Where Am I?

chapter 4: all grown up

I'm starting rehab tomorrow and I'm kind of nervous but they said once I'm strong enough to sit upright and stand supporting my own weight again, i can visit home. I'll do whatever I have to if it means i can visit home.

"Knock knock" i hear coming from the door "come in" I reply. The door opens and In walks a tall muscular man that i have never seen in my life.
"Oh my gosh Sarah, you have no idea how happy i am to see you. I came as soon as mom told me you were awake" he leans In for a hug, i don't resist because i must know him since he seems to know me. I think he senses that I'm confused because he looks at me and explains " its me, David" oh my gosh, it's my little brother David. How? He's just nine years old. A tear slips down my cheek, he's all grown up, too grown up. "Don't cry" he says trying to comfort me " it's OK, I'm still the same David you remember. I can still make funny faces for you to laugh at, we can still wrestle, you can still pinch my cheek" I cut him off " no, it's not the same, and that's fine, your a grown man now and I'm proud of you" as I say that another tear slips down my cheek. He pulls me in for a hug and whispers " I'll always be your crazy little brother, no mater what.

To change the subject, i ask " so where do you live now?"
" well I'm going to UBC in Vancouver, I live with my girlfriend Harriot" I smile, little David who swore he would NEVER like a girl, has a girlfriend. I'm in the middle of silently singing "David and Harriot sitting in a tree", when i realize he's still talking to me "and she is training to become a lawyer, she's flying down tonight , you'll get to meet her!"
"That's great" I smile, I'm really happy for him even though I'm really sad that i missed out on getting to play the overprotective big sister role, I didn't get to prepare him for his first date or coach him on how to impress her or tell him how he should ask her out. "Well I've gotta go, see you tomorrow" he gives me another hug then stands up and walks away .

Seeing him all grown up makes me realize that I must have grown lots too, I push away the covers and see that I'm way taller than before, my legs almost reach the end of the bed. I also notice all the scars, the biggest one goes all the way from the top of my thigh to my knee, I also have a huge scar across my shin and one down my arm, all of them are on the left side so I'm assuming that's the side the car hit. I call for a nurse and ask for a mirror. she places it on the table in front of me, I look at my face, I almost cant recognize myself, my whole face has matured. Along with the way my face looks older I notice that the left side is covered in scars. I sigh and push the mirror aside then press my face into my pillow and cry.