No Control

Cory and Grace

Thomas's POV:

Not every story begins with "Once upon a time", and since they don't, they probably won't end with the "Happily ever after" everyone dreams of in stories. Don't you find it funny? People often critique the happy ending as "cliché" but if it doesn't end like they want it to,its "boring" and "not worth it" Hate to break it to you, but life isn't always pleasing.

Yes, I am aware that I probably sound all depressed and lonely, but how would you feel if you were laying down all day with no way to move, speak or communicate in any way? If you haven't guessed it by now, I am currently in a coma, and I have been in this peculiar situation for 5 months now. If you've never been in this situation, I haven't been able to speak or move for these past 5 months but I've been able to listen to everything that has been going on and said in this hospital room. I'm currently alone in the room, but already 3 people have had to share a room with me and I swear they have all asked the same questions: "What happened to him?" "How long has he been here?" and I remember once this little girl came in with a high fever and asked her mom: "Mommy why is he always sleeping?". I can assure you it has not been an easy process. The hardest part of this has got to be the whole listening-but-not-responding thing, because from what I've heard, the chances of me surviving are pointless (hence my sadness). I don't want to give the wrong impression, I won't give up, but it has been hard to stay positive after 5 months of hearing otherwise.

My life doesn't completely suck, despite the fact I can't even blink. I have a great family that consists of my mother and father who are the most supportive people I have ever met. I have an older brother named Luke, who is 19, and a little 7 year-old brother named Adam. Luke just began college this year and he is studying law on the other side of the country, so seeing him has been really rare, but mom has told me he sends his prayers. Adam,on the other hand, is the sweetest little kid ever. He is a ray of sunshine and the love we have for each other is huge.
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I am currently lying on my bed and next to me are my best friends, Cory and Grace. We met this year when they both arrived at my school. They are twins who look alike but have polar opposite personalities. Cory is more of a bookworm with glasses and a Harry Potter reference for everything. Grace, on the other hand, plays for the school's varsity soccer team. We life not so far away and our parents have learned to like each other because we are inseparable. Adam likes when Cory helps him with his homework and when he and Grace go play in the backyard, I guess I don't mind sharing my friends with him.

"You totally missed what happened in the cafeteria"- Grace said to me. "Ashley Smith threw a tantrum because the salad wasn't "as sweet as last week's"

"I beg to differ"- exclaimed Cory "I found it even better"

"Why do you always have the opposite opinion?"- Grace asked while laughing a bit at her brother

I was just there, laying down and thinking about every remark I could be saying, thinking about our school and how much I miss the people, the classes, the extra curricular activities and all that. I zoned out for a second when Cory started talking to me about his new copy of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". I just started thinking of how lucky I was to have friends as loyal as them, they come two times a week and they never ask the questions everyone asks the doctor, they never cry or anything when they are here and they just make me feel like I am safe, like I am not stuck in my body with no control over it, they make me feel human again.

And I couldn't be more grateful.