Sorry for the slight delay, but here it is you guys-the last chapter!
I wake up to someone shaking my shoulder. I blink and look up at dad. "We're here." He tells me.
I sit up and rub my eyes from sleep, then remember the situation I'm in at the moment. The capitol. A cure. I grin slightly and stand up with everyone else walking off the train
We all walk together away from the train station and towards the hospital. All I hear is silence-no one is in the mood to talk at the moment. And I don't mind, I'm not in the mood either.
Once we make it to the hospital we're in no hurry. We're here now, so we don't have to rush.
"Ah Rose!" is the first thing I hear as we enter in the doors. I look up to Dr.V walking towards me. "Hello." I say looking at him.
"I see you made it, fantastic. Now that you're here, I have more time to explain. Follow me." He responds turning and walking down a hall. I look up at dad and over at mom and we follow after him.
"I assume he doesn't want us to tag along so why don't we go sit in the waiting room for who knows how long." I hear Haymitch say taking Caleb and Roy with him.
I turn around and catch one last glance of them before we turn down another hallway, and eventually into a room.
"Sit." Dr.V says as we enter in his office. Theres a desk, a couple chairs, and a small couch that makes up the room. I let mom and dad take the chairs while I sit on the couch. Dr.V takes his place behind his desk.
"So now that we're here doctor, can you explain a little more." I ask him.
"Yes I can-and thank you for coming by the way." he says smiling slightly at us. "Well anyways, like I told you I think we've found a cure. We're not 100% positive it'll work but we're pretty sure it will. You see what we do is insert a serum into your bloodstream wich eventually leads up to your brain going to images, memories, and the way you see things. It increases your knowledge to what's real and not. And even though you may have a couple flashbacks every now and then, it won't be nearly as often and you'll be able to recognize them almost as soon as it starts." He looks at each of us. "You get all that?"
I nod letting it sink in and so do my parents. "That's all it is? A shot and then I'm done?" I ask.
"Basically yes, but we're going to have to put you asleep for it-to make you and your brain relax."
"What about my Dad? Will it work on him?"
The doctor thinks for a moment. "I'm not sure. Since we found it so early in you there's a better chance of it working in you. But we can always try."
I look over to my Dad, while he stares at the doctor quietly. There's silence for a whole 20 seconds before my mom breaks it.
"Wait...you said the serum goes up to the brain to memories...It won't change her memories will it?"
The doctor frowns. "That's a part we're unsure of. She may loose bits and peices of her memories-but probably not a lot. Insignificant ones probably. It's just a risk she'll have to take."
After he says that everyone turns to me. I think for a minute, I may loose some of my memory? What if I forget Roy? But...I could be cured. I look up at the others and say three simple words."I'll do it."
"Excellent!" Dr.V says.
"Wait." Dad says turning to me. "Are you sure about this Rose?" He looks at me worriedly.
I nod. "I'm sure." He sighs and looks back to the doctor. Dr.V stands. "I don't see any point in waiting any longer. If you're sure you're ready we can go now."
I stand with him. "Let's go." I give my parents a quick hug before I follow Dr.V out of the room. Who knows if I'll forget about them.
I follow the doctor into a room with a chair in the middle. A nurse is milling about the room doing something I can't see. Dr.V motions for me to sit down in the chair, and I do.
"Like I said, we're going to have to put you asleep for the serum. So just lay back, and relax." I do as he says and try to relax. He puts something over my mouth and I breathe the sleeping gas in. "Just count to 10 and you'll be out in no time, keep in mind you might have a dream also." I slowly start counting to 10 and I feel myself drifting off to sleep.
I'm swinging on the swingset behind our house, with Caleb on the seat next to me. I can see mom and dad through the kitchen window making lunch. I slow down and look up at the swingset and the two ropes of chains holding me up. I start spinning around twisting them until they can't go any tighter. Then I let go spinning around quickly letting my hair fly out behind me, laughing the whole time. After observing me, Caleb does the same spinning and laughing. We do it over and over again until Lunch time comes. Then we get up and walk to the kitchen dizzy from spinning. We all sit at the table and eating, talking, and laughing. We were young in those days. Free. Worry free. Happy.
I open my eyes quickly waking up from sleep. The lights are on so I have to blink before my eyes adjust to the room. Oh yeah, I'm in the hospital. Wait...
"Doctor?" I ask looking around. I don't see anyone. "Hello?"
"Ah Rose! I see you're awake." Dr. V says walking in and smiling at me.
"Did it work?" I ask looking at him desperately. "How long have I been asleep? Where's my family? What time is it? W-"
"Slow down!" he says laughing. "It went fine, the serum is in your body and therefore yes, it did work." He smiles. "And according to our data you shouldn't have lost any of your memory. But let me ask you first-Do you feel like you can't remember anything? A gap from your memory missing?"
I think for a minute. Then smile. "I remember."
He smiles widely. "Fantastic! It's a success." He shakes my hand grinning then helps me out of the chair. "I suppose you want to go see your family now. They're all in a special waiting room in the room across from this one-Room 18. I think they'll want to see you too, considering they haven't seen you in a day."
"A day? I've been asleep for a day?" I ask in shock. "Yes a day, now go see your family." He says laughing again and pushing me towards the door.
I smile and walk quickly out of the room, then run across the hall pushing the door open.
"Miss me yet?" I ask grinning. Everyone looks up at me and I run to the first person I see and hug them. I laugh and hug my dad as tight as I can and then my mom.
"It worked, it actually worked." I say still in shock. They smile and hug e back also in shock. I go around giving everyone hugs, even Haymitch who just stands there.
"Where's Roy?" I ask looking around.
"He went into the hallway a couple minutes ago to walk around." My dad says a little still in shock.
"I'll be right back." I say. I walk out into the hallway and start looking around. At the very end of the hall I see Roy turn a corner. I smile and start running after him. "Roy!" I call once. I turn the corner and see him standing there looking at me.
"Rose?" I smile and wrap my arms tightly around him. "It worked!" I say hugging him tighter.
"Can't...Breathe..." He says laughing.
I smile and stand up taller and give him a long kiss before taking his hand and walking back towards my family.
I smile as I walk. I feel as I did when I was a child. Young. Worry free. Happy.
Oh my goodness guys it's over. The story is over! I can't believe it. I've loved writing this and I've seen my writing improve over this story-thanks to you all. I'm going to miss you all! I want to thank you all for reading one last time. You all are the reason I do this and all of your support and reviews means so much to me. Thank you.