosage of medication... She glanced down slightly at the remote pad beside her bed and squinted. She pressed the button that she thought would call for a doctor or at least a nurse. It was hard to tell what the descriptions of the buttons said since someone had pulled off her glasses while she had slept.

Within minutes, a nurse showed up, turning on the lights as she did so. "Ah, you're finally awake," she smiled, walking over to the blond girl as she did so. She pressed a button on the remote pad, allowing the girl to sit up properly. "When we wheeled you in earlier, you went straight to surgery... Thankfully, your assailant didn't stab you in the lungs or in the heart. An inch closer for either one and we wouldn't be having this conversation..." She checked the girl's vital signs and the like before glancing at her. "Is there anything you need before I leave?"

"Food. And maybe a girl named Ivy... If it's okay for her to come visit me this late..." admitted Elvira. She looked at the woman hopefully.

"Well... I'm sure that I can pull some strings," smiled the nurse. "I'll be right back..." With that, she left the room, leaving the blond all by herself.

Elvira sighed heavily, closing her eyes as she relaxed back into the hospital bed. It wasn't as comfortable as she had liked, but beggars couldn't be choosers... She glanced out the window in time to see a certain moon pale boy slip inside. She opened her mouth to scream, but her mouth was covered before any sound could come out. Honestly, she had no idea as to why Jeff seemed to keep showing up in her life like he did. She just knew that his continuous appearances in her life was wearing on her nerves. When a slow minute passed by with nothing happening, the blond looked at the male quizically.

Jeff merely stared at her for a few minutes before peeling his hand away. "I am still going to kill you. I only came to see if you had lived or not..." he told her. "I just wanted to give you that message." He turned to leave, pausing only to glance back at the blond girl for a small moment. "You look beautiful without a smile like mine..." He then slipped out of the window, closing it behind him as the nurse returned.

Not having known what had just transpired in the room in her absence, the nurse saw Elvira staring in shock at the window. "What is it?" she asked her, walking over to the window in question. She looked around outside before drawing the blinds together, having seen nothing out of the ordinary. "Anyways, there was no food ready and there won't be for another thirty or so minutes. As for your friend, she's on her way over." She smiled at the girl. "Would you like for me to stay here with you, or are you alright on your own?"

Elvira blinked out of her shock and looked at the woman who was talking to her. She had vaguely heard everything that she had said, but at the same time, she had zoned out a bit, lost in her thoughts. Blinking slowly, she took a small moment to register what the nurse had said. "I wouldn't mind the company..." she informed her softly. She didn't want to be alone again in the event of Jeff coming back again. Once the nurse sat down beside her, she decided to ask her, "Does my mom know that I'm here...?"

"We called her almost immediately after you got out of surgery," informed the nurse. "She promised to come as soon as possible because nobody could come in and cover for her at work..."

Elvira frowned slightly. Her mother's boss was a tad bit on the harsh side when it came to the woman having to leave work, no matter what the reason. In fact, she had gotten into trouble when she had to leave work three months prior to make sure her little girl was alright after being attacked... "I see..." she whispered. "Can I call her? If I'm allowed, I mean..."

"You're allowed," smiled the nurse. She stood and pulled out a cell phone from her scrubs pocket. She then went to hand the phone to the girl, pausing when she remembered that there were IVs in the way. "I'll have to pull out the IVs. Is that alright with you?" When she received a nod, the woman sat her phone down. After a moment of removing the IVs properly, she placed bandages over the sight on her arm. "Here you are," she said, placing the phone into the blond's hand.

The tan girl nodded, lifting her arm a little weakly. Dialing the number of her mother's work place, she held the phone to her ear. The phone rang twice before being picked up.

"Thank you for calling Madison Valley Inn. This is Ava, how can I help you?" came her mother's voice on the other end of the line.

"Hey, Mom..."

The line was silent for a moment. "Are you alright, sweety? I heard what happened..."

The girl wasn't sure, but she could swear that she heard tears in her mother's voice. "I'm fine, mom. They fixed me up a bit after they wheeled me in earlier..."

Her mother gave her a shaky breath of relief. "Thank goodness..." she whispered into the phone. "I was so worried... And Mr. Adder wouldn't let me leave to come check up on you..."

"I know, Mom. I don't want to get you in trouble again..."

"I should be allowed to come and check on my little girl if she's been attacked, damn it!" her mother growled into the phone. Her use of colorful language made her daughter cringe. The woman usually knew to hold her tongue around her child, but there would be times where she would be stressed or agitated... Her mother took a deep breath. "Sorry, sweety. I'm just really worried about you..."

"It's alright, Mom..."

The nurse lightly tapped her shoulder. Glancing over, she saw the woman stand. 'I'll be right back,' she had mouthed out to the girl. Elvira nodded in understanding. Surely, Jeff wouldn't try to attack her while was on the phone with her own mother... Right? The nurse left the room and the conversation on the phone resumed. For another ten or so minutes, Elvira and her mother talked on the phone. When her mother asked her about the attacker, the girl fell silent. She then said, "Can we not talk about it anymore, Mom...?"

Just then, Ivy burst through the door. "You're alright!" cried out the girl, hurrying to the blond's side. "You... You are alright, right?"

"I gotta go, Mom..." whispered Elvira into the phone. After exchanging quick goodbyes and 'I love you's, the two hung up on one another. She then offered a weak smile to the preppy girl. "And to answer your question, I'm fine..."

Ivy sighed in relief, wiping her brow. "I was terrified that that freak killed you..." she whispered. She gave her a once over. "You look like you just saw a ghost..."

Elvira shook her head. "I nearly just got killed..." she informed the girl. "Not to mention that I probably lost a lot of blood..." She glanced over and smiled at the nurse. "Thank you for letting me use your phone, miss..." she told her, holding out the woman's phone to her.

The nurse took the phone with a smile. "You're welcome," she said. "I'm going to leave the two of you alone, for now. Is there anything else that you need before I go?" When she received a small 'no', she nodded, leaving the room.

Ivy flashed the blond a happy smile. Sitting beside her, she pulled her purse into her lap. The brunette unzipped it and pulled out something wrapped in tin foil. "None of the pizza or bread sticks were ruined when I dropped them earlier... They stayed in their boxes... I reheated them before I got over here..." she told her, placing the foiled item on the girl's lap. "I know that hospital food sucks, so I thought you might want actual food..." She unfoiled the item, revealing it to be a medium sized plate with two slices of warm cheese pizza and some bread sticks.

Elvira smiled brightly at the girl. Her smile then faltered. "Why are you being so nice to me...?" she asked her. "I mean... We aren't friends..."

The preppy girl's smile became a bit sad. "I think that if we weren't friends, I wouldn't have bothered trying to save you after calling 911..."

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~Elvira