Teen Romance Fantasy

Act 30 (Ch)

"You're awake?"

Great, white walls again and that distinct smell that every hospital just throws right at you. Worst of all, that awful peeping sound of the machine that was connected to my arm. Besides that, I couldn't move. I could only stare at the person that was greeting me.

"Don't worry about your mother. I figured you'd want me to send her home for the night."

He went back to bring me some water. I didn't want to drink any but I knew he wouldn't take no for an answer. I took a sip and gave the cup back to him, knowing that this wasn't going to be the end of it. They probably even made some food ready for me as well. 

"Don't look at me like this Christian. You know that you have to eat something at least. Look, your friends even brought you pudding. Usually I can't let you eat this but I guess we can make an exception."

"You always say that you're making an exception. You're doing this because you want me to eat something at all."

"Smart as always. You know I have a soft spot for you Christian. How many years has it been since you first became my patient? It must have been at least nine years by now. I've basically seen you grow up."

He handed me the pudding with a spoon. Eric had probably been the one to get it for me. He knew that I had a thing for pudding. That was why he always got me a pudding but usually he even wrote a little message for me. This time the message had been missing.

"So, you got yourself a girlfriend?"

I almost chocked on the pudding once he said those words. Did he really just say girlfriend? How? Why? When? I must have imagined it. I know, I knocked my head too hard on the floor once I lost consciousness. Yes, that was it. There was no way he said girlfriend. 

"Your girlfriend seems really nice. She didn't want to leave your side, even when we had to kick her out. Young love, how romantic!"

"Sarah was here?!"

Silence. Was I wrong? It wasn't Sarah? Who else could he have meant then? I wasn't actually close to any other girls besides Sarah. It was hard enough to accept that Sarah and I were friends.

"Oh Christian, I never expected you to be such a player. I thought you're not good with girls but guess I was wrong..."

"Sarah isn't my girlfriend! I don't actually have a girlfriend! Who the hell are you talking about?!"

"Really? I'm glad then. I thought you actually got yourself a girl but didn't tell me. To answer your question, her name was Aisha I believe."

On one hand I was kind of happy about the fact that Aisha of all people came to look after me. I hadn't expected that at all. She seemed okay, even though she was friends with Mishka and Bella. On the other hand however I felt empty. Somehow I had gotten my hopes up, when I thought that Sarah came to visit me. It was an unusual reflex. Why did Sarah instantly pop into my mind? We were just friends. Normal friends. Nothing more, perhaps a little less.

Why was I feeling like this? Why did it bother me so much that Sarah didn't come? I wanted her to look out after me. I wanted her to worry about me. I wanted her to be the person he would consider as my girlfriend.

"So... who is Sarah?"

"Doesn't concern you."

"I see, you have a crush on her." He pointed both his index fingers at me and I could only imagine the grin on his face. Never in my life had I met a doctor as unprofessional as him. He was even more bothersome than Alexy.

"I don't! Besides, shouldn't you do your job instead of annoying me?!"

"I have a master degree in annoying patients by the name of Christian Foster. Anyways, we'll run some more tests later. You should get some rest. If everything goes well, you can go home tomorrow."

"Really? Aren't you going to look after me for the rest of the week?" I asked in disbelief but he just shrugged.

"No, you can go home. You're a lot more lively than usual. I shouldn't punish you for that."

In the end I was allowed to go home but for the time being I decided to not go to school just yet. As always my mother accepted my decision. She never told me that what I was doing had been wrong. She was trying to be a good mother to me. If only May could have been her only child. Perhaps then she wouldn't have looked as tired as she did every day.

Once I was all alone in my room, I finally turned on my phone to see if anyone had messaged me. Of course Eric had written me an entire paragraph about how I should take it easy for now. Surprisingly enough, he did not mention the pudding at all. Still, I couldn't help but smile, as I was reading through the message. Eric really was too worried about me all the time.

Kadir and Anthony wrote me a few lines as well. They were not as deep as the novel Eric wrote for me but they did bring a smile to my face. Anthony had been quite down lately. He didn't tell us what was going on. All I knew was that he suddenly started to show a lot of hatred towards Alexy and Tyson.

I was rather surprised, when I saw that an unknown number had messaged me. I read the message and realised that it was Aisha. She was asking how I had been. I thanked her for looking after me, before I turned off my phone. Suddenly however it started ringing. Aisha was calling me but why? Should I take the call? Was it just a joke. I didn't know. Still, something inside of me told me that it was fine to take the call and so I did.

"Oh my god Christian, I was so worried about you! Are you doing better now?" She basically shouted into her phone. I might have felt a little dizzy but I was surely not deaf just yet.

"Oh, sorry that I called. I know you don't like talking all that much. Anyways, it's good to know that you're doing better. I'm sorry about Bella. What she did was unacceptable."

As much I wanted to tell her that it was fine, I couldn't. Perhaps I was scared, especially after she mentioned Bella or perhaps it had already become a habit of mine. Talking could really be a bother sometimes.

"Anyways, I'm glad to know that you're doing better now. See you at school."

And so she hung up. Was she mocking me or had Aisha actually been a good person? I mean, she was friends with Mishka and Bella. There was no way she could have been this nice. My world suddenly stopped making any sense.