Making Decisions

I could hear voices. They sounded muffled, like they were talking into a pillow. I felt something hold my hand and I squeezed it. The muffled sounds got louder and then I heard nothing.

"Squeeze my hand," someone said. I think it was Chiron. I squeezed the hand and the sounds started up again.

I heard what I know were footsteps. Then I heard a beeping sound. Then I heard a voice, a girls voice. She said something across the lines of thank the gods. Another voice, it was a boys. He said something like praise Apollo. There was some more footsteps. Then I heard nothing. My hand was let go and someone else took it.

"Fiona, its me." Tyler.

"Can you hear me?" he asked. I tried to speak, but my mouth wouldn't move. I just squeezed his hand as hard as I could. I didn't have to open my eyes to know he was smiling. "I'll take that as a yes. I miss you."

It took all of the energy I had to move my head, but I moved it towards the sound of his voice. I felt something fall on my cheek. A tear. I tried to open my eyes, but I just couldn't. If I could cry, I'm sure I would. I heard some more voices and shuffling again then silence. I heard Chiron's voice, but I couldn't hear what he said. I had a million questions going through my head.

"Fiona, your not dying. You've been sleeping for a while and you're finally waking up. Your not going to be as strong as you were just yet, but you will be. It's going to take some time," Tyler said. He answered some of my questions, especially the most important one. I'm not dying. I don't know how long I've been asleep, but I was ready to wake up.
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(a week later)

"It's only been a week," someone said. Chiron.

"How long will it take?" someone said. Olami.

"We hope she'll wake up soon, we need to wait" Chiron said.

"I don't think I can wait anymore," someone said. Tyler.

I slowly opened my eyes. Everything was blurry and I had to blink a couple of times to make out anything. The ceiling had a sun painted on it. I turned my head and saw Tyler, Olami and Chiron sitting around and they were whispering. I smiled at them. I lifted my arm and tugged on Tyler's shirt. Everyone looked at me with wide eyes and dropped jaws.

"Tyler, is everything alright?" I asked. Tyler picked me up and gave me a big hug while laughing. I pulled away a little bit and gave him a big smile.

"You're alive Fiona. Everything is more than alright," he said. I hugged him again. Then Olami came and gave me a hug herself.

"We were so worried. Thank Zeus your alive," she said.

I was now wedged between Tyler and Olami on the bed and Chiron wheeled over to us. I gave him a hug to and then I took my place on my bed again. I noticed the weird cords out of my arm and went to pull them out. Olami said they need to stay in there just a little bit longer and I huffed and crossed my arms. Tyler laughed and put his arm around my shoulders.

"Its not funny," I protested.

"Awe, I know."

"We are so glad that your awake Fiona," Chiron said. "You've been asleep for a month now."

"A month?! My recital!" I said. Tyler just hugged my shoulders again and Chiron started to talk again.

"I've already talked to Ms. Payton. You won't be able to dance, but you can still go see it if you wish. I know how much dancing means to you, but coming out of a coma is not something we should take lightly." He paused and waited for me to say something. I just nodded and he continued. "Now that you're awake, your going to be a little weaker than before, but not unrecoverable. We can give you some nectar now and you'll be able to walk and move around a little bit. You'll be restricted from certain, well most, activities for a long time. You'll most likely go back to school in two weeks, if you wish."

"Okay," I said.

Olami gave me a cup of nectar and I drank it all and it tasted like a strawberry milkshake. Chiron removed my IV cords and gave me a change of clothes to wear. I went to take a shower and put on the camp shirt, jeans and my black sneakers. I didn't realize how weak I really was. I took about an hour to get everything done. When I finally got out of the bathroom, Olami and Tyler were waiting for me and seemed to be whispering. They both stopped when they saw me and we all headed outside.

I stumbled a little bit before I actually got outside the door. It was midday and the I was nearly blinded by the sun. I had turned my head and covered my eyes then I herd some muffled noises, like a crowd was forming. I still had my eyes covered and my head turned when the noises seemed to stop. I lowered my hands and turned around to see all of the campers standing around the Big House waiting for me. I waved my hand awkwardly, then everyone kind of giggled and some even waved back.

I think I got a hug, a "thank the gods" or both from everyone in camp. As soon as the last hug was given, I was tackled to the ground by a very happy golden retriever.

"Sunny!" I said. I sat up and hugged my dog. He licked my face and barked a bunch of times.

"Calm down boy, I just took a shower!" I giggled.

He didn't stop though. Instead he tackled me again and wouldn't let me up as if to say
"You're alive! Yay!" I was laughing until I started to cough a little bit. I felt Sunny bound off of me and I got up. The crowd had went away and Tyler and Olami were still there I got up and almost fell down again. Tyler rushed over and caught me. Olami said she would catch us later and went off to go with her cabin mates. Tyler and I made our way to the cabin with me stumbling a lot. About half way there I stumbled and fell on my face. I sat up and saw a lot of blood. I started to cry. Then I heard Tyler sing.

(A/N I made this up. Its kind of sappy)
Mia Sorella, please don't cry
Let the storm pass you by
My cuore is breaking
While my your soul is shaking
Mia Sorella, your fratello is here
Don't shed another tear
Mia Sorella, can't you see? E 'il momento di essere coraggiosi

I stopped crying and saw Tyler was wiping my face off. "You use to sing that all the time," I said.

"You would wake up in the middle of the night and cry. It was the only way to calm you down. Your scar is cut again, but it isn't deep at all. I can fix that at the cabin," he said.

"Okay." He carried me on his hip the rest of the way. Once we got in, he let me down and I sat on his bed. He went to the bathroom and came back with some weird looking bottle, a wash cloth and some band aids. He poured a little of whatever was in the bottle on the cloth and told me this would sting a little. I quickly covered my scar and shook my head.

"E 'il momento di essere coraggiosi mia sorella," he said. I moved my hands, which were bloody and hugged my knees. It did burn a little, well a lot.

"What is THAT?" I asked.

"Peroxide. Hold still Sorella," he said. I held still as he dried the peroxide and put the band aid on my scar. He gave me a wet wash cloth to clean my hands with.

"You called me Sorella."

"Yeah. That's your nickname, remember?"

"You haven't called me Sorella in a while. I've missed it," I said. He smiled and I yawned a little bit. I curled up and he put a blanket over me. I fell asleep to Tyler's voice singing.

Notes

So so so so sorry for leaving you guys, I got in a little trouble. Now I'm back! To make up for things, I'll update every two-three days instead of five-six days! As always, thanks for reading!

Mia Sorella- my sister

Cuore- heart

Fratello- brother

E 'il momento di essere coraggiosi- its time to be brave