My hands are trembling as I wait in the lobby for the doctors to tell me the news. When the ambulance arrived I took a ride in the back, staring at Hero, I remember how bloody and pale his face was, along with his hands which I held the entire time.
The doctors examined me to make sure I was okay. They state I'm okay but I wasn't okay I was hyperventilating and crying wishing I had someone around to comfort me. It was just us here, all alone.
"Hello?" I'm surprised when I hear Justin answer through the phone. It has to be past one in the morning by now.
"Justin." I cry, sniffling.
"Ella, what's wrong?"
"Hero... there was and accident." I mange to tell him. "I'm here waiting to see him."
"Fuck, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." I answer. "It's all my fault."
"No don't say that."
"I wish you and Danielle were here." I admit.
"I'm here Ella." I hear Danielle say. "Hero's going to be okay."
A doctor appears in the lobby looking around the room.
"I have to go." I hang up and walk toward him. "Excuse me?"
"Are you Ella?" He asks.
I nod.
"Follow me." We head through two large doors but I'm growing impatient as the doctor looks through his clipboard. "Hero's awake and in a stable condition, the car wasn't going too fast so his injuries are minor."
A huge weight is lifted off my chest and I feel like I can breath again.
"We're supposed to be leaving this morning on our flight home." I tell him.
"Hero will need to stay at least another day in the hospital before he can leave."
We turn into another hallway finally reaching a room at the end. Hero's laying on the bed looking across the room at the flatscreen TV. The tears are running down my cheeks as I approach him.
He looks up at me through his long lashes and smiles.
I smile back afraid to hug him.
"Why are you crying?" He asks. "I'm alive."
"You scared me." I sigh.
"You scared me." He says back reaching for my hand, he winces. I carefully take it in mine and pull up a chair so I can sit beside him.
The doctor leaves us in the room after writing down a few things in his clipboard.
"You should go back to the house to sleep." Hero says. "This beds uncomfortable as shit."
"I can't sleep without you." I remind him. "I'm staying here with you."
Hero hangs his head back and closes his eyes. I look around the room and find the light switch which I turn off so Hero can get some rest. When I sit back down he grabs my hand again making sure I won't leave him.
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Paper Heart ✔️
Teen Fiction"You're scared of the way I make you feel because you don't want to feel anything." High school had always been perfect for Ella Marie, she lead her peers as class president and cheered on her fellow classmates as team captain. Ella had two amazing...
