Lost Yet Found

Chapter 17 - "Stop, Before You Hurt Yourself!"

here's a update hope you enjoy it.

{Demi's P.O.V.} 

I woke up and walked into the kitchen of the hotel suite, my chest was burning my stomach is causing me pain with each step, I need my pain meds, the doctor released me two days ago and the pain only seems to get worse. I opened the pill bottles on the counter, took the appropriate amount of pills from each bottle and grabbed a water bottle from the fridge, I opened the water bottle and took the pills. Emily walked into the suites kitchen a moment later and said "what are you doing out of bed, you know bed rest means stay in bed, Demi," I gave her a small glare as I closed the pill bottles. I replied "I'm fine I just got up to get my meds stop fussing over me, you remember you've been shot too, you know it's not as painful after a few days of rest," I poke each of the spots she was shot, left shoulder, chest,  left thigh." 

She crossed her arms and responded "I know thats a load of crap I can see the pain in your eyes, your good at hiding it Demi, but your eyes give you away, you can fool a-lot of people but not me." I smiled and replied "fine I'll go back to being bored in bed," she responded "I'm going to ask Nick to pick up some groceries, we seem to be running low on water bottles," Demi said "we are leaving tomorrow, don't you remember we don't need more stuff." She nodded remembering that we are going back on tour tomorrow, then she walked with me back to my room, the suite has two rooms and a kitchen plus a master bath, Nick's suite is across the hall, his is the same.

I laid back down and Emily said "Demi you're bleeding," I gave her a 'you've got to be joking' look and I put my hands on my hips as I sat up I said "if you think that's going to trick me into staying in bed for the next 8 hours then you've got to be kidding me. you'll have to do better than that to keep me in this room," Emily lifted up my shirt and said "look your really bleeding I wouldn't lie to you about something like that, in fact I wouldn't lie to you at all." I walked into the bathroom Emily was right I am bleeding I took off my shirt and closed the bathroom door, the bandages on my stomach were almost completely soaked through with blood. 

I must of reopened the wound or popped a few stitches in my sleep, I'll just have to hope the bleeding stops on it's own, Emily knocked on the door and said "Demi are you okay, can you open the door?"  I replied "I'm okay and no, I don't want you to see me like this," Emily replied, come on open the door maybe I can help, what's wrong?," I replied "I'm having trouble stopping the bleeding." Emily said "okay now you need to open the door." I sighed and opened the door, Emily looked at me and said "we need to cauterize the wound, I'll go boil some water," I gave her a fearful glance. 

Emily came into the bathroom with a pot of boiling hot water, I was sitting on the bathroom floor lightheaded, I said "stop before you hurt yourself," she smiled and said "I'll be fine it's you I'm worried about." She gave me my phone and said "call Nick tell him to come in here, I slipped the key card under the door for him." Then she grabbed a washcloth from the towel rack and dipped it into the pot, she grabbed my shoulder and said grab my arms, this is going to hurt a-lot, ready." I nodded and she placed the washcloth on my wound, I cried out in pain and squeezed her arms, Emily said "I know it feels like your skin's on fire, but it'll be over soon I promise," I closed my eyes and said "how do you know what it feels like, Emily?" 

She looked away and mumbled "I'm so stupid," I replied "you are not stupid,"  as she dipped the rag in the water and then placed it on the still slightly bleeding wound on my stomach again. I cried out in pain and squeezed her arms tighter, and she said "when I was on the streets I couldn't risk going to a hospital and I hadn't met you yet, so I had no one to go to for help, I stayed in the woods where there was water I made fire when it was cold." She looked away and said "when I got a really deep wound I would boil water in a old pot I found from someone's old campsite and I used a shirt I had grown out of to cauterize the wound with boiled water."

My jaw dropped open and I said "ohh Emily do you know how dangerous that is, it's probably why you got so sick, you could of used contaminated water, I wish I had met you sooner, I could of saved you from so much pain." Emily replied "now you know how I know how to cauterize a wound with water, but what do you think of your wound," I looked down and there was a small line of burned flesh around the wound. I said "it looks good, you're pretty good at that, but you used your hands on the washrag, I watched you put your fingertips in the boiling water let me see them.

I gazed at the burns on her hands I said "they are only first degree, your lucky it wasn't worse," She shrugged and poured the rest of the boiling water into the sink, I heard a knock at the door and it opened moments later. Emily said "I'll talk to him, you put your shirt on and don't try to stand up," she took the pot out of the bathroom an I assume she put it back in the kitchen I heard Nick say "where's Demi she told me she needed help." Emily replied "I need you to carry her onto the bed she lost a-lot of blood but I was able to stop the bleeding, Nick calm down, look at me she's just a little lightheaded, she'll be fine after some rest." Nick replied "you're right, you know for a 13 year old your pretty wise."

Nick was at my side he picked me up gently and carried me to the bed, where he laid me down carefully, Emily put the back of her hand on my forehead, she said "you can sleep if you want, actually it's probably better you do sleep." Emily sat on the bed looking out the window, I said "hey," Nick said "hey, umm what happened," I replied "I popped a few stitches, Emily, cauterize the wound with boiling water, and we had a chat about her past, that I'm not telling you about." 

Nick nodded and said "wait she did what, with what," I said "you heard me don't play dumb, she did a good job, trust me, or I'd be on my way to the hospital." Nick nodded and said "okay I believe you but how did she get so good at that, you said you talked about her past which means she's...." I nodded and Emily said "don't tell anyone Nick, it's in my past I'm not proud of it, but it proves useful at times, promise you won't tell," she's still looking out the window, Nick replied "I promise, I'm going to go now that it seems you're okay, bye Demi." I replied "bye Nick," as he walked out of the hotel room and back to his own, I turned to Emily who was still looking out the window, she turned to me and gave me a hug. 

She said "when you locked yourself in the bathroom, I was so scared you wouldn't let me in to help you," I held her tightly and said "I know, it's okay, I'm okay now thanks to you." Emily pulled back and said "if you hadn't let me in you wouldn't be," tears were streaming down both our faces now and I sat up and said "It's okay I'm here, I'm not going anywhere, and I don't plan on it anytime soon." I wrapped my arms protectively around her and Emily continued to cry into my shoulder, tears streamed down my face. I reached up one hand and whipped them away, Emily said "you're the closest thing to family I have I can't lose you," I replied "I can't lose you either, your like a daughter to me."