Athena and her mom have just moved to New York City her senior year of high school. Athena wants nothing more than to attend Columbia University in the fall. However Athena must work 3 jobs just to make ends meet for her and her mom. So when Lisa, a...
I'm floating in water, an ocean. It's deathly quiet and I can see the blue sky. I try to move but I can't, I can't move. My attempted at moving makes my heart beat fast and I open my mouth to yell for help but nothing comes out. I see a figure that looks something like my dad yet nothing like him. His hair is longer and his face seems older. I manage to say "dad" but he says nothing back. He is all of a sudden coming toward me and I can feel fear rise inside of me and then out of no where he disappears and I am left alone, now sinking in the ocean water. Sometimes I wonder if people appear in my life just to disappear.
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When I wake up it is bright outside and I hear the commotion of the city around me. I can feel a sharp pain in my side and see a pool of blood beside me, dripping from the bench. I see that my phone has 20 missed calls. None from my mom. They're all from Lucian or his mom. I get up to try and hail a taxi but I my side hurts too much. I think about calling my mom but only for a second. I doubt my mom would care enough to come and get me anyways. And so I call the only person I can think of, Lucian.
"ATHENA WHERE ARE YOU IVE TRIED TO CALL YOU 12 TIME MY MOM HAD TO LEAVE IM STUCK WITH VIOLET!" He yells into the phone. I wince in pain as I try and sit up.
"Athena are you okay? Where are you?" He asks in a calmer voice.
"I got hurt can you get me?" I manage to get out but my voice is breaking.
"Where are you?" He asks and I look around.
"Harmon street." I tell him.
"I'll be there in 10." He says and hangs up the phone. I lean against the bench and let my eyes close again.
I am awaken by a very confused and worried looking Lucian.
"What the hell happened?" He asks and try to get me up and then sees all the blood around me. As I stand I fall into his arms, I can't seem to hold myself up.
"Come on lets get you to the car, I have Violet waiting in the car." He tells me.
"Can you bring me home?" I ask him as he picks me up.
"You're going to the hospital." He insists.
"Please just take me home." I pleaded as he put me into his car. He didn't say anything but I knew he was driving to the hospital.
"Are you going to tell me what happened?" He asked.
"I had a fight with my mom and so I ran away and then I fell off the roof and this lady made me come into her apartment and there I met her son who is friends with Jay and apparently Jay and his gang know stuff they should know and so I had a panic attack and came here and I guess fell unconscious because of blood loss." I ramble and Lucian looks stunned.
"There are so many questions I'll ask later but for now you need stitches." He tells me.
"Stitchessss are you serious?" I whined, I hate needles.
"Let me get a wheel chair." He says as he parks the car. He goes in the backseat and gets Violet in here baby carrier, I had forgotten she was there in the first place. I don't know why he was asking so caring all of sudden, I was grateful though.
Lucian opens my door and helps me into the wheelchair. I hate feeling vulnerable like this but I was in too much pain to protest.
"You can't stay out of trouble can you?" Lucian said with an unamused expression. I shrugged my shoulders as my defense.
I was too weak to talk anymore so Lucian told the women at the desk what happened and that I needed to be seen right away. I noticed how his tone of voice changed when he talked to people, he sounded angry and demanding.
A woman came and took my vitals.
"You have a fever, you must be getting an infection." She said panicking which of course made me want to panic but once again I was too weak. I was too exhausted and could feel my eyes closing.
"Is this her baby?" The woman asks, referring to Violet.
"No it's my little sister." Lucian reassures the nurse.
"Don't close your eyes honey try your hardest to keep them open." The woman told me as a stretcher came out into the waiting room.
I couldn't help it my eyes were beginning to close. I felt like I was being lifted up and before I knew it Lucian was hovering over me and I saw fear in his eyes. I saw his lips moving but I couldn't hear anything. A light was being shined in my eyes and soon then were completely closed. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
I dream the same dream only it wasn't my father standing in the still water, it's Lucian. He has an unfamiliar look on his face, he's smiling. In his arms he hold Violet, he motions for me to come towards him but I am stuck. I move my head around and soon I am dunked under the water, being swallowed by the waves and Lucian disappears with his signature scowl on his face.
