Scars of Love

Chapter 8: Discovery

Okay guys! Here is the next chapter. Sorry, but this might be the only update for a while. Periodical Exam is next week.

So yeah, here is the 8th chapter. Please please don't be mad at me!

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I open my eyes to see light. Only light. I close my eyes and open them again, and everything comes to focus. I see my mom.

"Mom? Where am I?" I ask, my voice comes out hoarse and raspy.

"Oh my God! Thank you Lord! Astrid!" My mom exclaims and hugs me.

"Mom? What happened? Where am I?" I ask.

Then I remember. Car crash.

"Oh wait...I remember now. Mom who was the driver of that truck?" I inquire.

"Well..." my mom begins, "The driver was drunk and it so happened that he died in the crash. But you and your friends are safe. Thank the Lord!"

My Mother tells me that Ruff is paralyzed from the waist down because she was the most hit in the crash. Elsa has a broken arm from covering Anna in the crash and Anna has a big scratch on her left arm.

Thr doctor then comes in.

"Well, Astrid, other than Ruffnut Thorston, your the most injured," the doctor says, getting straight to the point.

"Why? What happened to me?" I ask demandingly.

He hands me a mirror, "I'm sorry, but look at your face."

I lift the mirror with trembling hands. When I see my face, I drop the mirror.

I touch the right side of my face, and I feel it. A big cut from the side of my right eye down to the corner of my lip. I resist th urge to cry.

"Oh honey," my mom says, hugging me.

I flinch at the contact and then a sharp pain crosses my stomach. "Gah!"

I clutch my stomach as my mom quickly pulls back.

The doctor then adds, "Oh, about that....you have a deep cut across your stomach. We suspect it from the seatbelt as you were launched forward due to the impact of the crash. Also, about your face...you might have tilted your head to the right during the crash, causing broken glass to penetrate your face. But don't worry, we have successfully taken out the remains of the broken glass. You can check out the hospital today if you'd like to."

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I glance at the mirror. I'll be going to school today. I grab the scissord pn the sink and brush a big chunk of hair in front of the scar. I cut my hair, effectively covering the scar without looking to suspicious.

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School.

I sigh and walk in to find Ruff on a wheelchair, Elsa in a cast and Anna with bandages on her arm.

"Hey Astrid!" Merida pops up behind me.

"I'm so sorry about what happened to you guys," I tell Ruff, Elsa and Anna.

"It's okay, you have much worse. Two scars that would never heal," Elsa says.

"Huh...yeah..."

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I find myself walking home. Usually, I would ride in Hiccup's car, but today I have been avoiding him. I don't want him to see....my scar.

Suddenly, someone grabs my arm. "Astrid stop avoiding me."

I see Hiccup and quickly look down.

One hand of his lifts my chin, to make me look at his emerald green eyes.

"I don't like you with your hair like that," he comments.

No Hiccup, don't do what you're about to!! Please....no....

I pushes my bangs to the side, revealing the cut. He gasps.

I feel his hands trace the scar as he says, "This is from the crash..."

He covers the left side of my face. The part without the scar....

"This reminds me that you are a survivor," he says and smiles.

For he first time today, I am smiling.

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KILL ME NOW.

I know, I know, you all are probably mad at me for giving Astrid two big scars...but hey, it's not called 'Scars of Love' for nothing!

So yeah...see ya'!! :3