Chapter 7

"it gets kind of boring here without Alec.." Elena says playing with her food.

What Elena said made the air a little tense. Everybody shut their mouth close. It's been seven days since the incident and there is no sign of Alec waking up.

"Owen also says that they already found a relative for Alec to stay with.. they just have to discuss a couple of thing and it's done. He says they need about one or two month to do it"

"They sure do be working fast.."

"Really? So Alec is going to leave here soon?" Elena sounds disappointed.

"There's nothing we can do. This is the best for him.

Elena let out a sigh. She didn't want him to go, she wants him to stay with her. It feels heavy to let him go to someone else.

"Sweetie, don't think too much okay? The doctor says that he lost too much blood, but they already find someone who can donate some to him" Clara say explaining what the doctor says to Elena.

"Blood..what else did the doctor said mommy?"

Clara give her a little smile before continuing.

"That also said that he's too thin for a normal boy around his age. I don't know how he was eating at his house, or it's because of his parents lost. He totally refuse to eat anything after that and just crying every minute.."

"We can't blame him for that though" Nolen says.

While they were talking, Clara phone rings.

"Hmm?"

"Who is it?" Nolen ask.

Clara's expression changes when she sees the number calling.

"It's the hospital.. I'm going to take it"

-hello?

-° hello, Miss Clark?

-yes, it's me

-° I'm calling to tell you that Alec has woken up not too long ago and he was searching for you guys. If it's possible, can you come to the hospital?

-now?

-°yes. The patient wants to see you.

-° alright. I'll go there in a minute.

She says then hang up the phone.

"Hurry up and finish your breakfast and go to school"

"Why mom?"

"Alec is awake and we have have to go there"

"Can't I follow??" Elena says with the puppy eyes of her's.

"Roland?"

"It's okay. I want to go to school" he says looking unbothered by the fact that Alec has woken up.

"Okay then. Finish your breakfast and we'll go"

"Yes!"

The three of them finish their breakfast and get into the car while Roland walk to school. It's a 20 minutes drive to get to the hospital from their house.

When they got there, Nolen ask the nurse working on the counter Alec's name and the number of his ward.

They immediately make their way to his ward as soon as they got the number.

When they reach it, they did not bust the door open but instead, they quietly observe him through the window.

Because Elena were too short, Nolen carry her.

Inside, they can see Alec sitting on his bed, staring blankly at the window. The tense at the air could be feel but at the same time, it were calm enough to make a person fall in a deep sleep.

He didn't do anything. One glance from afar and people might assume that he's normal, but staring so close like this, you can clearly see that his eyes were lifeless.

All his hopes in life were vanished. His condition now is literally like a walking corpse, with that thin body of his.

Elena couldn't bear it. She couldn't bear watching someone who she loves dearly being like this. She lift up her arm, making a fist and slam it at the door as hard as she could.

The moment she does that, Alec snap. He look at the door and see Elena in her father's arm with tears flowing down her cheeks.

Alec couldn't control his expression at the time and a smile curves on his handsome little face. He lift up his hand and wave at Elena.

"Mom! Let's goo!!" She says half shouting because she is very excited to meet him after a whole week of coma.

Nolen put her down and she push the door with all her might and run towards him.

"Alec! You're awake!"

"Aren't you suppose to be at school now?" He says in a low raspy voice.

Because he has been asleep for so long, his throat became dry and the possibility for him to walk too is low because he's now currently very thin and need to be in a doctor's care most of the time.

"I don't want school! I want to go see you!" She says pouting her face.

"Alright then" he says giggling.

The doctors hold him at the ward for about two weeks before letting him go with Mr. Clark.

When they got home, Clara got a message from Owen saying that Alec can go in one more weeks. Clearly, Elena is very sad.

All of them spends time together with Alec like go to the water park, the zoo, bird park and many more.

As a family.

When the time have come, Owen pick him up from Elena's house and drive him to the building.

There is where he met Bryce Hunter. Her mother's older brother.

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"Haa..!" Alec gasp from his sleep. He sits up as he feels his back drenched in sweat. His shirt were wet.

He gets up from his bed to check the time. It was 4am. He push the window in his room open and let the cool breeze to flow in through his room.

He takes off his clothes and go to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

After about a nice 10 minutes of warm shower, he goes out. But before making his way to his bedroom, he checks the living room first.

He sees the old man, deep in sleep but were also in the pool of his own blood. After Alec put him at the bathroom earlier this evening, he's bleeding non stop.

When Alec splash a bucket full of water at him, the bleeding worsen. But it's not like he cares.

Parts of the sofa's color changed from yellow to dark red.

"Disgusting.." he said leaving him behind and goes straight to his room.

He put on his pant and sit at the corner of his bed..

..sobbing..

Why..why must I end up like this..

Why me??!

I..I can't handle this..not alone..

Soon enough, he fallen asleep.

The next morning he wakes up, he finds that blood drenched everywhere on the floor.

That old man really have balls walking around the house like that.

He didn't want to step on it so he call Bryce.

"Hey! Bryce! Come here!"

He then comes to him looking like a total zombie. His flesh could be seen at his forehead. The right side of his face were completely ruined caused by Alec dragging him at the tar road.

When he were standing still infront of him, a kick were sent making him fall down hard. He groan in pain.

Alec step on him and jump to his sandal. He wears it and goes outside like nothing ever happened.

He goes to the garden to take a stroll and were hoping to see a certain someone. When he feels a little boy hug his feet from the back and hear someone running towards his gasping for air, he turn around.

"Alec!" Elena says gasping hard as she squats down.

"You're defeated..by a little boy?"

"Hey! Don't you know how fast he can run?!"

"I don't know. He's not my niece." He says smirking.

"You...haa..by the way what are you..doing here so early?"

"Elena.."

"Yes?" She says standing up.

"Can I go see your mom?"

"What..?"

°°To Be Countinued°°