What A Tease!

Chapter 16

-----------------------Ashers POV--------------------------------                                

 

Alex ran up to me and hugged me on the hospital bed. She was hugging me so tightly, I think I lost my oxygen flow for a second. She loosened her hold a bit. ‘’You idiot you scared me to death. I missed you so much. You have no idea how worried I was.’’ She kept rambling. I love my sister I really do. I’m pretty sure she has been worried sick about me to. I hugged her close to me. I wanted to talk, I really did want to tell her how much she and Aid and Zach meant to me, but I couldn’t even form a sentence. I kept stuttering Like an idiot. I felt stupid. Will I have to learn how to talk again? That was something I already did 18 years ago. How will I handle the business meetings? or just picking up girls? No one that doesn’t already know me will want to start a conversation with me. No one has the time to have a conversation with someone who takes a minute to say ‘’Hello’’. They will think I’m slow in the head. I was pissed. Whoever did this to me didn’t think of the consecvenses for me. Aiden already explained that it was a couple of dudes who had been targeting him and not me. I hope they get life time in jail. To be honest, I’m more pissed that they targeted by brother. If there is anything good about this situation, it is that I took the blow for Aid and that is something I’m happy about. I think it hurts more to watch their brother suffer like this than to actually be the one who was the unlucky dude. hehe.

Lexie broke of the hug to look at me. Her face was covered in tears and I saw Zach looking pained. I wonder why. Maybe he just didn’t want his best friends’ sister to be crying? I don’t know and right now I didn’t care that much either. I just wanted to calm my sister down. ‘’A--ll-ee-Al--ex?--Wh-aA...wh--y-- Aaa---ree--yo-u-c-c-r--y---yi-n? (Alex why are you crying?)’’ I tried to ask her. It felt horrible. To have everyone waiting until you finish a sentence that would normally require 3 seconds to speak. ‘’When I came in here.. You were crying.. and I thought something bad had happened. Like you losing all your memory or that you can’t walk of something like that, and I got scared.’’ She explained. I understand where she’s coming from, but it was still painful to not be able to talk like I usually would. ‘’Th---i--s i-iss Ss-st--i-ll b-b-A-dd (this is still bad)’’ I told her. I started crying. I didn’t know why. I felt so helpless and weak. I know that I got lucky but this was painful as well. I am happy to be alive.. but it feels as if I have to start over again. At least a bit of it. Alex looked at me with a pained expression. ‘’I know it is, but it is something we can work on. The doctor said that you can go to speech therapy and practice your speech ability.’’ She said, trying to calm me down. I guess I was just having a break down because I felt suffocated in this room. I quickly got up from my bed and started walking out of the room. I could walk. I had been walking around the room when a nurse noticed that I was up, so I knew I could at least rely on my legs. Zach stopped me just out side. I was crying silent tears. ‘’Ash!’’ He called for me and by this point, I was in the hospital waiting room.

I expected him to try and make me calm down and see ‘’the good’’ thing in this situation, But he only hugged me. ‘’I missed you man.’’ He said. I hugged him back and gave him a pat on the back. The hug ended and I was still crying.. kind of. I was not in a good mood anyways. ‘’Why are you giving Lexie a hard time?’’ He asked me. Am I giving Her a hard time? I’m the one who can’t speak normally right now. ‘’I-ii-mm th--th--ee oo-nne w-h-wh-oo c-c-aa-n-tt -t-t-aa-l--k (I’m The one who can’t talk)’’ I finished with a sigh. ‘’Yeah. I know. But she was only relieved her brother was okay and alive. You have to understand that.’’ I did understand. I guess I just need some time to get used to things. ‘’I--kn--n-oo--w. I-i j-u--s-s-t -n--ee-nee--dd -s-s-oo-m-e t-t-im. (I know. I just need some time)’’ I told him. He was about to say something when he was interrupted by Alex who had followed us. She was speed walking towards us. Zach stood between The two of us. ‘’You listen here Ash! I have been worried sick since I got the news about the accident and when you’re finally awake, You run away!’’ She yelled at me. She was trying to get to me but Zach stood in her way. He was holding her by the hips and leaned in to whisper something in her ear but she didn’t let him. ‘’Zach I will Kick you in the balls if you don’t let me talk to my brother for a moment. You know how much I’ve missed him.’’ She looked up at him and I could see the sorrow in her eyes.. and some sort of a hidden message. He just hugged her so her her arms were straight at her sides and whispered something in her ear. She sighed and mumbled something I couldn’t hear. She went back to the room. God! That woman could really embarrass a person if she wanted to. I love my sister.