Will she be OK?” I asked. It had been an hour since we got back and we got her in to be looked at. Dr. D nodded.
“She just needs to rest at the moment. She's really weak and tired and in pain but she'll be OK. She's asking for you though” he said. I nodded and walked in to see her.
“Hey” I smiled. She looked at me and she looked a mess. She was pale, shivering and looked exhausted. “How you feeling?” I asked.
“Not good. My side is burning, I'm so tired. I just wanna go to sleep” she mumbled. I sat down next to her and gently held her hand. She smiled a weak smile and closed her eyes. “I wanna tell you something” she mumbled. “Come here?”
“What's up?” I asked, laying down next to her.
“You brother... He told me something. I dunno if it's true or not. He told me... Oh it doesn't matter” she sighed. I knew what she was gonna say and I put my head down. I felt bad about not saying anything sooner.
“Yes, it's true. I know what you were gonna say and yeah. I didn't wanna say anything to you and I didn't work out that everyone else had clicked. Sorry do you want me to leave you alone?”
“No. Stay. Please” she said. I sat back down next to her and watched as she started falling asleep. I smiled to myself and quietly walked out the room.
“She OK?”
“She's sleeping at the moment and in a lot of pain but she'll be OK” I said. I walked outside and sat down under a tree and pulled my bandanna over my face and looked out into the nothingness of the desert.
“How are you feeling?”
“Huh?”
“You are aware we heard what was said because the window is open right?”
“Oh. I'm OK. We're gonna talk about it more when she gets better and isn't completely out of it” Mikey said. I nodded and looked at him. It was the first time I had done this talk with him.
“Is it something you want?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, do you think she means it or is just saying it because of the pain and the fact that she is delirious that is making her say it” I said to him. He put his head down and sighed. I knew I had hit a nerve and I knew he wanted it to be true but it was a case of whether she actually meant it or whether she was saying it without realising. After we spoke a bit longer, I got up and left him alone with his thoughts and walked over to where the others were. “He's really unhappy” I said.
“Is she really badly hurt as in gonna die hurt or just badly injured?”
“Not sure at the moment. She has a high fever, is really weak and her entire left side is paralysed. She can't move it and she can hardly keep her eyes open” we heard from behind us. We looked around and saw Mikey standing there. He looked tired and upset. His eyes were all red and blood-shot. He had been crying. I walked over to him and put an arm around his shoulders.
“Are you OK?”
“I just wish there was something I could do to try and help her. I feel so useless” he replied, running his hand through his hair. I wanted to make him feel better but I didn't know how. I gave him a hug and told him it would be OK. It was the only thing I could do to make him feel better. He still didn't feel any better and I felt bad about not being able to help.
I opened my eyes and couldn't work out where I was. It was a dark room and I couldn't use my voice, use my arms and my eyes felt like they were sealed shut. I was terrified and tried to wake up. I couldn't. I didn't know if I was asleep. Oh god. I hoped I wasn't back in that room again. If I was I knew this would be it.
