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Chapter 11

Here's what I forgot

I have a presentation the following day and all I did so far was get lovey dovey with Leo as we went on tour around the city.
How screwed am I.
The worst part was that, if one of my partners hadn't reminded me, I would've went empty handed.

It's 4:30 am and I'm ready for a three hour sleep. I shut my laptop, a long yawn escaping from my mouth. I got up looking around for my glasses case. I don't usually use my glasses that much, only use it when Its dark and the only light I get is from my laptop. Anyways, I ended up in my covers when my phone started to uncontrollably buzz.

This phone is really getting on my nerves. I could've been sleeping peacefully by now. It's from Renold. I let out a heavy sigh and roll over. Who calls at this hour? Like for serious.
I pick up and don't bother making myself sound awake.

"How may I help you at 4 am?" I drowsily mumbled.
"Is this Renolds friend?" An unfamiliar voice urgently.
"Yes?"
"Renold Laun is in the hospital right now, we need someone to be with us right now. Are you available?"

I paled. Why is he in the hospital? I sat up and got off the bed and rushed to put on a coat over my pyjamas.
"Yes I'm available. I'm on my way. The general hospital yes?" I said, quietly closing the door behind me.
"Yes. I'll tell you everything by the time you're here" the woman said, hanging up.

I'm confused to why Renold would be in the hospital. There's no way he would get into a fight, as he's not a fan of clubbing/partying so definitely not a fight. I understand why the hospital called me. His parents aren't home at all, they're either too busy with work or out of town. Maybe, he fell down the stairs? Nothing serious, I hope.

Before I knew it, I was already there. I parked and got out of the car in a rush. I ran as fast as I could, and slowed down at the desk.
"Can I help you" said a blonde petit nurse.
"I'm here for Renold Laun" I said, looking around at the patients, and the doctors running about. The scent of medicine and blood were strong enough to make me dizzy. The petit lady frowned as she looked through a couple of papers.

"He's in surgery right now. Would you like to wait?"
I widened my eyes and the colour drained from my face.
"S-surgery?!"
She nodded and whispered something to the other woman next to her.
"I'm sorry one second. It seems a certain doctor wants to see you.." She said, sounding more confused than reassuring.

I'm scared. What could have happened. It was serious enough to have surgery! Surgery! That's something you do not take easily.
I impatiently waited, my eyes flickering to the clock as I waited. A man who looked about 35-40 rushed from the sliding doors. He had blood on his white coat, but as a medical student, I'm already used to it.

"Sorry for the late. I assume you're Lena" he said, wiping his hands on his coat. I nodded and looked for a sign of worry on his face. He looked calm, so I guess nothing serious. But he's in surgery! What the hell. Maybe this guy doesn't have facial expressions. Wait, is that possible? Maybe it is....

"Renold has been requesting to see you all day" he said, making furrow my eyebrows. He's in surgery. How's that possible.
"Isn't he in surgery right now?" I said. He looked at me with slight confusion. He looked at the blonde nurse and sighed.
"Did you ask her?" He said, pointing at her.
I nodded and glanced at her worried self.

He sighed and shook his head. He took the papers from her and went through it.
"Mary Anne, how many times am I going to tell you to properly read the names!" He said, putting the papers.
"She said Renold. Not Ronald. They're different names" he mumbled.

I let out a sigh of relief, my heart had gone back to its normal pace and I felt like a mother who has found her lost child.
"Renold was stabbed near the rib area, but thankfully it was deep enough to affect his organs. But he has to stay in the hospital, just in case" he said with a small smile.

I shouldn't be happy but at least he's not dying or anything. I returned the small smile and started to fill in my information and his onto the paper he handed me.
"Room 308" he said, pointing at the door to his left. I thanked him and walked fast towards the ward. I had a lot of adrenaline in me right now, I'm surprised I hadn't dropped since I hadn't had an ounce of sleep so far.

I knocked on the door slowly, before entering. I look at Renold, who laid down on a bed, staring straight ahead. I felt a pang on my chest, how'd he get stabbed?

"Hey" I said in a low tone, getting a chair to with. I sat next to the small table near the bed.
He glanced at me and shut his eyes.
"Ren, what happened?!" I whisper, fearing that my voice might affect him.
He sighed and stared at the ceiling.
"Alyssa" he croaked out.
"You want me to call her?"
He widened his eyes and looked at me. He shook his head violently.

"It was her. She did this to me" he said, trying to sit up but failing.
"W-what?"
"I told her I wanted to break up. And she lost it. We got into a huge fight and she got a knife and stabbed me" he said, staring at me. I didn't know what to say. I was shocked, angry and confused. I clenched my fists and resisted a furious expression.

"Do you know where she might be right now?" I wanted to sound calm but ended up sounding like an assassin on the job.
"She wanted to see me but I refused. She's probably waiting in the hallway. I don't know"
"So you didn't tell anyone that she stabbed you?!" I said, raising my voice.

"Lena, calm down"
"How am I supposed to calm down when your almost murderer is just a few meters away" I said, extremely furious. I'll show her. I'll show her what happens when you mess with the likes of me.

"I'm not dead am I?" He fought back.
"What would I do if you were. You're like a brother to me! No matter how many times you insist that you're not, you're still a brother I've never had" i said, getting up.
He stayed silent and I took that as an opportunity to leave.
"Make her bleed" I heard him say. I nodded and got out the ward. I'm definitely going to get in trouble for this but Renold helped me in a lot of things, it's only right for me to at least try to return the favour.

I looked around the seated people until my eyes landed on the strawberry blonde. She made eye contact with me and smiled. She got up and walked over. I raised my sleeves as I walked over as well.
"Oh my god, Lena how-" she didn't complete her sentence as I landed a hard punch on her jaw. She stumbled backwards, shocked. She touched her mouth that oozed blood like no tomorrow.

She returned to punch me back but was welcomed with a kick to the gut and onto the floor she fell. Of course, knowing myself, i wouldn't even call this the end. I sat on top of her, landing punches here and there. Making sure she had a broken nose. I would've kept going if it wasn't for the security guards pulling me back.

"Please, just one more. One more punch" I begged, as they pulled me away from her limp body. I gave up and struggled against their strong grip.
"I can walk, you know. You can leave me now" I said, waiting for them to let me go. Everyone stared at me like I was a creature from another dimension. But my mission is complete and I'm satisfied.

I had blood all over me but I could care less honestly. I really want to sleep, now. I glanced at one the clocks and 5:30 am it said. I sighed as the guards walk me to door. I gave them a thumbs before I headed to my car.
I'm really sleepy.
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I ended sleeping in my car, the blood from last night dried on me and it took almost half an hour to wash it off. I'm extremely late but presentation doesn't start until 10, I guess I have plenty of time.

I drank plenty of caffeine to keep me alive for the rest of the day. I really need my daily dose of coffee. I called Renold to tell him about the whole thing, I'm happy that he's getting better and I did him some justice. He told me that he had told some of the nurses that Alyssa had stabbed him and now she may face some charges. We had a lengthy talk, he would be discharged in a week or two so it's all good.

I guess, my life didn't really plummet that much. It just took another turn.

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AN: still not near the end lol. But I guess I'll say it'll be ending at some point. This book isn't going be more than 16 chapters i think. I wanted to add a little grief into this but I just couldn't kill off Renold!

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