- Avery's POV -
Why is my whole body in pain? Why does my chest ache? Why do I have a massive headache? Why does my throat feel like it's on fire? I had so many questions but I didn't have the strength to open my sealed eyes. Then one thought. One word, or should I say name gave me all the strength I needed.
Parker.
I opened my eyes and let them adjust to the bright light. From besides me I heard someone gasp.
"Avery?!" The person whispered and I used every ounce of strength in my body to turn my head. It was my mom...well, it was Parker's mom.
"Mom?" I said because after all she was the woman who took care of me my whole life. She quickly jumped up from the chair and rushed over to me.
"Oh my god! I was so worried" she shouted and her voice seemed to attract more people because the door to the room we were in opened and in came my real mother and father.
"You're awake" my mother whispered in relief and I observed her tear stained cheeks.
"Where's Parker?" I spoke up but my voice was incoherent
"What?" My birth father asked
"Where's Parker?" I said again this time more slowly and loudly making my throat hurt even more. Once they all comprehended my question their faces were instantly drained of color. I knew in the pit of my stomach that he wasn't ok but their expressions just made that feeling worse.
"Answer me!" I said and I didn't even realize I was crying until I tasted the salty teardrops on my lips.
"Calm down honey" Parker's mom put her hand on my shoulder and I frowned
"Calm down? You've got to be kidding. Why are you even here? You're his mother you should be with him, I wasn't even hurt!" I fumed and she backed away from me
"I just came from his room. You're like a daughter to me too. You know that" she said softly and the only thing I could focus on was when she said 'I just came from his room'.
"Where's his room?" I asked starting to get up from the bed but a pain in my chest made me lay back down
"You can't go anywhere" my mother said and I scoffed
"Of course I can! It's not like I got shot with a bullet" I yelled but quieted down when my throat started to burn
"So? You're mate did and you'll be feeling his pain through your mate bond" Parker's mom said and my dad was just standing next to my mother awkwardly watching all three of us.
"But he never marked me so I'll be fine" I said in defiance
"Then the pain wont be that bad but it will still be painful" my mother said
"Its not like he's dying" I said but I know I was just saying that to convince myself. Parker's mom, my mom and my dad froze and stayed silent.
"Right?" I asked slowly
"Tell me" I sobbed but they all stayed silent
"Leave. All of you leave now" I cried and they all frowned but left anyway. I sobbed for what felt like hours when they finally left. Parker dying? I dont think Ill be able to live if he dies. Just thinking about the possibility is killing me. I never even told him how I felt about him. I never even let him mark me. I've only kissed my mate twice. Twice! What kind of person am I?
I'll never even be able to tell him I love him. Do I love him? Yes. I know it now. I do in fact love him. Truly, madly and deeply. I guess it's true when they say you never know how much you love a person until they're gone. But, Parker's not gone. I won't let him die. He can't.
I slowly sat up on the bed and looked around. It looked like I was in the Blue Moon Pack's hospital. The was a glass of water on the counter calling my name so I leaned over and grabbed it, efficiently gulping it down. Then, I slowly got up from the bed I was on. As soon as my feet were on the ground I almost fell. I quickly grabbed the side of the bed to prevent me from falling down. My feet felt like it was made of jelly. In the corner of my eye I saw a cane.
Why the hell is there a cane there? Oh well, I shouldn't let it go to waste. I shuffled my feet a few inches and reached for the wooden cane. Now I could walk. I slowly walked to the door and I can now say that I felt like an elderly person.
I raised my hand and opened the white door leading to a hallway filled with my friends.
"Oh my god!"
"You're awake!"
"You're ok!"
"I was so worried"
"Avery!"
"Why do you have a cane?"
"Im so sorry"
"Jesus christ you look terrible"
Everyone ambushed me but what Ryan had said stood out to me.
"Why are you sorry?" I asked confused and everyone started at me wide eyed. Am I missing something?
"No one told you?" Now he looked confused
"No" I said. No one told me what?
"A man. He promised that Cassandra would come back to me if I helped him kidnap
you" Ryan said looking down
"WHAT" I yelled. No way. My own brother helped people kidnap me. Which then led to my mate being shot.
"How could you?" I asked. I feel more hurt than angry. I just don't have it in me to be
angry right now. Plus, Im sure Parker beat him up when he found out since his nose looked like it was broken because even though it was healed it was crooked. Maybe that's what Parker said he was supposed to warn me about. How can I ever trust Ryan again?
"I'm so sorry" Ryan cried but I looked away
"I have to see Parker" I said and walked away from everyone until I saw my parents and Parker's mom in front a door. They all looked at me shocked.
"What are you doing out of bed?" my father asked me and I ignored that question
"Is this Parker's room?" I asked instead
"Yes" my mother sighed
"Where's dad?" I asked referring to Parker's father
"He's the Alpha, no matter how much he wanted to, he couldn't leave our pack to come to this one." she answered and I frowned
"Alright" I nodded
"Can I go in?" I looked at the door knowing I'd go in with or without their permission
"Go ahead" my mother said reluctantly and I walked forwards to open the door. The sight in front of my made my heart stop. Parker was lying on the bed, he looked so pale and weak. I would think he was dead but I was given reassurance by the beeping of the monitor and when he chest moved up and down slowly. I walked closer to him and sat in the seat next to the bed. I looked at his hand that laid by the side of him. I grabbed ahold of it and gently placed a kiss on it.
"Parker..." I started but a choked sob came out as soon as his name left my lips. I took in a shaky breath before continuing.
"Parker...you'll get better. I know it. You just have to be strong. You have to. You'll...we'll make it through this. Together. I love you" I sobbed and hoped that he was hearing me
"He lost a lot of blood. The silver was also a bad addition. Plus, when he jumped to take the bullet, he fell and hit his head. Hard. Causing a traumatic brain injury. Werewolf healing can only heal so much. He's in a coma" a voice said and I jumped up in surprise
I looked over and saw a lady, maybe in her thirties wearing glasses and a lab coat. She must be the doctor. Wait. Did she say coma?!
"Coma?" I whispered and she nodded before giving me a look of sympathy. I looked over to my comatose mate.
"When do you think he'll wake up?" I asked caressing Parker's cheek gently. When I didn't receive an answer I looked behind me and at the doctor who was looking at me nervously.
"I dont know. I dont even know if he will ever-" I cut her off
"He will" I said clipped
"Ok" she said hesitantly
"Well, Im going to leave you two alone" she smiled slightly after I nodded and then she left.
"You'll wake up, won't you?" I whispered
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Two weeks. It's been two weeks and Parker is still in a coma. Each day that passes I can feel my heart dull more and more. Even though I practically live in his hospital room I still managed to visit Meg and Madds and see how their injuries were, assured Nate that Parker being in a coma was not his fault, and forgiven Ryan. I forgave him but I still don't fully trust him.
I barely ate and slept the past two weeks, I just didn't feel alive anymore. School started again but since almost all my friends found their mates from this pack they all started the school here. Except for Hunter, Scarlett and Nate. Hunter had found his mate from our pack area so he would stay there, plus, Nate and Scarlett are human and I'm pretty sure their parents wouldn't let them live at the Blue Moon Pack. They dont even know about werewolves. Nate had said to Jenna that his birthday is coming up soon and he'll be 18 and as soon as he turns 18 he'll move here so they can be together.
My parents said I didn't need to start school yet so I'm grateful for that because I know I'm not ready. So, I'm still at the Blue Moon Pack with Meg, Madds along with Jenna, Alex and Ryan who obviously live here. Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that Alex finally moved out of his cabin in the woods and now he lives in the pack house. So a lot has happened in the last two weeks and I wish I could say that Parker waking up was one of those things but I cant because that isn't true.
Things don't seem to be getting any better but that's no reason to lose hope. Right?
"Meg are you coming?" I called out. Right now Madds and I were waiting for Meg because we were all about to go to the hospital. I had come to the pack house to take a shower.
"I'm coming. I'm coming! You can't rush perfection" she yelled as she came down the stair causing Madds and I to laugh. My laugh doesn't seem genuine anymore, I don't feel as light or as happy as I always do when I laugh. I just feel hollow.
"Lets go" I said quietly.
It seems like every important building is walking distance from the pack house. The hospital is a 10 minutes walk from the pack house so, we always walk over. We walked in silence because ever since the incident I wasn't much of a talker and they don't want to push me. A while later we're already here and we enter the air conditioned building. It always smelled like rubbing alcohol but, I've gotten used to it. All three of us headed to room 232 and when we got there we entered the familiar room.
I walked forward and sat in the seat closest to the bed and Meg and Madds sat in the other two seats that were there.
"Hi Park" I said sadly looking at his pale face and taking ahold of his hand
"The weather is nice today. You would like it. I ate a bagel this morning. I'm finally eating again. I miss you. Alot." I sniffled and wiped a few tears from my cheeks before continuing.
"Meg and Madds are here. They wanted to come." I said holding his hand a bit tighter and I looked up to see Meg and Madds observing me as I talked.
"Do you guys want to talk to him?" I asked and Madds shrugged before standing up and walking to the bed.
"Um, hey Parker. Uh, you should wake up soon we all miss you. Especially Avery." she said nervously and I smiled. Meg got up when Madds went back to her seat.
"Yeah, it's true. We all miss you. Avery always talks about you. We all know you're gonna wake up, just do it faster. Ok?" she laughed a little at the end but was rewarded with silence. She went back to her seat and I reached over to run my thumb over his cheek gently.
"Please wake up I need you" I whispered and closed my eyes
Only moments later I heard a sound. Not a good one. I heard the sound of heart monitor. It was no longer beeping steadily. It was erratically beeping and the lines on the screen were jumping up and down. Oh no. I know what comes next.
"One of you call the doctor!" I yelled frantically and Madds darted out the room. The beeping started to become faster.
"Its gonna flatline" Meg cried
"I know" I panicked. I felt like my life was ending.
"Wait! Y-you can heal!" Meg said and I froze. How did I not think of this?
"I don't know how though" I said pulling at my hair as the beeping started to turn into what I feared the most. A flatline.
"NO" I screamed and ran to the bed
"DO IT!" Meg yelled and I quickly put my hands out, hovering them over him.
"Please. Please. Please. Please" I repeated over and over, tears running down my face as I closed my eyes.
"Avery....I think its working" I heard Meg whisper and I opened my eyes to see a light coming from the palm of my hands. Holy shit!
The flatline suddenly stopped and was replaced by the steady beeping. Should I moved my hands now? I guess so. I slowly moved my hands away and looked at Meg who was staring at me with her jaw slack and her eyes wide.
"You healed him" she said in disbelief and right then the doctor along with Madds burst through the door.
"I thought you said he flatlined" the doctor said her eyes focused on the bed
"He was" I said looking at her
"It looks like the opposite to me" she replied nodding her head towards the bed making all of us look over.
Parker was awake.
(AN: Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes! I hope you enjoyed! Please try to vote or comment, I'd appreciate it!)
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