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Not Yet, Part 2
We all sat in silence, I guess my break down sparked something in them. During the quiet, I tried to come to terms with our situation. Life has it's mysteries, but the greatest one is death. Where do we go? What happens to our memories? Do we become mere spectators in the ever changing world below us? Or is it simply darkness? These thoughts didn't scare me anymore, we were experiencing it. If only people knew. No, if they did, more tradgity would consume the earth.Some things are better left a mystery.
"I didn't mean to take the drugs. I was just in a spot and i thought they would get me out of it." Jaewon said, with tears forming in his dark brown eyes. "I got stuck on coral, if I wasn't so careless..." Brooke's soft voice trailed off. "Wait," i just fucked up. "I didn't want to make things even more depressing, I'm sorry-" "No, it's fine, we've had this happen before." Jaewon said to calm me down. "At least we get to keep each other company." Brooke turned to us. "We'll get out of here, plus it's not hot in here so it's not hell." She laughed, it was morbid but comforting.. We shared stories and made new ones to pass the time. Time seemed to stay still, but the void we sat in was getting brighter. Suddenly all I could see was light, I heard Brooke and Jae call out to me. They're voices dissapeared, my head was pounding. This was all too sudden. Was I going to heaven? Hell?
I woke up to a monitor beeping, and familiar voices. I opened my eyes to see my mother, holding my hand and crying. "River!! Oh my baby, you're okay." She held on to me tighter, I was in a hospital bed doctors and nurses coming in and out. I sat up quickly. "Jaewon? Brooke? Are they here?" "Doctors looked at me with confusion. One of them came to me and asked "How do you know those names?"
"I was just with them! Are they here too?"I needed to know. What the hell just happened, and more importantly, are they alive? "Are you asking about Jaewon Park and Brooke Mullavey? They were admitted a few months ago. They're in a coma. You were too." Just then a nurse came in running. "Dr. Brennan! They're awake! Both of them!"
After a few days of recovery I was released. I asked the lady at the front office if i could see Jae and Brooke. She gave me permission and I tried hard not to run. But gave in. First was Brooke. I slammed her room door open. We made eye contact. "River?" I ran up to her bed and hugged her. "Thank God, I'm going to see Jaewon are you coming?" she said yes and sprung up from her bed. We both sprinted to the next room. We busted the door open and saw him there too. "Jae!" brooke and I yelled, and gave him a big hug. We stayed in his room for the rest of the day. Just talking, i don't know how we saw each other in our coma but i'm glad we did.
We didn't die, not yet.
© smolman
"I didn't mean to take the drugs. I was just in a spot and i thought they would get me out of it." Jaewon said, with tears forming in his dark brown eyes. "I got stuck on coral, if I wasn't so careless..." Brooke's soft voice trailed off. "Wait," i just fucked up. "I didn't want to make things even more depressing, I'm sorry-" "No, it's fine, we've had this happen before." Jaewon said to calm me down. "At least we get to keep each other company." Brooke turned to us. "We'll get out of here, plus it's not hot in here so it's not hell." She laughed, it was morbid but comforting.. We shared stories and made new ones to pass the time. Time seemed to stay still, but the void we sat in was getting brighter. Suddenly all I could see was light, I heard Brooke and Jae call out to me. They're voices dissapeared, my head was pounding. This was all too sudden. Was I going to heaven? Hell?
I woke up to a monitor beeping, and familiar voices. I opened my eyes to see my mother, holding my hand and crying. "River!! Oh my baby, you're okay." She held on to me tighter, I was in a hospital bed doctors and nurses coming in and out. I sat up quickly. "Jaewon? Brooke? Are they here?" "Doctors looked at me with confusion. One of them came to me and asked "How do you know those names?"
"I was just with them! Are they here too?"I needed to know. What the hell just happened, and more importantly, are they alive? "Are you asking about Jaewon Park and Brooke Mullavey? They were admitted a few months ago. They're in a coma. You were too." Just then a nurse came in running. "Dr. Brennan! They're awake! Both of them!"
After a few days of recovery I was released. I asked the lady at the front office if i could see Jae and Brooke. She gave me permission and I tried hard not to run. But gave in. First was Brooke. I slammed her room door open. We made eye contact. "River?" I ran up to her bed and hugged her. "Thank God, I'm going to see Jaewon are you coming?" she said yes and sprung up from her bed. We both sprinted to the next room. We busted the door open and saw him there too. "Jae!" brooke and I yelled, and gave him a big hug. We stayed in his room for the rest of the day. Just talking, i don't know how we saw each other in our coma but i'm glad we did.
We didn't die, not yet.
© smolman
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