~Ben POV~
It has been over two months. I have visited her everyday. I always hope that she would wake up, but she hasn't yet. What if she doesn't wake up? What will happen?
Me, well, my leg healed, and my stitches left scars, but I'm okay. It's June now. When will she wake up? Will she wake up?
I sat in a chair near her bed. She looks SO sick- as if she has the flu and never got better. Her spleen got removed, and her bones healed, but she can't wake up.
I sigh. It's midnight. Time to go home. Tomorrow is graduation. Too bad Marie never got to graduate. I leave the hospital, kissing her forehead good night.
Today is graduation. But I don't care. I would rather be with Marie. Even if she is "sleeping," it's still more fun. But my parents made me go. I get up on stage, and wait for my name to be called. The ceremony is over soon. My mom and dad congradulate me, but I'm still upset.
"Come on, let's go get ice cream," Hayden said.
We are gonna go to TCBY. I get my ice cream, and try to get to the hospital. But I don't trust myself to drive. Plus, my mom wants me to be here with family.
"Ben, stay. This is a special occasian," my mom said.
"Well Marie can wake at any moment, and if I'm not there, she would think I died. Then she would have wished she wouldn't've wake up."
"It's not about Marie. It's about you, Ben. After the accident, you pushed everyone away. You stayed with her 24/7. You know Marie wouldn't like that. She herself used to push others away, and she wouldn't want others who she loves to be in her shoes. For Buddha's sake, please stay!" Hayden yelled.
I stayed in my seat, not saying a word.
"Ben, we aren't saying you shouldn't care. We're saying that you should be concerned about YOURSELF, too. You got injured too. Marie wasn't the only one. So just think about yourself, alright?" my dad said.
I started to tear up. All these months...... I've been doing things that old Marie used to do. Marie doesn't want me to be like her. Like the old her. She wants me to be happy, and be the ones I love.
My mom comes in to hug me.
"It's okay. Sooner or later she will wake up."
~Marie POV~
I feel my eyes flutter open. Where the hell am I? Oh..... Ben? Ben?! A nurse ran into the room.
"Stay calm."
"What the hell happened?!"
"Calm down, miss. You just woke up from 2 months in a coma. You need to take it easy."
"I don't care. Where's my boyfriend?"
"He's okay, He's fine. You were the one who got the butt end of the stick."
The nurse checks my health vital stuff, and I look at my arm. Bruised. My leg, too. My stomach hurts. I look at my reflection in the metal. My face is scarred. Where's Ben? I need him.
My parents run in. I missed them, too. Mom starts to cry. Dad tears up too.
"Where's Ben?"
"He graduated."
Oh..... Dang it. Summer school. Ugh.
My mom calls relatives and stuff. But right after she finishes calling, Ben barges into my room. He is scarred too. But he looks better than me, thank God. He runs to me, kissing my forehead.
We were silent for a long time. Then, Ben said, "Thanks."
"For what?"
"For saving my life, Cello girl."
"Well I knew you would have done the same."
"Yeah, well.... You were out for 2 months, and we never knew when you would wake up. How do you feel?"
"Okay, I guess. It's like after a long nap, except it was a nap when you were sick.. My stomach hurts, but otherwise I'm good. I look at him. His hair is no longer shaggy, but outgrown. His eyes look older, and he has scars too. I touch one of the scars.
"What's most important is that YOU are okay.."
"Marie, if you wouldn't have waken up, what would have happened?"
"You would probably move on. At least, I would. I would try to forget about the bad, and keep the good memories at hand. I hope we would be together forever, but we might not be. You just gotta remember the good at let go of the bad."
I just sat there.
"Thank you for waking up."
"You're welcome. But don't expect me to get into a car for a long time.."
"Let me get you some water, Cello Girl. Then I'm getting you a book to read. And we will read it TOGETHER."
