Why Wait?

10

~~~hospital~~~
I wake up in a hospital room, letting out an involuntary groan. People immediately rush at my side. It took a while for me to make out who they were but my vision cleared and I was able to identify them.

"She's awake," I hear someone say.

"Get the nurse."

"Is she okay?"

"Thank goodness!"

"Whatever you do," I hear someone whisper. "Do not mention the fact that we've been here all night."

I run a hand through my face, letting out another groan.

Austin helps me sit up. "How are you feeling?" he asks, his features bent in worry.

I flinch away from him. "I'm fine," I say in a quiet voice.

He looks me in the eye. "Kelli, I'm sorry. I know I was being rude as yelling at you wasn't the way to fix things."

I don't say anything for a while. I feel really bad for worrying them. Especially since they warned me this would happen.

I want to cry. I hate having people to depend on. This just makes things a lot worse.

As if reading my mind, Sidney's arms wrap around me as I cry on her shoulder. Austin gently rubs his hand up and down my back telling me it's okay. My head slightly hurts from all the crying. So I force myself to stop.

"Let's try that again," Austin repeats quietly. "How are you feeling?"

I sigh, not able to keep this up any longer. "My head hurts," I tell him. "And I'm thirsty."

He nods. Ty leaves the room to get the doctor and Luke follows him to get me some water. Leaving me with Chance, Alex, Austin, and Sidney.

"Where's mom and dad?" I ask, noticing that they aren't in the room.

My brother gives me a sheepish look. "They can't make it to the hospital. There's a lot they have to work through right now and it's really important."

More important than their own daughter, I think to myself. But I know better than to say that out loud because then Austin will start feeling bad and then he'll try to get them to come here. And I'm just really not in the mood to deal with them right now.

"They feel bad, though," Sidney says, trying to lighten up the mood. "They really want to be here with you."

Austin sends her a warning look and shakes his head, silently asking her to stop. She catches the message and purses her lips.

"We should play a game?" Alex finally says. "It's really fun and it'll get our minds off the fact that we're spending our Saturday morning in the hospital."

I sit up. "What? We've been here all night?"

"Oh," Alex says, blushing a little as everyone in the room turns to glare at him. "Well, n-no. N-not exactly."

Chance smacks the back of his head. "Yes. We've been here all night. But in our defense, the doctors wouldn't let us leave until you woke up. Which, of course, took all night."

I let out a groan. "I'm so sorry," I tell them. "I should have eaten like you told me too. I just didn't want to have to throw up again."

"Again?" Austin demands.

I curse myself realizing my slip. "I meant, again as in referring to the last time I threw up my food," I mutter, obviously lying.

He glares at me. "I don't think so," he tells me. "Why didn't you tell me?"

I noticed the hurt flash across his eyes and sigh. "Because I wasn't in the mood to deal with your overprotectiveness. Sorry for hiding that. But it honestly wasn't that bad."

Before he could reply, Ty walks in with the doctor. He smiles at me before taking a seat. The doctor gives me a smile. "How are you doing?"

I shrug. "I'm okay."

"Kelli," Austin warns me, his eyes narrowing slightly.

I sigh. "My stomach hurts," I say quietly, avoiding everyone's gaze. "And I have a headache."

The doctor nods, writing something on his notepad. "You'll feel a little lightheaded for a while." I noticed he and Austin had a silent conversation before the doctor turned to face me again. "Miss Kelli, are you suicidal?"

My eyes widen and I immediately sit up. "What?"

He frowns a little. "I noticed you have an extreme bipolar disorder. Is your medicine working okay?"

I run my hands through my hair before nodding. "I just went to the doctor a few weeks ago," I say under my breath. But I know they heard me. You could here a pin drop.

"So, not eating had nothing to do with you being suicidal?" he presses.

Sidney gives me a worried look. I roll my eyes. "I'm not suicidal. I wasn't in the mood to throw up my food making me feel worse then I already was. Not every bipolar freak is suicidal."

I was on the verge of shouting. Every single time I go to the hospital they question me about the same thing. I realize I just called myself a 'freak'. And I feel bad for snapping at them but I'm furious that they even suggested me being depressed in that way.

"Calm down," Austin tell me, shooting me a glare.

I glare back at him.

The doctor clears his throat, clearly awkward with the situation. "My bad," he says. "But it seems as though you are not succeeding with keeping your emotions at bay."

I freeze. "Oh," I say lamely.

"What, oh?" Sidney says.

I let out a frustrated groan. "I didn't take my medicine this week," I tell them. "I was on a low mood all week long and didn't think about taking my medicine."

Austin curses under his breath before storming out of the room. Ty and Sidney follow him out. Leaving me with the doctor, Chance, and Alex. Luke still hadn't come back yet.

"Well," the doctor tells me. "It seems as though your low moods are pretty rough. Seeing as though you're in the hospital right now." He sighs. "Miss Kelli, I'm going to contact your doctor and have him prescribe you new medication. I'll have you meet with your therapist twice a week."

I don't complain, seeing as though I don't have much of a choice. So I just lay back down and cover my face with my hands.

I know I've said this before. But my life literally sucks.

HEY!!! SO WHAT DO YOU THINK SO FAR? ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW AUSTIN REACTED WHEN HE FOUND OUT KELLI HADNT TAKEN HER MEDICINE? DO YOU THINK HES A BAD BROTHER OR THAT HES WAY TOO OVERPROTECTIVE?

PLEASE COMMENT OR VOTE AND SUCH. IT WOULD MEAN A LOT IF YOU DID.

IN CASE YOU HAVENT HEARD, I STARTED A NEW STORY CALLED 'MY BROTHERS BEST FRIEND.' I USUALLY DONT DO ANY MORE THAN TWO STORIES AT A TIME BUT I HAD AN IDEA AND DIDNT HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY PAPER WITH ME AT THE TIME. SO PRETTY PLEASE WITH CHERRIES ON TOP CHECK IT OUT!!!

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK ME. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!