Alex's POV
I can hear some loud annoying sound and I can feel pain again. My limbs ache, my head is pounding and my ribs hurt everytime I breath.
I open my eyes and I am in a bright room. There's wires everywhere and monitors. Now I know where the annoying sound is coming from. It's the sound of my heart.
Piper is asleep, sitting beside me and leaning on my bed with her head on her folded arms.
I lift my hand, grateful that my body responded. My arms are covered in bruises.
I run my fingers through her soft blond hair. She didn't wake up.
"Piper". I said softly careful not to startle her.
"Yes I'm awake! I'm awake!". She was startled.
I almost laugh at her face.
She stood up automatically as if on cue and look around, like she's been doing this for quite some time. She look tired, there's dark circles under her eyes and she looks like she lost a lot of weight, but that's impossible. She can't be loosing weight that fast. I was just with her, what? Yesterday?.
She look disoriented and confused. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. I don't understand her reaction. She seem scared.
She finally open her eyes and look at me. She looked surprised to see me as if she's seeing me for the first time.
"Hi". I murmured. My throat hurts so bad like something was shoved in there.
"Alex!". She screamed.
"Oh my God, oh my God!". She cried.
"You are awake!".
"Are you awake?". She questioned.
"Yes, I guess I am". I answered and I laughed at her reaction.
That was a bad move. My ribs hurt. I have to remember not to laugh.
"Ouch". I moaned in pain.
"What hurts?". She asked panicking. She didn't know what to do.
"I'll call the Doctor. Oh my God".
She tried to leave but hit herself onto the chair and she almost fell down. I instinctively got up and reach out to try to catch her.
Holy Fuck!
A searing pain hit me. I closed my eyes and bit my tongue to hold myself together trying not to scream. I was knocked out of breath. I think I'm going to pass out, I may have some broken ribs. My body is shaking from too much pain.
Piper, caught herself just in time and ran back outside.
Jesus! She is so clumsy.
"She... She just woke up. She's over there". I can hear her voice from inside the room.
"My wife is awake and she's in pain can you please help her?". She told someone and I'm assuming it's the nurse.
"I'll page Dr. Shepherd". I heard the nurse replied.
She rush back to my room. The pain is gradually easing and I didn't notice I was trying to hold back my breath.
"Fuck! Babe, what hurts?". She demanded anxiously. I tried to hide the pain but I know she can still see it.
"Everything". I said gritting my teeth.
"Oh my God".
I open my eyes and notice Piper hovering over me. She is probably trying to hold me and comfort me but too afraid to touch me.
"Piper, relax. Did you call the Doctor?". I asked calmly so she would calm down.
"Yes, yes, I did. I called the Doctor. Oh my God, Alex. I don't know what to do".
Her face is so white and she looks like she's about to pass out. Clearly staying calm is not one of Piper's strong suits.
"Sit down". I said almost out of breath. Damn this injury and Piper, is not helping out either.
The door opened and two doctors came in. I have to squint my eyes because it's hard to make out people without my glasses.
"Hi, my name is Dr. Shepherd and this is Dr. Sloan, we are your attending physician". He introduced himself.
"It's good to see that you are awake Ms.Vause, I am going to check on your Neuro Function.
Can you follow me with your eyes?".
He held up one finger and move it across my face, left to right.
"Okay, very good".
The pain is still there. Fuck!
"Can you squeeze my hand?".
He holds my hand and I squeeze them as hard as I could.
"Oh good, that's good". I heard Piper babbled.
God, she really needs to calm down.
"Okay, Neuro Function is great I think your brain hasn't been compromised".
I felt relief. That's good.
"She's in pain". Piper, blurted out of nowhere.
I shot her a look. Why can't she just shut her mouth? I don't want to alert anything to the doctor and she's not helping.
I always hate hospitals. The smell, the beeping noises. This place is depressing and I want to leave here as soon as possible.
It reminds me when we were blasted from the riot. I was brought to a hospital and they handcuffed me to the bed. That was very unpleasant. I was in pain the whole time and I was alone and I couldn't move.
I try to not remember it.
"We'll give you something for the pain". Said Dr. Sloan
A nurse walk over and inject the medicine into my IV bag.
"Do you know what happened to you?". Doctor Shepherd asked.
"Yes, I was in a car accident". I sounded weak as I would've liked.
"Alright. That's a good sign that you remember. It means there's no memory problems". He said delighted.
"How bad am I?". I needed to ask.
By the way I am assessing my pain I know that I'm not in good shape.
"We need you to be extra more careful since you are not properly healed. You have 7 broken ribs, some cracked in your skull, you have a broken leg and bruises all over your body. We had to operate on you twice, we revived you during the first operation and on the second operation you had severe bleeding in the brain. We have to do surgery to open your skull and remove the blood around the brain".
No wonder I am hurting so bad. I have a lot of injuries. But he said I had 2 surgeries.
"Wait, two surgeries? How long was I out?" I asked.
"You were in a coma for almost 2 weeks".
"What? That long?". I said shocked. I stared at my wife. No wonder she is so anxious and tired and she lost a lot of weight.
She must've been so scared and my heart grieve for her.
"Is she going to be okay?". She blurted. Her forehead creases and I can tell she's anxious again. I so wanted to hold her and assured her that I'm going to be fine.
"We have to take some more test just to be sure, but from what I can see I think she's going to be fine."
"Oh that's great". She exclaimed.
I can see the relief in her tired face.
"We'll leave you two alone. Please don't hesitate to page us if you have anymore questions". He said smiling.
Oh Doc, you shouldn't have said that, my wife won't hesitate to page you even if it's unnecessary. I said thinking to myself.
"I will. Thank you, Dr Shepherd and Dr. Sloan".
Yep, she will.
"You're welcome". They both said at the same time.
I stared at my wife. She look exhausted and drained and a lot thinner.
She gaze at me and I motion for her to come in bed.
"Come here". I called.
She walk and stand beside me but hesitated to come to bed with me. She just stood there and not moving probably afraid she might hurt me.
"It's alright, come here". I said softly.
She lift her slender body and sit beside me. I wrap my arm around her. She's very thin. I can feel her bones.
"Just don't get too close to my side". I warned. Just incase she accidentally touch my rib.
"Oh". She moved slowly a little further from me.
"Is this okay?". She asked. Oh, my poor wife is so anxious.
"Yes, it's okay". I chuckled.
"Ouch". I blurted. I was shocked by the searing pain. Fuck! I forgot not to laugh.
"What? Did I do something?
This is a bad idea I should get off". She was about to jump out of the bed.
"No, you're fine. I just have to remembered not to laugh". I said. Not wanting her to leave my side.
She lay her head on my shoulder and I just hold her. I almost died and I need my wife now more than ever.
"You look terrible". I murmured.
"Yeah, so do you". She shot back.
I guess I look awful, I haven't seen my face and my entire body yet but by the look of the bruises on my arms? I'm guessing my whole body is hideous.
"Well I was in a car accident you, dummy". I replied.
After I said that. I felt her body tensed up. She stopped moving and I think she also stopped breathing.
I was alarmed.
Suddenly she burst into tears.
"Alex, I was so scared, I thought I'm gonna lose you. I didn't know what to do. I'm so glad you're alive". She admitted.
"You and I were not in good place before all this happened. What if something went wrong and then I never get the chance to...". She trailed off.
This is too terrifying for her.
"I'm so sorry, babe but I'm here now" I murmured.
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I want to say a great Thank You to Trudy_Irvine for the power stones. I appreciate it.