Deep Asleep

Chapter 15 : Friend

As usual, Max arrived in the hospital, walking in the halls to reach Jane's room. But on her way, she saw a blonde young woman that she already met before. She stopped to salute her:

- "Hey Constance, how are you?"

- "I'm good. You're here for Jane?"

- "Yep, as every day, same for you?"

- "Um, yeah, I guess..."

- "You guess?" Max frowned.

- "She doesn't wanna see me," Constance told.

- "Why?"

- "She thinks it's my fault."

- "Oh, why?"

- "It's...not really your business."

- "Yeah, sorry. Um, well, I hope it will get better between you and her, I read that family support was important for recovery."

- "Yeah..."

Max felt sorry for her, this girl had come every month for six months with the hope to see her sister awake, and now that she could, Jane didn't want to see her. The redhead arrived in Jane's room and smiled to her.

- "Hey Jane, how are you?"

The brunette pouted as answer.

- "Not very good, right? (Jane shakes her head to say no) Your reeducation didn't end well?"

- "I fell."

- "Oh, good, did you stand after?"

- "Um...yeah."

- "Then, that's very great, what's important is that even if you fell, you stood right after that."

- "Maybe."

The redhead sat next to Jane, as usual, and took the book about birds. While she was turning the pages, she took the opportunity to ask her:

- "Why don't you want to see your sister?"

- "What?"

- "I saw her in the corridor, she told me you didn't want to see her."

- "Uh..."

- "Are you okay?"

- "Yeah, I thought I was supposed to watch the birds!"

- "Um, yeah, but you can answer my question too, right?"

- "..."

- "Or maybe not...I'm sorry, I don't know all your defects yet, I didn't know you couldn't do two things at the same time..."

- "It's...temporary..."

- "Of course, but I shouldn't have annoyed you with my question."

- "What was it?"

- "What?" Max frowned.

- "Your question, what was it?" Jane repeated.

- "Um...(closes the book) I was wondering why you don't wanna see your sister..."

Max regretted her question; she could see on her face that she didn't want to answer that!

- "You don't have to answ—"

- "She fucked up. We finished in the shit because of her! And she couldn't move her ass to see us for Christmas!? Because of her, our parents died in a crash and I can't move anymore!" Jane angrily explained.

- "I'm so—"

- "I don't wanna talk about it."

The redhead pursed her lips and nodded.