A Bitter Sweet Farewell Chapter 2: His Lifeline
OK, here I go again with chapter 2. I had some free time so I wrote it up in a few hours. I know that my chapters are short but I don't believe in elongating them if it costs the dramatic end (because I am an idiot like that) but I am getting progressively better at writing longer chapters. Anyway I wouldn't expect another chapter anytime soon because my schedule will be getting revenge on me for having this week off. Before we begin a breif explanation of terms: ICU is intensive care unit and REM is rapid eye movment (a state of deep sleep). In case you didn't know.
Anyway the following text is not to be taken seriously or the actions are not to be duplicated for any reason. This story contains an attempt at suicide that may or may not be successful. All characters and names belong to the author and the situation described is purely fictional.
Pleasant Reading,
-Xailnere
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A Bitter Sweet Farewell Chapter 2: His Lifeline
"Do you hear me," a voice whispers, "do you know I'm here? Please don't die, please. I can't lose you, not now."
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_"What are you up to this Friday?"
"Nothing yet. What are you scheming Ashamar?"
"I want to get everyone together to see a movie, mainly because there is one I want to see. That and I can't remember when the last time when we all got together for something."
"Fine, I'll go. What's the movie, and it better be something good!"
"It is, don't worry. It's that new horror flick, the one about the cornea transplant. Anyway I'll call you again on Friday to tell you the time of the movie, bye!"
"HEY I HATE HORROR FLICKS, ASHA---"_
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Serene steps off the elevator onto the 7th floor of the hospital, she walks down the west wing stopping at the ICU door. The nurse told me he was in room 709 ICU, 7th floor, please be ok... Taking a deep breath she opens the door and walks to his room. "Where is he," she sobs, "he can't be dead" With tears welling up in her eyes and sobs shaking her body, she doesn't hear the figure walk up behind her.
"If your looking for the patient that was in this room, I had him moved to long term care room 406, 4th floor." He informed.
Turning around and abruptly stopping her sobs, the man behind her was a doctor. The regal looking lion was not too pleased with the hysteric girl. Wiping her eyes with her sleeve she looks up and asks, "Were you the doctor that saved him?"
A scowl crossed his face, "No that would be one of the ER doctors; I just get stuck with taking care of these pitiful people." Watching her nearly break into tears he speaks, "I'm sorry, I've had a bad morning and shouldn't be taking this out on you."
"No you shouldn't, it's very unprofessional and pigheaded," she replies.
His face softens to a weak smile. "Sorry," he replies, "Let's start over. I'm doctor Ferrous. I am in charge of the patient, Ashamar, until he is released from the hospital. If you like I can update you on his situation and take you to his room."
Stepping out of the room with the doctor in tow she asks, "Please do. I need to know if he is going to be alright."
"Ok, according to the last time I looked in on him, which was about an hour ago, his vitals are stable. He is undergoing a series of blood transfusions that are progressing well. There is still some minor bleeding from where we sutured the wounds shut, but that is to be expected. The only complication in his recovery is that he has fallen into a coma from the extensive blood loss that he created. I have no idea when he will wake up, or if any serious damage was done to his brain from the blood loss." Stopping at the elevator he takes a breath, and then continues, "There is a small chance that if he is to wake up he won't be anything more than a vegetable."
"You mean even after saving him he might as well be dead!" she screams in hysterics.
I could have worded that better. With a sigh he explains, "Ok, when I said small I meant so say minute. We have done some tests that monitor brain activity, from what I can tell from the preliminary results is that his brain is undamaged. The coma his is in is similar to REM sleep except that it appears to be coming from the memory center of the brain. Unless the final results say otherwise he will be ok." The elevator stops and the pair walk out towards the room. "I have to go check on some other patients; the room is at the end of the hall. Stay positive and everything should be alright." Leaving her in the hallway he walks away.
Someone was already there as she entered the room. "What are you doing here?" she asks.
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_"Hello?"
"Its Ashamar, the movie is canceled tonight or to be more accurate everyone canceled on me. So you're off the hook."
"What do you mean everyone canceled? I thought you told me at school that everyone was going."_
"They were until about four hours ago when it started. First Reyna texts me and said that her boyfriend got called into work so she wasn't going to go without him. Then Sena calls me to say that she had food poisoning and was staying home. And to top it all off Serene's boyfriend calls me and said that he was proposing to her tonight and had the whole evening planned so she wasn't showing up."
"That's so not fair!"
"I know but it can't be helped if important things come up."
"Not that. She is like a year and a half older then us and her boyfriend is our age. They have been together for three years and living together for like a month and he is already getting her a ring! What is he thinking?!?"
"Nice to know you care."
"Drop the sarcasm, I was joking. If you really want to go see that movie I guess I could go. Just don't expect me to enjoy it."
"Really? You're an awesome friend."
"Yep, I'm so awesome that you're paying. See you there, bye!"
"WHAT! YOU LITTLE ---"
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"SO that's why you're here, never would have guessed," Serene replies. She shakes her head and pulls over a second chair. "As much as I want to blame you for this I can't. If I had only known he was this depressed I could have helped. Why must he always be so secretive, if he had only spoken to someone we could have helped him and prevented this." Starting to go into hysterics again she storms out of the room, no longer able to take the sight anymore. Her best friend hooked up to a half a dozen machines and the reason why he was there, holding his paw.
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Ok so far he is alive and the reason behind his suicide attempt is there. Who is it? Why is Ashamar remembering phone conversations with this person? Only time will tell.
-Xailnere