Serissa There was a steady, rhythmic beep-beep-beep in my ear that was slowly driving me insane as I tried to go back to sleep. I was so tired, but I couldn't ignore the damned beeping. What was that anyway? I tried to open my eyes, but the light was blinding, and I groaned, squeezing them tightly shut once more. “Hang on, I'll get the lights,” came a familiar voice close to me. “Ok, try again.” I slowly opened one eye, and when I could see he'd dimmed the lights, I opened the other one and looked at Colin who was sitting next to the bed I was lying in, looking like he hadn't slept in days. I had tubes taped to my arms with clear liquid slowly dripping down from a bag suspended overhead, and patches stuck to my chest. The beeping was coming from a machine behind me, and I assumed it w

