Three's a crowd.

"Lizzie?"

3 weeks later

Hope POV

It had been 3 weeks since I found Lizzie out in the woods. 3 weeks she had been in a coma and was yet to wake up. 3 weeks of me barely leaving her bedside as I hoped one day Lizzie would just wake up and I could finally breathe again. When I had made it back to the school with her and the nurse had her rushed to the medical wing I felt like I was dying along with her. 

The Doctor had told us that Lizzie would be lucky to survive through the night. That there wasn't much that could be done but to hope and pray for her recovery and that she would make it through this. I remember having a breakdown that night and running through the forest as a wolf until exhaustion hit me and I returned back to Lizzie's bed side until the next morning.

The Doctor had put Lizzie into a coma in a last ditch effort to save her life while Josie and Dr Saltzman left to get the herbs that were needed for a spell to wake Lizzie up. I told them I would stay and watch over her and as of 3 weeks later, I was still doing that. Josie would check in with some quick updates but they were having no luck finding the last couple of items on their list that were apparently very rare and near impossible to find. 

As Lizzie's condition worsened it was becoming incredibly clear that we were running out of options on how to save her. I had been sitting by her side and was reading a book to her. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was one of her favourites and I had already read the first five to her so we were going in order. I smiled as I remember finding Lizzie reading this book one time I came back from a run and wanted to talk to her.

The door to the medical wing opened.

It was Penelope. She had been coming to check up on me a lot to try and see how I was doing. She had a bag of food with her and a flask filled with something.

"Hey, Hope. How is our patient doing?"

I closed the book and sat it down on the bed side table.

"Still the same. The Doctor's are saying that there is no improvements."

I began getting teared up and soon the tears were flowing out and I tried to stop them. Penelope came over and hugged me. I fell into her arms and I couldn't hold back the tears anymore as they all came out at once and I finally gave in to all the pain I have been feeling since that night. I was beginning to realise that I hadn't fully dealt with what had happened to Lizzie.

"It's okay, Hope. Lizzie is a fighter. She will get through this and then you can do what ever you want together. It will just take some time for her to recover."

I nodded against Penelope's shoulder.

"Hey. Why don't you go get cleaned up and I'll watch over Lizzie until you get back."

I began to protest but Penelope put up a hand to stop me.

"It will only be a while. You need to get some fresh clothes on and get yourself cleaned up a bit. I don't mean to be cruel but you kind of smell. You want to look your best when Lizzie finally wakes up, don't you."

Penelope was smirking.

I smiled at that a bit.

"Fine. I will go but I'm going to be quick."

Penelope nodded and then took my seat and I thanked her and went out to get freshened up. The school was quiet tonight and there wasn't many around. Since what happened to Lizzie and Alyssa no one has been going anywhere but their classes. They had a funeral for Alyssa which was really hard especially on Jed who was just broken. I hadn't known Alyssa that well but she didn't deserve what happened to her.