Bipolar

Chapter Fourteen.October Marshall

I woke up in the hospital staring at the ceiling "October" .

I heard a familiar voice say I looked over to see Robert sitting on a hospital chair staring at me. I smiled

"Hey", I whispered.

He smiled back

"Are my brothers here?", I asked, Rawiri must have almost had it with me.

"Yep" he replied, making a popping sound with the 'p'

"They're just grabbing a bite to eat", he continued. I tried to sit up too fast and my head throbbed rapidly.

"Oww" I groaned as Robert slowly helped me lie back down. My brothers came back in with some snacks from the vending machine.

"Hey Ollie", Rex said as softly as he could and smiled at me.

"Does she know yet?" Rawiri said to Robert, not facing away from me.

"Know what?" my heart was starting to race and it clearly was showing on my heart machine. Robert looked at me with a serious expression on his face. "October" he said quietly, What? No nickname?

"Your brain is bleeding badly...and now...now you have permanent epilepsy", I froze in shock. Stunned.

"What?", I could feel the tears pricking at my eyes as he broke the awful news. I knew I got seizures sometimes from my condition but not all the time. I could hardly see from the tears and Robert comforted me. It helped a lot. After further tests I was discharged from hospital.

I've been home for three days and have already had five seizures. I hate it. I can no longer go to school...which was okay, since I was in my last year. I struggled over the next week but Robert took care of me every day. Myra occasionally visited but only when Robert wasn't there. I guess she was still mad at him. The doctor prescribed me some pills to help stop the seizures. I was beginning to feel so miserable that I couldn't go out and see my friends or the world. I was alone and helpless.

Days after my diagnosis, I was in hospital getting a few scans to see if my pills were working. Rex and Rawiri were with me and Robert was at home studying for a test. I was bored waiting for the results so I switched the hospital room's TV on. Instantly the news channel was on. I gasped as I saw there had been a new murder on Vincent street. Robert's street. Before they could say who it was, my heart went wild. It brought the nurses running over the loud beeping. They tried to calm me down but I wasn't there. All I could see was Robert's funeral. I calmed down when the nurse injected me with sedatives and I drifted to sleep with a nightmare in my head.

again I woke up staring at a ceiling but this time it was a familiar one. My home one. I could hear Rex and Rawiri yelling from somewhere in the house. They were talking about me. "You're her guardian, she's your business" I heard a muffled mumble.

"But she's your full blood, you should look after her and care for her".

"I want to travel the world and not be stuck here with some...some burden!" Rex exclaimed and I heard the front door slam shut and the sound of a car's engine as Rex drove away. I tear trickled down my cheek and wet my pillow. He's my brother and would he really leave when Rawiri isn't even my full sibling? Minutes later Rawiri walked in to see my tear stained face he stopped in his tracks and mumbled

"you heard then", he whispered. I slowly nodded and he walked over to me and hugged me.

"I would never leave you little sis... even if you're not blood. Love is stronger than blood", Those words comforted me rather than make me cringe, and I felt safe.

After Rex's sudden outrage Rawiri and I were very happy. I did my thing, he did his, he never pranked, teased or hurt me. He has matured unlike Rex. to be honest I don't care where he went. In fact I hope I never see him again. The funeral for the latest person to die had flown by and my seizures were steady but still annoying. Robert told me that his favorite neighbor was the one who died. Shot straight through the head. I wondered who was next...