A Place That Only We Know

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

 

'Al don' cry… Ye'll be ok.. I'm nothin' ta cry about..'

 

'What if I never see you again?'

 

'Hey, ye'll see me. Trust me.'

 

'When Eric?'

 

'…. I dunno.. Just don' worry alright? Ye don' need ta worry after 'avin an attack an' all.'

 

'….'

 

'Alan.'

 

'…..'

 

'C'mon now, Alan, can I at least see a li'l smile?'

 

'…'

 

'Alan?'

 

'… I love you.'

 

'Wh-Wha'?'

 

'You heard me. I said I love you.'

 

'Alan, I—'

 

'Please don't… I don't want this to hurt anymore than it already does.. Please just… Just go home, Eric.'

 

Alan stared out of the hospital window, tears still flowing down his cheeks. It had been a full day since Eric left but his heart was still aching. He wouldn't talk, Alina had to force him to eat, he wouldn't sleep. He was miserable. Finally when he thought he had found a small light that he could head towards in his darkened life, it vanished. It was blown out by the cruel winds of faith. Still, in his heart he trusted Eric and he prayed and wished that he could someday see the Scotsman again. Just to see him would brighten Alan's life slightly. Slowly he laid his head down on the window sill at choked back a whimper. He was ready to go home. He was ready to leave. But still, he wouldn't be able to leave until the doctors handed Alina his current health statistics. Alina bit her lip as she stared at her brother. Slowly she walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

 

"A-Alan," she started slowly. "I-It was best that he left. He wasn't good for you." Alan tensed once he heard those words before he quickly whipped around.

 

"And how do you know that?! How?! Alina, he was so sweet and kind and he acted like he cared about me!"

 

"But he might not have, Alan! He's nothing to cry over!" Alan glared at his sister, his body shaking slightly.

 

"Hoe can you say that..? How can you say that, Alina? You didn't even know him that well."

 

"Neither did you!"

 

"Well I at least knew him better than you did!"

 

"Alan don't even st—"

 

"Ms.Humphries?" Both siblings turned around and looked at the doctor who walked into the infirmary room. 

 

"Yes sir?" 

 

"Alan should be fine. He just needs to remember to take his medicine each morning and he'll be clear."

 

"Wonderful."

 

"Can I go back to work?" Alan asked as he looked up to the doctor, hoping that maybe he would see Eric there.

 

"I'm sorry but no. Not just yet." The doctor said with a frown as he handed Alina Alan's file. "You should be able to start back next week." Alan stared at the doctor, tears filling his eyes before he nodded his head and bit his lip. "But you are clear to go home." The man said, trying to cheer Alan up slightly. Alan just nodded his head and slowly stood up from the chair that he was sitting in.

 

"I'll be in the car, Alina." Alina sighed as she watched her brother walk from the room. She wasn't going to stop him. Slowly she turned back to the doctor and smiled.

 

"Thank you." The doctor nodded his head.

 

"Here would like me to help with your bags?"

 

"Oh… Would you?"

 

"Oh sure, Ms. Humphries." He smiled as he picked up hers and Alan's bags. Slowly he two walked down the hallway and to the elevator. "Alan, he seems to be a handful."

 

"Oh," Alina shrugged as she walked into the elevator. "He's just sensitive.. And at the same time stubborn. It's not his fault. He just doesn't have much hope what with the Thorns and all."

 

"Well I can understand that." The doctor said with a nod. "I would be the same if I had the Thorns of Death." Alina nodded her head and sighed.

 

"I try my hardest to make him happy but I just seem to fail whenever I do. He never seems happy."

 

"You know, I have an anti-depressant that's guaranteed to help him become a bit happier. If you'd like I could prescribe him some." Alina looked up to the doctor. She knew what he was talking about. There were a lot of commercials on T.V. for them and she always asked Alan if he wanted to try them but he always said no. Alina bit her lip. She really just wanted her brother happy no matter what the risk was.

 

"I would love that."