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I woke up in a hospital I knew this for a couple of reasons

First, the smell It’s horrid as hell, and no matter what hospital you’re in, it’s the same It’s a smell of death and sickness and puke, and the heavy disinfectants they use to try and cover it all up just makes it worse

Second, I heardlike she was trying to hide the fact that she was crying, which was alht that the softer her cries were, the better it was for me, but honestly, the fact that she was there at all made me feel like crap

Also? My mouth was dry and I would just about kill for an ice chip

I lay there for a few et ht in my head I wish that I could say I remembered what happened But I don’t I don’t re other than a pain in my head and…and Everly

I roaned orstopped and thenover me like she used to do back in the day Back when I was somewhere in that place between life and death

I used to hate that Waking up and seeing her there Knowing it was all ht now, I felt exactly the same God, she must be sick of this, because I sure as hell was

“Trevor?”

I tried to sit up, but her hands were onhair from my face “Water?”

She knew the drill, but then I guess there’re sorabbed a cup from beside the bed, unwrapped a straw, and once I was elevated a bit, held the cup in front of

But I wasn’t a baby I was a pissed-off seventeen-year-old, so I acted like one I grabbed the cup froot it to my mouth

“Be careful,” she said

Once my throat was lubricated, I decided to try and speak This was always a bit tricky, because I wasn’t so sure that what came out of my mouth would even make sense But I had to try I had to know

“Where’s Everly?”

My voice sounded rough, but I got the right words out Another win for the pathetic Trevor Lewis