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Chapter Four

Eliana

'Hey Elly-Bear' Demi cooed as I opened my eyes, 'it's Friday baby, I'm so glad you're finally awake' she ran her hand over my forehead before leaning down and kissing it

A nurse walked over with a transparent tube, putting the small stubs in my nose before hooking it over my ears and under my chin, taping it to my cheeks with small teddy bear tape, 'It's nice to finally see those gorgeous eyes of yours lovely' she smiled, 'I'm Hannah' I smiled at the nurse, still confused as to what had really happened

'Did you say Friday?' my voice was raspy, it hurt to speak, 'it can't be' I pushed myself further up in the bed

Demi placed a hand on my shoulder, laying me back down, 'you got sick Ells, it took a while to get your bloods well enough for you to come off of the ventilator'

'but, my pageant' I looked down at my hands, 'Dally and I were meant to spend time together'

Demi snuggled up into the bed with me, 'I know baby'

'it wasn't your fault you know' I whispered, having been able to hear everything that was said over the past couple of days, 'and you're an amazing big sister' I frowned as I noticed my lisp from when I was a child was back

Demi held me tighter, 'you heard that?'

'I heard almost everything, although I didn't hear anything before that' Demi sighed, running her fingers through my hair, 'it's okay to be hurting you know?'

'I'm meant to be saying that to you' she laughed, a smile returning to her face

'Oh my god' I turned my head away from Demi to see mom standing in the doorway, coffee in hand. She placed her coffee down and ran over to me, engulfing me in the biggest hug ever, 'hi baby' she wiped a few tears from her eyes, 'I'm so happy that you're awake'

'Eliana' I turned my head to see another lady standing in the door frame, 'we haven't officially met yet, but I'm Doctor Elena, and I've been looking after you' she smiled, 'although not as much as your sister over there has been' she walked over and shook my hand, then turned her head to the monitor next to me, frowning slightly

'What?' mom panicked, 'is everything okay?'

The Doctor turned back to look at her, 'her oxygen is still a little low, it's at ninety-three with the extra help' she checked the tank, 'we'll monitor her for the next twenty-four hours, run some tests, but she might have to stay on oxygen for a while' beauty queens don't have oxygen tanks, 'everything else seems pretty good, if all goes well we might be able to send you home tomorrow'

I smiled, wanting to get out of here as soon as I possibly can, 'if you feel up to it you can get out of this room for a bit, just let Hannah know'

Doctor Elena walked back out of the room, 'Daddy, Dal and Mads should be here soon Elly' mom said, pulling me into her embrace once more, 'I'm so happy you're okay'

Demi pulled out her phone, 'you want to see all the messages people left you Elly-Bear?' I hesitantly nodded, 'they're super cute'

Her lockscreen was of her and a small toddler, 'who's that?'

Demi giggled, 'that's you' I took her phone out of her hand bringing it closer to my face, 'the day you found out momma went to rehab' she unlocked her phone and pulled up another picture of Nick, her and I, 'you cried so hard that I called Nick to help cheer you up' I smiled at the photo, it was pretty cute, 'actually' Demi stood up and grabbed a teddy bear from the cabinet, 'he brought you this, he was a little sad you weren't awake for him to give it to you'