Nothing Is Impossible (Benedict Cumberbatch fanfic)

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Five

Emerald's POV

I heard Ben's voice. His sweet voice filled my ears. I heard him crying, and it pained me. I wanted to tell him that everything would be fine, but I couldn't, because I didn't know.

I wanted to wake up so badly, but I felt like I was slipping away. I kept trying to imagine that I was only sleeping. But I knew I wasn't sleeping.

Wake up!

I screamed mentally.

Wake up! Wake up! WAKE UP!

I don't think I'm getting anywhere...

WaKe uP! WaKe Up! WAkE uP!

Nothing.

Ugh! Just wake up!

I forced my eye lids open. They felt heavy and I was exhausted. I drearily looked around, but saw no Ben.

Instead, I saw someone I never would have expected.

"Annette?" I slurred.

"Emerald! Thank God you're awake!" She hugged me, "I should go get Ben!"

I was so confused. I had heard Ben's voice mere minutes ago, where had he gone? I also feel perfectly fine for falling down all those stairs...

"Emerald?" Ben's deep voice soothed me.

"Ben?" My voice sounded scratchy and cracked.

"Oh thank God!" He exclaimed.

I looked him in the eyes. He hadn't shaved for a long time, and his hair was in knots. I didn't care how he looked though, I was happy to see him.

He hugged me. I felt so weak, like his embrace was going to crush me.

"Ben...you're...crushing me..."

"Oh, sorry." He let go and cleared his throat, "Ummm, Annette, go get the doctors."

Annette left the room, leaving me and Ben alone. I felt like falling asleep, but I knew I couldn't. I had to stay awake. Then something dawned on me.

"Ben, h-how long?" I asked as he intertwined his fingers with mine.

"You've been in a comma for two months."

Two months?! I missed two months?!

"Two months?!"

Then Annette came back, with a doctor.

"Oh, you are awake." The doctor by Annette said.

"Two months?! I've been asleep for two months?! I slept through my birthday?! What about school? Oh God, I've missed two months of school!" Ben held my hand tight, which made me calm down a bit.

"Actually, Em, your scholarship is null and void...due to you not being able to go to classes..." Annette said.

"What?!" I exclaimed.

"If you don't mind, may I speak?" The doctor said.

I let him.

"Well, you were in a shock induced comma..." The doctor started explaining a bunch of stuff that sounded like mumbo jumbo. I was a little out of it and I really didn't care about what he was saying.

I asked when I could go home, and he said in a few days.

A few days, just a few more days...

When he left, Ben got into my hospital bed with me. He wrapped his arm around me. We talked for I don't know how long. Then, we fell asleep, with Ben's arms wrapped firmly around me.

~~A/N: She's awake!