Blacked Out

Chapter 5

I woke up in a completely different room. But, this time there wasn't anybody standing over me, unfortunately. I had even more IV's in my arm than I did before. My body was so sore and I couldn't even sit up on my own. I was attempting to try to reach the TV remote, that was on the table next to me, when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" I yelled loud enough for the person knocking to hear. In walked a middle aged lady wearing a white lab coat. She had thin, grey hair, and looked a lot older than I'm sure she actually was. She had a huge smile on her face, which was really comforting, and made me feel a little bit better about the unfortunate situation I was in.

"Hello Ruby, My name is Doctor. Lorraine, and I will be taking care of you, for the duration of your stay at Charlotte Memorial Hospital." Her voice was quiet and slightly raspy. It reminded me of my mothers voice. Does my mom know I'm here?

"Can I ask you something?" I felt my cheeks turn red. There was a burn in the back of my throat and I knew I was close to crying. But, I used the little strength I had and held back the tears, that were pushing their way up.

"Of course you can, You can ask me anything! My job is to take care of you, Ruby. I'm here to help you get better as quickly as I can." Doctor Lorraine was so calming. Everything she said made me feel like I was going to be out of this hospital in no time.

"What happened to me?" I asked. "Well I mean, I know what happened to me.. but like what happened yesterday when all the nurses came into my room and I blacked out?" The doctor continued to explain to me that the car accident messed up my heart and caused me to have a heart attack. She used so many scientific words it sounded like she was speaking a foreign language to me. She explained that my heart should be okay for a little while, but I have to start taking some medications to help. She explained how I have stiches above my eye and that I broke my ankle in three different spots, which is why there was a giant cast on my leg. She told me that I was lucky to be alive, let alone have such minor injuries. She praised me for wearing a seatbelt and she told me I should be thankful I was wearing mine, or my injuries would have been a lot worse.

Oh my god... Mia.. I had been so caught up in my thoughts about my own health I had forgotten to ask if my best friend was okay.

"Doctor Lorraine?" I asked.

"Yes Ruby?" she replied with little emotion.. She didn't use her usual comforting tone that I was already so used to.

"C-can you tell me what happened to my friend Mia? The one who was in the car accident with me? She was the passenger.." as soon as I asked this question her face turned pale..

"Ruby..." Doctor Lorraine came and sat on the end of my small hospital bed. "Mia is in critical condition. Since she wasn't wearing a seatbelt, she sustained many severe injuries to her head. She's on life support at the moment and we are trying to contact her parents, but we haven't been successful. Do you have any idea on how to contact her family?"

The news made me feel like everything I had was just ripped away from me. I don't know what I am supposed to do without Mia. She's been my best friend since high school, we have gone through everything together. My body went numb. I felt the pressure at the back of my throat and I knew I was going to cry. I had been trying so hard to hold it all together this whole time. But, now I don't even have my best friend to go home, with and laugh about our time at the concert. I was alone. I didn't have much in my life before the accident. But now I have nothing. I don't have my best friend who was my everything. I am alone. I am sick, alone, and hurt. Hurt in more ways then one. I turned to Doctor Lorraine and hugged her. I buried my head into her neck and cried. I cried, and cried, and cried. I was crying more than I ever have in my life.  I was crying more than the little girls at the One Direction concert. I was crying more than when I used to take Zoë upstairs, when my mom and dad were arguing. I was crying more than when my dad left us.  I was so thankful Doctor Lorraine let me. She didn't say a word. She just let me cry on her shoulder for as long as I needed.

AN: Sorry on the late update! I'm going to post tomorrow and I will try to maybe do a double update :) Thanks for all of your nice comments and all the reads! I'm really happy with the way this story is turning out and I hope yall are too:) Keep voting and commenting!! xx