Ears... Hurt

"Take it easy? Take it easy?! My baby has been asleep for two days Blane!" Gwen shrieked at her husband forgetting that Chloe was beside her.

Blane on the other hand frowned at his wife since Chloe was his daughter as well and compared to his wife, he wasn't so foolish as to rush in the room when Chloe was on the mend.

Even though he was resisting the urge to pull her into a hug due to the fact that they almost lost their little girl because of that incident.

"So don't tell me to take it easy or calm down Blane!" the mother added with a sharp angry glare.

The newly woken girl continued to keep her hands over her ears.

Her fingers were still weak as they were finding it hard to continue cupping her ears as she tried to ignore her parent's banter over how they should be acting around her.

As thrilled as Chloe was about how they cared for her, it really left her questioning about whether it was worth it now thanks to how they were arguing over her.

After all the only thing she did want was silence or their voices toned down until her ears and head were well enough to handle loud noises.

"The doctor specifically told us to keep the noise down and to not strain her body-" Blane said weakly as he looked at his wife.

"How dare you!" Gwen screeched at Blane in anger causing Chloe to almost groan and cringe from the increased volume.

Daniel meanwhile winced at how Chloe was dealing with this knowing that this was probably torture thanks to the noises that left her lips.

Talk about an over protective mother!

"She almost died from the rubble and almost got caught in an explosion!" the mother snapped harshly, Blane on the other hand just sighed heavily since he was not in the mood to argue as fatigue and relief entered his body.

Leaving him wanting nothing more than to sleep knowing that Chloe was going to be alright, however that sadly was going to be put on hold thanks to his wife's mood.

"The doctor hasn't even seen her yet, she most likely woke up and here you are not giving her the chance to recover form her ordeal" Blane said with a disapproving look as he fought to keep his eyes open from being tired.

"Blane I am this close to slapping and kicking you out of this room" Gwen added sharply causing his eyes to narrow from the comment, now that was taking things a little too far.

"Don't you dare start on me! Do you know how I felt when I heard not only from the news but from the hospital that our own daughter among other students at that dreaded college have been victims of that explosion?!"

"Which they do not know what started the incident!" Blane reasoned with a stern look.

"And yes I do! I was at the office only to get a call when I was in the middle of a meeting" Gwen scoffed before shaking her head at his reply, then again she too was at work when she heard the news from the breakroom.

Daniel as he watched continued to look at how upset Chloe was from all the noise and from being moved thanks to Gwen as she spoke to her husband.

"Um… Chloe's parents, I think you need to keep the noise-"

"Oh who asked you?!" Gwen snapped in anger as she now focused on a shocked Daniel.

"Darling don't you dare start-" Blane paused as he saw Daniel point at Chloe's withered look as she remained in Gwen's arms.

Confused the pair turned to look at Chloe in order to see what Daniel was talking about only to immediately grow guilty for how they were acting.

"Oh Chloe I-!"

"Ssssh!" Blane hissed at Gwen causing her to wince at how Chloe kept her hands on her ears in order to block as much noise as she could.

"S-Sorry" Gwen whispered softly as Chloe leered at them weakly with one eye that was being forced open, the injured girl whined a bit only it sounded like she was annoyed with their behaviour leaving them more guilty than before.

"Now that both of you have settled down, I would like to check on my patient if you please" a man's gruff voice came from behind Blane causing him to jump in surprise.

He almost released a yelp from how startled he was causing the man who looked like he was in his mid-forties to shake his head at their behaviors.

The man had his doctor's jacket over his white shirt and black slacks while a stethoscope rested around his neck in order to help him when needed.

His shoes however were black and showed signs of being worn but he paid no heed, his hair was slightly grey due to stress and age.

"S-Sorry" the father said weakly before stepping aside in order for the man to enter, the doctor nodded his thanks before walking towards Chloe and immediately took something from his pocket.

He soon shone light into Chloe's eyes causing her to cry out from how bright it was and wanted nothing more than to block the unwanted light away.

Seeing this reaction made the man tut but showed no expression as he then checked her heart and blood pressure.

"Do you have any pain in your head?" The doctor asked politely as he continued to examine her thoroughly in order to see if there were any unseen problems that were being overlooked.

"Ears… hurt" Chloe replied meekly as she gritted her teeth from the pain, the doctor nodded with sympathetic eyes.

"It's to be expected due to how hard you hit your head" the doctor explained in a low voice so he didn't upset her anymore than she already was.

"Will it go away?�� Gwen asked while trying to keep her voice steady but low for Chloe's sake, the doctor paused from her question.

"We will do a head CT to see how things are now that she's awake, if we're lucky. The swelling in her head has gone down and with luck, she might be able to leave after a few weeks in order to recover at home" The doctor explained.

"Thank you sir" Blane said with a relieved look on his face, the doctor smiled softly and nodded.

"I have to admit compared to the other students who came here, she's a very lucky girl" Chloe blinked in surprise not knowing why the doctor was saying this.

"Why?" Chloe asked in a hoarse voice only to cringe from her own voice, she immediately placed her hands on her ears as the vibrations left her ears ringing again.

"Easy now" the doctor said softly but saw that Chloe despite the injury was adamant to know which left him sighing at the predicament.

He looked at her parent's graved looks as their expressions left the doctor at a loss of what to say.

"You see Chloe, some who were hit from the rubble and the explosion didn't make it" Daniel explained causing her to look at him from the corner of her eye, this in turn left her wondering on why he was still in the room.

The parents gave him a disapproving look for even speaking before the doctor nodded in agreement.

"About forty six students came to this hospital" the doctor explained, just hearing this left Chloe stunned at how many people were injured from one single incident. "A third had minor injuries, others however suffered severe injuries and twelve didn't make it" the doctor added with a sympathetic eyes as he saw Chloe's eyes grow sad from their words.