Her daughter

Thirteen

Julia Hoffman

I don't know how long we were waiting in the hospital lobby for I was too busy thinking about June.

"Excuse me? Are you the family of June Collin?" A female doctor asked coming up to us.

"Yes!" I answered immediately. I quickly walked up to her. "Is she alright? Please tell me she's alright." I rambled.

"She's alright." The doctor said. I let out a breath of relief as everyone quickly walked up to us. "I'm Dr. Wood. June's Surgeon. June is alright she did get serve injuries from the accident and will need to stay here for a while and do therapy." She started.

"What type of injuries?" I asked.

"In the accident, June's left leg was severely damaged it was crushed during the accident. she's going to have to do therapy for at least 6 months. Then we have her right hand her nerves were damaged pretty badly she's going to have to do therapy and maybe more surgery's until we get her hand working properly again. She has to serve Whiplash"

"What's that?" David asked.

"It means a severe jerk to the head." The doctor explained and David nodded grabbing my hand to try and comfort me noticing the tears running down my face. "She had acute kidney failure but we fixed that during surgery so we will have to watch over her kidney just to make sure it doesn't go back into failure." Dr. Wood explained and I let out a shaky breath squeezing David's hand a little.

"Can we see her?" Elizabeth asked after a couple of seconds of silence.

"Yes but only two people right now. She's hooked up to a lot of machines and is sleeping right now." I nodded and looked at Elizabeth she looked at me and gave me a slight nod.

"Vicky, can you watch them while we go see June?" Elizabeth asked and Vicky quickly nodded.

"Of course. Come on, guys." Vicky said and the three of them walked back to the seats as Elizabeth and I walked with Dr. Woods to June's room.

"Now I must warn you she has cut's all over from the glass and she has an Ilizarov Frame on her left leg. She looks pretty beat up so be prepared." Dr. Woods said before she opened the door. I took a deep breath trying to prepare myself then nodded. She opened the door and I slowly walked in with Elizabeth right behind me and what I saw made me gasp and made me want to just fall to the floor and cry. But I made myself stay up and be strong I had to be for her. I slowly walked up to her grabbing her left hand not wanting to grab her right and causing more damage.

"When will she wake up?" I asked.

"Whenever she's ready. It may take days or a couple of hours." Dr. Woods said and I nodded and turned back to June. I sat down in a chair beside her not letting go of her hand as Elizabeth went to her other side and kissed her forehead.

"Hey, there my love. I don't know if you can hear me probably not because your dreaming but im going to tell you this anyways I love you so much. You are so strong. You have gone through hell your whole life so I know you can go through this too." I whisperd kissing her hand as Elizabeth gave me a questioning glance wondering what I was talking about. I shook my head as a way of saying 'I don't want to talk about it.' She nodded understanding then sat in a chair on her side.

We sat there for about two hours I just sat there staring and thinking about her and Elizabeth cried. A nurse came in and said it was time for us to leave but I wouldn't budge so they let me stay but Elizabeth left since she had two other kids she had to take care of. I closed my eyes and rested my head on her bed waiting for her to wake up. "Please wake up," I whispered.

June Collin

My eyes fluttered open from the sound of beeping. I looked around confused until I noticed I was in a hospital and it all came back. I was in a car accident. 'Fucking great can anything worse happen!?' I thought. I looked at Julia who was sleeping her head laying on my bed and her hand gripping mine like I was going to leave anytime. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying. I sniffled as I tried to hold back tears from seeing her like this.

A nurse walked into the room and smiled at me. "You're awake. I'm going to page your surgeon Dr. Woods" She whisperd seeing Julia was asleep. I nodded then something caught my eye. I looked down at my leg to see it in a fucking Ilizarov Frame. 'So I guess things can get worse.' My eyes started getting watery again at the sight.

"How bad is it?" I whisperd.

"You will have to do therapy for six months or longer." A doctor said coming into the room and the nurse left. I let my head fall back as I tried to hold in my tears.

"Anything else?" I croaked.

"Your right hand has severe nerve damage. You'll also have to do therapy for that and maybe some more surgery's. And you have Whiplash so your neck and shoulders will probably be hurting for a couple of days to a week. You had an acute kidney failure but we fixed it but we're still going to watch over it just in case." Dr. Woods explained and I nodded. 'I fucking hate life'

"How long do you think I'll have to be here for?" I asked and she shrugged.

"Honestly I don't know. Until your better." She sighed as she started checking the machines and me.

"Okay." I whisperd. Once she was done checking on me she looked at Julia and smiled.

"You got a good one. She hasn't left your side since she got here. That was two days ago." She whisperd making me smile. "I'll be back in about an hour to check on you and go through everything. I'll give you time to wake up." Dr. Woods said then left the room. As soon as she left I let a tear slip down my cheek but that's all since I didnt want to wake Julia up. A couple of minutes later Julia started moving a little and then her eyes fluttered open. I smiled at her as she stared at me not processing that im awake. Once it hit her she quickly sat up and looked at me in shock.

"Er, I don't think I should drive for a while hm?" I asked.

"You fucking scared me! I thought you were going to die! Of course, you're not driving for a long while!" Julia whisperd yelled standing up but still not letting go of my hand.

"Good idea." I chuckled. "Now are you gonna kiss me or just stand there and glare at me?" I asked giving her a smirk. Julia playfully rolled her eyes but kissed me. I smiled and cupped her cheek with the hand that works. "Sorry." I whisperd once we broke away.

"Don't be sorry my love. It's alright. Your alright." She mumbled.

"Yeah but im fucked up and im going to be in this fucking hospital forever. I can't even lift a finger!" I exclaimed raising my right hand and trying to lift a finger but it wasn't doing anything.

"You will eventually and I'll be by your side the whole time." Julia comforted me. I sniffled and nodded grabbing her hand.

"I love you," I whispered.

"I love you."

I think that I may be back and posting more often for real this time. Maybe. Just depends if the universe wants to fuck me over again.

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