6 hours later:
Beep beep beep
My eyes slowly opened, revealing a hospital room painted light green and a set of balloons that said "get better"
I quickly sat up and looked around, immediately regretting it when a strike of pain whipped through me.
"Gem? Doctor! He's awake!"
There, at the edge of my bed sat Mr Collins.
Half of me was glad someone I knew was here. Half of me was embarrassed.
But mostly, I was just full of questions
"Where am I? What happened?"
Mr Collins eyes traced to the ground
"Gem.."
Was all he could say before the doctor entered the small room
"Ah gem, you're awake. How do you feel?"
"Sort of sick" I replied
The doctor nodded
"That feeling is only going to get worse"
Mr C stood up and walked towards the doctor
"So, what's the verdict?"
"It was definitely an overdose. From what, I don't know. But the factors of alcohol abuse and blood loss also added to the attack. He's going to be ok, but he's going to be here awhile"
He nodded.
I looked down at my wrists, they were bandaged up so I couldn't get at them. I felt my face get hot when I realized my damaged arms had been discovered.
I felt like I should of been more surprised with the fact that I had an overdose but I wasn't, I knew it was going to happen eventually. I just didn't know when.
The doctor walked across the room towards me and sat down beside my bed
"Gem tell us exactly what you took"
I looked up at Mr C, I wanted him to leave. He didn't move a muscle though.
"Uh... "
Doctor James (I read his name tag) smiled at me
"Don't worry your not in trouble. What drugs did you take last night?"
I shrugged
"Where do I start?"
There was silence. Nobody laughed.
I guess now is not the time for jokes.
"Um, from what I can remember, heroin, marijuana, and these blue pills, I don't know what there called"
He quickly scribbled on a price of paper.
"And how much alcohol did you consume?"
I blushed
"Maybe 10 to 12 cans?"
He nodded his head
"And your arms, that's self inflicted am I correct?"
I kept my eyes glued to the palms of my hands and nodded
"Ok, thank you gem. Now, because you have an addiction, the next 5 days are going to be very difficult you hear? You call me if you feel any pain"
He left the room immediately.
Me Collins walked around my bed and sat on the chair beside me
"You had us really scared Gem"
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Fiksi RemajaGems life has always been a chain of unfortunate events, but lately things have begun folding out and he discovers things about himself and his surroundings that he never knew before.
