The wheel of life

Part 8

A strange smell hit my nose. I couldn’t open my eyes; it felt like someone had glued them shut. All I could see was flashes of bright lights like fireworks. I could hear voices, it sounded like my mum and my three best friends.  

I lifted my head slightly and tried to open my eyes again, magically they slowly opened and a long lost light hit my pupils. Something touched my hand, it was my mum, I looked at her hand then at her face. “Mum?” she got up “nurse… nurse!” she called out “honey are you ok? How do you feel?” she asked quickly, my three friends turned around from the food machine and came running straight towards me. “oh my god she’s up!” I looked at them, “I’m alright, my head hurts and I can’t feel my right hand. How long have I been asleep?’ mum held my hand, “3 days dear, you had a large bump to the head. They thought you might go into a coma.’ With stunned eyes i looked at my arm, my face dropped, my arm was broken. I was still disorientated when the nurse came to me and checked to see if I was doing alright.

I laid my head back on the pillow and took a deep breath. Reality hit me and I sat up. “Where’s Seth? What… what happened? Is he ok? Where is he?” I stumbled in my words, “Mum?” she looked at me with a soft face. She pulled you the same chain that he gave me and placed it in my hand.

 I looked down at the charm, a tear rolled down my cheek “i…is he still alive?” I tried to keep myself together but the more I tried the more it made it worse. Alex looked at me and smiled “he’s alive, but… asleep” she replied looking at me then at my mum. I looked at Alex then at Steph and Bella and tried to smile but I don’t think it worked.  For the rest of the day I had mum, Alex, Steph and Bella come in and out keeping my updated with life on the outside world, but nothing that would say took my mind off Seth. Every time I asked where he was or if he was ok they’d change the subject, what was he dead or alive?