You Again (Completed) ✔️

1.

I try to open my eyes, but they hurt from the light. I close my eyes again and then re-open them. I can hear a lot of commotion around me. Looking around the room, I see people in beds, with tubes in their arms and machines beeping.

As I move my arm, I feel a slight pinch. An IV drip is in my arm, and a clear liquid is going through the drip.

A nurse walks over to the bed when she notices I'm awake. She starts speaking Spanish, and I get lost with what she's trying to say.

Darcey.

I look around the room, but I don't see her anywhere.

Did she survive? Is she with her parents?

The machine I'm hooked to starts going off, and the nurse places her hand on my shoulder. "What's wrong?"

"I was with a little girl. Where is she?"

She looks around. "Darcey Howard? Is that who you're looking for?"

"Yes,"

A smile spreads across her face. "She's been reunited with her family. They want to see you." She calls the doctor over. "Can you do some tests on her before I get the Howard family to see her?"

"Sure," he walks away to get what he needs.

The nurse sits next to me. "Do you know who the Howards are?"

I nod. "The family are like Royals on this island. People can't do anything without talking to them first."

"That's good you know this. Since you saved the Howard's daughter, they will be forever in your debt."

I shake my head. "I did what everyone would have done in my situation."

"That's not true. The girl told her father about the teacher who told you to run and leave her behind. You did what a saviour would do. You saved a child's life that didn't belong to you."

***

An hour later, the Howards walk toward my bed, and I see Darcey holding a teddy bear. "Julia," she runs over to me.

I smile at her. "Hey, Darcey. How are you?"

"Good," she gives me the teddy. "This is for you."

I take it from her. "Thank you."

Darcey's father stops next to my bed, and he introduces himself. "Hello, I'm George Howard. I owe you so much for saving my daughter's life." He looks at my leg, which is in plaster. "In saving my daughter's life, you got hurt yourself. So, whatever you need, I will help you out."

I want to see my family.

"I want to go home."

"I can arrange that in my private plane."

Darcey cries. "I don't want Julia to go." She throws her arms around me and starts crying.

I wrap my arms around her. "I will visit you from time to time. I haven't seen my family for a long time, and I'm sure they're worried about me."

I wouldn't put it past my roommate to not have called my family and told them that I was on the Island when the tsunami hit.

When I lived with her, she would ask me why I didn't go home during the holidays.

I didn't want to tell her that a guy from school told me not to show my face back in the town or he'd make my life hell. I believed him, so I chose to stay away from home.

I hope he regrets kicking me out now.

When I go home, I won't tolerate his garbage. I'll tell him exactly what I think of him.