My head feels very foggy but I can't seem to open my eyes or move, I just still be asleep I reckon. I welcome the warm feeling that makes me unconscious again.
This time I can hear voices but I can't seem to understand due to my throbbing head and I still can't open my eyes. After struggling I finally give up and get envelop in the darkness again.
I hear voices again which seem to be a bit audible as I can clearly hear a voice crying in fits, hmm I wonder why.
I suddenly had the urge to open my eyes with full force and this time it was successful. But I immediately regretted as I was hit with intense light that was almost blinding. I close my eyes shut and try to open it again slowly this time in order to adjust to the brightness. I try to turn but felt intense pain and then I looked up to the ceiling and saw my hand was connected to an iv-drip stand. I looked to my left this time to take in my surrounding as I realized I was in a private suite with an indoor bathroom and a small refrigerator. I then tried to move my leg but I couldn't, instead I was met with a sharp pain as I looked over to see my leg held up in suspension with a cast covering my left leg. I can't believe my leg is broken; how did this happen I begin to question myself. And how long have I been here? And that's when I noticed my hair had been braided to one side and I saw my backpack on the small couch. I lie back down in defeat as I then try to remember how I got into thus situation. Just then everything came rushing back like a pool of memories. I remember leaving practice and listening to one of queen's songs and then I remember crossing the road and was about to hit the pavement when a car hit me. Oh, I'm going to kill him when I set my eyes on him. just as I was busy thinking of the numerous ways ill end the guy's life, a nurse walks in wearing pink scrubs and some files in her hand comes in.
"Glad to see your awake my dear, how are you feeling?" she asks while coming over to check my iv drip
"I've been better to be honest" I reply nonchalantly with a hoarse voice which did not sound entirely like my own. I wonder how long I must have been out for my voice to be so dry like this.
"I'm sure, now you might be in some slight discomfort but I'm here to give you some pain killers to ease the pain but I'm afraid there little I can do for this broken leg, but don't worry the doctor will see you soon so hang in there dear" she says while opening my iv infusion to inject the pain killer, very terrible experience. She tells me to breathe in slowly as she taking her time to push it in by taking in small pauses in between to let me get used to the pain. As soon as she was done, I felt heat enveloping my entire body which kind of lulled me back to sleep, the last thing I see is someone who looks like my mum rushing in with a bottle of water in her hands and then my vision goes black.
"isn't she supposed to be up right now? It's been a couple of hours since she was last awake" I hear my mom's voice seeping into my consciousness. I slowly open my eyes this time not forgetting how bad the light hurt my eyes last time but this time it was a bit dark with only a lamp lightshade at the corner of the room facing the couch. I hear my mom rustling to my side as she senses that I'm awake.
"Hii darling, you're finally awake thank God, how are you feeling?" she says while cupping my face to give me a kiss on my forehead. I take in my mom's appearance which breaks my heart a little, she has sunken eyes like she hasn't slept in days and her hair looked like she hasn't had time to wash it or go through it. And her scent didn't smell like her usual cinnamon tea meaning she hasn't taken her tea today or probably a while. And she was wearing her all-nighter sweater which means she's been on the move constantly.
"Hii mom, been better but I'm okay now that you're here" I say leaning into my mom's hands for comfort. I then hear movement which didn't belong to my mother in the room which made me look up to see the same nurse from before.
"How are you feeling? Let me go tell the doctor that you're up" the nurse says while checking the iv drip again.
I only murmur in reply. My mum moves her chair closer to the bed to hold my hand that's not connected to the drip. My mom starts moving her hand up a down my body, not reaching my broken leg. I could see how weary she looked and it pained me to see her like this, I only hoped she had been taking her medication. We spend the rest of the minutes talking about what happened and that's when I came to know that the person that was responsible for the accident has been outside the door all this while am he was the one who paid for the private suite and medical bills because I know that there no way in hell, we were ever going to be able to pay for the room and everything. And I'm sure he was just doing this to prevent us from pressing charges.
"What do you mean hes right outside, I don't want to se him right now because I don't know how am going hold myself back from saying profanities you'd never expect to hear from my mouth" I say angrily.
"I know sweetheart but eventually you'll have to face him Hun but I'll let you rest for now, and I'll let him know you're awake so that he can go home because he's been here with me since the accident." She says while kissing my forehead and getting up to leave as the doctor comes in wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope hanging around his neck. She murmurs she loves me and that she's going to go get some coffee and shell be back in just a second. I only nod in reply as she leaves my vision and gets replaced with the doctor who looked like he needed more sleep than my mom but he was still good looking in a disheveled way. He comes in tries to make small talk but sees I'm in no mood to entertain him. He finishes checking my vitals and gestures to check my leg,
"You have multiple bone fractures; some bruised ribs and you had emergency surgery which included the insertion of rods to make sure the bone is properly aligned during healing and it will require physical therapy which will take a couple of months but you'll heal in no time" he says while pointing at the brace on my suspended leg.
"How soon can I start walking because I'm supposed to run for track on this year states championship" I say with a breaking voice as I already knew the answer to the question but I was still trying to be in the state of denial.
"I'm really sorry but you have to put that at the back of your mind and focus on healing and you need to add a little bit of weight since it was a bad break as it will take time for you to start walking properly again" he says while trying to sound empathetic to my plight. I instead just close my eyes and try to keep the tears from falling.
"On the bright side Devin did the right thing by bringing you here as soon as it happened because if he had taken you to another hospital, I'm afraid your leg wouldn't have been saved" he says while looking as I open my eyes to hear him properly.
"who's Devin? Don't tell me he's the one responsible for everything?" I ask angrily while puffing my mouth.
"Oh yes he is unfortunately and he's really sorry for what he's put you through but I'll let you meet him to decide whether you can talk to him or not" he says avoiding my eyes.
"Tell me one thing, did he not see the green light on for the pedestrians to cross or was he distracted or drunk while driving to not see me about to finish crossing the road?" I ask him in a sneering voice.
"I'm afraid that is something he will have to confirm with you, I can't say anything else but I will say that he's sorry for everything but if you don't take my word for it, you can ask him, he's just outside of this room, I can call him you'd like?" he says while retreating towards the door in a haste
"You can call him in but also the police as I know it is my right to speak to them" I say to the doctor while trying to meet his eyes
"Your mom has already dealt wit the police but I'll let her fill you in on the matter in the meantime I'll tell him to come in if that's ok with you?" he says while opening the door to go out.
"It is, I want to see the face of the person who has ruined my life" I say while nodding to let me know to go ahead and call him. He nods in agreement and goes out of the room which leaves me to some thoughts of how I was going to unleash my anger and frustrations on the man called 'Devin' who seems to be in liaison with the doctor cause what kind of doctor will spend his time telling me that my attacker is sorry for what he did to me, it doesn't make sense as far as I know.
Just then a knock on the door breaks my thoughts as the door slowly opens and a man comes in with dark shades covering his eyes which I thought to be quite odd as its inside a building but who knows what going on inside this man's head. He had some cuts and bruised on his face but it did little to hide his beauty with a small bandage across his nose and another on his temple with a few cuts on his upper lips. he honestly looked like hell but still doesn't mean anything, Afterall I'm the one with the broken leg and shattered dreams.