Piano Lessons

New Beginnings...

Okay. So I think I know what you are thinking. I wake up from a coma and everyone is around me. Right? Wrong. The took me into another room because I was shaking a lot. And now I'm alone. They know I'm awake but they won't let anyone come in to see me. Why? I have no idea. There's a patient in the bed next to me. He looks tired, he has bags under his eyes, and he seems to like to isolate people. He noticed me staring and then closed his curtain. "Sorry..." I mumble. He opens the curtain and looks over at me. "What are you in here for?" I turn over to look at him. "I honestly don't know. I was in a coma for about 6 months."  His eyes widened when I said that. "Oh, so you're that girl? The girl that everyone's been talking about? You saved that boy... what's his name? Jacob?" Tears fill my eyes now. Jacob? He's alive? "He's alive? And no one tells me?" He looks at me with concerned eyes and gets out of his own bed and is now sitting with me in my bed. "Hey... hey... I'm sorry..! I didn't mean to upset you... I thought- I thought you knew... I shouldn't have said anything, huh?" I look over at him and hug him. "No, thank you for telling me! No one would've told me... I mean... why would they tell me, right?" I let go of him, now awkward from hugging him. "Sorry about that... I guess I got carried away..." "No no no..! It's fine, really... I didn't- I mean.. I don't mind.." We both smile and then laugh. A nurse notices that I have woken up after the surgery took place, and they come into my room- well our room. 

"Mr. Sam Zimmerman..!" We both look over and see a nurse standing there with her hands on her hips. "Please get back into your own bed before something we all regret will happen..." We both look at each other and look back at the nurse. She was gone. "That was weird." "That was weird." We both covered our mouths after we said that. "Jinx!" "Jin- oh come on man! I almost said it! Well, I guess I owe you soda then miss Emma"  I smile at him. "Yeah, I guess you do owe me that." 

A few hours later, there was a knock on the door.  Sam and I looked at each other and then at the door. "Come in," he said. Jacob walked in with a bouquet of flowers for me. I sat up and looked at him. "Jacob? What're you doing here?" He walked closer to me, and I looked over to Sam signaling him to close the curtain. He did. "Jacob? What's wrong?" He smiled at me. "I had to come to see you. I could've died after everything happened. You risked your life for me. I love you."  No, you didn't. I know he didn't. He started to lean into me for a kiss, but I put my hand on his lips ordering him to stop. He looked at me confused. "Umm, I'm not ready to get back into this thing that you and I have. I mean... It's been 6 months and it feels like I don't even know you anymore."  He just stares at me like I'm a stranger to him. And frankly, he's been a stranger to me. He sets the flowers down and walks out of the room without saying another word.