I Need You Now

The Truth

Melanie's POV

The truth. Dan and James didn't even know the truth. I didn't want to tell them either. James was right because someone needed to know  and I didn't want the doctor to know because he would do something to Josh. He needed to go to jail though. Or maybe not? No he does! James is right I need to tell the truth. I don't have to tell the whole truth though. That's wrong. I need to tell the whole truth. The memories. I hated the memories of two nights ago. The pain the horror. The feeling and reality that no one could help. 

"Melanie?" James was shouting at me. Why was he yelling? I looked at James, then my stomach churned when I saw everyone in the room was looking at me plus three nurses. "Why is everyone looking at me?" I was so confused. Why is James pinning me down to the bed? "You were shouting and scaring us. Me and Dan were trying to calm you down and..." I looked over where Dan was sitting and he had a face of pain. you could tell he was trying to hide it. I looked down at his arm that was soon drizzling blood. 

I shoved James off of me, not breaking eye contact with Dan's  arm. My foot was pain-filled but I didn't care. As soon as I got to Dan I knelt down, taking pressure off my leg. I gently took his arm. The good thing is, he didn't flinch at all. The bad thing is, I did this. I removed the towel applied to the area and saw a red scratch mark bleeding. I took the gauze, wrap, and ointment beside him.  I applied the ointment, but hearing him wince in pain made me want to die. I gently put the gauze on the scratch and wrapped his arm to keep pressure on the wound.After I was done I looked at him. He didn't look in pain which made me feel better.

Dan's POV

When she was freaking out, she grabbed my arm and when the doctor tried to push me away she tried holding on tighter. It pained me, but I was only thinking about how much Melanie would hate herself, because I know that she will think that she did this when it wasn't her fault. She wrapped my arm up and even though it hurt a bit, I didn't show even the slightest sign of pain. James supported her and helped her get back on the bed.

James' POV

All the sudden, Melanie was acting as if she was trying to escape from her mind. Was she thinking about Josh and when he abused her? I pinned her down on the bed to get her to calm down. Dan was trying to calm he  down as well. She grabbed his arm. Not roughly though. The stupid doctor thought she was hurting him and when the doctor was pulling Dan away I guess Melanie freaked out and thought he was leaving her. That's not at all what happened though.

Melanie's POV

When I tell the truth, there's no going back. "Are you okay," James asked. I wasn't okay. "Yeah. I... I'm fine." Dan got up out of the chair he was sitting in and sat next to me on the bed. He smiled as he put his hand on my leg comforting me, because he knew I wasn't okay, and James knew it too. "I know that your scared of telling me what happened," the doctor spoke. "But I Ned to help you, and if  its something serious I need to know. Now." He's right. "Okay, ill tell you."