Diary of a Fat Girl

22.

I woke up with a sore head and a dry throat. I took in my surroundings and realised that I was in the hospital. I reached up to touch my head but instead of feeling skin, my hand came into contact with a bandage that seems to be wrapped around my head.

My body aches as I lift the blanket to look for further damage. My waist is wrapped in a bandage, dotted with blood, my right leg and arm is wrapped in a brace and my body has multiple bruises on it. Other than that, I feel fine. I'm alive.

I look around the room and see my parents, fast asleep, in two of the hospital chairs. I am kind of shocked to be honest. Why would they be here when they were so rude to me last night? Wait. What day is it? I look around the room in search of a phone. I see my mom's bag at the edge of the bed and I know for sure that her phone will be in there.

I slowly remove the rest of the blanket from my body and try to lift myself up but my body throbs with excruciating pain, causing me to slump back onto the bed with a load groan.

The sound must have woken my parents up because the next thing I know, my mom is sobbing as she runs out of the door and my dad is rubbing my back as he holds me in a tight embrace. I would be lying if I said that I didn't miss my dad's hugs. A single tears runs down my face as I hug him back even tighter.

I jump back slightly as I hear the door swing open and my mother and a doctor enters the room. My mother immediately runs to my side, holding me, kissing my head and whispering how sorry she is.

After the doctor has looked through the clipboard with my information on it, he looks at me with a small smile.

"Well Ms Kennedy, I sure hope that you are feeling better. You had quite the accident but luckily there were no internal injuries. You've been out for the past 3 days so I suggest that you take it easy. If you need anything, I'm just a push of a button away." And with that, he leaves the room.

Wow, I can't believe that I was out for so long. For someone that has been out for 3 days, I still feel quite tired.

Both my parents wrap their arms tightly around me and I hear my mom sniffle a little. Even though I planned to run away a few days ago, I wanted nothing more than to stay right here in my parent's arms.

When they pulled away, my mom holds onto my shoulder and looks me straight in the eye.

"Honey, I am so sorry for what I did. I guess it was just me trying to take care of my child and make sure that she doesn't get hurt. I never intended to make you hate me and runaway. When I heard that you had been in a car accident, I nearly died because I knew that I was to blame for it. I just want you to know that I love you, we both love you, and we will always love you no matter how far apart we are. I hope you know that." By the time she was finished talking, both of us were in tears.

"I love you guys too." I croaked, laughing a little.

The both stared at me with love-filled eyes and thankful smiles on their faces. Immediately, I knew that everything would be different and I hope that it will be for the better.

My mom and I both wipe our eyes. Her eyes widen as she seems to remember something. She gets off of the bed and reaches under the bed, pulling out my shoulder bag before giving it to me. I open it and find my diary and phone. I've never been more relieved to see my diary.

"It was one of the few bags that weren't destroyed and I knew that you would want it." She says softly.

"Thanks Mom." I whisper as I hug her yet again.

She nods her head, not being able to say anything and I notice her eyes starting to tear up again. My Dad must have noticed too because he stands up and places a hand on her shoulder.

"We better let her get some rest, Love. She must still me tired."

Mom nods her head at him and gives me one last lingering kiss on my forehead, tucking me in, then leaving with a wave.

As I start to close my eyes, I'm hit with a wave of exhaustion and fall asleep in a matter of seconds.

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A/N:

I am so sorry that I took so long to update. Sucky chapter but I had to update. The next chapter will be back to her diary again.

I was thinking of starting a new book about Anna outside of her diary from the very beginning. Please comment your opinions on the idea. Negative comments are allowed as well.