Stripped to the Heart

Chapter 13 - Accidents happen

My plan was going to begin today, on my own I would bring down Josh and Charlie just because of me. This should be fun I thought to myself as I walked to school, this morning I had felt like a run so now I was walking to school. Lost in my thoughts I didn't notice the approaching truck until it was too late. It didn't stop in time and we collided. I felt searing pains in my legs and arms, all over my body and then it all went black.

As I felt myself coming around I heard sirens and noticed everything was moving. "Patient's awake, Fassi" one deep voice said "roger that" the voice to whom Fassi belonged to I believed said. As I opened my eyes the world spun and it was rainbow everywhere, I tried to sit up but I felt pains cut through my chest and stomach. As my head touched the thin pillow I saw blood on the sheets below and I lost consciousness again.

The next time I woke up the world was bright and it shone white under LED lights. I saw the doctors standing around me, then finally one spoke. "Hello Mrs Dock, you were hit by a truck and have suffered internal organ bleeding and we suspect other injuries, you recently underwent surgery to stop the bleeding. There will be a few x-rays later and an MRI scan of your brain." When he finally stopped talking I was drowsy and I was wondering many things.

The x-rays felt weird when they sent radiation through my body, I still wasn't sure about the results. I was becoming accustomed to the hospital, I no longer smelt disinfectant and blood, it was the freshest air I could breathe, the bright lights felt normal in my eyes and mind. The maze of rooms was still a maze but I now knew where most of the tools in the rooms were. It was all becoming normal, slowly at first but within a few days it already felt like home. The MRI had come back with nothing bad but the X-ray had found a broken rib, how did I escape with so little?

I was in there for four days before someone came to visit me, I was surprised at them I mean I thought I chucked them away from me five days ago. Really what had happened? I remember Charlie and his lips upon mine, two voices yelling at me and then a fight with the person in front of me.

It turns out quite a few people had turned up, Joy, Mum, Dad and Jack. Oh last time I thought about family I forgot about Jack, he was two years older than me and going to college on the other side of the world. He is my brother and I don't exactly see him often, when I do I usually regret it. He is a playboy and it can be awkward, especially since he brings them home and he never thinks about anyone else. That is part of the reason I don't see him often, he got kicked out of the house and sent to a college far, far away.

Anyway it really was a shock to see them all standing there, and I instantly tried to pretend to be asleep. I mean it has been 1 full year since I saw my brother, yes my parents refused to allow him home for any holidays. 7 months since my parent's last visit and well five days for Joy. Maybe Joy can come back and I can be happy again (yes I know, cringe-worthy). No one believed for a second I was asleep, I have a habit of snoring in my sleep and there was not a snore coming from my mouth at all. I am such a terrible faker!

"Hey Sweetie" my Dad said, nervousness clearly on his face and in his words.

"Hey A" my mum said in her soft, soothing tone. Oh. My. God. When would she stop using that nickname? I was 15 and that boy- oh crap I'm not thinking about the past, not here and not now.

The tears started to fall and I hid my face, my past was shameful even if it wasn't a police record. Only my family knew as I had transferred two years ago to escape it. They knew and I think my mother had just realised what she did because she came up and awkwardly hugged me, I guess 7 months had gone by and she wasn't sure how I was going.

Eventually I stopped and I realised I had ruined her dress, Prada was the brand. Of course my mother was vain enough to never wear anything under $100 on her. I saw Joy looking at me curiously, almost like she had seen a ghost. Then I realised she had never met my mum, that was why the air felt so tense.

"Mum this is Joy. Joy this is my Mum." I said, casually. "Who is Joy?" my mother asked, anxiously waiting for an answer.

"Joy is-" I paused for a moment and thanked the stars when Joy cut in "her best friend" she finished. Wait, what? I thought I had wrecked our friendship, was this going to come back to haunt me?

She shot me a nervous glance, almost like asking for an apology, what I did next confused even me. I sent her a smile and nodded my head, as if she had done something wonderful and I granted a wish. She smiled right back and she ran straight towards me, pulling me into a big hug before I winced in pain as she grazed my chest and broken rib.

She immediately recoiled and I gave her an apologetic look, my injuries are so pathetic I mean I couldn't even break a limb? Ever since I was little I have always wished to break a bone, a leg to be precise. No matter how many times I try I can never do it.

After I greet my parents and Joy I look back to my brother, he is smiling menacingly and that makes me worried. He was never one to care, he always put me through hell and back. Seizing every chance to hurt me and embarrass me, I don't care what he might do just don't ruin my school and social life! Please don't let him do that!

As he walked towards me I gulped, he pulled me into a bear hug and squeezed me, harder than anyone should've and I screamed as the pain cut like a knife through my entire body. I was wishing for a nurse or doctor to rush in and cut him off, but my only relief was the black creeping at the edges of my vision and it slowly trickled over my eyes and each person was clouded over one by one. Until the only thing I could see were the pair of emerald green eyes staring into mine with such hatred and jealousy that I closed my eyes from fear of the emotions flooding my mind.

JOY'S P.O.V

I saw him hug her and then she collapsed her face pale and frowning. I jumped towards her but her brother stopped me and cut me off. I realised this could be hard and I checked she was breathing. Then an idea formed.

I waited until he began to squeeze each limb and press down on her and then I inched forward, slowly until I was a metre away. Then I jumped, towards the button and as my finger connected with it I heard a siren. The siren was so loud and it didn't stop until a nurse came rushing in.

She looked at the site once and fainted. Great! I hit the button again and a voice spoke through this time "Why are you hitting this button again?" "Because my friend has been hugged, hard enough to black out and..." I searched the room to look for anything but nothing appeared and then I heard it, her heartbeat! " and her heartbeat is slowing down, the other nurse fainted." I heard muffled talk on the other end.

Then the voice replied "We are sending a doctor sit tight".

The wait was much shorter than it felt and I just wished that Anna would survive. My thoughts also wandered back to when she has burst out crying after her mum had called her A... what could that be related to? I will ask her tomorrow I think, I want to know why she is so tight-lipped about her past and why things have made her cry for no foreseeable reason.

When he arrived everyone was ordered out, by then her heartbeat was slowing and he would probably have to work quickly. Then my mind wandered to why her parents hadn't tried to stop him, why would they let him do that?

ANNA P.O.V

As I wandered lazily outside for the first time I felt relief and happiness, but then I looked straight and saw a mess of fire and metal. I ran towards it and the heat and smoke sucked the air from my lungs but without a moments hesitation I ran straight into it and reached a dry, crispy lump of skin. Oh, crap it's a body I realised but by then I was pulling it out, why weren't there firemen here? Suddenly it dawned on me that this was very odd but instead of standing there figured out I ran to the other side of the road and was about to run back when I heard a familiar sound. The headlights were on and suddenly I couldn't see the nights sky, which looked so perfect moments ago. I couldn't see the raging fire, all I saw was light and then I felt a deep rumbling and shaking.

That's when I woke up in heaven.

A/N

Hey everyone, I'm trying to make my chapters longer and by the time you read this the whole book should be in major progress. I will not be publishing any new chapters until I deem the book extremely closed to finish. This will be the last for a while so that it should all be good for reading. Tell me if you think this is smart!

P.S this is NOT a fanfiction!