Shake
Shake
"Hmm." I groaned and moved away from the hand, and an exasperated sigh echoed somewhere close.
Shake!
"Miss, can you please wake up? I need to check his vitals." A female voice said next to me and I was shaked gently again.
"Huh?" I finally willed myself to open one eye and look at the person talking.
A female nurse was looking down at me with a conflicted frown and for a moment, I was confused on why a nurse was in my bedroom.
Then I felt the breaths coming from the chest where I had my head and I only then remembered that I wasn't in my room. My eyes both were instantly opened, and I lifted my head up and looked at the person next to me on the bed.
Lucas.
Lucas, I smiled sadly as I looked at his unconscious form, you should have woken me up.
"Miss, I really do need to check on his vitals, and you should not have been in the bed, he's still a risk with that fever of his." The nurse said and I snapped back to reality.
"Oh, yeah, Glob, sorry." I got up and moved away to my bed," I just couldn't sleep and decided to-
"Take advantage of your sleeping boyfriend? I get it." The nurse chuckled as she checked his vitals.
"Boyfriend? No. He's just my best friend." I sat on my bed," Is he gonna be okay? The doctor talked to my mom but not me yesterday. Atleast not about Lucas."
I looked at her with eyes of worry that only a concerned best friend could have. The nurse raised a brow at my saying Lucas was just a 'best friend' but luckily didn't say anything more on that subject.
Honestly everybody thought me and Lucas were a thing at first, I get that he's cute and I'm cute but... Gross.
For both of us! I thought since he couldn't respond himself.
"Well, his vitals are good, temperature is still high but otherwise nothing immediate that we have to worry about. It's when he arrived that we were in serious trouble, things are better." She looked at me," For him and you both. You're awake, so that's good, let's hope he wakes up soon too."
"Yeah." I swung my feet and looked down, complicated thoughts and fears passing through my mind.
"Would you like for me to check your vitals? You seem okay, so if you feel okay, I could get you breakfast." She offered and I nodded my head.
"Good girl, now let me check here." She checked my pulse," Stronger than it was yesterday, by far stronger. "
"Thank you." I appreciated that my body was not dying, hearing what had happened to me and Lucas in this hospital had made my heart break.
"No, thank you, your mother would often spend hours worrying here and his mother too." She pointed at Lucas," Being a mother is hard but seeing your kid hurt is harder, especially when you can't help them. I'm happy you woke up, your mother must be too."
"Yeah, she was. She hugged me really really tight." I chuckled," Oh, I almost forgot, where's the nurse from last night? I wanted to thank her for checking on Lucas too again, but I forgot and only remembered when she was gone."
"Oh, which nurse ?" She asked me,"What did she look like?"
"Umm, she had green eyes and black hair, looked like she was young but not that young, younger than my mom but not near twenty." I scrunched my face thoughtfully before stopping myself.
Wrinkles! I put a hand on my chest in fright for my youth.
"Green eyes and black hair?" The nurse thought for a moment," Doesn't sound familiar. I was on rounds last night too, and I didn't see her."
"But she was here, I promise." I raised my hand," I swear I'm not lying, she was really nice too."
"Okay, then I'll check up on her, but in the meantime, how about I get your breakfast down here?" She smiled kindly," Your mother will probably be here soon too, she's an early bird. Her words."
"Okay." I nodded my head and she waved goodbye and left me and Lucas alone.
"You don't think I was lying about seeing the nurse too right? I mean you were here, she came into the room, right?" I asked Lucas expecting no reply," Yeah, I know I'm right. I'm sure if I check myself, I can find her."
The boy next to me just breathed in his unconscious state.
"I know you think I shouldn't but, yeah I'm doing it. Besides, look at me, I need exercise, I think I lost good fat and bad fat while I was... asleep." I got out from the bed and went to the door, checking to see if the nurse was nearby," Okay, it's all clear. Don't look at me like that behind your eyes, I'll be back in three minutes or something. Sarah Bucklehim isn't a liar... also this room is super boring, you're lucky you're asleep. BRB."
I shut the door to my best friend and finally stepped out of the room, my mind on finding the nurse from last night, roaming around and distracting myself from the crazy memories of what happened.
With a small smile I started to walk down the corridor, making sure to appear calm and collected, since Lucas always said suspicious people shouldn't look suspicious if they don't want to be noticed. I passed a few nurses who asked if I was fine and a doctor asking where I was going.
I understood my body was skinnier now and I looked almost like a cancer patient on her second dose of chemotherapy, but Glob, can't a girl get some privacy as she sneaks around without permission?
I told them all I was going to the restroom and they let me go, after a bit of reassurance. My wandering lasted about ten minutes before I felt a bit tired and took a seat, which was conveniently located nearby and my rump claimed it.
I sat for a moment and looked around, watching people pass by sick and tired, either nurses, doctors, workers and patients. A feeling settled over me as I watched them, like a shawl on my shoulders, yet I couldn't name it. The feeling was warm but sad aswell, like sadness but with drops of joy and peace at the miserable system of medical science.
"What are you doing here?"
My eyes flew open as I turned to my side and saw someone I hadn't thought about since I woke up.
A tall girl with blonde hair and a beauty mark was looking at me like a cockroach that crawled onto her dinner plate.
"Cindy... Hi." I smiled nervously.
Cindy Lanford, I thought bitterly, why is she here? She couldn't be here to visit me right?
"So you actually had an accident, I thought you were taking drugs and died." She looked like she'd hoped I was taking drugs and died,"Happy you're alright, I guess-ish."
Sure you are, I thought sarcastically.
"Thanks," I gave a smile," So, what are you doing here? To visit me?"
"Eww, no. I sent you flowers, my maid chose them, so yeah." She flicked her hair with superiority," I'm here to visit Bradley."
"Bradley? Wait, what happened to him?" I was on my feet in an instant," Where is he?"
"Uh, excuse you, Miss desperate." She scowled at me," My boyfriend is none of your business. Why not go back to that goth thieving friend of yours? He's here too right? So go be freaky creepy pests together. Excuse me."
She pushed me out of the way and left, her steps echoing with contempt and disgust.
"Seriously, she's so... hmmm." I took deep calming breaths and tried to erase thoughts of murder from my heart.
Even though she would deserve it. I mean, come on, I thought helplessly.
"Sarah? Young lady what are you doing out here by yourself?" A sharp voice rang through the corridor and like a cat doused in water I startled and turned around in apprehension.
Mrs Johnson was walking towards me like a raging bull and I knew I was in trouble, and I was proven right later when she told my mom I had been wandering around without permission or supervision.
Maybe Lucas had been right, I should have stayed in the room.