Chapter 2
Lights. They’re all around me, surrounding me as if blocking chances of my escape. Why would I escape? A picture [EMMA!] flashes in my mind and I gasp. A cool and firm hand rests on my forehead and I hear a voice, “There. Don’t worry, it’ll be alright.”
I look towards the voice and see a tall young woman in a nurse’s uniform standing beside me. The odd, uncomfortable place where I lie, the unbearable smell of medicine and syringes, the uniform – I’m in a hospital! I sit up at once and look around me but the nurse pushes my back on the hospital bed gently.
“Now, now!” She says, “a little patience there, honey. You’ll be alright. Don’t worry. You’re parents must be on their way now.”
I manage to mutter, “What happened?”
The nurse looks at me exhaustedly.
“You came in unconscious.” Is all she says before exiting the room. I stare after her trying to gather my messed up thoughts. It was Emma in the mirror, no doubt; I’m sure I wasn’t hallucinating or imagining things just for the heck for it. Question number 1: how could she be there when she’s supposed to be dead?! What if it really was a hallucination? My mind is really muddled up now. Some part of my brain tells me it was a hallucination while another part insists it was all real. The nurse returns with a sharp injection and I stare at it, my thoughts still muddled.
“What’s that for?” I ask the nurse resignedly.
“It’ll send you to sleep,” She tells me without emotion.
“Anesthetic?”
“Yeah.”
“Why? Am I dying?”
She looks – no, glares! – at me.
“Not a joke!” she hisses.
I recoil, shocked. Her expression softens and she looks at me, genuinely concerned.
“I…” She clears her throat. “I don’t want to be the one to say this and I shouldn’t. But it doesn’t matter…”
I swallow hard.
“What?”
“I heard the doctor today,” she begins, “while he was talking to your parents. I don’t know why I’m telling you this. It’s going to hurt you but I guess you’re strong. You’ll have to be.”
She squeezes my arm gently and reveals the mother of all surprises.
“You may have brain tumour.”
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