4

I wake up only to find myself in some crazy white room. Oh yeah, the feel of a soft bed is awesome. And come to think of it, I feel like a snug mummy in an ice cold room.

Aahhh, this feels right. Maybe even too right.

I sit up suddenly and look properly at my surroundings. This is definitely a hospital. What the hell?

The door opens and my eyes meet a tall and very attractive middle aged man; around 23 or 24, with a stethoscope around the neck of his dazzling white lab coat. He's holding some papers and something that looks like an x-ray sheet. His warm brown eyes and smooth skin seem very inviting to those concerned.

"Good morning Ms. West" his voice calmer than I expected.

I only watch him as a reply.

"My name is Warren Langley but you can call me Dr. Langley. It seems you're a fast recoverer! Anyways enough with the small talk, I-"

"Doc, I'm sorry to interrupt but how exactly did I get here? Who brought me here anyways? When did I arrive? How long have I been out? Why aren't you answering me? Is it that-"

"Ms West, if you just give me your time and ears that would be very much appreciated. The person that brought you here goes by the name of Nathan Fox, he brought you here two weeks ago, he's been checking on you ever since- apart from today apparently. Anyways, there's no better way to put this but your damage is really bad."

"Bad how doc?"

"Bad because when you fell from the top of that building, you fell feet first so the impact was more to your lower half. You fractured your left fibula which affected your tibia. Concerning your upper half, your left ulnar and humerus broke so you'll be wearing a cast for a long while. Here's the x-ray of your lower and upper body." He said handing the x-ray sheets to me.

I look at it as if it weren't mine.

The horror that filled my eyes was unimaginable. I threw them away and began to cry my eyes out.

" I cant believe this is happening."

Oh wait, I obviously can since it seems like the bad stuff always happens to me, so much for the suicide attempt which was still another slap to the face!

Dr. Langley scooted closer to me and wrapped me in a big hug.

"When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, when life gives you a thousand reasons to fall, you give life a million reasons to stand up strong. Not everyone will get you in this life but the little that do you hold on to and cherish". He says breaking from the hug and slowly standing up.

" Doc?" I say with a sniff.

"Yes?"

"Would you be so kind to call the person that brought me here? I mean if not for him I'd still be in an alley, lifeless. Plus, he deserves all my gratitude in the world" I say turning to him with a pained expression.

"Uh sure thing, if anything comes up you let us know with the intercom and vise versa"  he said walking to the door.

"Thanks Doc"

"Anytime" he said with a smile as he walked out the door.

I sit there in silence, pondering over what just happened.

" I've tried everything humanly possible to get out of this life but it seems like I'm much too hated by the world. I think it's enjoying this".

This was definitely NOT the first time I attempted suicide. There was that one time when I mistakenly broke my mom's "precious" tea cup, that other time when I misplaced my elder brother's headphones and he chased me 'round the whole house. That day I was banned from entering his room but they ended stopping the whole 'I'll kill you if you enter my room thing' and it wasnt out of love that they did what they did. Nope. It was because I'm the one cleaning the whole house so.. yeah allow the maid do all the work.

The sound of the intercom brought me out of my thoughts.

" Hello? Yes this is Ms.West." I say speaking to the overly nice lady over the phone.

"Good morning to you Ms. West. I'm glad to hear that you're getting better. Dr Langley said you wanted to speak with the person that brought you to the hospital yes?" She asked politely.

"Yes, I want to thank him and ask a few questions if I may?" I said almost reaching the amount of niceness in her voice.

"Ah yes yes. I'm terribly sorry for this unfortunate coincidence but we cannot reach Mr. Fox at the moment."

"Oh" I say trying to hide my disappointment.

"We have tried him several times but it's like calling a brick wall- absolutely no reply. We are dearly sorry, and we do hope you forgive this misfortune." She said sadly, almost as if she were a child apologising for breaking something precious.

"Oh yes, there's no harm done, thank you so much for trying anyways. "

"You are very welcome Ms. West, if you need anything else the intercom is right at your service."

"Thank you so much ma'am. "

"Yes yes have a nice day Ms. West" and with that the line went dead.

I couldn't believe that was the voice of an actual human being! I mean who sounds that nice!? It then hit me like a truck the main reason why the lady with the terribly nice voice called.

"Oh shoot, another dead end it seems" I say smacking my forehead.

The sad part is that it's only this Nathan guy- whoever he is, that knows what the hell happened to me after I jumped off the building. A good Samaritan if you would call it.

I can't ever seem to have something normal ever happen in my life, there's always some crazy twist at the beginning, end or even in between.

"Now where the hell am I gonna start from now. I obviously cant go home and even if I opt out and do go home they'll tear me to shreds" I say in my mind.

Just then did I notice how thirsty I was, I really needed some water or something .

Oh yeah the intercom.

I pick up the phone and look at the number used for kitchen services. I dial the number and get a quick response.

"New City Hospital kitchen services how may I help you?"

"Uh I'm Kimberley West in room 334 please can I have a bottle water?"

"We'll be right there with your order"

" Thank you " I say.

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About 5 minutes later I hear a knock on the door.

"Kitchen service!" A nice soprano voice says.

"Yes, you can enter".

The first thing I saw was a tray with my order. Then the next thing I saw just frightened me. A shocked face. She looked like she'd just seen a ghost or something. I look back praying it wasnt me she was so afraid of.

"Kimberley?" she said with the same amount of shock on her face.

"I mean when I heard Kimberley West I thought it was just a coincidence but seeing you now is showing me how very wrong I am."

" I-I dont understand, who are you?"

" You knowing who I am is unimportant but you knowing who you are is highly important" she said with so much authority I felt I could drown in it.

"I'm sorry I think there's a misunderstanding here"

"No, there really isn't any misunderstanding. The only misunderstanding here is you not finding out the truth. I wish we didn't have to meet like this but I promise you that when you complete your mission we'll meet again in a better place." She said as she walked in a dropped the bottle of water on the side table.

She walked out of the room before I could even utter a word.

What just happened?

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