I woke up, but I don't remember getting into bed, let alone falling asleep. What the hell. Groggily I opened my sleep crusted eyes, mind set to figure out where the hell this beeping I was hearing was coming from. Once my eyes were fully open I was slapped in the face with the flat color of white, everything in this room was white, excluding the blue stripes near the crown molding that framed the room. Where the hell was I? This certainly wasn't my room... It was too... Bright. My eyes scanned the room before I finally found what was beeping; a heart monitor. Furrowing my dark brown eyebrows I glanced down at myself, only to find a mix of IVs and cords connected to my torso and arms. A hospital; why am I in a fucking hospital? I gulped, that sudden feeling of a pressure on my chest coming back, the all too familiar feeling that I get before a panic attack. Sure enough not even a minute later the monitor began to beep faster at a more sudden and urgent race. I couldn't breathe, I was shaking and my palms were sweating. I was alone, in a hospital, with no one in the room with me. What had happened? Why was I in this hospital connected to all of these machines? How did I even get here? Where was my family?
My mind was racing at a similar pace to my heart. I was terrified, I can't even explain to you my fear of hospitals; especially being seemingly alone in one. Suddenly the door burst open and a man and woman wearing light blue scrubs rushed too my side, immediately checking my vitals without even asking what was wrong. Just having other people in my presence, strangers or not, made me feel better. The female nurse sat next to me and let the male continue working; she took my hand trying to sooth me by saying sweet things. Eventually it worked and I managed to calm down... But I was still so confused, why was I here?
"U-Um, why am I here? How did I get here? Where's my family?" I suppose rapid fire questions could be one of my few talents.
The female nurse, who's name was 'Liza' (that's what I could read from her name tag at least), finally spoke; offering me a reassuring smile, "Well, Logan, you're here because you collapsed while you were at track practice... Your heart stopped. Your coach called an ambulance while the nurse performed CPR, luckily she got your heart beating again before the paramedics got there... Your heart beat was weak but there. You were rushed to the hospital; and your family is on their way, don't worry they'll be here." Smiling once more she stood, squeezing my hand to reassure me.
The male nurse, Adam, was finishing up with the machines when I spoke again, "What... But I've never had any problems with my heart, I've never even passed out before. What the hell made this happen??" The fact that I'd passed out for no apparent reason scared me enough, but the fact that my heart stopped... Now that was terrifying... I could have died...
Adam had spoke when I expected Liza too, "Well," he started as he turned to face me, a sympathetic smile forming on his face, "that's what we're going to try to figure out. Once your parents get here Dr. O'Claire is going to speak to them and let them know what happened and what condition you're in... From there we'll figure out what tests we need to run. You're in good hands Logan, O'Claire is an amazing doctor, he wouldn't hurt a fly."
Hesitantly I nodded... He sounded nice enough, but that was my last thought at the moment. I shook my head, desperate to get the thought of my could be death out of my head. I looked at Liza and Adam to distract myself; that's when I noticed it, the writing on their arms. It was identical, every word, every letter, every drawing. This brought a small smile to my face as I glanced at them, Liza had a faint blush on her cheeks, realizing I'd caught on, as for Adam, he just had a cheeky little grin on his face.
"Soulmates?" I pondered at them, they both nodded their heads in response.
God... I wish I could find my soulmate... But what had gone through their mind at my near death? Had something happened on their end?... God soulmates are confusing....
