Another Chance | STYDIA (ENG)

9.

It's been a few days since I woke up from my coma. I was confused. I didn't remember what had happened while I was lying there. My mom said I was in a coma all week, which was hard for me to believe. It seemed only a day had passed since the accident, but it was otherwise. I was now sitting on the bed in my room drawing. Fortunately, the holidays had started, otherwise I would've had a lot of catching up at school. I also had to talk to Allison and ask how her maths improved. The doctor told me to rest, but I wasn't going to listen to him anyway. There were more important things to do.

"Hey. " I heard a voice so familiar to me. "How are you? "

I looked at Stiles and smiled at him.

"I'm fine. " I replied, and boy breathed a sigh of relief. "And you? "

"No changes. Still lying there unconscious and the hell I don't know how did you do to wake up."

"You know I'd like to know too. "

Man lowered his head.

"Um... And do you remember something when you were a ghost? " He asked uncertainly, still not meeting my eyes.

"Not really. " I replied glancing at him, and then continued my drawing. "Everything is so hazy. "

"Mmm. " He only muttered.

"But I was hoping you might tell me. " I looked at him.

Brunet looked at me.

"What would you like to know? "

"Everything. " I replied without interrupting the earlier activity.

"So you'd better remember it yourself. " He replied, and I glared at him.

"And you won't tell me? " I asked sadly.

"You better remember yourself. " Repeated. "Now show me what you're drawing. " Added.

"If you tell me about everything. " I was arguing with him.

"No, so no. I'll see anyway. " He smiled slyly and after a while my notebook flew up and flew to boy.

"Stiles! "

Teenager studied the drawing for a long moment, and then he looked at me.

"You like to draw me. "

"Maybe I like you. " I replied, but only when I said it did I guess what it sounded like. "T-to draw you..."

Stiles clearly noticed my expression and started to laugh, and after a short while I joined him.

***

Mom and aunt were bustling in the kitchen so I went down to help them. At first they didn't want to hear about it and told me to go back to bed. But they knew I wouldn't do it anyway, so my mom told me to cut tomatoes for a salad.

"Mom? "

"Yes, darling? " Natalie replied.

"What is the best way to remind yourself of something? " I asked, continuing the previous activity.

Natalie and Rose looked at me questioningly.

"Well, because the point is that... I would like to remember what I've been doing lately... " I was tangled in my own words.

"Don't you remember what happened before the accident? " She asked worried.

"No, I mean..."

"Sign you up for an appointment with a doctor? "

"No. " I replied quickly. "I remember everything that happened before the accident, I just want to remember what I did when... " I didn't know how to put it into words. I can't tell them the truth, they'd think I'm crazy.