Promise

chapter 44

Avery
I felt pain , even just laid down my whole body ached. It had been two days now since Garrows beat me and I was still stuck in the hospital. I didnt mind so much because I had Elijah a few rooms away. Occasionally i liked to think we were back at home and he was in his room and i was in mine. But the truth was we werent at home, maybe things will never be the same again. It was great while it lasted and I would never forget Elijah. I knew his parents were going to keep him on life support this meant I would never give up on him.

It was currently early morning and Beth and Nathan were visiting today so I had a little time to myself. I was grateful that my room had an ensuite bathroom because I dont think I would be able to leave my room If it wasnt. I slowly got out of bed, my body ached but I ignored the pain and made my way to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
I figured id be released in a few days if not today because I was able to walk around and do stuff myself. I also no longer had to wear a hospital gown instead Lydia had brought me some of my comfy clothes yesterday.  I looked through the pike she had given me and I choose a hoodie and leggings. After doing my daily routine I stepped out in pain and was met with Melanie who had become my doctor.  She was nice enough but she had done a full checkup and when she found my previous scars and burns she began asking questions, I knew she was only doing her job but when she asked if Elijah was responsible it hurt. I knew Elijah was strict and could be scary, even terrifying but he wouldnt hurt me. He blamed himself when I fell and cut my knee open, after his reaction to that there was no way he would hurt me. I broke several rules...well sort of but all he did was shout and ground me, at one point it did cross my mind but he was Elijah, not some psycho.

"Good morning Avery. How are you feeling today" she asked. "I'm fine" I answer but it was a lie, I just wanted to be out of here. I was paranoid at night that he would come back and hurt me. "Realky" she questioned clearly not believing me.  "A little pain but I can handle it" I decide to be truthful. "Well let's see if I can get you something for the pain. I believe your friends are waiting outside.  I shall send them in and I'll be back with something for the pain" she said and I smiled at her "thank you" I tell her. She nodded and left. Seconds later Nathan and Beth come running in. Beth pulls me into a hug which I flinch because of the pain. She notices and let's me go "sorry" she quickly says. Before I can tell her it was ok I see the door open and in walks Alec, I didn't know he was coming. "Hi Avery, I'm sorry I never mentioned I was coming but the principal said I could sit my exam tommorow" he says with a grin. I felt bad knowing he was missing an exam for me. Alecs year had exams throughout the next 2 weeks meaning he was studying harder than usual and originally he couldnt come but he must have talked to the principal. "We missed you" beth spoke and I smiled "thanks guys for coming it means alot and ive missed you all" I tell them. I noticed Nathan hadnt said a word but he looked upset. "Hi nathan" I say hoping he would talk to me. "Hi Avery" he was nervous and I didnt know why. "Alec come help me get coffee" Beth suddenly said and he nodded with a big grin and they quickly left. Nathan smiled and sat in the chair. "Its been boring without you" he says and I laugh "of course it has, how about you catch me up on what I missed" he nods and proceeds to tell me everything that had happened in the two days that I had missed.  Not much had happened but I enjoyed the normality of catching up with a friend. "So that's about it" he finished and I nod "doesnt seem like I missed much" and he laughs "yeah apart from Beth having a crush on one of the new kids" he states and my eyes widen "why didnt you start with that. Since when was there new kids and who is he" I was full of questions but I knew most of the questions I would have to ask Beth. "Yeah well I thought I'd leave the best till the end. They some rich new kids. Typical bad boy behaviour" he said with a less than impressed tone. "Are you jealous" I ask from the tone he used ur sounded like he was. "Hah as if. We had a test the other say and one of them got 30%" he said. That's another thing about Nathan, he was super smart and was a straight A student. Alec and Beth and I got Bs and As. Nathan wasnt a fan of people who got below a D however he wasnt usually mean about it, he usually  didnt even point it out but this time he did which I was found suprising. "You dont like them" I point out, it was only a guess but his facial expression told me I was right. He didnt like them.

After a few hours of talking and having a limited amount of fun with all three of them, they left telling me they would be back at the weekend, it was now thursday so I only had tommorow to occupy myself and I was already expecting to be out of here by then. Melanie had given me some pain meds and I was now just reading in bed. I hadnt seen Elijah today because I was to afraid to leave my room incase he was waiting so I would see him later when his parents arrived.

I havent lost hope, I wont but deep down i knew him waking up was pretty much impossible.  I just didnt want to believe it. I chose to ignore it but the thought grew each day. I was going to lose him for good.