Catch Me

Chapter 20

"Are you ready?"

Fiona and I are standing in front of the door to her Grandfather's room. I'm a little nervous and by the way she looks at me with concern, she already noticed. She takes my hand and opens the door.

"Hey Gramps."

"Aurora my dear, how are you? And this lovely girl next to you - I assume you are the one my granddaughter can't stop talking about?"

He laughs and rolls up to us in a wheelchair. I immediately like him. Maybe because I can see Fiona in him. The way he talks and the way his eyes sparkle. 

Fiona bows down to give him hug and when they are done, he pulls me into a hug too, what takes me by surprise. We decide to go to the cafeteria to talk. On our way down they explain the name, Bert called Fiona when we entered the room.

"Aurora is latin and originally means dawn. But besides being used for Disney's Sleeping Beauty, there is much more meaning behind it. In ancient mythology, for the romans and greeks, she was the goddess of the dawn, which explains her name. It was said that her tears turned into the morning dew. And right after we got the call that Fiona was born, my wife and I had been in Iceland at the time, we saw the Northern Lights appear right over our heads. It was a sign. Because the correct name for the Northern Lights is Aurora Borealis and they are so, so beautiful. Just like my little girl over here, so the name was a perfect fit in every way possible."

It was great to get to meet Bert. He and Fiona are super close and I felt so happy to see her with him and to get to know more about them. Bert told me storys about Fiona and when he told me about her getting a full scholarship for university to study astrology and astronomy, he sounded extreamly proud. Also he told us about him getting better and him soon coming home, which was really good news and relive was written all over Fionas face.

After what felt like hours of talking, I left them some time alone and made my way up to my sisters room, where a few doctors were checking in on her when I got there.

"In the morning we gave her a low dosis of the medication, that should wake her up. We were here to check if there is any reaction but there isn't any yet. That is a good sign, because she isn't reacting in a bad way and her condition isn't getting any worse so we can give her a higher dosis now and see how she will react. Because she already had an allergic reaction to a drug, we have to be very careful with this medication l. But right now she is on a good way. Do you have any questions?"

I shake my head and we say goodbye. When I sit down on the chair I take her hand in mine and talk to her, like I always do. Tell her everything that happend and how much I miss her.

Than I text my parents what the doctors had told me and carefully climb into Isabella's bed to lay right next to her. Like the times I did this before, she doesn't react to this but I need to be close to her. Since she is "gone", I feel like a part of me is missing. Like half of my soul is unconcious too.

Only when I'm with Fiona, the feeling of being lost gets better but as soon as we part ways, everything hits me again. And the only thing I can do, is to come as close as possible to my other half and hope for the best. And like that I doze off.

Suddenly I scoot up and look through the room. I am confused and don't really know what woke me up until the door opens and two police officers come in. I remember them as Officers Holten and Kraft and get out of bed.

"Hello Olivia, we would like to talk to you and your parents if that is okay?"
The younger officer politly asks.

"My parents aren't here right now but I can tell them everything you are going to tell me later."
They both look at each other silently debating and than nod.