Lies and secrets (Bates motel)

Chapter 15

"Elissa" I heard someone call my name but was too faint to recognise who had said it. They repeated my name several times but I was unable to move. I mustered up all my strength to at least open my eyes but it did nothing. Someone shook me ever so slightly but again I felt paralysed to even show some sort of sign that I could hear or feel them.

"Elissa can you hear me?" That was the last thing I heard before drifting back into unconsciousness.

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The first thing I noticed once I regained awareness was a pounding headache which was repeatedly banging in my head. My hearing was distorted, though it was slowly becoming clearer. Opening my eyes was the problem, never mind being unable to move. It felt like almost forever to try and get them to open. Eventually I did, only to be forced shut again. Either because of the extremely bright light which beamed into my eyes so suddenly or because of how much strength it took just to open them. My head was still throbbing in agony and felt like it was going to burst at any moment. I waited several minutes but nothing happened.

Without warning, I suddenly felt something warm touch my hand, causing me to instantly snap my eyes open. It took a few minutes to get used to the light since it was bright and everything around me seemed a blur. Once my eye sight was back to normal, after blinking several times, shapes around me started to piece together, although they seemed unfamiliar. I noticed I was in a bed with the covers over me. I turned to face in another direction to see a figure beside me. Panic began to arise within me, my heart beating insanely in my chest...until I recognised the figure; it was Dylan. I saw a smile form on his face.

"Welcome back." he spoke, relieved to see me. Confusion was probably written all over my face as I had no memory of what happened. I tried to make a sound but not even a murmur was able to come out. He put his finger on my lips.

"Don't say anything, just rest" I tried my best to smile at him, but the excruciating pain took over me, even by wincing in pain, it hurt even more.

"I'll be right back." Dylan said. I could just about manage to move my head while I watched him leave the room and closing the door. That's weird, the door was further away than it usually was. My eyes widened when I realised I wasn't at home...I was in a hospital room, lying in a hospital bed. Oh my God. I truly hated hospitals and I was slightly mad at Dylan for bringing me here. However I was in too much pain to be worrying about where I was. I tried lifting my hand towards my head but it was as if I had no control of any movement in my body, causing it to flop right on to me. I decided to lay still and closed my eyes, resting for a while like Dylan had told me to.

That's when it came to me. All of a sudden, the memories came flooding back; Dylan and I talking, Norman coming in and getting angry, him not being himself...at all, then him pushing me against the cupboard, and watched as the two were fighting until I fell out cold. My eyes instantly shot open and I jerked up ignoring the searing pain that was now covering my entire body. I heard the door knock but I didn't bother asking who it was. They let themselves in, revealing it to be Norman. Ignoring the fact that I just woke up from unconsciousness not long ago and my body was in no fit to stand up let alone walk, I leaped out of my bed and backed up against the wall. I was lucky no needles were stuck inside my veins otherwise I would have screamed.

"Elissa, are you okay?"

Only terror and fear took over me. "Don't...come...near..me" I forced out in between breaths. It was a struggle to say them, like teaching a little kid to spell out words. My body came in contact with the wall behind me. I watched as Norman seemed...startled and had confusion written all over his face.

"Why what's wrong?" I used my hands to signal him to stay away from me but my body collapsed in doing so, since I still felt weak. I gave him a look of hate and sadness since that's what I truly felt. I hated the fact that he would do this to me especially since I've never done anything to hurt him but sadness because out of all people I didn't expect him to be a person like this. As much as I love Dylan...as a good friend, I would expect someone like him to get angry and physically hurt someone, not that I would ever condone it, but Norman? That really did take me by the utmost surprise. I waited to catch my breath so I was able to speak more clearly.

"What...do you..mean what's wrong?" He acted as if he had no clue what he's done. "You stay...away from me."

"What are you talking about Elissa?" I quickly studied him. I caught a glimpse of his large black eye, his bruises and patches of dried blood on his forehead and beside his lower lip, before turning the other way.

"Oh, I just fell off the stairs while I was cleaning some cupboards, it's no big deal, just a few bruises here and there." He said, noticing that I was looking at his scars on his face, though he spoke as if it meant nothing to him.

Okay now I was puzzled, as ever. I furrowed my eyebrows.

"What...what are you talking about? stairs? You were..." My sentence was cut off by Dylan bursting into the room.

"The doctor said he will....Norman what the hell are you doing here get out." Dylan spat furious to see that his brother was in the same room. I could see hatred and annoyance building up in him. I watched Norman as he left the room, giving his brother a downhearted look. The room was silent for a few minutes before Dylan came running up to me.

"Elissa what the heck are you doing there?" He seemed slightly alarmed. He came up to me and bent down to my level.

"Norman." Was all I could say. I could feel tears slowly trailing down my cheeks. I couldn't even dare look at Dylan. Instead I just stared into the now empty spot which Norman was just standing at, about a minute ago.

"Come on, let's get you back into bed." But I refused, shaking his hand off of me. I blinked once or twice feeling more tears rolling down my face and then looked up at Dylan.

"What's wrong?" He seemed worried. I paused and hesitated.

"I don't get it...it's like he...doesn't remember." He looked at me as if he knew what I was saying, which confused me a hell of a lot more.

"I saw his bruises...you were punching him..and...and he told me that he fell off the stairs?" I said it as if I was almost questioning it myself. I wiped the remaining tears which had almost reached the bottom of my chin.

I saw Dylan hesitate for a moment before getting up and reaching a tray with two pills and a cup of water. "Take those, it will help with the pain. " He said handing them to me and sitting down beside me.

"Why did you bring me here?" I asked, though I already knew the answer.

"You were out for a long time and I got worried."

He stared into space while I put them in my mouth and gulped down the tablets with the water quickly and effortlessly. I placed the cup on the floor beside me. I looked up at him and sensed that something was bothering him.

"What are you hiding Dylan?" I gave him a concerned look.

I sat in silence...waiting. Hoping he would answer me. But nothing came out, not a single word, just the sound of him breathing. I swivelled my body around so I could see him. He didn't face me. He just stayed in the same position.

"You're hiding something. Tell me." I simply said, which this time kind of startled him. He looked at me and opened his mouth before closing it again.

"Dylan...what is it?" Now worry started to increase within me. What was he hiding? I fiddled with my fingers impatiently waiting for him to tell me.

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