My Savior

Chapter 3 Hospital and Burns

   Beeps I woke up to, I look around and find myself in a hospital bed hooked up to an IV.  Then all the memories flooded back.  I almost died, it could have been all over but he saved me,  if it weren't for him I would be dead right now.

   There he was standing by the door with his thumbs in the loops of his pants, should I be mad or grateful...I don't know.  I move causing him to look over seeing I'm awake.  When our eyes met a big smile formed on his face then walked over to meet me by the side of the bed.  

"How are you feeling?" he asked 

"Drained." I said 

"Did you mean to overdose?" he asked cutting right to the subject. 

"To be honest, no I just took those pills to have the balls to jump off that bridge." I said being brutally honest. 

"Well I'm glad you survived." he said with another sweet smile. 

"You never told me your name..." I pointed out. 

He points to his badge and I read his last name, Winter. 

"My full name is Adam Winter" he said. 

We stared into each other eyes not knowing how to break our gaze till his watch went off. 

"Shit I got to go I was off thirty minutes ago." he said running his hand through his dark hair. 

"Thank you."  I managed to say before he fully walked out of the room. 

And then he was gone and I couldn't help but wonder if we would cross paths again.  After a few minutes a nurse came in to check on my vidale's and told me my parents were on their way. 

   When my parents arrived my mom ran into the room and pulled me into a tight hug. 

"Don't ever do something like that again!" she demanded. I looked at my dad over my moms shoulder and could see through the "Worried dad" act seeing in his eyes not to say a word about his beating on me or I would regret it. 

"Okay mom you can let me go now." I said wishing I was alone again. 

"I love you so much." she said before she let go. 

Yeah but not enough to see what's really going on, I thought to myself.  

"I love you too." I choked out trying my best to put on a fake smile and keep the tears from forming in my eyes. 

***

A few hours passed and my parents fell asleep on the hospital chairs in the room but I was wide awake not being able to stop thinking about Adam.  When he was there I felt safe and wanted for some reason and I longed to feel that again.  My thoughts were soon interrupted by the nurse walking in with some paper work in her hands. 

"Okay we found you a bed at Helen Town psych ward, the ambulance will be here shortly to pick you up." she said walking over and pulling the IV out of my arm then went to help one of her other patients. 

"Mom, dad." I whisper but no response.  I call them a little louder and they jerk awake. 

"They found me a bed, the ambulance is going to be here soon, you should go back to the house and get some rest, I'll be fine" I said. 

My mom sighed then nodded and gave me a kiss on the forehead then they left. 

   When the ambulance came they put me on a stretcher and drove all the way to Helen Town.  Once we got there they made me strip off my clothes to check my body for cuts or scars and searched through my clothes just in case I hid something to harm myself.  After they  were done and I was dressed again they asked me a bunch of questions about my mental health and asked where I got the bruises. All I told them was I fell down the stairs and they seemed to believe it.  When they were finished with me they led me to a single bed room.