CHILDHOOD CRUSH : Episode 31 – The End

?Written by Authoress Kamara

Episode 33

?Beverly?
I scribbled on my notebook as the teacher continued talking but I wasn’t even the least interested in the topic.

My mind was on Elsa, its been five days since all this happened. Five days.

Elsa had gone unconscious due to to the stress and shock at the warehouse after the cops got there while Bryan was rushed to the hospital because of the blood he was losing.

Mason was arrested after Mia filed a case against him but his Dad is still trying to do everything he can to stop them from taking him to Jail.

Well I guess, thats for the court to decide.

Kyle hasn’t been in school since all this happened, he’s always in Bryan’s hospital room even after the surgery was done.

I really hope Bryan wakes up soon because with the way Kyle is going, he’s a mess. He cries every time we go to the hospital to visit Bryan and Elsa saying that all this is his fault.

The doctor said Elsa is likely to wake up in days so we are waiting for that since her arm have been attended to.

My Mum had placed a call to Elsa’s Mum after it happened and her Mum panicked. She flew back to SpringCity all the way from Las Vegas.

Tristan is doing all right, always trying to hide the fact that he’s sad by all this. He just avoids the topic of Elsa all the time.

The bell rang signaling lunch time, i packed my booms into my backpack and walked out of class among other students.

I got to the cafeteria and walked over to where I usually sit.

“Hey Beverly”. Kim smiled at me.

Kim and I are closer than ever, i’m glad that i’m friends with someone like her.

We are currently six sitting at this particular cafeteria table. Kimberly, Justin, Sean, Carl and I.

“Babe”. Carl pecked my cheeks as he sat down.

I smiled and held his hand intertwining our fingers. I watched them as they laughed, Sean had said something funny.

“Whats so funny?”. Sapphire said joining our table.

And oh, did I forget to mention that Sapphire is changed and now friends with us although she and Kyle are still not dating.

Sapphire felt sorry for what happened to Elsa and she came begging for forgiveness. Not really begging, she just apologized.

Except Evelyn, that girl is still angry that Carl is dating me. Its none of my business though.

“Are you visiting her today?”. Kim asked piping into my thoughts.

I nodded. “Yeah”.

I always go visit Elsa at the hospital and also Bryan hoping that they would wake up.

“But I thought we were supposed to hang out today”. Carl pouted.

“Dude!! Best friends first”. Sean butted in.

Carl threw his chicken fries at him. “Shut it”.

Sean laughed as he dodged it.

“Say hi to Elsa for me”. Kim said.

I nodded as we began talking about other things.

?Elsa?
I opened my eyes tiredly and was surprised to see myself in a strange place.

I moved slightly.

“Elsa?”. I heard someone shout.

I moved my arm trying to stand up but was held back by somebody.

“Elsa, take it easy”.

“Beverly?”.

I looked sideways to see her looking at me with a worried expression.

She crushed me into a hug, i chuckled as I hugged her too.

She pulled away. “You are awake”.

I looked around. “Where am I?”.

“In the hospital”. She said helping me sit up on the bed.

I rested back on the pillows tiredly.

“As much as I’m happy that you are awake, i need to go get the doctor”.

I smiled. “Sure”.

She nodded and left, after a while, a slightly aged man came in wearing a white coat with stethoscopes.

He attended to me for a while while writing on his clipboard then he said something to Beverly before he left.

I rested my back. “How long have I been here?”.

“A week”. She replied. “How you feeling?”.

“Numb, my bvtt hurts”.

She raised an eyebrow. “Thats all?”.

“Yeah also my mouth taste a little bit different”. I added.

She laughed. “Thats because you haven’t brushed in a week”.

I chuckled softly. “I’m really hungry”.

She stood up. “I’ll go get you something to eat”.

I held her back. “Beverly, what about Bryan?”.

“He’s still in a coma”. She told me.

I sighed and nodded sadly.

“I better go get you the food”. She said and left.

I sighed as I rested on the pillows thinking of Bryan.

How is he? Why is he still not awake?

Probably because he got shot, why would he even take a bullet for Kyle anyway?

That’s just absurd, i know they were best friends but what he did, thats way too extreme. I really hope he gets through this.

I heard the door open and I looked up.

“Mum?”. I whispered.

She walked over to me. “Sweetie”.

“When did you get here?”.

“When Mary called me that you were admitted in the hospital, i came as quickly as I could”. She said sitting on the bed.

“I miss you so much”.

She hugged me. “I miss you more”.

After a while she pulled away.

“How are you doing?”.

“I feel fine”.

“I’m glad you are awake, Elsa”. She rubbed my arm. “I was so scared but the doctor said everything is going to be fine that you just reacted out of shock”.

“How’s Tristan?”.

“He’s okay, still at Mary’s place”.

“How did the court case go?”. I asked curious.

“Well the lawyer defending your Dad is pretty good”.

I frowned. “You lost the case”.

“Nope, i made sure my lawyer presented enough evidence so the judge actually believed us”. She explained.

“So?”.

“He was convicted to 6 years imprisonment and 30,000$ fine, even if he comes out of jail and wants custody of you and Tristan, i still have a restraining order against him”.

“Thank you believing me, Mum”.

She hugged me again. “Your safety matters”.

****
It’s been three days since I was discharged from the hospital but Bryan hasn’t woken up yet from his coma.

I came to the hospital where Bryan was checked in following Beverly’s direction.

I walked past the check-in desk and went into the emergency station not stopping until I reached the nurses station.

“I’m here for Bryan Stark”.

I told the middleaged woman behind the desk but she stared at me weirdly.

“Its past visiting hours”.

“Its important”.

“Sorry Miss but__”.

“Afternoon Ruth. Tell her how he is without the hospital jargon, all right?”.

I looked at the voice that had interrupted the woman.

Kyle Vegas. What is he doing here?

I expected the middle aged woman with gray hair to at least snap at Kyle or call security but instead she gave him a slightly fl!rtatious smile.

“Kyle, just because you’ve been here everyday to visit doesn’t mean you own the place”. The woman told him as she consulted a clipboard.

I was confused, he comes here everyday to visit Bryan?

The woman picked up the telephone and had a cryptic low voiced conversation with someone. She hung up and gave me a professional smile.

“Bryan Stark has come through surgery fine and he’s been taken to a private room”.

“What were his injuries?”. I ask curious.

“I don’t know anything further about the patient’s condition. His Sisters were persuaded to go home so I suggest you do the same”.

Go home? No way.

“I’m not going anywhere till I see him”.

She pointed to a bank of elevators. “Third floor, Room 301”.

I made it to the elevator in seconds and pressed the button, someone entered immediately before the doors closed.

“How are you doing?”. He asked.

I crossed my arms. “I don’t know, you tell me because clearly you caused all this”.

I expected him to react to what I said.

“I know and I’m sorry about everything”.

I paused. “You are sorry?”.

“Of course i am and I feel bad that all this is happening just because of me”.

I didn’t respond to what he said, everything did happen because if jim but that doesn’t mean he’s the one to blame for all this.

The elevator ride was quick as it stopped at the third floor, Kyle led me across the hall and we went to his room.

I stepped in and stared at Bryan, he laid motionless in the high white hospital bed and hospital paraphernalia surrounded him.

I walked closer and sat on one of the empty chairs.

His light brown hair was curled backwards and dark lashes forming crescents against his cheeks.

He really looked cute though he is still in a coma. I brought my hand to his cheek running my finger on it.

I sniffed and the tears that i was holding back spilled over. I let my tears fall for a while before wiping them off.

I looked at Kyle. “What did the doctor say? Is he going to be alright?”.

“They say so”. He said. “The bullet was removed successfully but they don’t know how long till he wakes up”.

I stared at him as he said that, they were tears in his eyes that were threatening to fall.

“Are you okay?”. I asked him.

“I should be the one asking you that. How’s your arm?”.

“Its fine, i guess, it healed up thankfully but it was painful before”. I answered.

“I’m sorry to hear that”. His voice sounded hoarse like from crying.

Nothing was said for a while as I c@ressed Bryan’s silky hair.

At least the doctors removed the bullet, that means he’s gonna be alright. I mean, he will be alright.

Everyone seemed positive about that including his sister, Mia when i went to pay her a visit. She said Bryan is strong and will fight it.

“Each day ever since this happened, i blame myself for everything”. He spoke up.

“You don’t have to”. I told him.

“If I hadn’t made that stupid plan, i mean, i should have forgiven him long time ago and it would have stopped all this”.

Kyle ran his hands through his hair nervously as I watched him cry.

“Its my fault, i put you and him in this kind of situation and its my fault he got shot. He shouldn’t have taken that stupid fvcking bullet for me”. He continued talking as he cried on Bryan.

“Bryan will go through this”. I assured him.

He cleaned his tears as he nodded in agreement to what I said.

“What did the doctor say exactly?”.

“They said the surgery went just fine, the bullet was extracted without any harm”.

“But?”.

He looked at me. “But he has sixty to thirty chance of survival”.

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