𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐀 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 (𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖)

Chapter Twenty Two: Dr. Martin

I give Lexa a weak smile just as the doctor walks in, she has her brown hair pulled up into a messy bun and black glasses with hazel eyes and tan skin, she looks around 29.

"Hello Ms Praimheda, I am Dr. Martin and I'll be looking after you during your stay" she says softly with a southern accent as she looks down at the board in her hand, reading from the paper on it.

"Oh, well you took quite the accident. Do you mind telling me what you remember?" She asks, Lexa squeezes my hand for support.

"Um, me and my girlfriend went to see her parents for dinner then we were on the way home when this truck came full speed, I don't know what happened, it was all a blur but I remember the car rolling down the hill and the truck driving away" I explain hesitantly, Dr. Martin nods.

"Do you remember how you got out of the car, no one seems to be able to figure how you and Ms. Woods survived the explosion and got out" she asks generally curious, I wet my lips as I begin to speak.

"Well, I woke up shortly after, I don't know how long it was, the glass was cutting into me and the glove box had broken off and got into my arm. Lexa was to the right of me and she......" Tears enter my vision, Lexa strokes my cheek.

"Hey, I'm right here, I'm ok, I'm here" she reassures me and kisses my cheek, I nod and continue.

"She was hanging my her seatbelt, it was cutting into her neck and she was bleeding alot, she looked like a ragdoll. I panicked before I heard this dripping sound, I thought it was the petrol, I was right, not a second later my side caught on fire and burned my side and the seatbelt off, I fell onto the shattered window and the glove box cut into my thigh but I couldn't feel anything, it was numb" I swallow and shift anxiously, "Anyway, Lexa's seatbelt wouldn't come undone and the fire was growing bigger, I don't remember how but I got it to come undone and pulled her to the back of the car, I put her body ontop of mine to try and stop the glass or anything else from cutting her more, when I got out of the back window I tried to stand but I collapsed so.....so I dragged Lexa and I behind a tree and just as I did that the car explodes and I passed out"

Everyone's silent for a moment with tears streaming down their faces, even Dr. Martin has tears in her eyes.

"You are very brave Ms. Praimheda" Dr. Martin says as she wipes her eyes, I smile weakly at her before looking at Lexa.

Her cheeks are stained with tears and her eyes puffy and red, even still she looked so beautiful.

"You-You saved my life" she hiccups, I shrug but wince, I don't want people making a big deal of this, I'm just glad we're safe

"You saved mine. We're even now" I joked, she doesn't laugh but keeps crying, I hope my arms carefully, "Bay come here" she does, she climbs into the bed and rests her head on my shoulder as I wrap one arm around her waist and the other in her hair.

"Well Ms. Praimheda, you have suffered some major injustices" Dr. Martin speaks up with a soft smile as she watched mine and Lexa's interaction, I nod, telling her to continue, she takes a breath before she does.

"Ok well, you have been in a coma for a little over a month" I close my eyes at this, telling myself to remain calm as Lexa snuggles closer, I look at Lexa as I nod for Dr. Martin to continue.

"From what I've gathered you didn't know that your throat was also slit" my eyes widen and my hand goes to my neck, bandages cover it, "My guess is that it was the seatbelt when you rolled. You also had 7 broken ribs but they're all healed now. A dislocated hip, dislocated shoulder and a broken collarbone-" I interupt her.

"Yea, I knew I had a them, the hip, shoulder and collarbone I mean. My mom's a doctor" I inform her, her eyebrows raise.

"So you also knew that carrying something, especially a person, would make them injuries worse and harder to heal" Dr. Martin looks expectantly at me, I frown.

"Yes, I did, and I don't care. I got my girlfriend out of a burning car and if that means I loose mobility in my arm for the rest of my life then so be it. I couldn't just sit there and do nothing, we both have families, I have 2 baby siblings for God sake, I wasn't going to just give up and sit there burning to death, it's not who I am" I argue with her, I feel Lexa cuddling impossibly closer, careful of my injuries.

"You must love her very much to risk your life" Dr. Martin comments, I have a soft smile on my face when I answer.

"I would give my life for her" at that Lexa leans up and kisses me hard, I could taste her tears in the kiss, when we pull away he rests her forehead on mine as I wipe her tears away, "Don't cry baby, it's ok"

"I love you Clarke" She whispers to me, I tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"I love you too, so so so much Lexa" she smiles and gives me a quick peck before cuddling into me again, I look back to Dr. Martin and she has a soft smile on her face.

"You two remind me so much of me and my wife" She says softly with a shake of her head, soft smile still on her lips, "Ok, so, you also have multiple cuts from them, 312 stitches and a burn on your hip, it will scar but it's only small and caused no major damage to arteries" I breath a sigh in relief.

"Then why was she in a coma?" I hear Bellamy ask worriedly.

"Well, this is what happens with trauma, Clarke likely received a blow to the head when the car blew up or somewhere in between the car accident and getting Lexa out" Dr. Martin, "It's very common with trauma patients", she looks back at the chart before looking at the many people in the room, "I'm going to ask for you all to leave so I can speak to Clarke alone" she asks, everyone files our, giving my hugs and waves, Lexa stays by my side and helps me sit up.

Dr. Martin turns back to me as she reads my file, paying no mind to Lexa's presence, "Now, this don't the first time you've been admitted to hospital is it" she states, it wasn't a question, "Do you mind explaining why you've been in hospital so much since the age of.....Well, birth and 15 years?"

"I grew up in foster families, a large variety of them would abuse me to the point I would pass out or have to get a taxi to the hospital myself. I also....well I was suicidal when I was...um" I cough anxiously, my voice was breaking so Lexa wraps her arms around me and speaks for me.

"Clarkes birth moms were killed by her father before Clarke was born, she was placed into an incubator and even when she got out of hospital as a baby she would end up coming back due to health complications. She was placed into foster family to foster family, she was abused since she was first put in the system at 3 months old when they cleared her. Growing up she was placed with a the wrong families and they would abuse and neglect of her, she would run away and not come back for months at a time. When she was 8 she was admitted to hospital because her foster brother beat her with a bat with nails in it and...and her foster dad raped her......she ran outside and got hit my a car after they tortured and tried to drown her in the bathtub" Lexa's voice breaks, we're both now holding onto each other for dear life, "She was diagnosed with depression, PTSD, anxiety and bipolar when she was 9. This all continued until she was 15 when she was adopted by the Griffin's. Clarke has been suicidal since she was 9 and has attempted it 3 times...." Lexa sobs, I cry silently into her shoulder as we cling to each other.

I hate that this was my story, I hate that I had to go through that and I hate that they did that to me.

"Thank you for your time, I'll be back to check on you later" Dr. Martin is able to croak out through her tears before she walks out, giving us privacy.

"I love you so so so much Clarke" Lexa sobs into my shoulder, I pull back so I can look her in the eyes.

"Not as much as I love you Lexa" and with that we share a kiss.

I don't know what I'd ever do without this beautiful and amazing woman in my arms.