Hope and Love
Kyrin Anderson
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I wake up to beeping. My eyes zoom around the room my eyes falling on the sleeping figure in the chair opposite of where I am. A hospital room. An Iv is stuck in my arm. I raise an eyebrow when I look at my arm. Memories of last night flood into me. Ryder moves and I jump a little bit scared.
His eyes open and see me awake rushing over toward me. "Are you ok? God I'm an idiot!" Ryder curses.
I nod my head. "I'm fine. How long have I been out?" The question just popping into my mind.
"Two nights." My head zips to meet his eyes. TWO NIGHTS. What the hell!? "You didn't miss anything. A few people came to visit also your friends are in the waiting room getting food." I sigh closing my eyes a shudder running through my body.
"Hey Doc!" Ryder says. My eyes open and narrow onto the Doctor that just walked in.
"May I have a little privacy to talk to Reed here?" The Doctor asks. Ryder nods his head and walks out the door shutting it behind him. "Hello Reed. I'm Dr. Hill. I have a few questions if you don't mind."
"Go ahead." I crack out.
"Well when we were fixing you up I notice multiple scars and lashes all over your body. Was that from you?"
"No."
Her eyebrows shoot up when she writes that down. "May I know what happened?"
I sigh a puff of air leaving my lungs. "My dad beat me." I mutter.
"I'm sorry I didn't quite catch what you said. Could you repeat?"
"My. Dad. Beat. Me." I put spaces between my words on purpose and the Doctors eyes go wide and fill with horror. She runs out of the room typing furiously on her phone probably calling the cops. Shit.
About an hour later the Doctor comes back in with two policemen behind her. She closes the blinds and walks out the door shutting it behind her. I raise an eyebrow at the officers.
"May I help you?" I ask already know why they're here. The two officers each bring up a chair on my right side. I sit up and turn so I can face em.
"We were told by the Doctor that your dad has beaten you. Is that true?" I nod my head afraid to speak. They turn to face each other. "What's your father's name?"
I sit there staring at em afraid to answer. If my dad finds out I told the cops and he's go to jail. When he gets out I know he'll kill me. And I'm not saying if he gets out, I know he will get out. He has connections.
"Son, we want to help you. But we can't help you if you don't Tell us everything." One of the cops say, his badge says Brandon on it. Should I trust em? No. Could they help me? Yes. Would they be able to protect me forever or til my dad dies? No.
"He'll kill me." I mutter before clearing my throat and continuing, "I know what he's like. When he finds out I told the police he'll kill me when he gets out of jail."
"He won't get out of jail if you tell us everything."
"Oh, but he will. He has connections. I don't know how but he'll get out and come after me. You can't protect me forever, so no, I can't tell you." A boost of confidence shoots through my body and the police shake their heads.
"Ok. Thanks for your time." They mutter before walking out the door. Clair comes rushing in just seconds later.
"OMG REED. MY BABY ARE YOU OK? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US! Clair gulps me into a hug screaming in my ear. I push her away covering my ears to try to stop the ringing.
"One Claire, don't scream in my ear. It hurts like hell. And I didn't have the guts to tell you." I gulp when Ryder walks in followed by Connor, Mark and Flyer.
"Ryder told us everything." Connor mutters. "From being abused by your dad to being bullied at school and all the way to cutting yourself." All eyes turn to me grave expressions on each face.
"Gah. Stop moping I wanna have fun." I yell causing for everyone to take a step back in surprise. "I'm a fuckin sexy unicorn that spits rainbows and needs to be fed." I pout pointing to my mouth. They chuckle lightly.
"I'll go get you Zips bro." Mark says before walking out of the room. For the next twenty something minutes we all just sit around talking about whatever comes to our mind.
I love this being able to be surrounded by friends who love and care for you no matter what.
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