If You Knew Me (#Wattys2015)

Chapter 16-Awakening and The Hurt

Quince's POV

First it was my fingers. Then I began feeling my toes and my brain began processing what was really going on. I blinked once. Twice. Thrice. Wait...I have to be awake by now. Then I sat up. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in my hospital room. I lifted my hands to my face and looked at them. I've never been so happy to move again.

I got up from my bed and alarms went off. I looked around, confused. Then doctors and nurses crowded around me, shining lights in my eyes. In the midst of the chaos I ended up laying back on the bed. They poked me with different needles and checked every possible thing.

After the massive amount of checkups in one day I fell asleep. When I woke up I was still in my room but there was someone sitting in the chair by my bed. I screamed and backed away from.

"Quince, please don't hate me." He said

"Get the hell away from me!" I seethed.

"You can't hate me forever..." Ace said sadly.

"Yes. I can. Get away from me. Your disgusting and a LIAR. I've had enough of liars and bullshit in my life. Get. The. Fuck. Away. From. Me."

I stated.

His eyes glazed over and he slowly got up. Then he got angry. He turned back around, tears streaming down his face. He took the vasecof flowers someone had left me, and through it at my head. I ducked just as it sailed over my head. It hit the wall behind me. I opened my mouth in shock and then pulled the HELP string. A doctor came in and took in the scene. He then took Ace out of my room. He kept screaming and yelling at me. "I will get you!"

I started crying and I couldn't stop. I just kept crying until the doctor cane back in.

"Hello Quince. How are you feeling?" He asked

I nodded. Signifying I was fine.

"So you're going have to stay for more check ups and you'll be on Suicide Watch for the remainder of the week. Then if everything checks out, you'll go back home. " The doctor patted my knee reassuringly.

I nodded and he left the room. I lay in bed waiting for all the tests to come. I knew I wouldn't enjoy it, but if it got me out of this hellhole , I'm in.

I went with it.

The next day a nurse came in and checked my blood pressure. Before she left she told me the doctor would come in, in a few minutes. True to her words, he came in. But he wasn't the same doctor from before. He closed the door behind him.

"Hello Quince. I'm doctor...". He hesitated. " Charles. Dr.Charles. I'll be conducting a physical exam. " I nodded. He then sat while I through my legs over the side of the hospital bed. His hands grabbed a hammer like thing. He hit my knee and it kicked a little bit. Reflex. Then he grabbed my thigh and began massaging it.

"Can you stop. " I asked.

He gripped my thigh harder.

"You should have known better Quince. You can't just sleep with Ace and get away with it. My brother's Ace " he smiled evily and his hand traveled up my thigh. I went to reach for the HELP string again but he pulled me back. He grabbed my wrists and held me down. I opened my mouth to screm but he covered it before I could. I cried silently while he slowly pulled my hospital gown up.

"C'mon. Give me what you haqve to Ace. I know you want me." He started unbuttoning the buttons on the back of my gown. He slowly slipped it off my shoulder. He caressed it and licked his lips. "C'mon you slut. Pleasure me." He whispered. He unzipped his pants and was about to take his ... out when he was thrown off of me.

"GET OFF OF HER!" A voice yelled.

The doctor was thrown off of me and he hit the floor. Jorge got on top of him and punched his face repeatedly. He just kept punching him until his face was unrecognizable. I jumped up and grabbed his arm before he puched him again.

"Enough..." I said.

"But he almost..raped you." I winced to his bluntness but nodded.

"It's okay." I whispered.

He relaxed to my touch and got off of the doctor.

I grabbed my hospital gown and pulled it up to cover some skin. I smiled.

I ran into his open arms. Tears cascaded down my face while I kept saying thank you over and over again.

"C'mon, we're getting out of here" he said. He grabbed my clothes from a cupboard and gave them to me.

"Go change. I'll wait outside of your room." He said.

I nodded and he left the room. I changed quickly and met him outside. It was silent as we walked to his car. We didn't know what to say.

While driving me home he intertwined his fingers with mine. It felt good. It felt right. I sighed and his gripped tightened.

"I'll never let anyone hurt you." And with that he kissed my hand.