Just me (moiscream)

Epic failiure

Thanks to my paranoid aunt i stayed in the hospital for another day being constantly wheeled in and out of my room for x-rays. 

I imagined meeting candy girl during lunch , sharing my oily toast while commenting and laughing on the most random things in a cafeteria overflowing with teenagers lost in their own cliques..
sigh .. Hopefully i didn't miss out on much. I tried being optimistic about the whole 'stuck in a hospital on the first day of the semester' thing.

I spent most of my time recovering from physical trauma- as valerie put it by immersing myself in some of the books i had bought some years ago but never was in the mood to read.

I hated plots involving war and action , i was more of a romance-comedy sort of person. As you can imagine the books that now occupied most of my time were all staged in the late Victorian era.

Chapter after chapter i sat on my rigid bed aching for a little humour - a little romance. But no . All i got was canons , canons , pistols and canons.

My vague concentration aimed at my book that lay on my lap looking as lifeless as its grim cover , was occasionally averted by my phone that beeped with the new ring tone i had switched to while my stay at the hospital.  I still wasn't used to it , it almost resembled the sound of a muffled fart. I was obviously drowsy from the painkillers when i changed it and didn't spare much thought about it.

They were my dad's texts. He had recently mastered the art of texting during his brief brakes he usually spends listening to classical music records or sometimes on small snacks he makes himself. They often were unsuitable for human ingestion. I should probably learn to cook. since my dad doesn't trust the hygiene of outsiders when it comes to food. He checked up on me every brake he got via adorable messages.

I assumed i would be trapped in this eerie room with pale blue walls that had mould in the corners for the entire day , but thankfully i was saved by the most unlikely person i would call my knight in shining armour .

It was Brendan. Again.

"As you can imagine i was obviously sent to take you home now that your life is no longer a burden to others"

He said teasingly , rotating presumably the car key around his index finger.

I think i saw a miniature skull accessorising  the key .

Relieved, i jumped out of bed and my book that seemed to stretch on and on ,went flying across the room and landed with a loud thud.

Hurriedly i slipped in to my sneakers that suddenly felt tight . I didn't bother with the annoying shoe laces , i left them dangling all over the place just like my hair that was supposed to be in a bun. I tugged on all the loose ends and tucked them all behind my ear. I honestly couldn't have cared less about how i looked.

people were allowed to look like shit when they got discharged from the hospital , so by all means i did.

Done with my hair, i stretched across the bed reaching for all the scattered items on my bed which included remnants of the sour candy that i had particularly grown fond of.

while i was prancing around the room like a mad man on roller blades knocking things on to the ground, brendan just stood there with his arms crossed ,amused.. as if he was watching a new season on Animal planet HD .

"If you are done destroying public property , can we go? we need to fill in some paperwork before we leave and i obviously have a life to get back to unlike you"

"paper work? what for?" i asked uninterested, while still getting my things together.

"To discharge you and etc. i guess , valerie said she informed them about  it but wanted me - us to go over some papers just in case. You know how she is" He said, rolling his brown eyes that didn't really suit his black hair that was probably intentionally messed up.

"haha i know she can be kinda extreme" i related to him, squeezing  the last miserable book that too  probably was written by a man who lost his left toe thanks to the Russians, in to my handloom sea blue bag with sea shells decorating the beautiful blue canvas.

"To infinity and beyond!!" i squeaked with palpable excitement as i stepped out of my room that separated me from all the fun outside.

"Heart of Valour by Emily waterson" Brendan recited in a deep swallowed voice from behind as i began my way out of the room and in to a broad corridor lined with similar pale rooms.

I was startled . He continued

"I like how she reconciles the past and the present at the end. Not how i anticipated his career to end but it was... serendipity .. i guess  "

He said factually as he made his way next to me, examining the grim book that once flew over my room gracefully , fleeing from my unworthy hands. He was tending to its ripped edges immersed in his own thoughts.

I was clearly surprised. 'Brendan' and 'books' in one sentence didn't make sense. But he had clearly read his share of books. He looked like he was in his early twenties. But still- no one with a life would read that book. I died a little bit inside every time i flipped its pages.

i tilted my head back

"So you Can read huh? finally something useful. You can fill out the paper work. I'll be in the car. My body is very fragile you see and paperwork isn't my forte.  "

Before he could retort i ran-limped through the corridor until it lead to a spacious room with a large wooden table in the middle and many chairs neatly placed in front of it ,some occupied and most vacant.

i walked over to the table gripping my blue bag tightly

"Excuse  me ,could you show me the exit? " 

"follow the green arrows " the nurse in charge replied rudely with her eyes fixed on a weekly fashion magazine that dated a few months back.

I shouldn't have sprinted across the hospital.The faint pain in my knees now felt worse.

I felt like a asian blue riding hood following green arrows. Racist me.

I made it out the rather empty hospital without passing out and now inspected the parking lot that stretched forever infront of me.

I spotted a black sudan and strode towards it with glee.

Dang. Them keys..

what is with me and failing epically at everything i do ?

So after about half an hour later brendan made his way over to the car smiling helplessly , dangling the keys noisily-to rub it in my face ofcourse.