Mild Expectations

Chapter 2

My first day of Alex hell begins. Why did I say yes? I asked myself that question ever since I got up this morning. I was now parked outside Alex's house, waiting for him.

'Why are we here?' Asked Daniela from the back seat.

'I'm going to help him, sweety. He's blind so don't say anything.' I said looking at her through the rearview mirror.

The front door opened and Alex's mom came out, guiding Alex and I got out of the car, ready to help them.

'Hi, Liz. It's been so long. It's good to see you again.' Ms Milton said hugging me from the side, since she was guiding Alex.

'Great to see you too, Ms Milton.' I said, smiling and looked at Alex. 'Hi ,Alex.' He didn't say anything and just kept walking with his mom.

Ms Milton gave me an apologetic look and I gave her a reasuring smile that said everything was fine.

I opened the door for him and he got in and I closed it again. Saying goodbye to Ms Milton, I got into the driver's seat and started the car.

'Daniela, you remember Alex?' I asked, smiling at her and she nodded.

'Hi, Alex.' She said with a sweet voice.

He grunted a hi and turned his head towards the window.

'Alex, at least be nice to Daniela. She has nothing to do with this.' I said, slightly mad at him.

'Sorry. Hi Daniela.' He said, clearly annoyed with me.

We stopped at Daniela's school and said goodbye to her. Now it's just me and Alex. How fun.

I glanced at him frequently to see what he's up to. 'What's your first period?' I asked him, parking the car.

'History. But I can make it there on my own. I don't need your stupid help.' He barked.

I took a deep breath and turned to him. 'You need my help. You're not used to this yet and you can get hurt.' I got out of the car and went to open the door for him and helped him out as he got his cane.

People weren't whispering that much anymore but we were still only outside. Alex stood there as I locked the car.

I took his left arm but he shook me off. 'I told you I don't need your help.' He said and walked away and almost walked in front of a car but I swung him out of the way but the car swung and it was too late for me to get out of the way too.

Screams filled the grounds as the crash happened. I lifted my head off the ground but it was spinning so I layed it back down again.

'Are you okay? Someone call an ambulance.' Came the councellor's voice from next to me.

'I don't know.' I answered and looked at him. 'Where's Alex?'

Realization hit him and he left me and went to look for him. Soon the ambulance arrived and they came over to me.

That's when I realized I was still trapped under the car as they jacked it up to pull me out.

I winced as I was put on a gurny and when I tried moving, they told me to stay still. Curse them. I thought as I was bombarded with questions.

I tried to answer them as well as I could but my head was hurting too much so they decided to leave me be as they drived me to the hospital.

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At the hospital I was X-rayed and had to undergo a MRI to see if I had any brain damage.

I must say, I was handeling this pretty well. Even though I'm in a lot of pain. I'm weird.