Lost In His Eyes - Jakob Delgado

Chapter 24 - Take me home

CARA'S POV:

After sitting with Ethan for a while longer I decided I would be the one to break the silence, after all I don't think he knew when I was ready to talk.

"Ethan?", my voice was faint and husky as I looked up at him.

"Yes", he said looking back at me.

"Why were you still at the hospital?"

"Uhh.. Um", he stuttered before continuing. "I couldn't leave you.", his voice was a bit uncertain but I decide to take no notice of it.

"Aw Ethan thank you but you know I am ok on my own."

"I know. I just want to be there for you."

"and you have been so thank you"

"you know thats I'm always here for you Jones", he said, resting his hand on my thigh. I then let a laugh escape my lips due to the fact that he called me by my last name like he used to do.

"I know you are Karpathy", I said back causing him to smile.

We then went silent for awhile before Ethan moved his hand from my thigh to resting on top of my hand. "anyways, would you like my mum to drop you home, I could even stay over if you would like?"

"If it's ok could I go see how my mum is first?", I asked softy. "there was a lot of commotion in there before I left."

"Of course. We better get moving now though if we want to make it to her before visiting hours are over."

And with that I picked myself up from the floor, shaking tremendously as I did so although Ethan held me to help regain my strength and balance.

"Thanks", I whispered as I began to walk out from behind the pillar, still holding on to him.

"It's alright", he whispered back softly in my ear.

Making our way back into the hospital we passed many different wards and rooms ,my eyes instantly drawing to the different patients as I wondered how they would be feeling in there. Some were smiling as they were surrounded by family, some completely zoned out and in another world, looking pale and glum as ever. You never seem to think of the people trapped in these hospital rooms for days, weeks and even months but now you see them you can't help but feel absolutely pathetic as they could be on the verge of life and death and your worrying about a stupid boy.

My thoughts were then interupted by the sight of my mother being rushed out of her room, down the hall, into the surgical ward. I could then feel Ethan's hand interlock with mine before he pulled me in close whispering softly in my ear. "Everything is going to be ok."

"No its not" I whisper back before the tears make their way down my cheek once again. I turned my head into Ethan's chest, his arms now resting around my back, making circles whilst doing so. "It is, no matter what happens everything is going to be ok, I know it."

I stayed wrapped in his arms for a while before a nurse tapped Ethan's shoulder causing us to pull apart although his hand was still interlocked with mine.

"Hello, are you the family of Lisa Jones?", the nurse questioned softly whilst fiddling with her fingers.

"Uh.. she is, I'm no-", Ethan began to say before I cut him off and pulled him closer to me.

"Yes, yes we are", I said gripping Ethan's hand tighter.

"I'm Jess, one of Mrs Jone's nurses.", she paused for a moment before continuing, her voice starting to soften. "I'm sorry to tell you but Lisa has been found to have a traumatic brain injury which could possibly lead to short or long term memory loss, slowed ability to process information, increased anxiety levels and it could possibly lead to impulsive behaviour. However the surgeons are trying their best to help stop this before it's too late this being why Mrs Jones had been rushed into surgery."

A gasp escaped my dry and cracked lips as I put my hand over my mouth, trying to contain my tears that were already building up once again.

"What does this mean?", Ethan butted in before stroking his thumb over my hand.

"This means that only time will tell and all we can do is hope for the best."

"When will she, um we", he corrected himself, "be able to see her?"

"It's hard to say but I doubt any time tonight. Your better off going home and getting some rest, your best bet is to come in first thing tomorrow morning."

"Ok thank you.", Ethan said as a tear then escaped his eye. I seemed to have forgotten how much of an effect this would have on others not just myself. What about my sisters? Do they even know? Where are they?

"No worries, I wish I had better news", the nurse said interrupting my thoughts.

"Me too.", Ethan said back to the nurse before wiping his eyes clear of tears.

As soon as she turned to walk away, Ethan pulled me in close once again. "It's going to be ok. They said we can see her tomorrow." I could tell Ethan was trying to be strong for my sake as well as remain positive.

"Yea but Ethan what if she can't remember me anymore?", I let out nervously. "You heard what the nurse said about memory loss."

"No matter if it may seem like she does, you will always know she will never truly forget who you are. She loves you Cara, you know that."

I thought about this for a while before snuggling back into Ethan's warm embrace.
Mum has always been so close to me but recently I haven't been home much to talk to her as much, this making me feel extremely guilty and anxious for some reason.

"Did you want to go find Jakob before we head off, I know you would want him to be here.", Ethan let out. My anger began rising at the mention of his name. I then suddenly remembered I hadn't told Ethan anything about this whole cheating thing, this being why he decided to bring up his name. At that moment I decided to make a mental note to make time to tell him but now wasn't that time.

"No it's ok. Please just take me home.", I replied, my voice quite shaky and unsteady.

"No worries, lets go."

I then shuffled my feet out of the hall, Ethan still by my side, every so often asking if I was ok.
I could now see Ethan's mums car up parked ahead and Ethan's mum getting out to let us in.
She had black stained cheeks from her running mascara and her hazel eyes were now red. Her eyes clearly red from crying, which is fair enough as after all of our parents were like sisters and spent every waking hour together, as did we.

As she saw us coming closer she began to walk towards us, "Hi darling", she greets me with a kiss before pulling me into a hug, sniffling up her tears whilst doing so. I could now see her cheeks to also be a little puffy from crying and her dark brown hair to be fairly mattered which fell just behind her shoulders. "Come on, lets get you home sweetie."

A/N: HEY !! SO SORRY THIS IS SOOO LATE I FEEL TERRIBLE x
I was just on holidays and was not home for all of it, then I just recently went back to school so I haven't had a lot of time to write although I hope you enjoy this chapter !! I know I keep saying this but THERE IS SOME BIG THINGS COMING UP IN A FEW CHAPTERS TIME SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK FOR UPDATES :)
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