Shattered Fragments

Chapter 7

I was stuck in a forest. Daniel and Gabriella stood before me, but they had fiery red eyes. Suddenly, they transformed into black wolves and raced off into the darkness. That's when I heard it. A haunting scream. Piercing the night. Sass -dead on the floor- a wolf hunched over her. Another scream. Boo and G, pounced on from behind. Another; Debby. The lights gone from her eyes. Mel tried to run -it took both wolves to take her down. Dove died praying, although none of us had been religious. Theo stayed with me. Fear. She would be with me till the end. Both wolves turned towards us, their crimson eyes hungry. She stood in front of me,shielding me from our inevitable fate. Then, I did something I never thought I could. Pushing Theo out the way, I gave myself to the wolves. Pain burst through me, and I dissolved into the darkness of the forest...

Alive. I'm alive. Those were my first thoughts. Then, where the hell am I?! Tubes were embedded in my wrists. I was hooked up to a machine. Quinn was across from me talking to someone. I tried to make them out but my vision went blurry agin. Most of me was bandaged, like an Egyptian mummy. I needed to find whoever saved us, I tried to get up but my legs were numb, "WILLOW! OH MY GOD, YOUR FINALLY AWAKE!" screamed Quinn.
"What? What do you mean?"
"You were asleep for three days!" Three days!
"Hi, Willow! Nice to see your alive!" said the guy next to Quinn. PJ Wyre; her boyfriend. He was a total emo, just like her. His blue hair was the most notable thing about him, along with the scar he got when his grandad hit him in the head with a frying pan.
"What are you doing here, PJ?"
"Came with my mate Mark. We went out cycling and found Daniel beating you guys up. So we tried to help, but you were bleeding bad. The paramedics thought you were dead."
"Your heart stopped for five minutes," added Quinn. So, Mark and PJ had saved us. That means... That person that saved me... Kept me from letting go of life... Was Mark.

"Is Mark here?"
"Right here," he was sat in the armchair next to me. I couldn't believe I had noticed him earlier, "I am so sorry about Daniel. I never knew he would do something as bad as this. My parents are coming tomorrow to deal with him."
"It's okay, I'm fine."
"No, your in hospital. It's not okay."
"When am I allowed to leave, anyways?"
"As soon as a doctor says you can. I'm going later today," answered Quinn.

~~~~~~~~~~*********~~~~~~~~~The Next Day

I got ready to leave the hospital, at last. It felt like I'd been here forever, "Miss Anima, you have a visitor," said one of the nurses, leading in Mark before walking off to help some other patient.
"Hey, Willow, I was wondering if... If," was he actually nervous?! "If you'd like to...um... Go on a date with me?" I couldn't believe this. Mark Smith asking me out on a date, "It's okay if you don't want to but I thought, maybe, we could get a pizza or something. I don't mind if you say no."
"I'd love to!"
"Really?!"
"Yeah, but I better go now, my family'll be missing me. Bye."
"Bye," I swear he was smiling like crazy.

The car ride back to the cabin was tedious but I didn't mind. Anything to get away from the disgusting hospital food. Everyone (except Gabriella) treated me like a war hero when I got back, even Kaleb, "Maybe your not as crazy as I thought. Definitely not crazier than Gabriella, anyway," She had been moved into the living room and was camping on the couch.

I headed up to my room, where Dove was waiting. She was squealing and jumping on the bed, "OMG, OMG! MARK ASKED US ON A DATE! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF OUR ENTIRE LIFE!"
"Calm down. He probably just did it to apologize."
"YOU ALWAYS SEE THE WORST IN EVERYTHING. I, HOWEVER, SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING! HE LIKES US!"
"Whatever."

Like a guy like that could ever truly love me.