Rediscovering Us

Chapter 28

And then you
wonder maybe its time
To just give up
-unknown

Disclaimer: contains scenes of self-harm

Third person's POV

While approaching Thea's apartment a number of thoughts crossed Alec's mind.

'I will tell Claire everything, i will sort out things with her, we would finally be together'
'But Amy.....how could Amy do this to me, she was my best friend' He felt relieved as Thea and his distance were finally erasing but also the feeling of betrayal ached him.

The past few weeks had been dreadful for Alec, he hadn't spoken to Claire after the party. He was still clueless about what happened but he was sure now that he knew what Amy had done,nothing can keep them apart.

When Thea didn't answer the door an unknown fear creeped inside of him. As all of them knew her pass code it wasn't difficult to get through, but what they saw in front of them way beyond their worst nightmares.

A pool of blood surrounded Thea's body as she laid on the bare floor as a stained knife was kept on her side. Her wrist was slit open as she bled profusely

None of them could think straight, they were petrified by the flowing blood and Thea's motionless blood drenched body.

Andy was quick to regain his senses, he ran towards Thea. He placed her head on his lap.

"Thea"
"Thea"
"Thea"
He chanted as he strived to feel her heartbeat.

"We need to take her to the hospital her heartbeat ..is scanty" he shouted

"I will call for a cab, bandage the wound" Jeremy tried to walk as fast as he could with his trembling legs as Sam frantically searched for a bandage. Alec stood at the far end looking blankly at Thea. He didn't move or blink, it felt like he was in a trance
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"Alec"
"Alec"

"Theaa" Alec gasped for breath

"The doctors are taking care of her"

Alec tried to recollect how they reached the hospital where they were currently situated

He looked around the white washed corridors, the uniformed staff the glass doors and finally his friends.

Jeremy sat beside him on the floor, it was evident from his face he had been crying, his hair was pushed back which usually covered his forehead

Andy and Sam sat on the other side. Sam's face was buried in his hand while Andy's head rested on the wall. His blue t shirt was completely red with Thea's blood.

Looking at his shirt Alec held his head tightly onto his knees, he couldn't remember anything except Thea's body.

"Ahhhhh" Alec shouted

"Alec! Alec! Shhhh " Jeremy pressed Alecs head into his chest.

"Everything will be okay! Everything will be okay " he rubbed Alec's back though he himself continued crying. Alec who was too stupified to feel anything now cried hysterically in his arms

"Does Natalia and Dan know?" He asked swiping off his tears

"Yes they are on their way" Sam answered

Alec walked slowly but steadily towards the ICU, he was gathering courage to look at his Claire.

He peeped through the glass pane, his breathing became uneven as he saw all those heavy equipments on her.

Thea laid on the bed as if in deep sleep. Alec couldn't dominate the tears rolling down his cheeks

What made her do this?
Alec continued asking himself, she was fine but then what happened

The door swung up as a short man in his 50s walked out in a white coat.

"Is she going to be okay?"

"Who are you?" The doctor asked sternly

"I am...i am her friend"

"I would rather talk to a biological relative"

"They are on there way. Please tell me what's going on?"

"She has lost a massive amount of blood and her vitals are not stable as well "

"She will not leave me right?"

"Son, its not always upto us. I promise we will try our best" he said quitting his stiff tone , keeping his hand on Alec's shoulder

"As soon as her family comes we would have to lodge a police complaint " Alec nodded as the doctor took his leave
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It had been a long time since the clock struck midnight but nothing changed for the people eagerly waiting for Thea to wake up.

Her parents had arrivedl hours ago only hoping to see and speak to their daughter. No one had spoken a word to each other but neither did they leave.

Everyone kept asking themselves 'when did things go wrong?' Thea had a perfect life...she was beautiful, she had very good grades, rich parents she had the life people dreamt of... then why? What pushed her to take such drastic measure?

It was around 5 in the morning when a nurse came out of the ICU "Anyone for Thea Hart?"

Everybody stood up in an instance with hopeful eyes. "She is awake." the nurse said

"Can we meet her? We are her parents" Dan asked hopefully

"Not till she is shifted to a cabin. Also, you would need to clear all the paperwork and we have also informed the police"

Alec fell back on the chair, as if he could finally breathe. Sam gave out a little cry as he hugged Andy. Natalia sobbed in Dan's arm.

A pleasant wave had just blown over them, their Thea was alright .

"What should we do about the police?" Natalia asked Dan as they sorted out the paper work

"I will take care of it don't worry and I'll make sure the person responsible for making my baby suffer will rot in prison"
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Thea had been shifted to a regular cabin. Andy, Sam, and Jeremy had gone back to their dorm. Alec refused to go back without meeting Claire.

Natalia and Dan sat at the doctors cabin.

"Good morning Mr. and Mrs Hart" the doctor said in a stern voice as they nodded in return.

"I heard you are friends with the inspector, good for you because generally parents like you pay for being inattentive"

"What did you just say?" Dan said in a rougher tone

"I didn't say anything wrong Mr. Hart, if you would have been a little attentive you could have stopped her from taking this drastic step". Tears rolled down Natalia's eyes as Dan grew furious

"We provided her with everything, never once did she face any hurdles in her life"

"Providing for her is not enough Mr. Hart, i don't know how you fail to understand this. That child is scared she hasn't spoken a word since she regained her consciousness, when i asked her if she wants to meet her family and friends she shook her head, thats how hurt she is, can you believe how much a girl has suffered to not want to meet anyone anymore" his strong voice didn't hide his empathy

Hearing him say their daughter didn't want to meet them hit them like bullets. But it was indeed true.

"Anyways i did not call you here to talk about that. As she is a suicide patient we would have to shift her to the psychiatric ward, but if you ask me i will suggest you to take her away from here and get her the help she needs in a new place "

"Thank you doctor" Natalia said in a soft tone

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