How To Heal

Chapter 3

I wake up to a pounding in my head. Where am I? I look around. A nurse sits in a chair next to me, watching my every move. I try to lift my head but I feel a sharp pain and I yelp out.

"Shh, it's okay. You got hurt during gym. But, since you're up, take this," She instructs and hands me some pills and water.

I swallow the pills and take a drink of water.

"Now, I believe that you got a concussion, so your parents will pick you up in an hour," She informs me.

"Where's Toby?" I croak out.

"I'll go get him," She tells me and walks out the door. She's gone for a few minutes so I look at my surroundings. Desk and chair in a corner. Black and while tile floor. Bathroom in another corner. To my right there's a door that leads to the office and out of here. I look right next to me and see an empty bed. The walls are a plain white. This place looks like a dungeon. I wonder who decorated it. I place my hand on my head to feel for anything. Finally, I find a bump. I place my hand firmly on it and it stings, but something is off. I look in a mirror on a wall near the desk. I take my hand off the bump, and place it back on. I see a brilliantly bright light, like a light bulb, come from my head. My head stings from the impact, but all at once it disappears. I take my hand off my head and use my other hand to touch the bump, but I can't find it. It's like it disappeared. No, that's impossible. How can that happened? I push the thought out of my mind when the nurse comes back with Toby. He rushes in here and hugs me.

"I'm so glad you're awake! I didn't know when you would wake up and walk around again," He says weakly.

"I didn't know when you'd come and see me," I joke.

He laughs nervously. I notice he's sweating. Wonder why.

"If you're okay, I'll just leave," He says.

"Okay," I say, disappointed.

He waves goodbye and leaves.