Coma

between reality and memories 2

Baldwin, the next day after the sleepover.

3:45pm:

“I am so nervous girls; I don’t know if this is right. Said Dilan.

-grow some balls, it's just a date, plus, we will be near you.

- That’s true, we will be near and disguised to let you feel some comfort, this is your first date after your breakup with Alain. You can do it, plus you and my brother are super cute together, and I love you more than I love Sophie, that witch. You look gorgeous.” I comforted her.

- Thank you, girls, I have to go now.”

We had a final look at Dilan, the orange red sweater popped out the beauty of her ginger hair and her blue eyes.

“Matteo will fall head over heels. Said Marie

- That’s true, we did a great job girls, said Sam

- Lets go get ready!” I implied.

At Timmy’s, it was an old small cafeteria, the tables were made out of dark wood, the benches out of wood and emerald leather that covered sponges, there was a little bar at the corner, light bulbs were yellow yet bright. Some of the walls were made with brick, others were painted, there stood posters that we made, as we, the habitants of Baldwin, and any customer that visits repeatedly Timmy, who was an old 50 years old guy, with grey hair showing on his beard, and age getting to him, the place was more of a home to all of the younger people to meet here.

Matteo and Dilan sat on a table for two next to the chimney, it was cold, we sat far enough that we could watch them and they don’t notice us. We were putting some sunglasses and scarves around our heads to act incognito but Timmy knew who we are.

“Themed together my favorite ladies? What can I get you?”

We ordered some milkshakes, juice, and a pancake for hungry Sam.

There were many other people, I noticed a table for my brother’s best friends, among them, there was an extremely hot guy, he seemed unknown in this town, but he was sitting with the same gang of boys.

“Who’s that? I asked

The new guy must be Elliot, the news of his coming were spreading like fire, Theo told me he arrived 2 days ago, declared.

-He is hot! Come to mama! Said Sam.

-Hold your horse Sammy, you are taken already, said Marie.

-Yeah, Zac is a nice guy, don’t ruin that!

-I know, I know, try your luck with him Kate. You know since you don’t have any love interest?

-You know, I am not into baddies, I like the calmer boys.

-Maybe he isn’t a baddie, declared Marie.

-But he is a mystery, we don’t know anything about him, yet we will find out soon. He will attend in our college too, right?

-I will ask Theo tonight and let you know. Confirmed Marie.

-Err... Fine. I have to go to the bathroom. Watch and tell what happens with our lovebirds!”

I took another look at the boys table, Theo wasn’t with them, I felt some comfort, I don’t need to see his face, not anytime soon after what happened yesterday.

After I left the bathroom, I bumped into Elliot and Theo. I almost fell. Elliot was a tall guy with muscles made of rocks!

What the f**k, really God?

“Watch out”, said Elliot when he held me gently.

“Thank you, I said.

-Nice sunglasses”, mocked me Theo as he laughed.

I looked at the mirror and noticed how silly was my disguising was. I was wearing sky blue sparkly sunglasses with a red scarf around my head, I looked ridiculous. Heat ran through my cheeks and I want the ground to open and swallow me right away.

“Shut up man, she looks cute.” Comforted me Elliot.

I gave him a wide smile, then removed my sunglasses and rolled my eyes at Theo and then put my sunglasses back, and then left the lobby back to my table. Elliot seems like a cute guy, Theo? The total opposite.

Few moments, the two boys in black showed up again and walked through our table, Elliot had a killing handsome profile and a sharp jawline, as for Theo, he had the messy hair that made him breathtaking, yet I find him annoying as hell. As we looked at them, Dilan had sent us a text that she left with Matteo from the other entrance and we have to go and talk at hers.

We grabbed our stuffs and went immediately to Dilan’s who had the brightest smile, when she saw our looks, she burst into laughing.

“How did it work? Said Sam.

-It worked to the level we’re going out again, this time, his treat!

-we want more infos.

-He is so sweet, caring and a good listener, is it true that he is passionate about skateboarding? Asked me Dilan.

-Yep, you should see his room, and this isn’t impossible now. I winked her. She blushed.

■ NYC hospital, 17:45pm.

“The patient didn’t wake up yet, we have to make another IRM, to see if there is any danger of her brain dying, any other organ failure.

-What happens if she’s still unconscious.

-We might be afraid of her getting into coma, and the more it is long, the more we have risk of organs failure and slow recovery, we want to know if the hit had impacted her walking, her senses, logic, but we cannot do it while she is unconscious. Those tests are made when the patient is awake. But since she passed the 12 hours and there is no response, I might be afraid to tell you, she got in a coma and we don’t know when she will wake up.

Olivia called Matteo and Elliot and told them what happened, and the assistant told Linda and Roy what happened. As soon as the whole bunch came, there was some uncomfortable silence, Matteo didn’t know Elliot had cheated on me and we broke up for good, although, Elliot cried next to my bed. He was a coconut, he might seem tough but he has a baby heart. As for Matteo he was tougher, he stood next to me and spoke with Olivia and asked about every single detail about this accident. That’s when Roy and Linda showed up.

“Who are you? Asked Matteo.

-Umm, sorry for this but these are Roy and Linda Griffin, Linda had the accident two days ago with Kate.

-Mr. Moore, Roy Griffin, I am sorry for the accident. We’re here to make sure Kate is feeling better, and I promise you, we’ll help you with everything to get her better.

-Thanks for the generosity, but there is no need, plus we won’t sue you for compensation.

-Either ways, I am coming to visit her, I cannot accept myself living my life while I caused someone life to be dark, I heard people in coma hear us, so I will be coming daily… said Linda.

-Glad to hear that, would you accept my invitation for lunch?” Said Roy to the people in the room.

"I need to go out, so I am accepting your invitation, said Olivia. As for Matteo and Elliot, they hesitate at first, but then Matteo accepted.

"I need some time with her, then I will follow you guys.”

Matteo nodded, Olivia rolled her eyes at him, she didn’t like him, but she couldn’t do anything, so she walked away with the others.

"Marshmallow, wake up, I am really sorry for what I did, I know you did know about me cheating on you. Please, I need to explain myself for you, wake up, hit me, scream at me, but let your anger flow on me. You don’t need to forgive me, for the sake of our old days, just wake up. I will wait for you, you deserve anything better than this. I promise…

I… I am sorry for what I did to Theo. I... I was the reason… he left you and disappeared from your life.”

■Baldwin.

Since my parents were abroad to Norway this year , Matteo and I joined our friends at Thanksgiving.

Timmy’s was always where every group of friends decided to meet, it has always been a house to every person in Baldwin, so this year, we decided to spend our thanksgiving at Timmy’s.

Dilan and Matteo are going out more often, and I think he will ask her to be his girlfriend at the thanksgiving table, that’s so romantic. I wish I would find my guy soon, but till then I have to focus on whatever I am living with my college and my friends.

“Marie! Where are you? Where are the ornaments of the tree? We are waiting for you!

-Oh my god, I am really sorry, but 5 minutes I will be home, please Kate, you know my house well, please go there and bring the ornaments, I am still with Pascal, we’ll be there on time, I promise!

-Fine, don’t worry. Is there anyone there?

-Yeah, Theodore must be there.”

I Felt my jaws clench as I heard his name, this guy is such a tease.

When I reached her house, I knocked on the door.

Just grab the ornaments and go, don’t let him take the best of you!

Few minutes passed, no response.

No coming back now!

"Theo, open the door, its Kate!”

Theo opened the door. A shirtless Theodore with a thin silver chain around his collar, toned biceps, sharp abs with some blue color on them and on his hands, was he painting?

"I know who you are Babygirl.”

I Came into the house, he closed the doors behind.

“Wear some clothes, you man!

-Why? Do my abs turn you on? he teased. I blushed, but then anger got me.

-i***t! Move, I need the ornaments, Marie told me she left them in her…

-Bedroom, but then she called me and told me to give them to you. Do you want these? He said while waving the bag of ornaments.

-Give them to me!

I walked toward Theo, who held them higher than I can reach.

~Damn, he’s way too tall. Why does he have to be childish.~

“Stop being a child and give them to me!” Theo kept fooling around until he could corner me between the entrance door and the wall.

I felt my heart pounding, Theo was playing a sick game with me, two can play it as well.

"I don’t want them anymore, you can deal with Marie, I am leaving”.

As I opened the door, he closed it again.

"Feisty, I like this. Here, take them.

-Thank you. I said briefly.

I Swear I could tell he heard my heartbeat. He cut my thoughts.

His tone now more serious.

"Hold on, there is one more thing.

-What?

-The guy who was with me yesterday, Elliot, he crushed over you and asked me about you.

-Why would you tell me then?

-Nevermind, I just wanted to help you.

-And why would you help me?"

Silence fell. I continued “You know what, forget it…

-Because you helped me without you knowing." His serious tone made my breath stop. Something, drew me to listen to him. When I was about to keep the conversation going, the bell rang. That was something really… special.

"Theo, did Kate come and took the ornaments?”

Reality hit us both and then he took some distance and I cleared my throat, I didn’t know that I was holding my breath till now.

"Yes, she just came! Said Theo as he opened the door.

■NYC.

AT a rooftop beautiful restaurant, the people could see all the beautiful skyscrapers and buildings of NY.

Glass windows let a beautiful amount of light get into the modern designed restaurant, the floors were made of ebony wood, the tables were made out of fancy glass, and rose gold padded chairs. The lights priced fortunes, and the food was pretty delicious.

“May I say something and you don’t judge me or think I am rude? Said Olivia.

-Sure thing, go ahead. Said Roy.

-Don’t get me wrong, but usually rich people, I mean super rich people, like you, are more arrogant, proud and don’t have this facility of talk with medium life-styled people like we are. You’re quite the opposite, I guess.”

Linda and Roy exchanged a look and then burst into laughing.

“Olivia, its true that we are rich but that doesn’t make us any different, because, you know, you don’t want to rely on your grandpa’s money for your whole life, you have to find yourself. Its true we are super rich, but we started our own work as entrepreneurs while we were younger. We wanted to be independent, socially, economically and financially. We have our own lines of the company, the only thing that connect us with “THE GRIFFINS” is that our profits go to the family, and that’s how we made ourselves.

-First of anything, wow! Second, you mean you have your own brand companies? Asked Matteo.

-Yep. Affirmed Roy.

-What companies do you run? Asked Olivia.

-I work in investments field, and supporting new projects and getting profits, like this restaurant. Declared Roy.

-As for me, I run my own agency of fabrics for designing, everything, like the rose gold satin you’re sitting on right now, and those petrol colored curtains.

-Gurl! That’s brilliant. You know, Kate had the ambition to run her own investment company one day. Said Olivia.

-I agree, she has worked like really hard and got some sum of money, she was working part-time jobs, and studying financial and investments field in her college back at Baldwin, she was a topper! Said Matteo.

The rest of the evening was chitchats about everyone’s passion and field of studies. As for Elliot, he stood there just next to my sleeping body.