JENLISA IMAGINES

With Love (F)

Lisa woke to blinding lights and the piercing smell of latex and hand sanitizer. Her head was pounding and there was a high pitched ringing in her ears. She was laying in a bed of some sort; she could feel herself sinking into the mattress and make out guardrails on either side.

“I think she’s waking up,” said a strange voice. Lisa moved to find the source, but froze  when she was answered with a shooting pain in her shoulder.

“Don’t move!” the voice said. A warm pair of hands guided her head back into place. “You need to stay still and rest, you took a pretty bad hit out there.” the door. Her inky hair shone blue under the fluorescents. “I’ll be sure to do that,” Lisa said. 

Her eyes twinkled once more, and Lisa drifted off to sleep at the sound of the door closing.

Lisa blinked against the light and her vision began to clear. Two nurses hovered above her, both in blue scrubs. The first was tall and slender, with cropped red hair and a ski-slope nose that reminded Lisa of a cartoon poodle. The other had warm, brown eyes and dark waves tied back into a low ponytail. 

“What happened?” Lisa asked. 

Even though the lower half of her face was covered by a mask, Lisa could tell the dark-haired nurse was smiling by the twinkle in her eyes. “Your friends called us after you fell head-first into a rock.”

So that’s the voice I heard , Lisa thought as she watched the nurse gather a stack of gauze from the steel cart beside her bed. 

“What friends called you?” she asked. 

The nurse came to Lisa's side and propped her up against the pillows. Lisa winced in pain, but didn’t say anything. “Two guys, they seemed pretty worried about you,” she answered. 

All at once, Lisa's memory came flooding back. She, Jungkook, and Taehyung had taken Love to the park. Taehyung brought a tub of tennis balls he’d originally bought for Yeongtan, who, to no one’s surprise, didn’t take to fetch. After a few turns of Love chasing balls and returning them to Lisa's hand, she had an idea. 

“Why don’t you guys throw the balls and I’ll try and beat Love to them?” Lisa said. 

Jungkook raised an eyebrow, “You’re going to fetch?”

“Sure, it’s good exercise for Love,” she replied, shrugging. Love barked in agreement. 

“Okay then,” Jungkook sighed. He pulled a tennis ball from the bucket at Taehyung's feet and hurled it. “Go get it!”

Love bolted ahead, Lisa hot on her heels. She sped up, hoping to usurp Love, but her enormous strides ensured her lead. The ball came into view, resting just fifteen yards ahead. With a sudden burst of energy, Lisa plowed forward, passing Love, but just as she was about to reach the ball, Love launched herself forward. Lisa felt an enormous weight collide with her side. Pain exploded at her temple as she hit the ground, and everything went dark. 

She was brought back to reality by a stinging sensation.

“I’m changing your bandages,” the nurse explained. She turned to the redhead, who observed from the foot of the bed. “You can go ahead, Ginger, I got this one.”