Paper Cuts- Jelsa AU

Chapter 36- The Big Big Bang

(The Big Big Bang- Rock Mafia ft. Miley Cyrus)
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Elsie-

Darkness. It was all around me, surrounding me. I felt like my insides were on fire. I wanted to scream but I couldn't open my mouth. What is going on? Whatever it was, it was agonizing. I was in pain. I didn't know what was happening to me. Memories or better yet, visions of me screaming and struggling against whatever it was that was causing me such pain. I could feel it moving through my veins, my bones, my heart. I could feel myself getting colder and colder with every passing second. My heart went from a steady heart beat to an unnatural one. In just a few minutes, it was over and I could hear what was going on around me.

A beeping was next to me going along with my heart beat. I could hear the drip of the I.V. going down the small tube which I now felt in my arm. I could hear people bustling about trying to get to and from a place. Was I in a hospital? I was confused and I wanted to open my eyes to confirm my location but I found it difficult to do just that. My eyes stung a little and I could feel them changing underneath my eyelids. What happened? I wanted to move but even that I couldn't do. It was like I was trapped in my body. I heard the door open and two pairs of footsteps came in, talking in hushed tones. I could hear them clearly as if they were talking normally.

"She will be okay. I've just got a couple of more tests to run just to make sure she's alright and there's nothing we might've missed."

"Do you think she'll wake up anytime soon?" That voice. I knew it so well but I couldn't put a name to it.

"With the recovery rate she's going at, we're looking at a couple more days until she makes a full recovery."

"Thank you Doctor." I couldn't place a name but a face came to mind. Pale skin, white hair, blue eyes, hard yet soft features, and a smile so white it could be seen from a mile away.

"It's no problem. It's a miracle she survived with all that blood she lost," a beep went off in the room and then the doctor continued, "I've got to get to that. Let me know if you need anything else."

"I will. Thank you again." I heard the door open and close and a chair being pulled up to my right. A hand as cold as mine grabbed my free hand and brought it to cold lips. I didn't know what it was I felt but my heart skipped a beat when he did that. The heart monitor must've displayed that because he chuckled.

"Oh Elsie, still have those butterflies for me huh?" He chuckled again and I was confused. Butterflies? For him? Why would he say that? Was he my boyfriend? Husband? Oh God please don't let me wake up and find out I'm married. I felt him move a little in the chair and his thumb rubbed my knuckle in a soothing manner. The door opened again and I heard three people walk in. The man let go of my hand and stood up.

"How is she doing? What did the doctor say?" A woman's voice said. She sounded so familiar.

"He said that in a couple days she'll have made a full recovery and wake up soon. He still needs to run a couple more tests to make sure they didn't miss anything, but other than that, she'll be fine." It frustrated me that I couldn't figure out who he was.

"Oh thank God. Collin, she'll be okay. My poor baby." The woman sighed in relief.

"That's great news Primrose. But I think we should let her rest. Anna, you can stay here with Jack and watch her." Another man said. Collin? Primrose? Anna? Jack? Where did I know those names from?

"Alright Uncle." A voice said from beside me. I hadn't noticed her until she spoke. She was looking down at me, I could feel it. Her warm hand touched mine and I remembered her and the older man and woman. Anna, my sister. Primrose, my Auntie and Collin, my uncle. But who was Jack?

The door closed and it was just Anna and the man who was here earlier. They both were on my sides, Anna on the left and the man on the right. His face was clear in my mind and his name so familiar, but I didn't understand the connection between us.

"She feels so cold Jack." Anna said while rubbing my arm. Jack coughed a little and grabbed my hand.

"Does she? She feels normal to me. It's probably the air conditioning in here." He said and I could feel him fidgeting with my fingers.

"Probably. These damn hospitals are always freezing. Maybe they do that to keep the dead bodies in the morgue from decaying." Anna laughed and Jack laughed with her.

"Yeah, maybe." He said. His voice sounded different, sad almost. Anna stopped laughing immediately.

"Oh Jack, I'm so sorry. I don't know what got into me. I just hate hospitals. I'm so sorry." She said and I felt her reach over me to touch his hand that was holding mine.

"No, no. It's fine. I hate them too. Now more than ever." He said. I wondered why he said that. What's so bad about hospitals? Besides the creepy patients and horrible food.

"I know losing Kat in that accident and almost losing Elsie must've been hard for you." She said.

"Yeah it has been. Kat had a whole life ahead of her but she'll never live to see it through. And Elsie," he trailed off a little before continuing, "Elsie would've died if she hadn't come to me and I wasn't holding her. You don't know how scary it is to see the love of your life bleed out in your arms."

It hit me. Everything that I couldn't remember or piece together came to me like a big bang. The accident, Kat's death, Jack's distress, Jack. The love of my life. Who also happened to be a Vampire. Everything. I remembered everything. But what happened to me that I couldn't? Why did Anna say I felt cold? Why did Jack get nervous when she mentioned it? What did he do?

"I'm going to go get something from the vending machines in the cafeteria, you want anything?" Anna said as she stood up and walked to the door.

"No, thank you." Jack said and the door opened and closed. I wanted to open my eyes so badly and see his face. I might not have remembered him for a little bit but I still missed him. I wanted to touch him and feel him instead of him holding my hand, sitting there waiting for me to wake up. Why couldn't I wake up? The doctor said I was okay. Wake up, I told myself, wake up damn it. I struggled to open my eyes. It was a fight with myself that I was determined to win.

I won. My eyes opened and I was looking at the ceiling before Jack's face came into view. I smiled and reached my hand to touch his cheek.

"Elsie."

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Dun, dun, dun. Sorry guys for taking so long to update. I was on vacation and rarely had WiFi. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and plot twist. I'll try to update soon when I have time.

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With love,
Mionette Losoya
(aka MartyArendelleFrost)