Wolf Pack
How Did I Get Back Home?
I could hear people in and out of the room all day long until it was nightfall. When the moon shone through the window, I opened one eyes and seen no one was around. I wasn't in my room....This is Matt's room. There was a blow up mattress with a pillow and blanket laying in the floor against the wall. Who is staying in here with me? I heard footsteps come up the stairs and I closed my eyes. The door opened and I felt some ones hand touch my skin. I felt something pierce my skin and soon I drifted back to sleep.
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A light shined down on my face waking me up. I looked and seen Zacky laying on the mattress just sleeping away. I tried to sit up but when I did I started coughing. I looked at Zacky and he shot out of bed rushing over to me. He put his hands on my shoulders and pushed me back down on the bed.
"You're hurt bad Aerial. You need to lay still."
"What happened?" I asked.
"You have 3 broken ribs, a shattered left leg, and 3 long and deep claw marks from a bear on your chest."
"How did I get home? I don't remember walking back here." I said confused.
"Jason and Matt Berry found you in a stream 2 miles from here in the woods. How are you feeling?"
"Shitty. It feels like someone is squeezing my lungs every time I cough or breathe and my leg is killing me." I said and he grabbed a needle and filled it full of something.
"This is Morphine. It'll help with the pain and the doctor should be here in about 5 minutes to see how your doing." I nodded as Zacky put the needle deep into my skin and injected me. I could instantly feel the meds working on me. I had no more pain but it was making me really tired.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I slept on the couch last night so Zacky could stay in my room all night and watch Aerial. I sat up and grabbed my clothes and quickly put them back on. I walked into the kitchen and started making coffee. When it was finished I filled my cup and was fixing to drink it when a knock came to the door. I walked over to the door and opened it.
"Oh Doctor Wiggins, did Zacky call you?" I asked stepped aside so he could come in. I shut the door behind him.
"No I told Zacky I would be back to check on her. You can come up if you like." I nodded and followed him up to my room. He knocked on the door and I heard Zacky yell for us to come in. We walked in and I shut the door behind me.
"Aerial woke up this morning." Zacky said and I smiled.
"Was she in any pain?"
"She said that it felt like someone was squeezing her lungs every time she breathed or coughed." Zacky informed. I hung my head.
"She's going to have to be put on breathing treatments and steroids and if that doesn't help, I'll bring a ventilator over and we'll have to put her on that." I watched as the doctor pulled a little machine out of his bag and set it up on the nightstand.
"How long has she been asleep?"
"About an hour." Zacky said.
"Wake her up so she can do these treatments." Zacky nodded and put something under her nose and she woke up coughing hoarsely.
"Aerial? My name is Dr. Mark Wiggins. I need you to do a breathing treatment for me okay?" She nodded and Mark handed her the treatment and told her to inhale and exhale. She did the treatment for about 30 minutes and it still wasn't helping her. Goddammit look what I've done. She's going to have to be put on a vent until she gets better. Who knows if she'll be able to get off of it.
"Do these treatments every 2 hours. If her breathing gets worse call me and I'll be right over."
"We will." I said as the doctor left the room. I went over to Aerial and sat down in the chair and grabbed her hand gently.
"Zacky can we be alone for a minute?" I asked and he nodded. He left the room shutting the door behind him. I looked at Aerial.
"Aerial...I'm sorry...for everything. I shouldn't have brought up Corey like that to you. I'm so stupid." I said hanging my head. I felt her hand pull my chin up.
"You are not stupid. You just made a wrong call. I know I should let Corey go but I just can't. Seeing Corey when I was passed out helped me a lot. Don't blame yourself for what happened to me. I chose to run away. It's my fault."
"I still want to make it up to you and I'm going to. When you get cleared by Zacky, I'm going to start making it up to you." I said and I licked her hand. She smiled big and I stood up and leaned over her. I brushed my nose over her jaw line before placing a kiss on her lips. I could feel her kissing me back and I smiled. I pulled away and pulled the hair away from her face.
"Now rest up. I'll see what I can do in my office okay and if you need anything, just let Zacky know okay?" I said smiling.
"Alright." She smiled. I leaned down and kissed her again before leaving the room. Zacky was sitting next to me reading a book. I took a deep breath in and began to couch. Zacky dropped his book to the floor and sat me up so I could breathe. He looked up at the clock on the wall.
"It's time for another treatment." He said putting a mask over my nose and mouth. I breathed in and it helped with my breathing situation. I knew I was getting a chest cold because my chest would tighten when I took a breath in. Finally the treatment was over and Zacky took the mask off my face.
"Zacky?" I asked.
"Yes?"
"I think I'm getting a cold." I said and he put his palm to my forehead. His hands seemed like ice.
"You're running a fever. I'll call the doctor." I watched Zacky walk out the door. I laid there for what felt like hours until Zacky came back into the room with the doctor. He came around to my side and rubbed something over my forehead and it beeped.
"103.6. Is your chest hurting or anything?"
"I feel like I got hit in the chest." I said truthfully.
"Help me sit her up Zacky." Zacky grabbed one of my arms while the doctor got the other one and sat my up. I wanted to fall back but Zacky kept me from doing that. I felt something cold go to my back and I shivered.
"Now take a deep breath in." I did as he said.
"Again." I again breathed in deeply.
"Her lungs are full of fluid. I'm going to stay here and watch her for a few hours so you can go get some rest Zacky." The doctor pulled a bottle out of his pocket and gave them to me.
"This is just something to help with your cold." he said smiling. He gave me some water and I downed them. He sat down in the chair next to me and I started drifting back off into sleep.
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A light shined down on my face waking me up. I looked and seen Zacky laying on the mattress just sleeping away. I tried to sit up but when I did I started coughing. I looked at Zacky and he shot out of bed rushing over to me. He put his hands on my shoulders and pushed me back down on the bed.
"You're hurt bad Aerial. You need to lay still."
"What happened?" I asked.
"You have 3 broken ribs, a shattered left leg, and 3 long and deep claw marks from a bear on your chest."
"How did I get home? I don't remember walking back here." I said confused.
"Jason and Matt Berry found you in a stream 2 miles from here in the woods. How are you feeling?"
"Shitty. It feels like someone is squeezing my lungs every time I cough or breathe and my leg is killing me." I said and he grabbed a needle and filled it full of something.
"This is Morphine. It'll help with the pain and the doctor should be here in about 5 minutes to see how your doing." I nodded as Zacky put the needle deep into my skin and injected me. I could instantly feel the meds working on me. I had no more pain but it was making me really tired.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MATT'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I slept on the couch last night so Zacky could stay in my room all night and watch Aerial. I sat up and grabbed my clothes and quickly put them back on. I walked into the kitchen and started making coffee. When it was finished I filled my cup and was fixing to drink it when a knock came to the door. I walked over to the door and opened it.
"Oh Doctor Wiggins, did Zacky call you?" I asked stepped aside so he could come in. I shut the door behind him.
"No I told Zacky I would be back to check on her. You can come up if you like." I nodded and followed him up to my room. He knocked on the door and I heard Zacky yell for us to come in. We walked in and I shut the door behind me.
"Aerial woke up this morning." Zacky said and I smiled.
"Was she in any pain?"
"She said that it felt like someone was squeezing her lungs every time she breathed or coughed." Zacky informed. I hung my head.
"She's going to have to be put on breathing treatments and steroids and if that doesn't help, I'll bring a ventilator over and we'll have to put her on that." I watched as the doctor pulled a little machine out of his bag and set it up on the nightstand.
"How long has she been asleep?"
"About an hour." Zacky said.
"Wake her up so she can do these treatments." Zacky nodded and put something under her nose and she woke up coughing hoarsely.
"Aerial? My name is Dr. Mark Wiggins. I need you to do a breathing treatment for me okay?" She nodded and Mark handed her the treatment and told her to inhale and exhale. She did the treatment for about 30 minutes and it still wasn't helping her. Goddammit look what I've done. She's going to have to be put on a vent until she gets better. Who knows if she'll be able to get off of it.
"Do these treatments every 2 hours. If her breathing gets worse call me and I'll be right over."
"We will." I said as the doctor left the room. I went over to Aerial and sat down in the chair and grabbed her hand gently.
"Zacky can we be alone for a minute?" I asked and he nodded. He left the room shutting the door behind him. I looked at Aerial.
"Aerial...I'm sorry...for everything. I shouldn't have brought up Corey like that to you. I'm so stupid." I said hanging my head. I felt her hand pull my chin up.
"You are not stupid. You just made a wrong call. I know I should let Corey go but I just can't. Seeing Corey when I was passed out helped me a lot. Don't blame yourself for what happened to me. I chose to run away. It's my fault."
"I still want to make it up to you and I'm going to. When you get cleared by Zacky, I'm going to start making it up to you." I said and I licked her hand. She smiled big and I stood up and leaned over her. I brushed my nose over her jaw line before placing a kiss on her lips. I could feel her kissing me back and I smiled. I pulled away and pulled the hair away from her face.
"Now rest up. I'll see what I can do in my office okay and if you need anything, just let Zacky know okay?" I said smiling.
"Alright." She smiled. I leaned down and kissed her again before leaving the room. Zacky was sitting next to me reading a book. I took a deep breath in and began to couch. Zacky dropped his book to the floor and sat me up so I could breathe. He looked up at the clock on the wall.
"It's time for another treatment." He said putting a mask over my nose and mouth. I breathed in and it helped with my breathing situation. I knew I was getting a chest cold because my chest would tighten when I took a breath in. Finally the treatment was over and Zacky took the mask off my face.
"Zacky?" I asked.
"Yes?"
"I think I'm getting a cold." I said and he put his palm to my forehead. His hands seemed like ice.
"You're running a fever. I'll call the doctor." I watched Zacky walk out the door. I laid there for what felt like hours until Zacky came back into the room with the doctor. He came around to my side and rubbed something over my forehead and it beeped.
"103.6. Is your chest hurting or anything?"
"I feel like I got hit in the chest." I said truthfully.
"Help me sit her up Zacky." Zacky grabbed one of my arms while the doctor got the other one and sat my up. I wanted to fall back but Zacky kept me from doing that. I felt something cold go to my back and I shivered.
"Now take a deep breath in." I did as he said.
"Again." I again breathed in deeply.
"Her lungs are full of fluid. I'm going to stay here and watch her for a few hours so you can go get some rest Zacky." The doctor pulled a bottle out of his pocket and gave them to me.
"This is just something to help with your cold." he said smiling. He gave me some water and I downed them. He sat down in the chair next to me and I started drifting back off into sleep.
4/16/13