Through My Eyes Part 6
We finally pulled up outside the hospital. I bolted through the pathway that led inside to the hospital; I couldn’t care less who I barged into, all I wanted was to get to Jamie. I approached the counter shouting at the receptionist to tell me where Jamie was.
“Sorry sir can you please calm down,” asked the receptionist.
“Just tell me where Jamie is you’re wasting my time for fuck sakes” I replied furiously.
“Calm down, what’s the issue over here?” A voice from behind me said.
I had no intentions of turning around to check where that voice came from until I felt a firm grip on my shoulder. As I turned to check who it was I heard my mum’s voice echo through the hospital “Andrew get your hands off my boy.”
“Cassandra wait this is your son?” Asked the voice as I moved away from him to have a better look only to realise it was the same officer that was at my house asking my mum questions.
“Yes, that’s my son. Don’t you remember?” She said angrily.
“Oh! Yes, I do remember now! Apologies, but there seemed to be some sort of disturbance here.” He said assertively, as I now tried to look over the receptionist desk for Jamie’s name.
I was getting very agitated because I was not getting the information I so desperately wanted. It was then that I saw a nurse with a familiar jacket so I rushed towards her.
“Hey, does that jacket belong to someone called Jamie by any chance?” I asked with hope in my heart.
“Yes as a matter of fact I’m going to give it to him now,” She said softly whilst clutching the jacket.
I didn’t think to tell my mum she seemed occupied with Andrew. So I followed the nurse to where Jamie was being held. As we walked down the corridor, I kept looking into each of the rooms by the corner of my eyes. I hated hospitals so much ever since I saw the state in which my dad was in after his fatal car accident. My heart started pounding so hard against my chest, hands started rattling in fear, but I had to give off the impression that I was okay.
“Here we are,” said the nurse as we finally reached the front door to where Jamie was. She opened the door and went in first then I followed, but to my surprise there was a police officer there with him as well.
“Are you Daniel by any chance?” asked the police officer in a very assertive manner.
“Yeah that’s me” I replied back as I watched Jamie as he was fast asleep peacefully.
“Good because I need to jet off now he's fine, no need to worry the wound isn’t too deep he just needs plenty of rest now that he’s been stitched up.” He said.
“Thank you very much,” I said in my sincerest voice.
“I’ll be off now, I’ll be back to ask him more questions at some point.” He said as he left the room, the nurse followed him out before placing the jacket on a chair nearby. After they left I went to sit on the chair; I just felt so helpless, but all I could do is wait for him to wake up and take things from there.
“I think he’s waking up now.” A voice said.
My eyes took in every ray of light and without a doubt I know I had fallen asleep as it was the early hours of the morning. My muscles felt weak, just like my energy. I let out an agitated sigh, then groan as I stood up from the chair to stretch.
“Oh shit! Jamie.” I said out loud. For a minute, I forgot about where I was, but as my vision cleared up I saw Jamie sitting up against the bed talking to my mum.
“Watch your language.” My mum snapped at me.
“Yeah Dan watch your language,” Jamie said as he laughed at me.
“Are you okay? How long was I asleep for? What time is it?” I yelled out loud, I was so confused as to why everyone was so calm and relaxed it didn’t sit well with me.
“Daniel calm down you’re not helping the situation here, please.” My mum said whilst giving me her not impressed face look.
“Yeah, Dan calm down,” Jamie said cheekily with a grin on his face. Even in his situation, he was still being his laid back self, trying to get underneath my skin.
“Argh! Jamie stop this isn’t a joke!” I said huffing and puffing out of annoyance.
“Auntie can I talk to Dan alone for a few minutes, please,” Jamie asked my mum politely.
“Okay, I’m going to go have a smoke outside.” With that said my mum left the room.
The silence of the room made my blood as cold as the winter air that crept through an open window. Not a sound could be heard either close at hand or in the far off distance. Even my own breath seemed to die as soon as it left my mouth. I clenched my fist and my jaw rooted, “So are you going to tell me what happened?” I said trying to keep my composure.
“There’s nothing to tell to be honest it is what it is,” He said ever so calmly which just made me snap!
“What the fuck do you mean there’s nothing to tell? How can you really say that? Is this all some kind of joke to you?”
“Oi don’t talk to me like I’m some little kid, watch yourself, little man,” Jamie said with a fierce look in his eyes.
I just wanted to understand what was going through his head at this present time but he wasn’t giving anything away.
“Okay cool my bad, but what are we going to do…in fact, what actually happened?” I questioned him.
“Haha! There is no we, I’m not getting you involved.” He said assertively
“You’re in no condition to tell me what I can do or can’t do and stop dodging the question man tell me how you got stabbed.” I barked at him. I think he could tell I wasn’t joking, and that I was really serious about getting to the bottom of this situation.
“Okay, okay I get it man, and I’ll tell you later today when I get discharged from here. I don’t trust these police officers they could have a secret recording somewhere listening to us right now.” Jamie said with so much paranoia on his face as he started looking around the room for anything unusual.
I could tell that this stabbing was going to change him. He was always going to be on edge but can you really blame him.
“Oh yeah before I forget have you heard from Paige?” Jamie asked as he adjusted himself against the bed frame.
“Umm, who is that?” I replied with a lot of confusion.
“The girl man! The one you fucked at my house remember?” He said
I instantly remembered whom he was talking about although I didn’t know her name Jamie telling me her name now and thinking I fucked her means she hasn’t spoken to him about what happened.
“Oh yeah! Paige, I don’t know, I haven’t seen her since that night,” I said this with the straightest face possible trying to give the impression I didn’t care about her at all. After all, she was just a one-night stand.
“That’s weird then because I haven’t heard from her since then, and why did you tell your mum about her? She phoned me asking where she lived and etc.” Jamie said as he coughed and held his lower ribcage area.
“Long story but you take it easy, for now, okay, we’ll continue this when you’re back at my house,” I said as I helped him get comfortable again.
It was a very long wait for him to be allowed to leave the hospital, but eventually, he was given the all clear and we were allowed to take him home. When we arrived back at my house I helped Jamie into my room and onto my bed. I then strolled into the front room to see Sarah fast asleep on the sofa.
Her innocence was plastered across her face as she slept. At peace, her consciousness swirled in the land of dreams, oblivious to what had been going on lately between Jamie and me. It was for the best we kept her out of it for if anything happened to her things wouldn’t end well. I shut the front room door gently trying not trying to wake her up.
My mum went to her room to rest her head; I went back to my room to get Jamie’s side of things.
“Good you haven’t fallen asleep on me,” I said as I enter my room to Jamie sitting up with his serious look on his face.
“Yeah do you want to hear this or not?” he replied, without blinking or moving an inch, just with his head looking towards the ground and hands on his head.
“Yeah go on…” I said with an intense look on my face because yet again like Sarah’s story I knew I was going to feel a certain way after hearing what was about to be said.
“Okay! Before I start, bro you can't trust any of these bitches believe me….”
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