A bright light shines through as I begin to open my eyes. I fight to realize where I am. The first thing that comes to mind would be a hospital, but why a hospital, oh Trey right. Where�s Summer? Is she hurt? Oh what the hell. There�s a huge pain running through my neck. Make it stop.
�Seth?� I try to turn toward the voice but realize that I can�t move.
�Dad� Help,� I say but he just looks at me. �Dad,� I state but again he is just looking at me with a look in his eyes that is scaring me. It looks like a mix of worry and pain.
�Listen Seth you can�t talk right now because there is a tube in your throat to help you breathe,� Someone else says coming into my line of view. What the hell a tube. Okay someone needs to tell me what is wrong now. At this cue the strange man continues, �I�m Dr. Hubbard, I was your surgeon,� Note to self surgeon not a good word, �When you came in we found a gunshot wound in your mid-back.� A gunshot wound, in my back, god damn Trey. It is all his fault that I�m lying here with a tube in my throat. �Seth are you listening?� Yeah, yeah I�m listening, but I can�t talk anyway, so I can�t tell you that, so what point is there for me to listen. �Seth?� I roll my eyes and I�m guessing this is enough to let them know that I�m listening because he continues. �We were able to remove the bullet.� That�s good so everything will be okay again. �However, because of it�s location in your spine we are worried about paralysis.� Paralysis? Like not being able to move paralysis. �We won�t know anything until the swelling goes down.� Paralyzed, I�m going to be paralyzed probably for the rest of my life. �We should be able to take the tube out in a day or so.� Damn I want it out now. Why can�t they take it out now?
�Seth?� My dad says coming back into the line of view. The doctor must have left because I don�t see or hear him. �I�m going to go talk to the doctor for a little bit are you okay in here by yourself.� Yeah not like I can do anything, I mean I have a damn tube down my throat, and I can�t feel anything let alone move it, must be the swelling, which he said would go down. �Seth?� Dad says again and I roll my eyes since that worked the last time, he takes this as his cue and leaves the room. God I want out of here.
�Seth?� A different, much more vulnerable voice says. Summer, she�s alright. She is in my line of view now and nothing seems to be wrong, well except the tears in her voice and eyes. She�s trying hard to smile at me but I can tell that she�s scared. She�s scared of me, but who wouldn�t be? I�m lying in a hospital bed with a tube coming out of my throat, with the thought of being paralyzed forever. I wonder if she was in here when the doctor was explaining it, cause then she already knows, and that might be why she�s crying, because I�m going to be paralyzed forever, and she doesn�t want to be with me anymore. �Seth its okay, I�m here.� Okay so she might still want me or she�s just putting on a show. �What is going on in that head of yours Cohen?� She says with a small smile. At least she still calls me Cohen. She sits down next to me and I can�t see her anymore. Her hand on my head brushes my hair out of my face while her voice tells me what I need to know, �Sorry you�re stuck with me, because I�m not going anywhere Cohen.�
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