《Captivated by Hatred》(Vance hopper)

hospital

Melina laid passed out in the hospital for a total of 4 days. she had a broken arm and major head trauma along with several cuts and trauma done to the rest of her body. Vance, every morning without fail, would show up to the hospital with a new flower everyday in hopes she would wake up. Everyday when visiting hours he would go home upset but still hopeful. Melina was stuck in a never ending nightmare. every time it would end it would restart, a never ending loop. all the events replaying, over, and over, and over, and over. she would try to scream but no one heard her. every single time. 

On the 5th day she opened her eyes slowly, her headache growing more and more as she came back into consciousness. she looked around, her eyes adjusting to the light. she spotted a figure off to the side and she coughed and whoever was there looked over at her. she looked around and could tell she was in the hospital. as the person got closer she could tell it was a nurse or a doctor.

"hello? can you hear me?" she asked quietly while standing next to melinas hospital bed. Melinas face contorted into a face of pain and nodded. her throat was very dry and her words were scratchy but she eventually got words out.

"wheres vance?" she asked without thinking. the nurse knew who vance was considering he was there everyday. she sighed and smiled.

"hes not here at the moment, but hes been visiting everyday for the past 5 days." she said while getting melina a cup of water. "youre a lucky girl" she said simply while helping melina drink some water before she slowly helped melina sit up. melina went to move her arm but she soon found out her arm was in a cast. she winced as she tried to move it.

"so, the..." she said before pausing. the name made her want to throw up. "the um... grabber. is he...?" she began to say, her voice cracking and breaking due to not talking for a few days. the nurse sat in a chair a few feet away. she rested her hand on the side of the hospital bed.

"he cant hurt you any more honey" she said kindly and Melina began to cry happy tears. the nurse rubbed her back lightly for a while. after a few minutes Melina stopped crying and the nurse smiled. "you are a very strong girl" she said standing up. "how about we get you some food?" she said and Melina only noticed then how hungry she actually was. she nodded her head slowly, she would have nodded her head more aggressively but she took into account her headache and voted against that idea. the nurse smiled and left the room. Melina looked to her side where 4 flowers sat in a vase. all of them a different type, she recognized one as a purple tulip, one as a rose, and one as a allium. the last one she couldn't tell which it was but it was equally as beautiful as the rest. she lifted her unbroken arm and grabbed the vase, bringing it closer so she could see them better. the lady walked back in with a tray of food and Melina put the vase back. 

"i realized that I never introduced myself. I'm so forgetful sometimes" she said while setting the tray off to the side so she could sit melena's bed up. "my name is Mary, I'm your primary nurse" she said and Melina nodded.

"nice to meet you Mary" Melina said with a smile. the nurse set her food tray up in front of her and made sure Melina was okay.

"visiting hours start in id say 5 minutes, you will most likely have a guest" she said before leaving. Melina began slowly eating at first but as she ate more she began to eat faster. she had forgot that eggs can taste good. her tray had eggs, toast and some green jello. as she ate she heard the door slide open. when she looked up she saw vance standing there. He wasnt wearing his normal muscle shirt and jean vest. this time he was wearing a short sleeve sex pistols shirt and his regular jeans. his hair had been brushed but it was still its usual messy poof. Vance stood there for a second before rushing in to the side of the bed. he didnt touch her though, he was too scared hed hurt her. but that didnt stop him from getting as close as possible. melina couldnt help the smile that grew on her face. she looked at him as he stood there, he looked over her face with a smile. in his hand he was holding a dark blue iris. it looked beautiful. vance almost cried then and there. he was speachless. he looked at her arm and at her bandaged head.

"Melina, I am so sorry" he said looking her in the eye. she looked at him confused.

"for what?" she said, her voice still a bit scratchy but coming out way smoother than when she first woke up. Vance took a breath and ran a hand through his hair before putting the iris into the vase next to her bed. she looked at all the flowers then back at him. "are you the one who brought those?" Melina asked and Vance looked up confused for a second, he got used to just bringing them that he didn't think much about them.

"oh, um. yeah, i brought those..." he said while putting his hands in his pockets. Melina smiled and wrapped her un injured arm around him from where she was sitting. her arm wrapped around his waist and pulled him closer. he was surprised but wrapped his arms around her softly. he sniffled as he was holding back tears of happiness.

"thank you Vance" she said and he nodded.

"of course, I'm sorry I couldn't get there sooner" he said while pulling away from her. he let his arm drag down her arm softly as she pulled away as well. Her hand rested loosely in his and she shook her head.

"don't be sorry, it wasn't your fault" she said and he put his free hand in his pocket. as he did the door to the room opened again. the two looked over and it was Melina's uncle and cousin along with Ellise. 

"holy shit, she's awake" robin said and angel slapped his arm lightly. Melina smiled and began crying as she opened her arm.

"get over here you dumb dumb" she said and robin ran over and if robin had no common sense he would've jumped on her but luckily he did have common sense and didn't. he hugged her tightly and she winced.

"ow, ow, ow binny. careful" she said lightly pushing him away. he looked scared and disappointed.

"I am so sorry" he said stepping away. Angel walked over with a giant smile and a few tears falling down his face. he hugged his nice close and kissed the top of her head lightly.

"snata maria, penso que perdio para siempre" he said while rocking lightly.
{saint Marie, I thought I lost you forever}

"estoy aqui" she said with her head buried in his chest. he kissed her head and pulled away to look at her completely. Ellise and Melina hadn't seen each other since that one day where she wrote Vance a letter and left. Ellise gave her a small smile. Melina swore she was still as pretty as the last time she saw her. Melina opened her arm and ellise spent no time wrapping her in a hug.

"oh Melina, I haven't seen you in so long." Ellise said while hugging her. Melina nodded.

"yeah, i missed you" she said.

"I missed you too" Ellise said before letting her go. they all eventually grabbed chairs while she sat there and ate her food. she got to her jello and as soon as she put one spoon in her mouth her face contorted into one of disgust. vance noticed her face and laughed a bit.

"whats that face for?" he asked and she swallowed the jello.

"remind me never to trust hospital jello please" she said and vance laughed. vances chair was practically connected to melinas bed. vance refused to sit any further from her, scared something could happen and he wouldnt be there to stop it. melina was right handed and unfortunaly, that was the broken arm. she was using her left hand to try and use her spoon but was failing miserably. everone just watched in amusement. "ah yes, watch the injured suffer. how kind of you" she said while rolling her eyes. they all laughed, vance included, but at least he helped. he was the closest so he grabbed the spoon and began helping her.

"you're like a giant baby" Robin said and she shot him a glare.

"believe me, I don't fight like one" she said while looking him up and down. Robin looked at her arm then back at her with an unamused face.

"try saying that another time" he said and she rolled her eyes while vance laughed.