Violet was startled upon waking to hear the beeping from the monitors going crazy as she leaped up from the cot and hurriedly kicked it out of the way with a foot. It was only a matter of time before the doctors and nurses rushed in like some crappy hour-long hospital drama on Wednesday nights.
"Carl? Carl?" she called out and looked down at him. His eyes were opened and panicky, looking in all directions. That is until he saw her. His breathing immediately became deeper, the rough gasps calming and his dilated eyes become their normal muzzy hazel instead of blackened with fright.
Violet's hands were cupping his cheeks so she could see him and not all the doodads he was hooked to.
"V-Vi?" His voice was all but a whisper and he went to move his arm. Then his feet. Nada.
"Hush, don't mov
