Touch Me

Necklace

" She's flatlining!"

"Hurry"

"I need more people in here!"

Am I..... dead?

No I'm not dead. I'm fine. Where's Teddy? Where am I? What happened?

"She's okay... get here into a room" I hear a nurse say

I wake up 15 hours later. I'm sore, bruised up, and I have cords all around me. I look around, I'm in a room, alone. A nurse walks in.

"Oh! You're awake!... thank you God" she looks up, smiles, then kisses her necklace.

"Where am I? What happened? Where's my brother?"

"Sam you and your brother have been in a bad accident and you're at the hospital. Your brother... Teddy is in a- a coma"

"What?" I'm confused

"You seem fine, you have nothing to worry about, we're taking care of your bothers and he is doing fine. You just need to rest for awhile, after that you can be released and come and see your brother"

"I have to wait to see Teddy?"

"Yes but we are doing everything we can"

I sigh and I look at the window... it's dark. The nurse smiles and leaves the room. Why? Why Teddy? He doesn't deserve to be in a coma. Who hit us?

"Nurse! Nurse"

She runs into the room with a worried look.

"Are you okay? What happened?"

"Wh- who hit us?"

"A drunk driver"

She waits then leaves me alone

Tears are filling my eyes. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I'm trying to yell but I can't. I press the button that calls the nurse and one blonde skinny nurse runs in and rushed to my side.

"I need help in 02!"

I hear about 5 people running to the room and they all gather around me. One checks my pulse the others grab supplies. Needles. A male jabs a needle in my arm and my vision begins to blur.

"You'll be okay" the male nurse says

That's the last thing I hear before I knock out

5 hours later

"Sam?"

"M-mmmm"

I'm awake

"You seem fine... your blood pressure is good... everything is fine.... you can be released in a couple of hours.... how do you feel?"

I sit up

"Fine.... great actually.... what happened to me? When I uh panicked"

"Oh... you just got scared, it happens to a lot of people and it's completely normal... nothing to worry about." She smirked then looks down at the clipboard in her hand

"How's my brother? Is he okay? Where is he? Is he awake?"

"No but he's doing okay... you care about your brother a lot don't you?"

"H- He's my everything... if I lost him I would... I would go nuts."

The nurse sits down at the edge of my bed

"I had a brother once, his name was Charlie. He was amazing, he graduated high school with a scholarship, he had a girlfriend, job, he had everything. He helped me through everything, when my boyfriend or should I say ex boyfriend cheated on me Charlie found him and beat him up" she chuckles

"He got cancer when he was 19, he quit his job, school.... he gave everything up because he got stupid cancer. He died a year after he was diagnosed..... I didn't go into his room until a year later. When I went in it was cold, I felt like he was in the room with me, I cleaned it up and everything, I put up his diploma, cleaned his dirty laundry, did his bed, everything. I- I still have the necklace he gave me."

She pulls out the necklace and it's a small gold heart on a gold chain

"He gave it to be a week before he died. I miss him so much, there is not a day that goes by that I don't think about him. Your relationship with your brother is amazing... I will make sure your brother gets the best of care and he is going to make it. Okay?"

"Okay" I wrap my arms around her and hug her tight while tears pour out of my eyes.

"Thank you so much" I say pulling away and wipe my tears with my hand

"My pleasure Sam"

She clears her throat

"Alright... I will uh  get you some clothes and then you can leave"

20 minutes later

I change in the bathroom and I step out. The nurse hands me a bag with stuff in it and smiles.

"You're really lucky, the crash was bad. I bought you some things... here"

"Lotion, perfume, hairbrush, all that stuff to keep yourself good" she says

"I didn't ask but what is your name?" I say looking at her

"Michelle... it's Michelle"

It's silent

"Oh and may I ask where your mom is?"

"She's in rehab right now"

"Alright I will get ahold of her and she can come in"

"No it's fine I can handle it myself"

"Are you sure?" She says

I swallow and look down then back up at her

"Yeah I'm sure"