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So now... I am about to start the busiest two weeks that I have had for a while. There are 7 days' worth of college with a tournament, grading, a wedding and a hospital appointment all thrown in there. So there isn't going to be an update of this until 18th March. Just because I haven't finished chapter 10 yet and I don't know if I will in time and I want one less thing to think about... so I will see you in 3 weeks...
Chapter 6
At this point, Rachel knew that she would be grateful to stay in whatever weird universe she was making for herself.
Why wouldn't she when she could happily live there with Eddie?
She wished everyone else understood her like Eddie did.
How different things could have been?
If she'd always had someone who understood her completely.
Who could see what she was feeling and know how to deal with her or change things to make sure that they didn't get any worse.
How different her life would have been.
It wasn't so gentle when she woke up the second time.
It felt like she had been drowning.
Like she had had her head under the water for a little bit too long but had managed to break the surface in time.
She must have risen up slightly in the bed for a hand to land on her shoulder to push her back into the mattress but that seemed to be the only recognition that she had woken from the depths that she had been dragged to.
She wanted to tell them still.
That she didn't want to be in hospital.
That she would be fine.
That she had already done this all once before and that it was one too many times.
That there was no one to call.
There was no one to be at her side.
Except for Philip.
And she wouldn't want him in the hospital again.
It seemed like it took forever for someone to notice her but when the nurse did, Rachel had hoped to feel a little calmer than she actually did.
Maybe because she could feel that they were taking her blood without much explanation beforehand.
"Rachel. We need you to lie still and relax. We know that this is carbon monoxide poisoning and so we need to see what the best course of treatment is. We need to see your blood levels but try and stay with us. Okay?"
Rachel was sure that it wasn't her choice whether she stayed awake or not. Because she had wanted to shake her head and tell the nurse that she wanted to get out of there.
But she didn't get the chance to.
As her eyelids got heavier and heavier until they closed and she allowed herself to drift back off into her dreamworld and to Eddie.