Eddie woke up to a world of hurt.His head rattled as if someone put a bouncing ball in it and Everytime he tried to breath,what followed next was indescribable pain.
"Shit".He murmured as his eyes flickered open.The first thing he saw was the blinding light from the bulb above him.
He winced and shut his eyes again.After three seconds,he opened them—slowly this time
He looked around and saw a flower pot by the side of his bed,a weird machine that had lines on the screen, and a sleeping woman whose head was on his lap.
He was in an hospital,he tried to remember the last thing he did but it wasn't coming.
He groaned and tried to grab the glass of water on his bedside table but his hand slipped and the glass crashed.
The sleeping woman groaned as she rubbed the sleep off her eyes.
"Eddie?!".Eddie's mum stared at him incredulously
"Mum?".He looked at the blurry figure in front of him.He could recognize that voice anywhere.
"ohh,Eddie" Eddie's mum jumped on him."Doctor!"
"You're crushing me". Eddie said
He felt like his abdomen was on fire.
"Sorry". Eddie's mum apologized
"It's okay".He stared at his mum for a few minutes before the haziness finally cleared.
"Why am I in the hospital?".He said
"Ohh,uhm,you got stabbed".Eddie's mum said slowly
Eddie wasn't surprised,he knew something along those lines happened to him.
"Why can't I remember?".He asked
"I don't know baby".Eddie's mum grabbed his hand."But for now,I'm glad you're okay"
The doctor rushed into the room with a nurse by his side.
"Oh,Eddie, you're awake" The doctor grinned."How do you feel?"
Eddie just nodded to all the doctor's questions,his mind was elsewhere.He tried to remember what happened to him,he remembered someone stabbing him but couldn't remember who .
The next day
"Man,school was brutal".Bruce said as they exited the building
"Shut up,you were sleeping throughout the class".Chris retorted
"Hey guys,I was thinking we should check up on Eddie on our way home".Julian offered
"I was thinking the same thing" Joey said."Sure, let's go"
Julian noticed Tara walking from the corner of his eye.He had not talked to her for a while.
"Tara".Julian called out
Tara glanced at him for a second,then ignored him
"Sheesh, she's giving you the cold shoulder".Bruce commented."What did you do?"
"No idea".Julian stared at her retreating figure
He wondered what happened but he had an inkling it was the lack of communication between them.
Tara felt his hard gaze on her as she walked ahead of him.She didn't care—She did but he wasn't going to know that.
The walk home was boring.She was so used to walking with Julian and his friends.
Tara noticed a figure ahead of her.She knew this guy
"Daniel?".
The figure turned around
"Tara?" Daniel said."What are you doing here?"
"Uhm, going home".She waved at the path.
"Oh,sorry".Daniel turned and continued walking.