Amnesia // Luke Hemmings

Chapter 34

Steady breaths and faint voices.

Where am I? I slowly open my eyes, only to be blinded by the bright lights. For a minute, all I see is white. Where am I? As I regain my vision, I begin to make out the things that surround me. Machines, machines making beeping noises, I think I know where I am. I turn to the right and see another bed, with another person. Who is it? I squint my eyes to get a better look, oh.

It's Katrina.

I try to stand up, but there's too much pain on my body. I look down onto my legs and arms only to see burns all over. I poke at one of the burns on my leg and I flinch in pain. Everything hurts. After a while of struggling, I manage to get up. I steadily walk over to the resting body. I close my eyes, I'm scared to see her so fragile as I did last night.

As I'm at her bedside, I open my eyes. Oh my god. She looks terrible. Not as in she's hideous, but she looks terrible with all these machines hooked up onto her body. Tears begin falling, and I begin to have chest pain the longer I stare at her. She doesn't deserve this at all.

Her face looks so peaceful, but I know she's not okay. She's receiving oxygen from a machine, that;s how bad it is. She can't breathe on her own, on the other hand, I can. I should be the one with the oxygen tank and mask on my face, not her. God, I just can't stop blaming myself. It's just all my fault for letting anything ever happen to her.

I go back onto the hospital bed, and take a few breaths. Why did this ever happen? I turn to my side to be able to stare at her as she rests. Her hands is laying on the side of the arm rest connected to the bed. I reach out and touch her hand, it's the only thing that's keeps me sane right now.

Hours and minutes pass, I alternate from looking at her and staring at the ceiling with my mind wandering. In my head, I'm creating scenarios that we're in, and take place in somewhere where the past hadn't occurred. Giving me quick scare, one of the machines begin to beep rapidly. I look over to see it's the heart monitor going crazy and I get up, despite the pain throughout my body.

I press the button for help, screaming, "Help! Someone! Doctor!" as the doctor begins to rush in.

"Please help! Her heart monitor thing is beeping like crazy!" I stumble onto the floor, aching all over my body.

The doctor places two fingers onto her neck, and signals for other nurses to come in and roll her outside of the room.

"Where are you guys going?" I say, in between breaths.

"Sir, please calm down. Sit back onto your bed please." The nurse tells me as she helps me onto my bed.

"I can't! That's my fucking girlfriend! What's going on? Please tell me." I beg the nurse.

"We'll keep you updated, but as of now, we can't tell you anything until we find out what's going on!" She says as I fall back onto the bed.

Steady breaths Luke, steady breaths.

...

It feels as if a whole entire day has passed by, I haven't heard one single word from a nurse or from a doctor. I stare outside the window, and I see a happy couple. They're holding hands, walking happily. I wish I could still do that, but I can't. I want to be happy, I can't be happy with out her. The door creaks open, and my eyes light up with hope as I turn to see who is.

"Luke!" They all run in with tears.

"Lads!" I smile, they all hug me tightly.

"How are you mate? We've been so worried! When you didn't return home we were all so scared!" Calum says genuinely.