USWNT - High School

Chapter 20

Hope's POV

The whole scene was so familiar, I had been in this exact situation too many times before. This time I think I was actually severely hurt though, judging by the looks of that girl. I probably terrified that poor nurse with my harsh words, but I'm done letting Judy get away with things too easily. She's ruined my life over and over, and now we're all hurting because of her.

I find it strange that the nurse didn't wore anything hospital related, and she seemed so personal with the way she spoke to me. She seemed familiar in a way, probably something they learn in nursing school I suppose.

She left in a hurry and I was alone to take this all in. I only remember bits of what happened. Judy was driving, we were all in the car, me, my dad and Melody. My dad. A mixed feeling of longing and heartbreak came over me. I felt a sorrow, a grief. Something must've happened to him, I swear I can feel it on me.
Judy had been drinking. She always drinks. She's gotten so used to pretending that it's hard to tell when she's sober or not, but she's usually not. I never understood why my dad never did anything, why he didn't fix her. He said once that 'the woman he fell in love with, our mother, is not the same woman with us here today' but he refused to give up on her. I think deep down he never accepted the fact that she was sick. Cause it's a disease, that's what it is.

"Ms. Solo?" A voice cut through my thoughts and brought me back to the present. I realized how many tubes and wires I was connected to, and how my head suddenly started to ache tremendously. I saw a doctor standing in the doorway, now approaching the bed.
"Can you hear me?" He continued, and as I focused on him I noticed two more girls in the back now. The nurse from earlier, and one other girl. Maybe they weren't nurses, they didn't look like they usually do. The whole situation became more strange by the way they were looking at me, and the fact that there was something so familiar with them both.

"I can hear you." I answered, redirecting myself towards the doctor again. The slightly older looking girl let out a relived sigh.
"Good, do you know where you are?" The doctor went on, and I couldn't help but slightly roll my eyes at the obvious question. I wasn't stupid, of course I knew where I was.
"The hospital. Unless you're some other kind of  doctor." I tried a joke, but it didn't seem to take on in the tough crowd.
"Do you remember what happened?" He went on, not giving me the benefit of the doubt. I sighed, and tried my best to cooperate.
"Car accident, I suppose. The last I remember was-" I paused. It was like I had some kind of short term memory loss. The whole family was in the car and, blank.
"I don't remember quite what happened, except we were all in the car and then I assume we crashed." I felt myself getting slightly irritated with all the questions now. If this accident was as serious as it looks, it's not weird that I don't remover every detail.

"We?" The doctor raised an eyebrow in what seemed as confusion. "Who's we, Hope?" He added, noting something down on a notebook he was holding. I found myself frowning at his confusion, he must know I didn't come here alone. Was I the only one of us getting hurt? How is that even possible?
"My family. Judy was driving, it's all her fault." I spoke up again, getting more frustrated by the second. The two girls in the back both got severely shocked looks on their faces by my words for some reason. 
"Who's Judy, Hope?" The doctor kept asking, and by the way he spoke my name it made me feel like a little kid. His voice was degrading.

"It doesn't say in your papers? What kind of hospital is this? Judy is my mother." I felt my insides cringe at the use of those two words in the same sentence. Judy had never been like a mother to me, I've called her by her first name my entire life. She didn't want to be a mother, and I sure as hell didn't want her as mine.

"Oh god, I knew it." I overheard the two girls in the back, the seemingly older one was baking her head while hugging the other tight. They both seemed personally affected by whatever I was saying, which made the whole thing terribly confusing.

"I'm sorry, what are they doing here? Isn't this confidential information?" I asked he doctor, while hinting in the direction of the two girls. The doctor turned around, looking torn in his decision on what to do. The shock on the girls faces made me terribly confused, more so than before. Why did they keep on looking so offended by my words, I didn't say anything that could offend them whatsoever.

"Hope." The older one suddenly breathed out, desperately searching for some bring in my eyes it seemed like. I looked back, feeling bad for not understanding what I could do to help her. I looked back at the doctor, not sure what any of them wanted from me.
"She's- what's wrong? What is happening?" The girl continued, now giving the doctor the same look she just gave me seconds ago. I kinda wondered the same thing honestly.

"We should take this outside." The doctor started, but I quickly stopped him.
"No, hey! I want some answers too, who are these people?" I asked, feeling the slight rage in my voice. My confusion was moving towards anger, seeing as I didn't get any answers.
"These people? Oh my god, Hope it's me. Carli, your best friend." The girl went on again, moving towards my bed now. I flinched at her sudden move, and was thankful when the doctor stepped in to stop her.

"I'll be back shortly, Ms. Solo." The doctor turned to me quickly, before taking the broken girl in his arms outside, along with the second one by the door. She had just been staring at me for a while now, staring into my soul almost. Like she too was searching for something she couldn't find, someone she couldn't find. I was beyond confused.