A not so typical teen love story (jelsa)

20 ~ Awaken

And thats how I died... Im only joking.

I wake up in a hospital bed in a gown that doesn't cover my back. I've always hated them, hate the feeling of being exposed. The smell of disinfectant and bleech fills the air around me and the monotony of white overwhelms me, the walls, the floor, the sheets, everything is just blank. I'm in a room by myself, no other beds or patients beside me. I feel alone. Isolated in this room, limited to the bed. I look to my left to see a white wooden cabinet with some wilting flowers in a vase on top. How long have I been here?

I edge my body upwards to sit up and prop myself on my elbows, suddenly a rush of chaos enters the room. Doctors and nurses stream in making me feel claustrophobic but still isolated. I desperately search the faces for a familiar one with no luck. A doctor then moves my head to look at him and he shines a light in my eyes.

" no response" He says which doesn't make any sense to me but the nurses furiously scribble on notepads in their hands which I didn't see before. Then just as suddenly as they came, they all scurried out leaving me baffled. My elbows become week and I fall to the bed. I'm drained of energy and I dont feel like I'm actually here. I feel vacant, as if I'm trapped within somebody elses body and just looking at life through someone elses eyes but I look at my reflection in the glass pane and I see myself. I can't explain my feeling of vacancy and withdrawal, I dont think this is a normal feeling.

Approximately two hours later, thats what it felt like anyway, a familiar face bursts through the door. A few faces actually. I instantly sit up and try to form words with my mouth but nothing happens. A tear rolls down Jack's face and I try to screech his name. I try thrashing my arms but even they aren't responding now. Tears stream down my face as I try to call out all of their names;Anna, Jack, Thiana, Nicholas and Emma, but nothing comes out. My vision goes black and I am yet again stuck in oblivion. 

"Mum?" I ask, skeptical that she's standing in front of me. She wasn't here last time, does this mean I've died?

" Dear, you must be strong, me and your father were weak and could not fight but you are different. You can do this Elsa, we believe in you.  I know it will be hard but we are always by your side. Forever." My dad appears behind her and I feel tears trickle down my face.

" I love you" is all I manage to choke out. My parents smile at me.

" we love you too Elsa" . They dissolve into the blackness and I'm left desolated.

" her eyes are opening I think it's working" I hear Anna's muffled voice say. My vision is blurry but I can see three blobs of colour. a greyish white one, a orange one and a brown one. I blink my eyes and my vision becomes clearer to unveil Jack, Anna and Emma. A smile blossoms on my face as I look at them. The faces I've been perilously wanting to see.

" Elsa, can you hear us?" Emma articulates thunderously.

" yeah I can hear you there's no need to shout, wait can you hear me?" They all gasp when I start to speak then a wide smile appears on all their faces.

" we can hear you" Jack says gently. I feel like I haven't heard his voice in years and it chimes like a harmony. He places his hand on my cheek caressing it, its so soft and gentle, smooth and cold against my skin sending ripples of sparks through my veins. The girls literally melt on the spot including me. He takes his hand away and helps me sit up, and they sit at the foot of the bed.

" How long have I been here?" I ask curiously.  They pass a few glances between each other and Anna is the one to speak up.

" four months" she says.

" What!?" I say shocked. Four months?! Surely not. It can't have been that long.

" you've been here for four months." Jack verifies.