Complicated Love (a student/teacher relationship) (rewriting)

Chapter 8

Ava's POV

I tried sitting up, and I felt a pair of arms gently push me down, I just swatted them away and sat up successfully, my stomach muscles clenching painfully, I ignored it.

"let me repeat." I said angrily "What, are you doing here?" I spat.

"Aves, let me explain" she said, but I cut her off.

"Only family and friends are allowed to call me Aves." I said angrily

"But, I'm your mom" she said looking wounded

"No! You stopped being my mother when you left us for your boyfriend, five years ago" I said, not looking at her.

"Ava..." she said

"why are you here, Amelia?" I said using her full name.

"I called your dad, because I wanted to come back and make things right but then he said you got shot, and I came down." she explained, I could tell she was hiding something.

"So what? Why would you care that I got shot? And what about your boyfriend? What's his name? Hank?" I asked

"Harold, actually" I started laughing, and then winced in pain "What's so funny?" she asked

"Harold is such a geeky name." I said, trying hard not to laugh again.

"Anyways, we broke up."

"Oh, so since you broke up, you decided to come back?" I asked and she nodded.

"That's shallow, even for you." I said "Can you leave now, Amelia? I'm tired" I lied. She nodded and left.. I was getting tired from sitting, and my stomach was burning again.

"Aves? You want to talk about it?" Cameron asked.

"No. I can't believe she had the nerve to come in here, acting like she cares." I muttered angrily.

"I'm sure she cares." My dad said

"Yeah, right" I snorted "She clearly showed that five years ago when she left with her boyfriend" I said. "and why are you defending her dad?" I asked angrily.

"I'm not defending her" he said defensively, I just rolled my eyes

"Did the doctor say when I can leave?" I asked

"No, he didn't" my dad said, shaking his head.

I slumped back in the confrontation with my mother completely drained me. The doctor came in a moment later.

"Do you know when I can leave?" I asked, hoping he would say soon

"In a couple of days. You're still susceptible to getting an infection, so we want to monitor you ." he said and left. A nurse came in a moment later with a new I.V bag.

"Visiting hours are over, You need to get some rest, sweetie" She said, her voice had a trace of a British accent

"Can't they stay?" I asked, I almost died, I want to spend as much time with them as I can. The nurse looked at me and sighed

"Alright, but if you get in trouble, you better tell the security guards that you snuck in" She said to my dad, friends and almost boyfriend, they all nodded. "I'll go get some extra blankets." She said and scurried off.

"How are you feeling, Ava?" Cooper asked.

"Meh, I've felt better." I said, shrugging.

"So I guess you'll be out of PE again?" Cooper asked with a grin

"Yeah.....that sucks! I just got back into it!" I said.

"You know, most people would be happy to get out of people." Audrey said "And I'm one of them." She said, shooting Cooper and innocent smile.