My Little Sister

Hope

Chapter 20

Alex's P.O.V

It had been a week. A week since Mackenzie last opened her eyes. But Mackenzie had survived for a lot longer than the doctors thought she would. They kept on telling me not to get my hopes up. They kept on telling me that there was still a very huge risk of her never waking up. But I couldn't lose hope. Because if I lost hope then, it would be like giving up on her and I could never do that in a million years.

Sophie had been out of school for a whole week. If we tried to make her go she would point blank refuse and throw a complete fit. So we didn't make her. Maybe we should have but I didn't want to have an argument with her. I didn't have the energy in me to fight with her? What was the point in fighting with Sophie when we all needed to stand together as a family, for Mac

The continuous sound of the machine next to me was annoying but also weirdly comforting because I knew as long as that machine kept on beeping every two seconds Mackenzie was still alive and I needed her to be alive.

It's funny because before I met Mackenzie I could never understand the relationship between a father and his little girl. But now, now I get it. I understand that bond you have and I don't want that bond to ever fade away.

Before Mackenzie came into my life I didn't understand how a little girl could wrap her dad around her little finger. But now I do. Mac has me wrapped around her little finger. I'd do anything for her. I'd do anything to hear her laugh and smile even if it was one last time

The door opened and the doctor came inside a second later. He didn't look at me and I'm pretty sure he thought I was crazy. I hadn't moved from Mackenzie's side since she arrived at the hospital. Demi and Sophie had, they went home to sleep and eat but they came to visit every day to see Mac and to bring me clean clothes and food. The doctor snapped me out of my thoughts a few seconds later.

"Nothing's changed." He told me.

"I know. I can clearly see that." I answered back a little annoyed. Why did he have to point out the obvious to me? I knew there was a chance that Mac would never wake up but I had to hold on until the very last minute of her heart beat.

"Just so you know, Mac has a small chance of surviving at the moment." The doctor added.

"But there's a chance and that's all I need right now." I replied to him.

"Don't you think you are way too optimistic?" He asked me.

"No." I stated.

"I mean-." I interrupted him a minute later.

"Stop. Just stop. I'm trying so hard to hold on and be strong and you aren't helping. Would you be saying the same thing if that was your little girl lying in front of you? Would you be doing the same thing to your wife or your girlfriend?" I asked him.

"Well no..." He trailed off

"Then stop trying to break my hope. Because even if there's a small chance of her surviving, there's a chance and that's what I'm trying to hold onto right now." I finished.

The doctor just looked at me blankly before he went out of the room. I could tell that he thought I was way too optimistic. But I didn't give a damn. I wasn't here to make him like me. I was here to stay with my little girl.

"Sir?" One of the nicer nurses said a few minutes later. I looked up at her a second later.

"We need to give Mac her bath. So if you'll just wait outside." I nodded my head before I got up and went out the room.

Mackenzie's P.O.V

Everything around me was black but I could hear everything everyone was saying. My eyes gradually started getting lighter and lighter each day but my eyes were still far too heavy to open.

I felt something cold touching me a second or two later. It moved up and down my leg a few times before it was taken off my skin completely.

A few minutes later my clothes were put back on and I could hear something being placed beside me. I wanted to know what it was

The darkness around me was confusing and almost terrifying. I didn't like not being able to see. But all of a sudden a bright light shine in front of me. I concentrated on it before I eventually opened my eyes

"Daddy?" I called out.