Chapter 2: Ringing
She awoke to a blinding light, the smell of bleach, and a pounding head and body. Beca's deep blue eyes dilate as they adjust to the fluorescent lighting. She brings a hand to her throbbing head, wishing this awful ringing would stop.
She slowly tries to sit up, a soft hand suddenly pressed to her chest, easing her back down. She looks up, her jaw dropping as a redheaded goddess with a clipboard in hand looks her up and down, checking her vitals.
She appears to be talking, but Beca can't hear anything, and was never really good at reading lips.
"What? I can't hear you!" She says, but is actually yelling, causing the redhead to jump back in shock, her eyes widening as she rushes out of the room.
Beca somehow gets out of bed and walks to the bathroom, cleaning her ears out with a few Q-Tips, hoping that would help this awful ringing. She snaps her fingers by her ears and hears nothing. She shrugs it off. It'll probably be better in a few days. She thinks to herself and limps back to her bed, trying to remember what happened. I think I got blind-sided by some idiot driver…ugh..dad is gonna kill me. She runs a hand through her hair, wincing in pain as she lies back down, closing her eyes, not hearing her father's sobs as he stands at the door as the redhead tells him what happened and what the damage is.
"I'm sorry, Dr. Mitchell. But I don't think she'll ever hear again."