My Best Friend [COMPLETE]

Chapter 19 - Returned Home

"Thank GOD you're okay." exclaimed my mom, pulling me into a tight hug. "What on EARTH were you thinking? I'm just glad you're okay. Don't EVER do that again. Oh, are you hurt? Why did you wince?" I winced because she was hugging me too tightly.

"Mom. you're acting crazy. I'm fine. After all, I'm eighteen. I can do what I want. I needed to see Thomas. I winced because you are hugging me extremely tight." To make my point, when she released me, I made an over-dramatic gasp for air. I went into my room to unpack.

"You're not getting off that easy. You are grounded, young lady. Two weeks." I continued to unpack. "Did you hear me?"

"Yes. Two weeks."

"Good. Now, let me help."

"MOM! Stop!" I yelled as she picked up my shirt to help me. She dropped the shirt, backing up. Silence. I didn't like it. "Mom, I'm sorry. You're just acting so weird. I mean, I got out of a coma four days ago, yes, but I didn't forget how to be a person. I just need some space to grasp all that has happened in the last four days. So you grounding me and then being all sweet is... well, frustrating to me, okay? Just give me space. And time. Let me figure this all out." my mom walked out of the room. She closed the door behind her. As I picked up the shirt from the floor, I started to cry. I continued to put things away as I cried. It was silent.

Two hours later, my phone pinged.

Thomas: Hey, what's up? I was thinking about coming down this weekend or next. 

Me: Can't, but I would love to. I'm grounded for the next two weeks.

Thomas: Seriously? That sucks. Sry. I guess I'll see you in three weeks.

Me: You can still call and facetime and text.... I just can't leave the house.

I threw my phone onto my bed. I was sitting in a chair in the corner of my room. The phone pinged again. I didn't care. i spent a year of my life dreaming of what that year could have been. A year!  You know what I could have been doing? I don't either! Now I'm a grade behind everyone else, I'm probably less likely to be accepted to colleges, because of my being a year behind. I wanted to scream. But I was hungry.

I can scream vocally another day. Right now, my stomach is screaming for food. It's a start. Little by little I guess.

I went to the kitchen to forage for food. The house was dead silent. My mom nowhere in sight. the clock read 4:15, which means mom would be making dinner. I entered the kitchen, to see a slip of white paper on the counter.

It read: Sorry honey, but I needed a breather. Fend for yourself for dinner tonight. Sorry if I'm pushy and stuff. I just didn't have a year of your life. Neither did you. I'm sorry that happened to you. Let's just pretend this didn't happen. Forget we lost a year, okay? Love, Mom

No. Not okay. It's a part of who I am. I'm the girl that was in a coma. I'm a girl that is a year behind. I'm that one girl who was in the paper, whose friends are all in college. Madalyn. Me. I couldn't possibly be normal ever again. Not as long as my name was Madalyn Castar. I needed to move, or change my name. Something to let me start over. To reinvent myself and not be known as the girl that was in a coma. A new identity. I'm not going to go and teal one. I just need to come up with a new one for me. New hairstyle and color, new style, new name. Well, maybe just last name. I like my first name.

After four hours, I was officially Madalyn Topol. I now had shorter, brown hair that went ombre to red at the bottom, and I looked amazing. It took six hundred dollars, but now I wasn't the coma girl. No, I was that one girl that looks smokin' and everyone wants to know. I would try to pretend that I didn't lose a year, or at least, pretend when my friends aren't around. My mom walked into the house and screamed.

Author's Note: Annnnddd that sums up another chapter! Leave a comment and show me you're here!! Shoutout to @Emma5304 for being awesome!! (She entered me in the fiction awards) If you guys are a fan of the book, apparently the fiction awards' nominations are open... so, if you want go vote there! It tells you how and everything! Seriously, though, I'd would like to thank you all for making my book hit 1.4K, that makes me ecstatic! Hopefully another chapter soon!