Trapped

Chapter 5

I really was tired. I was tired of being tired. I was tired of sitting in the same position for the past two hours. I was tired of feeling alone. I was tired of being in a hospital with all the beeping noises and yelling nurses. But, mostly I was tired because the drugs they had given me for my upcoming surgery. My brain seemed to be numb as if I was in the pre-stage of sleep. My vision was fuzzy and I was so angry at Luke.

I was angry because he got me in this situation. I was angry because if it wasn't for his stupidity I wouldn't need this stupid surgery. I was angry because if he actually loved me none of this would've happened.

Maybe I'm overthinking everything.

Through my loud thinking I could hear muffled voices and then I felt the bed I was laying on start to move. This was all before my body was overtaken with darkness.

During the period of blackness, I felt like my chest was being ripped out. Like someone was using their bare hands and just ripping my ribs out one by one. Like someone was slicing my lungs making them pop like balloons. But, the doctors say that's not exactly how it happened. Supposedly they stuck this thing called a "Esophagoscope" down my throat and pulled out all the major pieces of glass and whatever the hell else was in there. We'll see.

Later, I was awaken- by a soft and frantic voice. I didn't open my eyes, because I was curious to see what Luke had to say. He seemed to be babbling on and on and he seemed distressed. "I love you so much Grey, I just love you so much." He would continue to say. "I'm sorry I got myself- us into this" he added. I was confused, but I let him continue. "I'm sorry" he said. "I'm so sorry" he said louder then slamming his fists into the hospital bed I was laying on. "I push everyone I'm close with away. First Kaleb, Then Harry, now you" he said. "I didn't mean for it to go this far. Grey... I love you, and please don't forget that when you wake up. If you -" He said not being able to finish the sentence storming out of the room. I was puzzled. Very, very puzzled. I opened my eyes to see an empty room illuminated- even though it was probably 2 am. A nurse came in and brought tray of food. It was a grilled cheese, soup, a fruit cup, and a can of ginger ale. I looked at it, but I wasn't exactly hungry. Well, I was hungry but I just didn't feel like I could swallow anything. "You really should try to eat something. It'll make you feel better" the nurse said giving me a sympathetic look.

The look of bullshit.

I opened the ginger ale and took a sip. The cold, fizzy liquid went down my throat painfully. I cringed at the pain, but thankfully it soon faded. I took another sip realizing how thirsty I was. The hospital room door opened with a creek and Luke walked in with Kaleb and Harry behind him. "How you feeling?" Luke asked me coming over to my bed pretending he hadn't already saw me. "Fine" I said looking him in the eye then changing my sight to Harry and Kaleb. "So they just want you to rest as stuff?" Kaleb asked and I nodded. "Well I think my job here is done then" Kaleb said and Luke went over to him. "Thanks man. You saved my sister" Luke said hugging him. "Hope you get better soon" Kaleb said awkwardly to me. "Thank you" I said back and he and Luke exited to the hallway. They were talking, I could see through my hospital window, about something serious it seemed. Every now and again Luke would notice me staring.

"How did this happen?" I asked Harry breaking the silence. Harry looked at me with a tired face and shrugged. "It doesn't matter because it's the past, and there is nothing we can do now." He said groggily.

I usually would've giggled at his adorable sleepy voice, but I was honestly too tired. My head started to throb and I closed my eyes and groaned in pain.

"You need to rest up" he whispered in my ear, sending electric shock waves through my body. My eyes flew opened and I turned my head to face him. His eyelids lazily hung over his eyes and his hair was strewn across his face but his god damn smirk lingered on his lips and before I could say anything to him the tired boy gave a chaste kiss to my forehead then literally skipped out of the hospital room.

I laughed and turned onto my side, closing my eyes and trying to ignore the pain in my throat. The pain killers were wearing off which was causing me to have headache, which met there was a small chance if me actually sleeping anytime soon.

Luckily, Luke and Kaleb had finished talking and it looked like they were both coming in here to talk. The serious expressions they wore told me to be cautious about my words which is exactly what I did.

"Grey." Luke started, "Your phone was saved in the crash."

I narrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "Why should it matter, it's just a phone?"

"We went through you messages, you had 17 new ones. Grey, what's all this chain mail? You can block this shit you know."

"Why did you go through my messages?" I yelled, not caring about my throat at the moment.

"I'm your older brother Grey, I can do whatever the fuck I want with your fucking phone!" Luke over-reacted as the veins popped out in his neck as he yelled.

"Hey, hey calm down Luke. Deep breaths" Kaleb shook his shoulders lightly.

I was honestly stunned. Luke has been acting so odd lately, as if he was keeping something from me. If he was, I wanted to find out what. I would find out what, actually. I was determined.

"Can I see my phone?" I asked him annoyed but keeping my voice soft. He placed it by my side and I picked up. I read the messages and they were basically the same thing. Except one. It bothered me. It said "Text this to someone you love or your mom will be killed." I felt the butterflies gather in my stomach as I dialed her number right away. It rang, and rang, and rang. "Sweetie?!" She seemed alarmed. "Mom" I said into the phone being thankful to hear her voice. Luke looked at me confused about why I randomly called mom.

"It's like two in the morning-what's wrong?" She asked. "I just wanted to say I loved you. A lot" I said. "I love you too, but that couldn't that have waited until tomorrow when I got home?" She asked patiently. "No... Telling someone that you love them can never wait" I said. The line stayed silent and I could only hear her soft breaths. "Goodnight and love you. Hope everything is ok" she said. "Yes very things ok. Night." I said hanging up.

"Why did you call mom?" Luke asked much calmer than before. I didn't say anything, but then Luke's face turned to disgust. "You don't actually believe that chain stuff, right?" He said crossing his arms. "No, of course not" I laughed trying to convince Luke of that as well as myself.