Don't believe everything you hear | WLW

Chapter Thirty | Its All Coming Back

Alethea Montgomery POV

* 9 AM

I am awoken by the sounds of beeping and a sharp pain in my arm. I open my eyes and see a doctor taking out a small tube looking thing out of my right arm. Wait- An IV is what it's called. Ever since I woke up from a coma, I've been forgetting things a lot. I don't know what it is. I feel like I should know the things I don't.

As if I'm someone else.

I can't really put things into words, it doesn't even make sense in my head.

I wince in pain. Brought back to the present from the sound of the doctor clearing his throat.

"Oh! Good morning Alethea! You've been out for hours, glad to see you're up again." The nameless doctor says.

I try to talk, but nothing comes out. My voice is gone. Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks on me, right? I couldn't have lost my voice?!

"Hey, hey— look at me okay? Just breathe you don't need to speak." He says. I'm just now noticing the name tag on his dark blue shirt.

Maxine.

He notices i'm staring at his name tag. It gives me something else to focus on. To take away the constant sound of my heart pounding. Or the clueless voice in my head.

"Hi— Maxine." My inaudible voice says. I could barely hear it, but I said something. I assumed he couldn't hear my whisper but he says, "Try not to talk okay? You can just call me Max."

He spoke so softly.

* FLASHBACK

"I feel ashamed, and disgusted with my self. There's so many things I want to say but it never comes out." I say embarrassed, hiding my face with my hands. I pulled my left hand from out of hers.

Her ice blue eyes stare back at my green ones, and takes her hand which was placed in mine a few moments ago and puts in under my chin. She pulls my face up gently, making me look her in the eyes.

"Don't hide from me Alethea, I want to know every part of you." She says, staring deep into my eyes, looking deep into my soul.

"I'm sorry." I say numbly.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. You are so beautiful more than you know. I'm sorry if I made you feel like you weren't." The brunette says, bringing her hand towards my face, pushing the hair back behind my ear.

* END OF FLASH BACK

I gasp. What was that? Why was that girl next to Amara in my weird day dream. The doctors soft voice brought me back to that moment.

I guess I'm still in shock and breathing really fast because Maxine— Max is calling for more doctors.

I catch my breath and speak in a hoarse voice, "I'm okay, I'm okay..." Not sure if I believe it.

This causes Max to relax. He's pretty young— at least I think. Probably around 24 or 25? Fresh out of med school I would assume.

I didn't mean to freak him out. Especially if he is fairly new.

He never told me this, I don't know why I'm assuming.

"I'm sorry.." I mutter

"For what?" He says still in a panic.

The other doctors rush in.

"I'm okay!" I yell. I don't know where that came from.

I seem to not know a lot of things.

* TWO HOURS LATER

I just finished eating crappy hospital food. Tastes so familiar.

The doctors asked a whole bunch of questions that I couldn't answer. I just kept saying "I'm okay!" Over and over again. Max was just standing in the corner but writing something in a composition notebook. He looked sad— no worried—

I'm unsure.

I swallow what's rest of my apple sauce and drift off to sleep. Probably for the 100th time. It seems to be all I do.

You would think after being in a coma, you would always want to be awake. But being in a coma is far different from being asleep.

I just want all the questions to go away. The visual of the girl with grey/blue eyes speaking softly to me. Then a memory from either last night, or some other time. I'm unsure, but she was crying.

Tears fell down her "lifeless" eyes as Amara pulled her away. But she would not go. The doctors had to pull her away, it took many people to get her out of the room. It was as if she was a zombie.

I'm not sure when I woke up, everything is a blur honestly. That's why I'm unsure if it was yesterday, or years ago.

That afternoon/night I dream about the beautiful girl with the soft toned girl, once again.