Bruises Heal

Chapter 4

Jasmines POV

I woke up feeling a breathing tube under my nose and a pounding headache. I felt exhausted. I tried to take in my surroundings but my eyes were blurry. As my vision cleared I could tell I was in a hospital bed. I could see Bernie talking to someone else who was in scrubs.

"Why am I here?" I ask weakly.

"Dr. Burrows. You're awake. Finally. That's great news" Bernie said walking closer to the bed. As she moves I can see that the person she was talking to earlier was Jac.

"Why is she here?" I ask Bernie.

"Well she found you. Luckily so I might add otherwise it would've been a lot worse." She says.

"Found me, what happened?" I ask confused.

"You collapsed in the on call room. You were dehydrated and burning a huge fever. You have an infection but we have you on antibiotics and they seem to be working. You should be out of here in a day or two" she says while reading my chart.

"Okay then" I say shocked.

"I'll be back in a few hours to check on you and then we need to have a talk about a few things" she says and walks out of the room.

I take a second to take in all the information I was told. I knew what she was going to talk about already and I knew I couldn't avoid it. I completely forgot that Jac was in the room until I could hear soft snores coming from the chair beside my bed. I didn't even notice her move there at all. I could see that someone had brought in my bag so I decided to take out my sketchbook and draw. It's been so long since I last sketched anything. I was trying to think of something to draw when I saw Jac's phone on the table. I picked it up and pressed the home button. A picture of an adorable little girl came up. I knew it must of been Emma. I decided to draw her.

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Jacs POV

I woke up in a very uncomfortable chair. I don't remember falling asleep. I look up and see Jasmine asleep and let out a sigh. I look around for my phone, without trying to make noise. I can't find it anywhere.

"If you're looking for your phone it's charging over in this corner" a voice says startling me. I quickly realize that it was Jasmine.

"Thank you buy why is it charging. It was fully charged earlier" I question.

"I used it to draw that" she says pointing to the book on the table.

I walk over to see a beautiful drawing of Emma on the page. I remember that's my lock screen and smile to myself.

"I didn't know you could draw" I say.

"I don't" she says looking away.

"Well you're good." I say not sure what to do.

"You don't have to stay. No one ever does"she says bluntly.