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THREE

Beep beep

I check my phone for the notification and see that my taxi is here, grabbing my coat and my papers I head down stairs and get in the taxi. 

The taxi driver tries to make small talk but I brush it off, i'm just here to get to the apartment viewing I scheduled, not small talk. He gets the memo and stops talking. Once we get to the apartment he tells me the total fare price, I hand him a twenty dollar bill and thats the end of our interaction. 

Walking up the steps of this little city apartment I notice its in a fairly quiet area despite being planted in a busy neighborhood. The steps seem sturdy and the railing doesn't wiggle around when I grab it for support, so far so good.  

The host of the viewing greets me at the door with a warm smile and a brochure.

"Hello! Thank you for coming, if you need any help navigating the apartment or have any questions at all, feel free to ask. I'll be walking around shortly, my names Natalie if you need anything!" 

"Thank you, Natalie." I say my goodbyes and start to look around. Its only a one bed, one bath but it seems bigger than the pictures. I find the bedroom among all the twelve million closet doors. The bathroom is sort of a jack and jill bathroom, it connects to the bedroom but has another door exiting into the main hallway. The whole house is painted a pale yellow color with blue curtains and sheets. Not really my taste but its fine for now. I'll take it.

I go into the kitchen and find Natalie talking to a young couple about the plumbing. 

"Excuse me, I'll take it." I cut in before the lovebirds can form a response about the newly installed pipes.

"Oh, fantastic! Let me grab the papers and we can sit down and discuss everything." She turns to the couple, "I'm so sorry but we do have a two bed, one and a half bath for rent down the street If youre interested? Tony is showing it right now if you'll head on over, he'll be more than happy to show you around and answer any questions!" The couple nods and heads out, oh well. 

Natalie pulls out two seats at the bar table in the kitchen, sits down on one and pats the other with her hand. She starts flipping through pages on the table as I sit down next to her. She starts talking about the policies they have about pets and fees and parking as I quickly try to supple her with the information she needs. 

In the end, after crossing all my T's and dotting all my I's, I walk out the door with all my stuff and pull out my phone to call another taxi to take me home. I spot one on the curb of the other side of the street and hang up, Whistling to get their attention I step over the curb and onto the street. I walk my way over and step inside the taxi and tell him my address and he takes me home.

If only it actually happened that way. I stepped over the curb and halfway through the street I was met by a garbage truck. He hit me and I went flying. At least thats what I assumed. 

I woke up in the Emergency department being pushed up to my room, the nurse didnt say much, just walked. I was fine with that, I wasnt in a talking mood. I watched everything we passed, trying to learn my way around and where I was going. We get onto some elevators, I couldnt see what floor we got off onto because the lady was in the way. She pushes my stretcher to the left and overhead I see a sign.

5 East Trauma Unit

I'm a trauma patient? I feel fine though. We get to my room and some new lady introduces herself as my nurse for the day, she checks my ID bracelet and asks for my name and date of birth. After answering she asks if I can walk, "yeah" I reply. But I see the lady who pushed me up here shake her head. I cant walk? Yes I can. 

As they walk into the room I find a yellow tab and pull it, the rail of the bed lowers. With some difficulty I try to move my legs over, they barely move. The nurse comes back so I just sit still.

"Oh! You tried getting out huh? The papers we have on you say youre not too coordinated right now. We're going to move the stretcher into the room and pull you over, you just sit tight and we'll be right back." The nurse tries to comfort me but I dont want to be comforted. I could hardly move my legs when I shouldve been kicking them, so this is what my life has come too? 

(A/N: Hey guys! Hows that for a bit of a plot twist??? I hope you enjoyed it! I have more to publish soon, I have a plan for this story, I'm not sure how its going to end but I know what direction I'd like it to go in. If you guys have any ideas that you'd like to see in here feel free to comment or message me! I'm open for any ideas and I might incorporate it if I like it or think it fits! 

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