Love In An Achromatic World

Chapter 5

I wake up to a white ceiling and the smell of hydrogen peroxide, I sit up and realize I have IVs attached to me. Alright Carter, calm down... Figure out what's going on. 

One of the nurses comes in and startles at my awake eyes.

"Oh! You're awake! How are you feeling?" She asks with a big huge fake plastic smile on her face.

"Fine, What's going on?" I ask, fiddling my thumbs.

"Wow! Straight to the point! Well you passed out due to lack of oxygen. And you have several Bad burns including on your face, with several injuries relating to the clash with Robert." She says, clearly liking the sound of her voice.

"Robert...?" I ask, although I'm pretty sure I know who she's talking about.

"Oh yes! He was the... um... you know..." She says, fiddling her fingers slightly.

"Hmm..." I Mumble, realizing that Eli is probably worrying his butt off about me. "Do you know where my phone is? I would like to text my friend."

"It's right on the table over there!" She says, pointing.

"Ah, thank you..." I say, feeling stupid.

Once she leaves I rush to the table and frantically text Eli. I said that I was awake and for him to chill out because I just KNEW he was freaking right now.

 I closed my phone and saw my reflection, I had a burn scar on the left side of my face, right on my cheek. "Uhh, It kinda looks cool I guess?" I mutter to myself.

I sigh slightly, I luckily didn't feel any pain, although my body still felt strangely hot.

...

After only ten minutes someone slams the door open and I jump. "CARTER!" He yells.

"Eli?!" I say and he laughs running to hug me.

"Dear god you scared the life out of me..." He says, parting from me and looks me in the eyes for a moment, for some reason my heart starts to beat faster and the look in Eli's eyes soften...

Then turns as his sisters run in. Eli steps back, seemingly embarrassed for some reason, it's not unusual for us to hug or cuddle up to each other so I don't understand what's been to different lately.

Strangely, I wish for him to hug me again, or at least just hold my rough hands in his soft and sweet hands. He's so cute sometimes, I just want to-

"OH MY GOSH WHAT IS THAT!" Janet says while pointing at my scar.

"Janet!" Their mom, Cassandra, warns.

"Haha, don't worry it's just a scar from a burn." I say.

"Ohhhh." The twins all say at the same time.

"God, I don't wanna stay here again." I huff, having a bad relationship with hospitals, specifically this one. 

"On it!" Cassandra says and rushes off, I didn't even have time to respond. Eli sits on the bed next to me and rests his head on my shoulder.

"Thank the skies you're okay..." Eli says. "When they took you here you were completely covered in bandages and people were rushing in and out of your room, scared the life out of me..."

"Sorry..." I mumble.

"You better be!" Eli says angrily. "That's two times this month that I have been so scared for you that I almost threw up! Like, you have some sort of plot protection! How are you not dead yet?! How am I not dead yet?!"

"Relax Eli, my plot protection is enough for the both of us at this point." I laugh.

"Actually, why in the stars above would you keep doing shit like this???" Eli angrily grumbles at me.