Pinky swear✔️

Fourty-Two:Pinky Swear

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Mara

I wake up, my body feeling weak and my muscles tense and aching.

My attempt to get out of bed seems much harder and I only just drag myself into a sitting position.

Instantly regretting sitting up, my head spins and the room around me becomes blurry.

I run to the bathroom and only just make it to the toilet before barfing.

It doesn't help my body, though, as white blotches appear in front of my eyes.

I begin to panic, holding onto the bathtub to stop the room from spinning.

I try to stand up, but to no avail.

Sweat beads from my forehead as I feel myself slip out of consciousness.

And I begin to wonder if this is the last day I'll see the world.

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I'm alive.

I'm actually alive.

I try my best to move but I am stopped by a blinding pain in my abdomen.

My muscles ache and I wince at the throbbing through my body.

I don't stop though, still trying to at least sit up to look at my surroundings, a hand on mine stops me from attempting to move, though, a warm, comforting hand.

"Shhh, don't try moving." A calming voice says.

I look up to see Dylan.

Dylan.

I try to utter out words but my throat is dry and I am unable to speak.

I notice his red eyes and I can tell he hasn't slept. It's not just that though, they are puffy; which shows me he's been crying too.

Why would he be crying?

What happened to me?

"What..." I voice my thoughts, not sure if he even heard me say anything as I could only say it in a whisper.

"I'm so sorry Mara, I'm so sorry." Dylan says and breaks down.

He thinks it's his fault.

I should have been there

I imagine his thoughts now.

He actually breaks down right in front of me, and my mother as I see her in a chair in the corner of the room, holding back her tears.

What's happening?

Why am I in a hospital room?

I think to myself as I finally take in my surroundings.

Alarm and panic surges through me as I feel tears prickle my own eyes.