“Don’t worry Nick, I’ll be fine. I’m exhausted.” Wendy softly said, followed by a yawn.
“If you want me to stay, all you have to do is say it.” Nick was worried about her.
What if she had another nightmare and there was no one to wake her up and hold her when she needed comfort?
“Nick, go home. Really. I’ll ask Katie for a sleeping pill if necessary.” Wendy replied.
“Really?”
“Really! I kinda understand why Brian had to throw you out, you just won’t leave voluntarily, will you?”
Nick stuck out his tongue at her, which made her smile. “Can I at least have a hug then?” Nick pouted.
“Hmm, let me think about that..” she replied while pretending to be in deep thought. But Nick didn’t wait for an answer and pulled her into a big hug. Then he grabbed his jacket, walked towards the door before he turned around and said: “You..” “I can call you when something’s wrong, I know Nick.” Wendy interrupted. “You’re so predictable sometimes.” She winked. Nick shook his head smiling and walked into the hallway while putting on his jacket when he saw someone walking towards him.
“Hello Debra.” He said as she had walked up closer to him. Nick didn’t quite understand what she was doing on this floor. She worked on the IC-unit and had no reason for being on the 3rd floor as far as he knew.
“Hello Nick. Leaving?” Debra replied while silently cursing him for still being here. She thought he’d have probably left by now. Nick nodded.
“So, what brings you here?” he asked.
“Well, a friend of mine came in with pneumonia earlier today, so I just came to check on her. Not that it’s any of your business.” She harsly added. None of this was his business, and she just wanted him to get out of here, so she could do what needed to be done.
“I’m sorry, it’s not. I hope she recovers quickly.” Nick said while blushing. It wasn’t really any of his business, and he should’ve never asked. He quickly walked towards the elevators, feeling ashamed of himself. He really was too nosy sometimes.
Debra let out a sigh of relief. Thank god she had made up this story in case anything like this happened. She turned around to make sure he was out of sight and then walked into Wendy’s room. “Good evening. How are you feeling?” Debra politely asked as she walked up to the bed. She knew she had to be nice now, otherwise Wendy might panic and call for Katie who was sitting at the nurses desk, reading files.
“Fine thank you.”
“Alright, before you go to “Hope” tomorrow, I just have to give you a bit of antibiotics, just to make sure you don’t get any infections when you first arrive there. You’ve been here so long, that just the trip to the rehabilitation center could cause you to get the flu. And we wouldn’t want that, now would we? It’s just precaution.” Debra watched Wendy carefully. She would probably buy the story, because she of course had no medical knowledge to that extent. And indeed, Wendy never questioned this. She rolled up her sleeve, waiting for Debra to give her the antibiotics.
“We have to inject this into your upper leg, it works faster that way.” Debra said, but the only reason she would inject the Xynelyxoniamide there, was because no one would notice the needle mark that easily. But again, Wendy never questioned this, so Debra quickly injected the Xynelyxoniamide, smiling that her plan had worked.
Wendy started to feel drowsy just a few seconds after the injection. “What...what’s hap..happening to me?” she faltered.
“Nothing, honey. You’re just fulfilling my destiny.” Debra answered with an evil smile, while looking down on her victim, her arms crossed. “Bringing Kev and me together, like we should be..”
Wendy wasn’t feeling that well by now. She heard Debra babble something about Kev and her and destiny, but Wendy couldn’t quite understand what she was talking about. Her words echoed as if they were in a cave and all of it wasn’t making any sense. She tried to reach for to the red button, but her arm was feeling too heavy to move it anywhere. So she tried to scream, but for some reason, she wasn’t able to. The only sound leaving her mouth was a soft whisper. “Katie...” Debra laughed at the sight of this, knowing what would happen next. Wendy couldn’t keep her eyes open, even though she tried to fight the sleepiness. But her effort wasn’t getting her anywhere, so she had to give in and close her eyes, scared to death of what would happen next. But before she could even begin to think of the possibilities, she drifted off into unconsciousness. Debra stayed for another minute, making sure Wendy wasn’t about to wake up anytime soon. Then she walked out of the room, making sure nobody saw her leaving.
Now all it would take was just a couple of hours before anyone noticed the state Wendy was in and no one would know that any of this happened. It would all be a big mystery. Kevin would come to visit Wendy, Debra was sure of it. And by the time they would be a couple madly in love, Wendy would no longer return to the land of the living.
~~The following day~~
“You keep me drowning in your love..” Brian softly sang while he walking out of the elevator, making sure the Elmo-balloon he was holding was right beside him instead of stuck in the elevator. As he stopped singing, he smiled when he found himself thinking of last night. It had been wonderful. After Nick had finally left, he, his wife and their son went to the park for a picknick. Everything was just perfect. His son fell asleep on top of Leighanne, with his thumb in his mouth and holding his teddybear, an hour after they had finished eating and he and Leighanne just looked at the sky while holding hands. He loved his family so much and now that his best friend was going to be transfered to the rehabilitation center today, the world would finally begin to make sense again. Well, for the biggest part. He missed Kevin, but didn’t want to think about it today, today would be a day of celebration, so he shrugged of the thought of his cousin.
He opened the door to her room and peeked around the corner, to make sure he wasn’t interrupting anything, but she was alone, still asleep. He tiptoed over to the bed, sat down, but she didn’t move a muscle, so he softly began to sing to her the way he did to wake up Baylee.
“One small voice.. can teach the world a song.
Start with one small voice, til another joins along.
And you’ll feel the music,
growing full and sure and strong.
One small voice can teach the world a song..”
She still showed no sign of waking up, which made Brian chuckle. Just like Nick, he smiled. You could set three alarm clocks, but he still slept through all of them. Looked like he was spending way too much time with her, she was taking on his bad habits. Brian shook his head, still smiling. “Weeeeeeeendy?” He softly said, but still no reaction. Brian looked at his watch, and saw that she was going to be transfered in less than two hours, and because she wasn’t able to pack up the last few things, he decided to do so. By the time she would wake up, or he had to make her, she could leave in under ten minutes.
But when he was done packing, she still hadn’t opened her eyes. Brian sat down on her bed again.
“Wendy? Rise and shine!” He increased the volume and tried again, but still no reaction. He now didn’t think this was funny anymore. He gently grapped her by the shoulders and shook her softly, but she didn’t show any sign of life. Panic came over Brian, and he reached over her to hit the red buttion several times. He couldn’t believe this was happening. Not again. He looked down at her, and noticed she was breathing. That was some sort of relief, but seeing her like this brought back memories of when he had first saw her after the attack. He saw himself in that room on the IC-unit, scared and desperate.
Those feelings were coming back at full impact.
Katie opened the door and as she and Ally rushed in, they asked him what was wrong.
Before he answered, Brian looked up to the ceiling, just one thing on his mind. Please God, not again. We can’t take this anymore.
