Depressed

PROLOGUE: The Accident

I wake up in a hospital bed. Monitors are beeping rhythmically around me. There are multiple needles in my arm, and an oxygen tube in my nose. I remember nothing of my past. Except for my half-sister, Natalie. I shift my head to the left, seeing a large, wall-length window. Through the window, I see a figure in another hospital bed. The figure had chest-length brown hair and tanned skin like me. That must be Natalie. I thought.

My thought process was interrupted by the sound of a door opening. I turned my head forward and saw a doctor walk into my room. She had jet black hair and teal-colored eyes. She looked about middle age, judging by the average amount of wrinkles on her face.

"Hello, Anne. I'm glad to see that you're doing okay." The doctor pauses, "Do you remember anything?" 

"No. Except Natalie." I croak.

"Let me explain what happened, then." The doctor sits down on a rolling chair and pulls out a clipboard. "First of all, my name is Dr. Helia Cousteau."

"Nice to meet you." I whisper.

Helia continues, "You too. Anyway, you and your half-sister were found in a collapsed home, which I assume was your house, after a terrible tsunami that happened on April seventeenth, 2023."

"What day is it now?" I ask.

"Today is June second." Helia answers. "You were both in a coma with broken ribs and fractured tibias.

Unfortunately, after two weeks of excavation, investigators found your father, mother, and your sister's mother in bad conditions. They were rushed to the hospital, but all passed away on the way there." Helia looked at me with fake sympathy, just as all doctors do. I laid on my bed and stared at the roof, not capable of answering Helia. I felt nothing. I couldn't remember my parents, after all. All I wanted to do was be with Natalie. "Unfortunately, after you and Natalie have recovered, you must be sent to an orphanage. Delantra Orphanage for Children, to be exact."

"When can I see Natalie?" I questioned, staring out the window at my sister's motionless figure.

"She is still in a coma, but is expected to wake up in a few days, based on her statistics. You, on the other hand, are not allowed to walk until your tibia has fully healed. It was a very bad fracture and took a longer time to heal, since you were in a coma. You are allowed in a wheelchair, but you cannot use your left leg for at least another week." That's when I realized that there was a heavy cast on my leg.
I guess I would just have to get through this next week as well as I could.

***Five days later***

I was eating the crappy hospital food while watching the news on the television. The food was so disgusting, the only thing I could eat was the water, and that's not even food. I set the tray of plastic on my side table and shut off the television. I decided I would try to sleep, even though it's pretty much a lost cause.

As I close my eyes, Dr. Helia opens my door. "Anne, I have great news. Natalie is awake. Her leg and ribs are healed, and she was told about what happened. Since she can walk, I've let her come see you. I'll tell her you're ready."

"Thanks." I mumble. Helia shuts my door, leaving me to hold in my excitement. This was the first time I would get to see Natalie since the accident happened.

I straightened my covers and brushed the crumbs off my hospital robe. Unfortunately, I didn't have a mirror, so I couldn't tell if I looked as crappy as the food, but I would have to deal with it.

My door opened, revealing an average-sized girl with dark brown hair, tanned skin, and dark brown eyes. The only thing I remembered from my past. That oval-faced nerd, Natalie.

Tears filled my eyes. "Natalie? Is that you?" I sniffled.

"Yes." She says, tears escaping from her wide eyes. She shuffles into my room, pulling an intravenous behind her.

We hugged while crying hysterically. "I can't believe what happened." Natalie says, wiping her face with the back of her hand.

"I know. But what's done is done, and we'll have to get over it." I say, crossing my arms.

"Is it just me, or do I not feel sad about this whole situation?" Natalie questions, chuckling.

"I know. Since I don't remember anything, there's nothing to be sad about." I answer.

"I wonder what the orphanage will be like." Natalie says.

"We'll see in a couple days."

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Hello people. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of "Depressed." How do you like Natalie and Anne? Comment who you like better so far. Anyways, happy reading! Ciao!