Analise

Chapter Twelve

Taylor begins to wake up and she blinks a few times before seeing clearly. She feels a headache and pain on her side. She lifts her head and sees her mom and dad asleep on the two chairs. Leland and Layla are on the floor, and Austin's in a chair next to her bed. "How are you feeling?" He asks.

"I think I have a hammer in my skull and it's trying to get out." She says quietly.

"The doctor said you might say that, well similar to that. He said if you drink water is should help ease the pain." He says and hands her a water bottle. She grabs it and tries to open the cap, but can't get it open. Austin grabs it and opens it for her.

"Thanks." She says and takes a sip. "Why am I here and why are my parents here?" She asks and Austin looks at her confused.

"Don't remember?" He asks and she shakes her head. "I'll go get a doctor." He says and stands up. Taylor watches as he leaves and feels alone even with everyone in the room. He and a nurse come back almost right away.

"Hi, can you tell me your name?" She asks.

"Taylor Gwynne." She says.

"Ok, what's your birthday?"

"May 2, 1995." She says and the nurse nods.

"Do you remember anything about how you got here or why you're here?" She asks. Taylor thinks for a moment and shakes her head.

"Wait, you...you were asking me really bad questions to keep me awake." She says looking at Austin. He laughs and nods his head.

"Is that all you remember?" Taylor nods her head. "Alright, that's fine. You were put under almost right away. You want to drink all of that in about two hours and if the pain gets really bad you can push this button." She says handing Taylor the clicker.

The nurse pulls Austin over and talks to him before she leaves. He comes and sits back down next to her. "Why am I here?" She asks again.

"You had internal bleeding from your liver." He says and Taylor shakes her head.

"I would have told Layla if I felt that."

"You did. You must have woken up and not realized that you were on the couch and when you rolled over you fell onto me. That's when it ripped open. You rolled off of me and I tried to help, but you asked for Layla. Layla came out and told us what we needed to do to get you here." He says and she remembers.

"Yeah, sorry about that." She says and he shakes his head.

"I was fine, I'm glad you landed on me and not the ground." He says and notices her confusion. "If you'd landed on the ground you could have torn open something else." He says and she nods.

"Well, thank you then." She says not sure of what to say.

"Do you remember waking up after the surgery?" He asks and she shakes her head. She then realizes that if they put her under she was on anesthesia.

"Oh god, what did I say? Was it recorded?" She asks and he laughs.

"It wasn't recorded we were all laughing too hard to even think about recording." He says and she gets bright red.

"What did I say?" She asks and he smiles.

"You put up a fight saying that Layla was your sister and it was gross that her and Leland were dating, you didn't believe that your mom was your mom when she came, you thought your Dad teleported here, you were making fun of Gru for his big nose, you thought I couldn't hear you the whole time you were talking about me-"

"What was I saying about you?" She asks scared of what her unconscious self would say.

"I was your cute friend, but don't worry, you said you wanted to marry your old dog. That he was the only one that understands you." He says and she covers her face. "You also tried to kiss the other nurse." He says and Taylor looks at him frozen.