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“A few hours.”
“That’s nothing, Ally. I can sit in a chair for a few hours, too, without leaving.”
“He’s was so scared, Ash. I’ve never seen a grown man so scared. He really cares about you.”
“Stop. Please. You and I both heard him. He just didn’t want to lose a good lay. Now, I need you to leave, too.”
“Ashley,” she pleads, taking a step towards me. But my glare tells her to not take another step. Sighing, she throws her hands up. “You need to deal with your shit, Ash. You could have died, and all you’re doing is pushing everyone who cares about you away.”
“My head is pounding. I need to rest.” Closing my eyes, I turn my head away.
“You love to tell Mel, Ellie, and me what’s on your mind, so I’m going to give you a little taste of how annoying it can be.”
“I’d rather you didn’t.” My head is killing me. Do they not supply pain meds in here?
“Too bad. Now listen. You’re strong and independent, and you’ve spent years running since your dad died, searching for something in every man you’ve met. Now you’ve found it, and you can’t handle it. One little bump in the road and you run. You don’t even want to talk to him about it, tell him how you feel, and see if he feels the same. Maybe he was just talking out of his ass with Jake. He’s a guy, they’re dumb. And now you’re being dumb.”
“I’m lying in a hospital bed, Ally. Thanks for calling me dumb. I’m really not in the mood for this.” I press the red button on my bed for the nurse, needing something to help me sleep.
She runs her hands through her hair and lets out a frustrated sigh before storming out of the room. Luckily, when it opens again, a woman in her forties in navy scrubs walks in.
“Hi, Miss Ashley, I’m Emily, your nurse. What can I do for you?”
“Hi, my head is killing me. Can I have something for it?”
“Yes, I just need to ask you a few questions first now that you’re awake.”
“Sure.”
“What do you remember about last night?”
Squeezing my eyes shut, I focus on remembering through the pain and slight fog that’s still veiling my complete memory. “I was blinded by the headlights of an oncoming truck. It was so bright. I thought I was going to crash head-on with it. And when I didn’t, I thought I was okay, but then I still couldn’t see. I hit a patch of ice or something, and I couldn’t control my car, and then I spun out. The rest I don’t know. I went in and out of consciousness, I think. I only recall flashes of light and sounds. And I was so cold.” A shiver racks my body just remembering being out there.
“Okay, that’s good that you remember. Now, how is your head? On a scale of one to ten, ten being severe, how would you rate your pain level?”
“Eight, nine maybe? I don’t know.”
“Okay.” She writes something down on her clipboard and then looks back at me. “Do you hurt anywhere else?”
“I don’t know, I don’t think so. I just can’t get past my pounding head.”
“Of course, and I’ll give you something for it before we discharge you.”
“I’m okay to leave?”
“Yes, we did x-rays and a CT scan, and you don’t have any fractures or brain swelling. Just a head abrasion and severe concussion.”
“Okay, thank you.”
“Of course, let me just go and get you some Tylenol.”
“Is that all I can have? I don’t know if that’s going to cut it.”
She smiles warmly at me. “Yes, sorry.”
“Fine.” I sigh, resting my head back in the pillows as she walks back out the door, closing it firmly behind her.
No one better come in here unless it’s her bringing me drugs. I can’t hold any semblance of a rational conversation right now.
