Change (l.r.h)

Waking Up

Black.

Only thing I see.

I hear voices, but I see no one.

Am I dead?

No, I can't be. I can feel my heart beating, so that's a good sign. I try to open my eyes.

"Hey, I think she's waking up." I hear someone say.

"Kayla? Kayla? Can you hear me? Open your eyes baby." I hear. Someone grabs my hand and squeezes it. "You can do it."

I open my eyes and I'm blinded. It's so bright. I blink a couple times to get use to the lighting. Once I'm use to it, I look around me. I see Ashton sitting in a chair and Luke sitting next to me, grabbing my hand.

"Hey." I manage to choke out.

"Hey sweetie. How are you feeling?" Luke asks me, rubbing circles on the back of my hand.

"Like I got hit by a fucking truck." I say. I try to sit up, but a wave of pain goes through my body. "AHHH" I scream out and grab my stomach.

"It's okay." Luke says, grabbing my hand and moving it away from stomach. "Do you know what happened?"

"That's asshole Carson almost killed me." I say. "Wait, if he dead?"

Ashton laughs, "No, he isn't dead. Hanley shot him, right next to his spine. They took him into surgery right after you."

"Oh." I say. "So when Hanley shot him, it went through him and then it hit me."

"Yeah." Luke says.

"Where is Hanley?" I ask.

"Over here." I hear. Luke gets up and moves the curtain. There's Hanley laying in a bed.

"What the hell?" I ask.

"There was a lot of blood and my PTSD kicked in. I kind of passed out." She says.

"So much shit has went down." I say, leaning my head back.

"Oh, I didn't tell you the best part." Hanley says, sitting up. "They are putting Carson in a mental institution."

"What?" I ask.

"Yeah, they came and asked Hanley questions about Carson and they said the reason for all this was insanity." Ashton says.

"Thank god!" I shout. "How many people did he, um-"

"Kill?" Luke asks. I nod. "10. 2 children, 8 adults."

I put my was down. "I swear. I want to know what was going through his mind when he was killing those innocent people." I say, running a hand through my hair.

"I wouldn't. That's probably a scary place." Ashton says.

"Hey, we don't have to worry about him anymore. That's the good thing." Hanley says.

I try to move again and another shot of pain goes through my body. I grab Luke's hand.

"Hey, it's okay." Luke says. I continue trying to move over. "What are you doing?"

"Making some room for you." I say, scrunching my face up in pain.

"You don't need to do that if it hurting you that much." Luke says, trying to stop me. I finally get over enough so there is room for Luke and I.

"Come here." I say out of breath, patting the spot next to me. Luke gets up and lays down, wrapping his arms around me.

"I don't know what I would've done if something happened to you." Luke says, kissing the top of head.

"Don't worry. I'm still here." I say, wrapping my arm around his waist.

"Damn it guys, get a room." Hanley says.

"Yeah, I don't want to see the love dovey shit." Ashton says, moving his chair to Hanley's side and grabbing the curtain. "Oh, please don't have sex. To would be very uncomfortable for us. We don't want to hear that." Ashton says. I flip him off. He laughs and closes the curtain.

"Thinking what I'm thinking?" Luke asks me.

"Oh yeah." I say, smiling.

Luke and I start moaning and saying very sexual things.

"DAMN! SHUT UP!" Ashton yells from the other side.

Luke and I start laughing.

"I love you Kayla. Always have and I always will." Luke says.

"I love you Luke. Always have and I always will."