Broken By Reality

Chapter ❶❶

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4 days had passed since I had last seen Karly. I knew that I should've gone back the day after the accident but I just couldn't stand to see someone that I love so much in a position like that and to walk away from her like that when I had to go. I just couldn't do it. So I went to school like usual and then came home and did homework and the usual stuff. But on the 5th day since I had seen her, something was different.
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I woke up on the 5th day since the accident and since I had seen Karly. Thinking about her made my heart ache but I couldn't not think about her. It was such a tough situation. A situation that I was just hanging on to. So I decided to try and forget about her, even though it felt so wrong. I walked to school as usual and waited for the bell. While I was waiting, a kid from my class came up to me (which was strange) and actually talked to me like a normal person.
"Hey umm, I'm really sorry about all the stuff I ever said to you that hurt you. It was all through peer pressure and stuff but I won't do it no more. I heard about Karly and I'm really sorry. I hope we gets better soon and all my thoughts and prayers are with you." A mean kid called Barney, said to me. I really appreciated this
"Thanks so much. I hope she gets better to. I really appreciate all this. Thank you." And as I finished my last word, the bell rang and we went to our different classes for the day. That was strange I thought.
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During first break, I felt my phone vibrate in the poker of my shorts. I was sitting in my hidden place that I had shown Karly the day of the accident. It brought back some good memories by it also made me sad to think about her again. I pulled my phone from my pocket and looked at the displayed number: 8374 9837
I didn't know that number but I still answered.
"Hello? .......yes this is Wayne. ......... Really?............ so she's okay to see this afternoon.:.........okay. Thanks a lot for the call......... okay. Bye." I clicked off my phone with a slight smirk on my face. I was suddenly filled with excitement. The hospital had called me to say that Karly had woken up and I could see her. It made all my perceptions of her not making it through this, disappear with the sadness. I was still a bit nervous to whether or not se would remember me, but that didn't matter because i was going to see my love again today!
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That afternoon I rushed through the door and plonked my bag onto the ground.
"Hey mum. Going to hospital. Bye" and with that I rushed out the door again, on my phone to a taxi. Ten minutes later, a taxi arrived for me. I shoved over on the seat and clicked my seatbelt into the broken seatbelt holder. Once I had arrived at the hospital, it was all starting to feel so overwhelming. I couldn't imagine a world without Karly, but I couldn't imagine a world with her hurt. It was incredibly hard, but I managed to make my way to her room and stroll carefully inside. Karly's big blue eyes and tight blonde, messy curls awaited me as she stared in bewilderment.
"Wayne!" I sighed a sigh of relief
"Karly. How are you feeling?" We then got deep into a conversation about some medial mumbo jumbo and what not. Until Karly said something that caught my attention
"You know that I will be on therapy and rehab and everything for months and will have emotional problems and everything. I don't want to put you through that." She half whispered almost apologetically
"It okay Karly. We're on this together. I'm not letting you do this alone. Because 'wherever you are is the place I belong'." This brought tears of joy to her eyes as she apologised through her sobs.
"It's okay" I assured her and have her a massive hug. She soon stopped crying and started smiling. We laughed for no apparent reason and talked about random stuff. Like it used to be before the accident.
"Sorry. Visiting hours are over now." A tall woman told me I a gentle voice
"Okay. Thanks" I signalled to the lady. She walked away and gave us a second to say goodbye
"Thanks for coming." Karly was so happy. I think I made her day with what I said before
"No problem. I'll see you tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. And even the day after that." She laughed as I walked out the door of her temporary room.
"Bye." She whispered
I turned back and whispered "bye". We both smirked as we disappeared out of each other's site. The next couple if days were easier because I knew that Karly was okay. She was still in a critical position but she was stable.
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"Hey mum." I eagerly announced when I strolled through the cracked door
"Hey sweetie. How was school?" She queried with a slight hint of charm in her voice
"Oh yea. Umm. Like usual. I'm going down to the hospital. I'll be home for dinner." I rushed the words out of my mouth whilst I dashed everywhere to find my jacket and shoes.
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I arrived at Karly's room to find a sobbing girl, shrivelling in her own despair. Her luscious curls were messy and wet from the sweat of crying. I raced towards her in extreme worry.
"Karly! What's wrong?" My voice said it all. I was the most freaked out guy in universe. Her eyes wept even more as she couldn't find the words to tell me anything about her sorrow.
"Hey. Hey. It's okay. I'm her now. I'm here with you. What's wrong? You can tell me." I soothed her tears whilst rubbing her back.
"I.....I dunno I just can't......I can't say it." She managed to get out through the tears which had now turned to an extreme cry.
"You can tell me." I knew that it probably wouldn't help but it was worth it.
"Okay. Well......you see.......the doctors told me that......I have broken my back, slipped a disc, fractured my wrist, and fractured my collar bone" I gasped in sheer bewilderment "And they told me that I can't compete in the IGC's which mean that I.....I can't make the NGT which is all that I've ever trained for an I can't ever compete again because you can only compete once!" Karly's sobs continued to grow worse and worse by the second. I knew that this was all that she had ever trained for and to see her in such agony over it, well it just broke my heart.
"But the thing is," Kalry continued "is that there is still 11 weeks until the comp and that may be just enough time to recover."
"Well that's great isn't it?!" I exclaimed, thinking that this was the silver lining to the cloud. But maybe not....
"Except there just one thing.....The special therapy that I need will cost $765. Something that I can't afford." All of a sudden her face dropped and her sorrows that had half faded, turned to complete misery. I couldn't stand to see her like this. It was breaking every part of my heart that had once been broken before.
"I'll pay for it." This surprised me because I didn't even think about saying this before the words slyly escaped my mouth.
"No. I couldn't accept that." Karly was so generous that sometimes it bugged me. But that's what I loved about her.
"You have to accept it. Look. This is random but I have had feelings for you ever since the first time I laid my eyes on your sheet beauty. I dot know how to say this but I think that I like you." My cheeks turned hot as it started to dawn on me of what I had said. Karly froze in amazement. It took a few seconds for it to sink into her mind.
"Really? I feel the same way as well. I mean like, I thought that maybe that kiss was just a fluke. But after that kiss everything seemed so real." It took me a long minute to take it all in but before I could, I felt cool smooth lips pressed up against mine. I could taste a slight tang of cherry lip gloss. Reaching my hand for her face, I held Karly's cheek a the kiss passionately continued. For a split second my eyes opened to reveal a beautiful girl, in love with me. It was all so surreal. The kiss ended shortly after as we both pulled away then gently opened our eyes.
"Wow." Karly quietly but lovingly announced towards my astonished face
"I know right." we both smirked in delight as we just sat for the next half an hour, with Karly in my arms and my arms strongly wrapped around her.