Not your average girl <3

Chapter 8

hey sexy mfs, love interest will be in this chapter.
Also things will get a bit steamy ;)

I sat by my window and watched the sky light up, I've always loved watching storms. Especially at night. It was oddly soothing, after today's events.. After what had happened I hid away in my room, I didn't want to talk to anyone. I like my peace and quiet.

Enzo had tried to get me to come out for dinner, but I was too shy to come out of my room. I felt guilty for them having to see me like that, Enzo said it wasn't something to get stressed over but I can't help it.

Raindrops raced down my window and large puddles started to form outside. When I was little, mum would take me out after a storm the next morning to go and splash in the puddles. That was before Micheal turned to drugs and alcohol.

Memories came flooding back, the first day of school and year six graduation. Birthdays, Easter and hospital visits. I shivered at the thought of hospital visits. I remember when I was first diagnosed with type one diabetes, it was a few days before my tenth birthday. I was at school eating lunch with my friends, when I felt a sudden wave of nausea hit me. Then everything faded to black. I woke up in the hospital, apparently I was only a few hours away going into a coma due to diabetic ketoacidosis.

Diabetic ketoacidosis = DKA only happens when you don't have enough insulin in your body to process blood sugar into energy. If this happens, your liver starts to process fat into energy, which releases ketones into the blood. High levels of ketones in the blood are dangerous. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious complication of type 1 diabetes and, much less commonly, of type 2 diabetes. DKA happens when your blood sugar is very high and acidic substances called ketones build up to dangerous levels in your body.

Coma = A period of prolonged unconsciousness brought on by illness or injury.

Soon the rain started to get lighter and you could see the stars in the night sky. I heard muffled voices and laughter from downstairs. Should I go down? I mean I can't hide forever..

I threw on a hoodie that was on the floor of my room and made my way downstairs. They were all crowded around a laptop pointing at images.

"Hey bambina, we're just looking at baby photos." Enzo said smiling at me. And motioned for me to come over. On the screen there was a picture of what looked to be Luca and I when we were toddlers. We were sitting on the floor of the kitchen playing with the pots and pans.

Dad continued to scroll through the photos. But as he progressed through there were none of me and only ones of the boys. It seems that just after Luca and I's third birthday mum took me to Australia. "There's me on the first day of school!" Luca pointed out. He had a backpack way too big for him and a baby tooth missing, but he looked happy.

"Do you have any photos from your first day of school or anything Audrey?" Dad asked. They all turned to look at me. I nodded and grabbed my phone from my pocket. I scrolled all the way back to 2013, the photos were ones mum had taken and sent to me. I felt a pang of sadness as I looked through them, she really is gone..

Missing her is an understatement. We would do everything together. But then Michael came into the picture and things started to change. If it wasn't for my friends I'm not sure how I would've survived.
I made a mental note to call them later as it had been a while since I last talked to them.

"Look at the time, I think the younger ones should go to bed." Aldo announced. I heard Luca groan and roll his eyes as we walked back upstairs. I grabbed Mr Bear from underneath my bed. I collapsed onto my bed from exhaustion and snuggled underneath the covers.