My Silent Words

Chapter 36 - Too much Stress

Alexander's POV

"Alex!" the door bursted open showing the frame of a woman particularly familiar. Too familiar.

"Mom!" I replied back. Then she took steps towards me until she finally gets close enough and indulges me in a tight hug.

"Oh, sweet heart, are you okay? Are you hurt?" she asks worriedly searching my face for injuries, touching every part of the skin.

"I'm fine, mom. No need to worry, you're here now." I smiled which she returned it and hugs me for the second time.

"I've been worried sick about you. What happened to you?" she asks, worry showed in her eyes.

"It was just a little commotion that happened and ended me in here." I said gesturing to the healing place of earth.

"I understand, Alex. But you know me, I need all informations on why and how you get in here." frowning, I finally let out a sigh in defeat. Turning over to my friends, I see them nodding towards me.

"I was at the bathroom that time and then when I finally got out, I saw this kid who was being beat up by bullies and I thought that it would be good to save that boy from the monsters so that's what I did. Before he was going to throw another punch at the kid, I pushed him away letting me receive the punch. After that, I received punch after punch until I really couldn't take it anymore. So before he was going to punch me again, I was fast enough to catch his fist and lock it in my hand. And I guess I was so angry that I dug my nails in his hand making a few wounds appear then after that, I fainted and now, here I am." I explained. "Oh, and I won that competition." I said gesturing to the trophy that was seated at the table beside me.

"Oh sweetheart. Congratulations! I'm so proud of you!" she exclaimed hugging me.

"Ouch!" I winced making her let go of me in an instant.

"Sorry, honey." She apologized immediately and I nod at her.

"So, how did that trophy come in here?"

"The boy whom I saved found the address to this hospital so he brought the trophy to me as a thank you for yesterday's happening." I explained earning nods from them.

After some minute, a doctor in white lab coat and a nurse came inside the room with a sign board in hand.

"Excuse me ma'am, sir. Is it okay if we talk to Mr. Ray? We will explain to him the results of the test that we took yesterday. After that, he may be discharged." the doctor announced.

"But, why can't you say it in front of us, doc?" mom asked.

"So that, the patient can be comfortable with sharing the results with you. In this case, we should let Mr. Ray decide first if he is comfortable sharing the outcome of the test. We don't want to let Mr. Ray feel uncomfortable about the outcome." the doctor explained.

"Okay, doc. We understand. We'll be going out now. Come along children." she said gesturing at Tyler, Zander, Blake and Isaiah. Soon, they were finally out of the room and the door was fully close.

The doctor and nurse came closer to me and sat down the vacant seat.

"Alex, am I right?" he asks. And I nod at him, smiling. The nurse beside him gave the paper to the doctor which contains the said result.

"As I have said, we have the results here and somehow, we found something interesting." he said looking at the paper. "Alex, the reason for your sudden faint is anxiety and stress and because you've been stressed out and overpowered yourself, you found yourself being dizzy and finally hit the ground unconsciously." the doctor explained and I nod at him.

"However" he continued making me look up at him. "The said mental illness wasn't the only thing that caused the sudden action." I gave my full attention towards the doctor and listened.

"We've found that you also don't sleep that much and continued to stress yourself all the time and with that, too much blood pressure was used in that time. Stressing yourself can drain your blood. It can also be the cause of anemia." I was left agape hearing the words.

Me? A totally normal person? Anemic? No no no. Not gonna happen

I still can't process myself hearing the said result.

"So, does this mean that I'm an anemic person?" I ask curiously. The doctor nods at my question.

"Yes, Alexander. This result was very crucial. But don't worry, we have medications that could help you go through this illness. So I'm recommending you that as much as possible, you should stay calm and stay still and don't let your emotions overflow. It might rebel and you might overuse yourself again and you'd fall to the ground the second time. Worse, you could be admitted due to lack of blood." he explained.

"I see." I nodded at myself "So, is there anything else you want to tell me?" I asked.

"Nothing else. That was the whole the result. So now, it's up to you if you want to tell them about this. But I'm not forcing you, you can tell them immediately about the result or tell them whenever you're ready." he said and I nodded smiling.

"Well, we better get going now." he said and I nodded at him. "And oh, I almost forgot. You can be discharged after this. The stress you were feeling seemed to gradually heal now so, you should be fine. I will give some prescriptions on some meds that you can take whenever you feel nauseous. Apart from that, you're fine." he explained.

"Thank you, doctor" I said and he nodded.

"My pleasure, kiddo" he replied and he and the nurse went outside the door.

Am I ready to tell them about this? I mean, this could be bad news or good news but mostly, this could be bad news. I don't want them to think of me as a monster when I come out to them. What if they'd leave me after they know about this potential and I'd be alone again?

This is going to be bad. I let out a sigh of disappointment.

"Alex!" I was awaken from my anxious daydream by Isaiah's strong voice. Accompanied by him shaking my body.

"Huh? What?" I asked curiously.

"Phew, we thought that you were paralyzed." Zander said with a chuckle.

"So, what's the result?" Isaiah said calmly touching my hand.

"Where's mom?" I ask looking around to see no woman in sight.

"She had some things to handle at her office so she had to go first." Blake said "But she did say that you can tell us the result and we can text her about it." he continued.

"Oh" was all that I can say.

"So, mind telling us the whole result?" Blake asked.

"Tell us if you're ready" Isaiah says with calmness in his voice.

I took a deep breath before letting the information loose.

"Nothing much, the doctor just said that I stress myself too much and because of that, my blood pressure decreased and since that my blood decreased, that time I overused too much blood pressure that I fell to the ground and felt unconscious." I normally explain earning several nods from the boys.

"Did he gave you any meds?" Zander asks. I smiled and nod at him.

"Of course, dummy. You would build a hospital if they didn't have any medicines, huh?" Blake said giving Zander a light smack on the head.

"Hey!" Zander reacted scratching the back part of his neck. "I'm sorry okay. Jeez, don't have to be that aggressive." he continued.

"So, when are you going out of this prison?" Tyler asked.

"Hmmm, the doctor said I'll be out later. So, I guess I'm going out later." I easily responded.

"That's good" Isaiah spoke up and smiled at me which I smiled back.