Let Yourself Fall // sequel to My Ethan Karpathy

Chapter 77.

ETHANS POV:

I wake up to beeping sounds. It's a slow, continuous beeping. I open my arms and realise I'm in a neck brace so I can't turn my head. There's people walking around the room, and I know there's only a few seconds before someone notices I'm awake. I use these seconds to remember. I remember the fight, I remember Paisley. I wonder if she's okay? She better be okay, she doesn't deserve this. I don't understand why this keeps happening to us. Are we bad people? Have we done something so bad that the universe now hates our heart and soul?

A nurse rushes over to me and takes my mask off. She shines lights in my eyes although I can't really focus on them. It's like there's a shield between me and the world, and all I can do is blink. I feel myself slowly falling. Well, a least that's what it feels like. I'm falling slowly, then I just feel like I drop. It's like when you're about to fall asleep, and you suddenly feel like you are falling. It feels like that. That's when I wake up and am fully aware of my surroundings. The light is hurting my eyes now so I close them tightly again.

"He's awake!" the nurse calls to someone in the room.

A doctor comes over and does something to my wrist. He adjusts something wrapped around my forehead and then sits down.

"Can you hear me?" He asks.

"Yeah."

"Okay, Ethan. We had to give you an anaesthetic to get you here, but you're okay now. You have a broken nose and you have a mild concussion. You have a gash along your forehead which we have stitched up. We think you have sprained something in your neck, but that shouldn't be much more than a normal ache." he tells me softly.

"Okay," I reply. "When can I go home?"

"Well, we're going to send three of you home today, but one of you might need to stay for surgery. Don't worry about that yet." he tells me.

"What about Paisley? How's Paisley?" I ask, eager to know.

"Oh, you must be the boyfriend." he says, smiling softly.

"Yeah, that's me. Is she okay?"

"She was saying she wanted you in the ambulance and was upset that you couldn't be with her." he says, sounding like he's avoiding my question.

"Please tell me if she's okay." I beg.

"She's okay, she's in the bed to your left, but please don't move your head." he says.

"What's happened to her? What injuries does she have?"

"We've done some X-rays, and Miss Arrons has a fractured elbow and has a bruised up knee. She has a very black right eye and a cut under her left eye. You can see her soon. I promise. She's right next to you." he tells me.

"What about Brai?" I ask.

"Braiden?" He asks.

"Yeah."

"Mr James has a really bruised up stomach, but he has narrowly avoided breaking anything." he tells me. I guess it's Jye that's in a realm bad condition.

"What about Jye..?" I ask, not really wanting to know now.

"Oh.. His injuries were the worst. He's got some cracked ribs and perhaps a broken jaw. We aren't sure, but we are hoping that his cracked ribs haven't punctured his lung." the doctor explains.

"Is Paisley awake?" I ask.

"She is awake. She's just getting her plastering on her elbow done. They should be done any minute now." he tells me.

"Can I see her once she's done?"

"If she's able to walk." he replies. I forgot about her knee.