The Blue Bird

Chapter 3

Trinity is in the room after the x-ray and the CT scan. After a tiring day she slept, woke-up a few hours later and saw Charlie sleeping on the couch in the room, causing a smile to grow on her face. She instantly feels a twist in her stomach which causes her to question the smile that she has.

"Good morning." Charlie wakes up also, with a smile on his face. "Sleep well? Feeling any better than yesterday?" He stands up off the couch and walks over to the bed she's laying on.

"I'm feeling a little better, still in a lot of pain." She looks at her arm, which is covered in a white bandage. Then the door opens.

"Good morning Trinity, Good morning Mr. Matthews." The doctor walks in, "How are we feeling this morning?"

"She was just saying that her arm still hurts a lot," Charlie starts, "What did you see in the scans that you did yesterday?"

"She's got quite the damage Mr. Matthews. CT scan was good so thankfully no head damages, but her arm went through it, broken in two different spots," She pulls out some sheets from a folder she had in her arms and hangs them on a screen, the x-rays of her arm.

"Oh, wow, Trinity I'm shocked your not in more pain than you say you are," Charlie lightly holds onto her shoulder, "That's a really bad break."

"She'll get a cast on here soon and then she will be good to go," The doctor continues, "Mr. Matthews, can I talk to you privately for a minute, please."

Charlie starts to grow a confused look on his face, but nods his head in agreement and follows the doctor out of the room.

"Charlie, we haven't found anything on her name, nobody recognizes her, I have no where to release her too." The doctor put the folder down onto the desk.

"I can take her in for the time being, no worries." Charlie smiles, "Thank you for trying, I will keep looking once she's with me as well."

"Good luck Charlie." The doctor leaves to get the release forms.

Charlie walks back into her room, "Hey, they've just got to put a cast on your arm to help the healing process, and then you can go home."

"Home? I don't know if I can do that." Trinity is coming around to being a human and not a bird, if she goes back home, she can't fly, her arm is broken, and she doesn't have a human home. "I don't know where to go."

"You're going to come home with me," Charlie notices her starting to breath heavier and panic, "No need to worry about where to go."

She takes a deep breath and nods her head. Who is Charlie Matthews, why does she recognize his name, and why is he being so accepting of her, he met her just yesterday.

After getting on her cast and getting all the forms signed with Charlie she's all ready to go with Charlie, and thankfully she's still got that cloak on her back. Another thing that she's worried that Charlie isn't questioning.

"Ready to go T?" Charlie picks up her bag from the floor and holds open the door.

"T?" She asks.

"Sorry," He slightly chuckles, "Just thought I'd give you a nickname, you ready to go?"

"Um- yeah, I'm ready to go." She tightens up the cloak on her back, "Let's go."

As Charlie and Trinity make their way out of the hospital, the bright sun is out and there is snow covering the ground everywhere. It's still cold, and this is not what Trinity is used to.

"Let's get you into the warmth, the faster we walk to the car, the faster we get home." Charlie holds her shoulders from the side, guiding her to the same truck that Charlie brought her to the hospital with.