Chapter 8

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I remember waking up, seeing the sterilised white curtains flowing from the roof to the ground comfortably, there was a radiator attached to the wall, it looked like it had been painted green once upon a time, but the paint was cracked and peeling of in some places. I looked out the window, all I saw was grass and sky. The occasional person would walk by, but nothing ever changed. 

I swear I didn't blink. Seconds, minutes even hours passed me by, no one had come in to check if I was okay . I knew I hadn't been awake for over a day, for the simple fact the sky hadn't changed from the crystal clear blue it had been since I woke up. 

 I thought I heard his voice walk down the hallway, but it disappeared soon, the faint footsteps of people walking past my room and the trolleys being pushed were the only things to be heard.  I was day dreaming when someone cleared their throat behind me. I got such a fright, I tried to turn over to see who it was, but the tubes that were connected to me just got tangled around my neck, trapping me against the cold, hard, unforgiving bed

I was pinned, uncomfortably, to the bed, staring out the window, I didn't feel comfortable not knowing who was in my room, I didn't like this venerability. I felt like at any given moment anything could happen , I didn't like being clueless and scared.

Being scared wasn't an emotion I was familiar with until the other day. But neither was grief or sadness, I realised now that I can't hide from my emotions all my life, I can't run from the fear r hide from the truth, I have to face them straight on, and conquer them. 

Fear froze my body, were they still in my room? I had no way of telling, I couldn't turn and see, I couldn't just roll over and check, these tubes were still holding me here unwillingly. I grunted a few times to show my frustration, but whoever it was, didn't reply. suddenly the lyrics 

"go on and try to tear me down, I will be rising from the ground, like a sky scraper"  

Those  lyrics suddenly brought on a whole new meaning to me. As I lay there thinking, I made a plan. What I was going to do with my life. First thing's first, tell Ariana how I really feel. 

"fuck" I gasped, I forgot to ring her. Well, there goes ANY chance I had with her. Well done, you've just lost her. Man my subconscious was a dick sometimes.  

"Jai" Came the voice from behind me.

"Yes" I croaked in resonse, my lips and throat dry from fear.  

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