The Girl Time Forgot

Chapter 13. Tray returns

POV. Erica

I sat in my bed after lunch, just waiting. I wasn't sure what I was waiting for but I was waiting for something.

I don't know what it was but something weighed in my stomach heavily. I felt unsure of almost everything. I couldn't shake this feeling, I just felt scared and unsafe. Maybe it was cause Luke was gone or I was alone. I feared Tray would come back and hurt me. Yet something told me that would most likely not happen.

I finally sat back and took deep breaths trying to calm my overwhelming anxiety. I decided that I should try to get up and walk around. My leg was broke so it was wheelchair or crutches. I went for crutches. I battled depression and anxiety and I learned that to help my anxiety I could walk around a little.

I hated crutches cause they bruised my under arms, but it helped if I was up and active. It hurt my arms but it helped to walk. When I was walking around I stopped by the mirror on my wall. I saw the stiches in my head. I got so mad. All I could think was that Tray need to pay for what he did. Maybe he did by the beating he got, but maybe not.

Every time I get mad I can't control myself to and I usually end up doing something I regret later on, but then again don't we all.

What made me even more mad was that he was in the same hospital as me just a few floors down. They wanted to separate us cause he hurt me and the beating. The nurses told me what room number he was in case I wanted an apology. Bad idea.

Next thing I knew I opened my hospital door and looked down the hallway. My family, friends, and boyfriend were all standing talking by the snack machine. I turned my back and moved as quickly as I could down the hallway. I got into the elevator and turned towards the buttons I was on the 5th floor and Tray was on the 3rd. I pressed the button to the 3rd floor.

When I looked up just as the doors were closing I saw Luke turn his head and squint. Right as the doors were closing I mouthed, "sorry" to him and he realized it was me. He began running to the doors, but they had already shut. A rush of excitement and thrill ran through my body and I felt rebellious. This wasn't even the most rebellious thing I've done but I felt like it was. Finally I got to the 3rd floor and rushed to his door. Everything was rushing through my mind so quickly I had to stop for a moment.

        I regained my thoughts and I knew I had a plan for when I got in there. I had to hurry and get in there fast cause I knew my family was after me. I didn't have much of a plan but the big thing I knew was that Tray was gonna pay for what he's done even if I had to do it. I wasn't gonna kill him or do anything too illegal but he was gonna know to never mess with me again, and I couldn't wait.