Changing Past

Chapter 10: Love is Dangerous

Quote of the Chapter:
'Your gorgeous chaos was a danger to my beautiful ordinary life, and I knew that. Then suddenly, we became beautifully extraordinary together.'

"Ouch!" I yelped.

I sat up quickly as I felt the cold needle slip into my arm before my head began to spin. My eyes fell upon the nurse and they burned into her.

"I'm sorry honey, in a few days you will be discharged okay?" Instantly feeling guilty for reacting that way I slowly nodded.

"Thank you."

"No need to thank me honey, it's my job."

She left the room quickly, and shut the door behind her leaving me alone again. I crashed back down onto my pillow. My room smelled of Clorox and Bleach from the room attendants being in here so often. I'd thrown up 4 times in the past 8 hours, and I hadn't gotten nearly enough sleep. The doctors said that I had elevated blood pressure, and I needed to calm down in order to be released.

I closed my eyes and slowly inhalef the fresh smell. I loved the smell of Clorox, and I couldn't explain why. I guessed it was the sharp and clean smell that it gave off.

Knock, Knock, Knock.

"Mom!"

She froze in the door way and put her hands over her mouth. She stared at me with wide eyes, dropped her purse on the dirty hospital floor, and ran up to me.

"Oh honey, are you okay?"

"Mom, I'm fine."

"No you aren't! You were stabbed for christ's sake!"

I took her hands in mine and drew circles in her palm to try and calm her down. She put her hands over her face showing how frustrated she was.

"Look, I didn't mean to yell sweetheart, it's just that ever since you came to UCLA nothing has happened but for you to continually get hurt."

"Listen mom, I know it may sound that way, but more good things have happened that out number the bad. J-just trust me okay?"

She sighed heavily and nodded her head.

~*~

My mom left to go back home after she spent a few hours with me. When she left the room, it was stripped of her warmth and instantly turned cold as I felt an immediate sense of loneliness. I missed my family. I missed my dorky brother's remarks, and my mom's sensitivity, and my dad's caringness. I missed them so much it actually hurt me to think about them. So much has happened since I left and I had a feeling things would get better.

I hope.

~*~

I woke up startled and I searched the stuff hospital bed sheet before I grabbed my phone off the nightstand.

Incoming call from: unknown number

"Hello?"

"Hello, Alex."

"Who is this?"

"I'm a friend of Luke's"