Can You Keep It A Secret?

Chapter 34: Can We See Her?

"Marinette hurry up! We're going to be late for school!" "I'm almost ready!" I say as I get up from the bed. I start to feel dizzy once again but I decide to ignore it. "Marinette are you okay?" Alya asks as she walks into the room and sees me stumbling. "Yeah I'm fine." She shakes her head and helps me back to the bed. "Marinette-" "I just got up too fast Alya. I'm fine." "Maybe we should go to your doctor instead." "No I'm fine I promise." I say and get up. When I get up the room starts to spin and I feel it get harder to breathe. "Marinette what's wrong?" Alya asks as I try gasping for air. I suddenly feel my body hit the cold floor. "Oh my gosh Marinette! Mom! Dad! Help! She's not breathing!" Alya yells as she checks my pulse.

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~Alya~
As soon as we get into the hospital the doctors put Marinette on a gurney and wheel her through the doors. We follow them but they make us stay out of the room. "Page Tikki and Plagg!" One of the nurses yells as she starts chest compressions. I pull out my phone and text Adrien.

~Adrien~
I feel my phone buzz and I pull it out. I feel my heart drop as I read the message. "Oh my god!" "What happened?" Chloe asks. "Marinette stopped breathing. She's at the hospital right now." I say and start running towards the hospital. The group follows behind.

~Tikki~
"What happened?" I ask as I run into the room."17 year old female fainted and stopped breathing." A nurse reads off the chart. "Come on Marinette! Breathe!" I shout as I take over chest compressions. "How long has she been out?" "About 5 minutes." "Damn it!" Plagg rushes into the room with paddles. "Charge to 200!" "Charged to 200." "Clear!" I say and shock Marinette. "Come on! Charge to 300!" "Charged to 300." "Clear!" "Damn it!" "Doctor I think we should call it." One of the nurses say. "No! We can't let her die!" I shout as I continue chest compressions. "We can try to intubate her." Plagg says.

I grab the scope and place it in her mouth. "Pass me the 7.0" I say and hold my hand out. Plagg places the tube in my hand and I guide it into her airway. "Vitals stable." Plagg says as we both sigh of relief. "Don't scare me like that again Marinette." I whisper to her.

Plagg and I walk out to the family waiting outside the room. "How is she?" "She's unconscious still but she should be okay." They nod and wipe their tears. "Can we see her?" "Unfortunately no. She needs to rest right now. 5 minutes without oxygen puts a strain on not only your body but your brain." Plagg says. "You guys can go to the waiting room and we'll let you know when you can see her." They nod and walk into the waiting room.

Shortly after Adrien rushes in. "Where is she? Is she okay?" He asks as he runs into the room. "Adrien you need to wait in the waiting room." I say. "I'm so sorry Mari. I should've been there with you." He says as he takes her hand. "Come on Adrien she needs to rest." Plagg says as he guides him out of the room.

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~Marinette~
I open my eyes and see Plagg and Tikki standing on the other side of the bed. I feel something my throat and start choking on it. Tikki comes and pulls it out. I open my mouth to try to speak but Tikki stops me. "Don't try to talk. We had to intubate you so your throat is going to be sore." I close my mouth and nod. "We need to keep you for a few days to run some tests." "Is-" I start but stop as soon as I feel the pain in my throat.

Plagg reaches into his pocket and pulls out a pen and paper. He hands it to me and slides the bed table over to me. "Your hand might feel a little shaky because you were without oxygen for a while." I nod and place the paper on the table and write down what I was going to ask. "Is Adrien here?" Plagg reads the paper. "Yes he is, but you can't have any visitors right now. You need to rest." Plagg says. I take the paper and write something else down. "Not even for like 5 minutes?" Tikki reads. They both shake their heads. I nod and lean back in the bed.

~Plagg~
"She's awake and she's responsive but she still needs time to recover." Tikki says to everyone waiting for her. "Can we see her?" We shake our heads. "She needs to rest. Since we had to intubate her, her throat is sore and the soreness usually lasts 4-7 days. She won't feel like talking much until her throat feels better." "When will we be able to see her?" Adrien asks. "Whenever she feels comfortable with talking again. A lot of patients get stressed out when they can't verbally respond to their visitors." I say. "We have to get back to her now to get started on the tests." Tikki says and they nod.

"Her parents didn't even come." I say as we walk back to the room. "How can they do that? She almost died!"

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After a few days I can finally talk again but very quietly. If I speak loud then my throat hurts. "Did they come today?" I ask as Tikki walks into the room. "I'm sorry Marinette." I know we're fighting but I kind of hoped they would come. I thought they still at least cared for their daughter. "It's fine. Nothing I'm not used to."

"Your friends are here though. Want me to send them in?" I shake my head. "I kind of want to be alone." "Okay let me just check your breathing and I'll leave." I nod.

After she leaves I lean back in the bed and start crying. How can they not show up? I almost died! Do they even know? What did I do to make them stop caring? I should've known I meant nothing to them.

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A/N: Sorry if this chapter is boring it's another filler chapter and this is all I'm going to publish for the day cause I have to catch up on school work❤️