Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

My head felt so heavy.It took almost everything in me just to pry my eyes open.The first thing I saw was this white fluorescent light.The ceiling and the light didn't look like my room.

I must be someplace else.I was trying to remember if I had seen this place before.

My eyes then traveled to the white walls and window, and I noticed it was daylight outside.

Then I felt my ears started ringing.

I closed my eyes to drown out the noise until finally, I was left with only this beeping sound.

I looked to the source of the beeping and it came from a machine right next to me.

Finally I realized where I was, I was in a hospital.

I was lying on the bed and I had a tube stuck on my arm.

My body was too weak to even move or speak, so I just lay there and did nothing but breathe.

I felt like I was in a daze.

A part of me was thinking that I was just dreaming.

"Bill! She’s awake!" mom's voice pierced through the air.

I looked down and I saw her standing in front of the door with my dad.

They looked tired and worried as they came racing towards me.

"Emma? Emma, honey?" she said as held my cheek.

"Emma, can you hear us?" dad followed.

"..Mom.... Dad..." my voice croaked.

It took so much energy just to say those two words out loud.

"Oh, honey.We were so worried," mom was showering my face with kisses and tears trickled down her face.

"Oh, thank God," dad kissed the top of my head.

"What happened?" I breathed.

Mom and dad exchanged a look before turning back to me.Mom took a deep breath and said: "Honey, you were in a car accident,"

A car accident...That's right.I remembered it now.

After I turned off my phone, my foot was hitting the gas pedal to the floor and my car was speeding down the road.

I wasn't sure where I was going, but I just needed to get away from that clinic.My chest was beating so fast and my head was a mess.

Tears were blurring my vision, and in the midst of all that, suddenly I saw a little dog or a raccoon or whatever jumped in front of the road.

I was so shocked, the car swerved uncontrollably until it hit something hard and everything went dark.

I couldn't fully remember everything but there were flashes.

I saw an ambulance car and I heard the voices of Tiff and Carrie crying out in the background.

I saw images of the paramedics lifting me into the car.

I saw some lights and faces of doctors in masks.

And the next thing I knew, I woke up here.Mom’s hair was disheveled and her eyes were swollen and dark.Dad was normally clean and happy, but now he looked so old and tired.

"I'm so sorry..."was all that I could say to them.

"Oh, it's okay.It’s alright.We're just glad you're safe,"mom shook her head and squeezed my hand.

"Are you cold? Do you need anything?"dad asked.

"No..."I answered weakly.

"Bill, get the doctor.They should check her up,"mom instructed and dad nodded.

back," Dad left

skin.Everything felt like a haze.I still couldn't believe that

real?"I said as I looked

honey, unfortunately

"What day is it?"

Monday, dear.You've been resting for

in the clinic on Saturday...Did I sleep for two nights and two days straight? Wait...what about lan...? I was

what happened to my phone?" I said as I scanned my

got smashed to pieces in the accident.We'll get you a new one once you're feeling

thought about it for a split second, but calling my teacher slash boyfriend on my mom’s phone did not sound like a wise idea. So I just shook

but they said they'll come by

before continuing , "Mom, how

doctors said you might

"What?"

were furrowed and the

"What, mom, tell me?"

had a

believe what I was

really

she asked, and she sounded hurt and

"I...I.."

speak or even breathe at this

I lost my baby...? And on

that? Why didn't you say anything, Emma?"

at once.My heart rate picked up again

"Emma? You're awake,"

on my periphery.She stepped to the side of my bed and said, "Hi, I’m Dr.Burke.Let me take a look at

the doctor as she checked my

needs to rest,"

and in shock.I was so confused.I couldn't do anything but stare at the three faces that

but dad looked worried, and mom had this pained

okay? You need to relax and you need to rest," the doctor spoke again and

trying my best to ask a question, but I couldn't.Everything

they put me under so much heavy medication.They were doing a bunch of tests on me and mom was always around.Tiff and Carrie would stop

cards filled my room as the days went by, but none of them were from lan.I didn’t have my phone and I had no

me? I was in the hospital for the sixth day, that

Thursday.Tiff and Carrie stopped by like

relieved when I saw them entering

make sure no one was around.She

we're late.We ran into your mom at the lobby as she was getting coffee, and she wouldn't stop grilling us about your pregnancy,"Tiff

tell her

promised we wouldn't

her we didn’t

out a

have my mom find out my biggest secret of all.She was disappointed and hurt enough already.One night, when we

one important.I told her it

that was my story and I

feeling okay?"Carrie

mentally...I don't

"We're really sorry about...it,"

eyes

"Me too,"

eyes darted down

at the bright side, at least now you don't have to worry about keeping the thing

"Tiff!"

Tiff could finish

me.I’m so sorry.I just wanna cheer you

like that!"Carrie

an idiot, I’m sorry,

know

weakly at her.She was right.At least there

felt like it was scrunched up

there anything we can do

you wanna use my phone to call him?" Tiff lent out

lan know about me being here?"I asked as I played with

the whole school does.We live in a small