The Found

Angel woke up early to catch the first train to Maria professional hospital in a nearby city as it was written in the paper. Angel was sure that she will find him this time.

At last Angel arrived the hospital. It was a very famous and huge hospital. Angel walked towards the reception table and asked the assistant, "Good morning"

"Oh, good morning ma'am, how can I help you?"

"I was finding my friend who was referred here, he was injured in the bus accident, and his name is Ash. Can you find him for me please?"

The assistant started searching in the computer and she found him, "Ma'am, He is in room 243, 2nd floor"

Angel smiled a big hopeful smile and without any reply she ran towards the stairs and went upstairs. She arrived the 2nd floor, her breath was caught but she just continued her way between the rooms moving her head right and left reading the number labels on the wooden doors and suddenly she recognized that the pathway ended with the room number 240 and there was a large locked glass door where there are more rooms beyond it. She looked afraid and turned around and found a doctor, she rushed to him, "Doctor I have a friend behind that door in room 243 but the door is locked. How can I get there?''

"Sorry, the intensive care unit is behind that door. I think you are talking about Ash who was hit in a bus accident as I remember''

Angel was shocked from what she heard, "Yes sir it is him''

"Well your friend is in an intensive care room. I am sorry but I should tell you that your friend is in a critical condition. All we have now is just his heart beat''

Angel tried hardly to hold back her tears but she couldn't so her tears just went down on her cheeks, "Can I see him?''

"Well, usually we refuse but I will let you enter to him. I feel that you are a very close person to him. Who knows, maybe you can wake him up when he feels you''

Angel smiled and her cheeks were all wet. The doctor took Angel and let her pass from the glass door.

They arrived Ash's room door. the doctor smiled, "Well, here is your friend's IC room. You should take care to not make any loud noises because his heart beat may alter. Good luck "

She smiled "Thanks, I will try my best''

The doctor left her there in front of the door. She turned towards the door, and her hands were shaking while they were opening the door. She opened the door slowly and entered the dim room. At the corner there was Ash sleeping on the white bed, there was silence in the room except from the machine that was recording his heart beat, it was showing that his heart beat was 65 beat/min. Angel was trying as much as she can to hold her tears, she came nearer to Ash and sat on a chair beside him. She holded his cold and calm left hand with both of her hands, slowly her tears went down on her cheeks but she smiled looking at his peaceful face, "Your face is shining today Ash. Why don't you wake up and invite me to coffee?''

She started crying silently, "I am sorry Ash for what I did for you. I know that I should have believed you. Please wake up Ash please, your mom is going to die from sorrow and I am too. I love you too Ash, ya I love you and I want to live the rest of my life with you, but just wake up Ash and I will do for you everything you want''

She bent and hided her face in between his left hand and started crying on them.

While she was crying and without anyone's recognition, Ash's right hand finger moved a second.

After two hours of crying on him. Angel got off, dried her face and stood up looking at Ash, "Ok Ash, I have to go, it is not allowed for me to see you after the permitted time. Don't worry, I will visit you every day and I will try my best to wake you up, I will tell you how I found you and all the things I have been through to find you.''

She picked up her bag, kissed his cheek and went out of the room. she went down to the reception table and gave them her phone number to call if there is something new or necessary and she went out of the hospital.

She arrived her home and was between two feelings: happiness and sadness. She was happy because she found Ash and sad at the same time because of his condition. Angel put her phone silent and preferred to take a nap until the evening.

On the other hand, when Angel went out of Ash's room. The doctor entered to check if there was anything new and here was the surprise. Ash's heart beat is beating faster, it was 65 when Angel entered the room and now it is 72 beat/min. the doctor took a look at Ash's face but there was no sign of any movement. The doctor called Angel on the phone but she was not answering because she made it in silent mode, so he decided to leave her a message saying that Ash has made a change after she visited him.

Returning to Angel, she was sleeping and at evening she woke up then she went to the bathroom and washed her face, she sat on the sofa. She raised up her phone and found about 8 missed calls and a message from a number she doesn't know. When she opened the message and read it she was going to faint and called as fast as possible to the number.

Doctor: hello

Angel: hello doctor, it is me Angelina, the one who visited Ash. I am sorry I didn't listened to your calls because it was in silent mode.

Doctor: oh hey Angel, no problem. Your friend's heart beat rate has increased, that means that Ash can feel or hear. well, I think that you are a very special person at this time, where were you from six months ago?

Angel: I knew about his accident lately. Doctor stay there I am coming now.

Doctor: no there is no need to come now, it is late. You can come tomorrow and I will write for you a permission paper that will let you enter the IC room whenever you want. Now go to sleep, ok?''

Angel: ok doctor, thanks for informing me. Good night

Doctor: good night

Angel ended the call and was so much happy that her smile was not leaving her face. She hoped that Ash will wake up soon and she slept with her sweet smile on her face.

On the next morning Angel woke up, washed her face, ate her breakfast and dressed to go to Ash in the hospital. She went down the hotel and when she arrived near to the reception table, the assistant called her. Angel turned to her and went to her, "Yes, why did you call me?"

The assistant handled her a document and a pen, "Please ma'am sign on the paper''

"Why?''

"It is a confirmation of your acceptance for the paid hotel fee''

"And who paid it for me?''

"Mister David paid for you a two months fee of the room including your food, drink and all other accessibilities like Wi-Fi and laundry.''

Angel left her mouth open from what she heard, "Are you sure that this was paid for me?''

"Yes ma'am, now sign here''

Angel signed and went out of the hotel, she took a taxi to the hospital. While she was in the taxi she remembered Jo who was the contrast of David. And she started talking to herself

"Oh god, this life is so complicated. Some are bad that they want you to give them even after they hurt you. while there are good persons who give you more even if you don't repay them. Davi is a real good hearted person but his luck was not with him.''

And suddenly the taxi stops, Angel woke up from her imagination world and looked around. She have arrived the hospital. She paid the taxi man and got off the car. She entered the hospital and at the reception table a nurse called her, she went to her.

"Are you Angelina?''

"Yes I am "

The nurse handled her a small blue card, "Take this card with you and don't lose it and also don't show it for other people. It is your IC entrance permission card''

Angel smiled, took the card and went upstairs. She went to the glass door and there was a warden standing at the door. She showed him the card, he checked it and let her enter. She went to Ash's room and opened the door quietly and got inside the dim room. She went to his bed and stood smiling and looked at his face. She sat on the chair near him, holded his hands and started telling him her journey starting from her home to David's adventure. It took her three hours to finish the story. She didn't tell him about Jo and what he did with her because she knew that if she told him, he will be stressed from inside and that will worsen his condition. She was telling him all and was smiling and also holding his hands. and suddenly she felt that his finger has moved. Angel was going to fall from the chair from the shock, she just ran outside the room and called the doctor who was sitting in his office,

"What happened Angel? Why are you terrified?''

Angel shouting, "Ash… Ash…Ash's finger has moved doctor!''

The doctor who also became astonished just stood and rushed with Angel to his room. When he entered the real shock was there, Ash's two fingers were moving up and down rapidly and his heart beat has increased again to 74 beat/min. The doctor called all the other assistants and started checking of Ash's condition, he left Angel outside the room. Angel was so much worried about Ash's condition, she thought that she maybe worsened it.

After one hour the doctor got out of the room with an exhausted face, Angel stood up from the chair and ran to him, "Doctor what happened tell me? Is Ash ok?''

The doctor was silent for a minute and Angel became more worried from his silence and then, she let a tear go down from her eyes. When the doctor saw that tear he smiled to her. Angel became scared from his smile, "Doctor tell me what is happening, how is Ash?''

The doctor smiled a big smile, "Congratulations, your friend's nerves are working! that means he can feel what he touches. I didn't thought that you would be so much sensitive for my silence that made you start to cry''

Angel became surprised, smiled widely.

"I think you were talking to him about something exciting that made his fingers move rapidly and excitedly''

"Doctor how is he now?''

"He is fine, I injected him a palliative to let him calm down, but you cannot go to him now, we need him to rest. By seeing his situation we hope that he will wake up in about three days so don't be absent because he can maybe wake up when he feels that you are here''

Angel smiled "Ok, see you tomorrow'' and she left.

Angel went to her home jumping of happiness on the road and all the passing children.

The next day which is the first from the countdown of Ash's calmness, Angel sat beside him in the hospital holding his hands, and talked about their childhood together and the nice moments they had spent. As a result Ash's both hands fingers moved rapidly again and his heart beat has increased. Angel called the doctor, the doctor gave the injection again and realized that Ash's all body's nerves are working and they can feel anything that touches his skin. In addition to that, he found that Ash's brain and heart has started to do its main jobs.

The 2nd day from the countdown-

Same thing happened but the result was Ash's hand holded firmly Angel's hand. Angel's tears went down her red cheeks and she was smiling very widely.

"Hey Ash, are you fine? You know that I will not leave you, right?''

The doctor smiled to Angel, he was beside her in case of any other results.

The 3rd day of the countdown-

Angel and all doctors were standing in front of Ash's bed waiting him to open his eyes and face the life again. Angel was holding the bouquet of flowers and was dressed nicely waiting for her precious person to wake up and hug her.

The Night came and all of them were waiting Ash, but there was no response. At last all the doctors lost hope and went back to their work. The doctor who was responsible of Ash's case went to Angel and bent his head down, "I am sorry we can't do anything for him after now. I need you to not to come because we need him to wake up by himself not by your effort, it will harm his health''

Angel was crying and stabbing the wall with her hand. She returned to the hotel and started to cry on her pillow.

After sometime Angel picked up her phone and started to view her photos with Ash and while she was watching, she recognized a picture of him wearing a sunglasses that she had given him before, he used to wear it all the time when he was outside. Suddenly Angel thought about what Ash was holding of belongings and asked herself that why didn't she looked at it in the hospital. She decided to go to the hospital the next day and find out.

TO BE CONTINUED.....