My Guardian Angel

Chapter 6

My mom stayed the whole night with me. In the morning my dad showed up to relieve my mom of watching duty. She kissed me on top of my head and left the room. She hasn’t spoken to me since our last conversation that escalated into an argument. She seemed distant this morning though. I didn’t mean to snap at her.

My dad smiled at me and came to sit next to me on top of my bed.

‘So how are you feeling? You look so much better! I am so glad that you are awake.’

He kept talking talking and rubbing my head, but I didn’t pay attention. I kept thinking about the winged man that came to visit me.

He never came back to see me.  I waited, but he never showed up. Before I could stop myself I blurted the first thing that came into my head. ‘Do you believe in angels’ dad?’

He looked startled by my question. He scratched his head as if thinking about my question.

‘What brought this up?’ he asked me instead. I was getting frustrated. I stayed quiet and waited for him to answer my question. I needed an answer not a lecture. 

After a few minutes he sighed and gave up. I smiled at him and sat upright.

‘Okay, yes. I believe in angels. They have been spotted in History with their large white wings and angelic glow.'

I thought of the winged man that visited me. I only saw his wings, but they were magnificent. I have never seen anything like them. ‘Do you think that there really are angels on earth protecting us dad?’ I asked him.

He laughed and kissed me on my forehead.

‘I do. After everything that has happened to you I do believe that there is something or someone watching over you. Since the day of your birth we have been struggling to keep you alive. We have almost lost you so many times that I have stopped counting. But I know for a fact that you would have been dead when you were born. After two months in the hospital you were discharged. Everyone called it a miracle. From that day I knew you were a fighter. I knew that you would keep on fighting for what you believed in.’ my dad started to cry and rubbed his tears away.

‘You are very special Ava. You are destined for great things.’

‘What do you mean dad?’

He just smiled at me and gave my leg a squeeze.

After two weeks of lying in a hospital bed I was ready to leave. The doctor was pleased with my recovery and happy with all my test result. ‘Be back in a week for a checkup, but other than that you are ready to go home.’ and signed my discharged papers.

‘Thanks for everything doctor.’ My dad said and shook the doctors’ hand.

‘It was my pleasure. It is not every day that I get to treat such a beautiful young lady.’ He winked at me and I turned bright red. This was so embarrassing! The doctor laughed at my reaction and walked out of the room.

‘He is right you know.’

I looked up at my dad and he was staring at me with a big grin on his face.

I threw a pillow at him and yelled ‘Stop it!’ we both laughed hysterically.

My mom packed all my belongings and my dad was loading in the trunk of the car. I was nervous about going home. I haven’t seen Aaron since that day I left him in the school parking lot. My mom told me that he wasn’t doing well. He blamed himself for what happened to me. Nobody knows how I got injured, but he felt at fault. I tried to phone him when I was still in the hospital, but he never answered. 

‘He will get over it sweetie. He just needs some time. You gave all of us a big fright.’ was all she told me.

Sam only came to visit me once and she didn’t even say anything. We just cried together and then laughed at each other for crying and that was it. Mom said it was better if I didn’t get visitors after that fiasco so I have been alone with mom and dad for two long weeks.

The doctor said that if I feel fine that I could go back to school tomorrow, but my mom was still worried.

‘Are you sure doctor?’

‘Yes I am sure. The swelling in the brain is completely gone. The stitches have been removed. She will be fine.’

My mom didn’t look convinced, but smiled at me anyway. She was trying not to cry all the time. My mom was very emotional after my accident. She was very overprotective and didn’t keep her eyes off me for a second. I knew she suspected that I did this to myself. But how could she not? I haven't given them any explanation. It also happens that I lost my temper that same day with Aaron and my mom. I knew she was never letting me leave her sight. 

Every time she made eye contact with me she started to cry all over again. Her emotions were all over the place. I loved her for caring so much.

When my dad was done with the luggage he came running in.

‘Time to go.’ He rubbed his hands together and smiled at me. My mom brought a nurse with a wheelchair to escort me out. I eyed the wheelchair and then the nurse.

‘Do I have to?’

Before my mom could answer the nurse did it for her.  ‘It is hospital policy dear’

I sighed and got into the wheelchair and the nurse pushed me out of the hospital.  The nurse pushed me through the double glass doors and into the elevator.  I noticed that we were on the third floor of the hospital which is the ICU Ward. 

The elevator doors opened onto the lobby of the hospital. It was so open and full of light. The hospital always reminded me of the afterlife.

It was full of joy and sunlight. I smiled and closed my eyes as the sun landed on my face. It felt so right. Before I knew it we were outside and the wheelchair came to a stop.

‘Let me help you dear.’ the nurse came over and helped me out of the wheelchair. I smiled at her and gave her a hug. ‘Thank you for everything nurse. You have been amazing to me.’ And then I climbed into the backseat of my dad’s car. I waved goodbye to the nurse as we drove away.

I was getting excited about going home. Hospitals are great for healing, but I missed Sam and school.

Before I knew it we were in front of our house. My dad parked the car in the garage.

‘Here we are. Home sweet home.’ He smiled in the rear view mirror at me. I smiled back at him hoping that things would go back to normal.