BlackOuts

Chapter 6: Waking up

Nikki's P.O.V
I wake up on my living room couch, feeling confused. I was sure I was at the hospital last night? Oh man, everyone must be having one heck of a panic attack right about now. I shake my head to wake myself up fully. I feel a buzz coming from my pocket. I pull out my phone and my mouth drops open in shock. 50 missed calls and texts from Shane, 25 calls from my parents. ...Damn, I'm in soooo much trouble. While I'm trying to figure out what to do, my phone buzzes in my hand again. I look and see that the caller is Shane. I wince. Out of all the people who are worried about me right now, Shane is who I'm scared about. He's always reminding me to take my medicine and if I don't he scolds me. He's my friend so I can see why he cares about me so much, he doesn't want to see anything happen to me. I take a deep breath, press answer and say," hello?" right away I get," Nicole! Where the hell are you!? everyone's been worried sick about you?! are you ok, are you hurt, did someone kidnap you!? tell me where you are!!". I pull the phone away from my ear, his shouting hurting my eardrums. I put the phone back to my ear and say," at my house, I'm fine, no one kidnapped me, calm down". The only thing I hear is the dial tone of my phone. I laugh softly and shake my head. Then I wince, my forehead hurts, I look down at myself and instead of my hospital gown, I'm in all black. Black t- shirt, black pants, you name it. I get up off the couch and go to my room. I change out of these clothes, and into a gray t- shirt and black shorts. I put my house shoes on. The doorbell rings. I walk down the stairs and open the door. I'm engulfed in a hug, a group hug actually. My mom, my dad, Shane and Nate hugging my leg. They all let go except for Nate, I pick him up. We all walk inside the house. My Mom says," Nate, why don't you and Shane go to your room and play a game, we have to talk to your sister". Nate nods and says," okay Mommy, come on Shay- Shay" that's his nickname for Shane. On any other day, I would have bursted out laughing. Now today though, I stay silent as I look both my parents in the eye. I look at my Mom, people say we look almost like. I have her dark African-American skin color, her black hair and blue eyes. Her height is 5,6. I'm 5,5. People say her eyes look sad, while mine look like I'm hiding a dark secret behind them. My dad is the color black through and through. He's black haired and green eyed, which people say are cat eyes. He's my mom's height. Right about now it's like they're two mountains towering over a small flowing river: Me. My mom, Savannah Alvarez says," Nicole Rosetta Alvarez, you had us all worried sick, why are you at the house and not the hospital?". I lick my lips, nervous about how to answer when I don't even know myself. I take a deep breath and say," I felt better when you guys left, I wanted to go home, but I knew you guys wouldn't let me, so when it was nighttime I went out the window and walked to the house". We all just stare at each other, til finally my Mom sighs and says,"ok, Nikki, ok, but you should have at least called us". She and my dad leave the kitchen and go upstairs, probably to their bedroom to talk about their favorite subject:Me. I walk upstairs to Nate's room and open the door, Shane and Nate are on the floor, Shane looks up, sees me and says," hey, we gotta talk, but we'll do it tomorrow, k?" I nod. He stands up, walks over to me and hugs me tightly, I hug him back and whisper," I'm fine, I promise". He hugs me again and leaves the room, a second later I hear the front door open and close. I turn my attention to Nathaniel, I pick him up and put him in his race car bed. He yawns and says," night night, Nikey" I chuckle, he heard the word Nike from one of those shoe commercials and he couldn't say Nikki back then. I say," Night, Nate". I walk to his door, turn off his light,close the door and walk to my own room. I don't bother changing because I'm basically wearing my nightclothes. I shut my door and climb under the covers. I yawn, close my eyes and fall asleep.