An Unpredictable Love 11 (kali)

When I woke up again I was in the hospital. Everything was heavy for me. I was wrapped in blankets. I heard Steve yelling at someone. And I felt a hand on mine. I couldn’t see. I started to scream.

“WHAT THE HELL, WHY CANT I SEE?” Suddenly I heard footsteps, and muffled voices. I hear a woman’s voice that was soft.

“Shh, it’s ok dear it’s just a wrap.” She said calmly.

“I don’t care! I WANNA FUCKIN SEE!” I yelled trying to tear at the wrap. I didn’t like hospitals. I finally get it off and everything was too bright. “AHHH IT’S TOO FUCKING BRIGHT” I scream in pain.

“Get her under control! She’s going to end up going crazy!” Yells a voice that is none too familiar.

I jerked out of bed as my feet hit the cold linoleum floor. I opened my eyes, I have to bare the pain. I see the doctor and the nurse telling me something but I can’t hear anything. All I can hear is my heartbeat. I lose my balance and Hyden caught me before I hit the ground.

“It’s good to see you are awake Miss. Everheart.” The doctor said. “Now we can do x-rays on you. Seeing as you can’t walk, we need to get you a wheelchair, but first we need to get you in a gown.” 

Suddenly the 19-year-old walks in. He looked at me as if I was supposed to be dead. He doesn’t speak, but goes to the lady who was holding my hand. I give her a hard good look. She kind of looks like the mother of the 19-year-old.

“Ladies, gentlemen you need to get out so that way Miss. Everheart can get into her gown.” Everyone but the nurses’ left. The nurses stripped off my hoodie, shirt, and pants. They left my bra and panties on.

“Doctor, I think you need to come in here” One called as soon as she saw my bruises and cuts.

“NO, NO WAY he is NOT coming in here with me half naked!” I said struggling but knowing I cant do anything so I give up. The doctor comes in quickly and stops as soon as he saw my body.

“What in the hell? What happened to you child?” He asked. I mumbled a bit saying that I got kicked a bit and punched. “You need to tell me what happened.”

“I GOT KICKED AND PUNCHED OK? I GOT PULLED THROUGH A FENCE AS WELL THEN SLAPPED! I GOT BEAT UP BY A DUDE AT SCHOOL AND MY UNCLE IS FUCKING ABUSIVE! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR? BECAUSE THAT’S THE TRUTH.” I screamed on the top of my lungs. I had had enough of sugar coating things. The 19-year-old came in not even caring that I was in my underwear and had a confused look on his face.

“Your uncle did most of this?” He asked in disbelief. I nodded silently. I didn’t feel like yelling again. He eyed my bruises and cuts. The nurses slipped my gown on, then as if on cue a wheelchair came rolling in by a cute male RN. He had short red hair and light blue eyes. He was fairly built. The nurses helped me sit down as the dude rolls me out of the room.

“Kali, right? I’m Brent,” he said. That made me swallow. “I’m going to be taking your x-rays, and CAT scans today. But first we need to put an IV in your arm, and we need you to drink something, ok?” He asked. I nodded. They gave me some red substance that tasted badly of Fruit Punch. I drank that in 30 mins. After that Brent had me wait 10 more minutes. Then Brent put an IV in my arm, which I swear the whole hospital could hear my screaming. He then rolled me into the CAT scan room, and injected a special kind of Iodine in me. It felt as if I were on fire. I tried not to cry. He knew I was struggling, but he had to make sure none of my ‘insides’ were harmed. After the burning went away I was icy cold. He told me he had to do x-rays now, although I was freezing cold. The x-rays took another 20 minutes to do.

“That wasn’t so bad, was it?” Brent asked.

“It was better then when I broke my wrist like 6 years ago,” I commented. Brent remained silent until we got back to my room. Brent took the doctor aside and talked for a bit. Hyden then walked into the room, and kissed me.

“Hey how’s my favorite girl?” He asked. I tried to choke back tears.

“F-fine. Hyde, I’m scared, what if something is bad?” I asked childishly.

“Nothing’s wrong, I promise.” He said calmly with kind eyes. There was a knock at the door. Standing there was Brandy. She looked in right at me.

“Um, Kali, right?” She asked as she walked in. I nodded. “Look, I just wanted to say that I’m sorry about Andy” She said gently. “What he did wasn’t right. The cops said that I have to testify since I am one of the only witnesses. No one else should have to suffer like I did.” She said sincerely. I must have looked confused, because she sat on the bed and told me that Andy hit her a few times in the past and had raped her. Hyden got a flash of anger in his eyes. “I don’t even know why I put up with him, but today when you did what you did, it amazed me. Someone so small and fragile standing up to Andy Cruz not once, but twice. Kali, you are basically a legend at school now.” Brandy looked down, and then looked at Hyden. “You saw it too didn’t you? Andy raping me I mean.” Hyden looked away and said nothing. He was clenching his fists.

“I’ve got to get outta here,” he whispered. He ran out of the room. Brandy looked at me with sad eyes.

“Did Andy ever try anything with you?” She asked. I was scared I didn’t want to fess up, but I had to. I nodded.

“Yeah but it doesn’t matter now. It was three years ago. Besides no one cared.”

“But if the court knows that he raped you also then he can go to jail for a long, long time. He is after all 18 now.” Cruz was already a junior. He got held back one year. He had raped me when I was in seventh grade and he was in eighth. He was already 15. The doctor then came back with my x-rays and CAT-scan.

“Miss. Everheart, I have your results and it isn’t pretty. You have internal bleeding, but it isn’t bad. You also have 3 ribs broken, along with a fractured leg. Your cheekbone was close to being shattered, but you’re lucky it isn’t. You are going to have to stay in the hospital for a little while I’m afraid. Nobody except for those with permission from you can visit. There will be a 16-hour watch on you by security just in case someone tries something for the next 96-hours.” The doctor looked at me with sad eyes. “Never in my 15-years of being a doctor have I seen someone as lucky as you to survive all those blows. I watched the security tapes from near by store that was filming it all. And then to get back up, and kick the shit out of the attacker. You are one strong girl.” He said in amazement. All I was happy to know about was that I wasn’t going to die. But what scared me was the internal bleeding.

“Where is the internal bleeding at?” I asked. He looked at me.

“Your stomach. If we operate soon then nothing should happen. Which means we have to get you sedated for the operating room quickly. So that’s also why you still have that IV in your arm.” Nurses came in and held me down as another put anesthetic in the IV making me go numb. They strapped me down and started to roll me down the hall…then I blacked out.

sorry that it took me so long!