On The Verge Of It

Chapter 1

Aubree's Pov

*Beep Beep Beep*

Was this an alarm clock ringing above my head? It’s voice was getting louder and louder, hence making me nauseous. Oh god! I just wished someone would come and switch that thing off.

I tried to open my eyes, but my head was throbbing with the wildest pain that I have ever experienced in my life. This pain that I felt was hundred times more than the pain I experienced during the worst of hangovers. What did I do to end up like this?

*Beep Beep Beep*

I heard the noise again, this sound was making me sick. Was this another hangover that I was experiencing? If it was a hangover, I would never drink again, because it was hurting in every joint of my body.
I was trying to open my eyes, but it felt as if my entire body was bound with chains and was being controlled by some external force.

I wondered why I was feeling such a pain in my entire body. I did not even remember why I was feeling this way. I mean, I did not drink last night? Right?

After trying very hard, I managed to open my eyes and I was surprised when I saw light filling the entire room.

Most certainly, it was not my room. My room was small and covered with vintage posters filled with photos of my favourite collections. Whether it was the poster of a coffee cup placed next to a pink blanket, a red leather book kept in the middle of a pile of coffee coloured paper with beautiful calligraphy engraved on its pages or the pictures of the various inspired houses that I had pinned on my mocha coloured walls, my mornings could not be completed without me passionately gazing at the wonders that inspired me to choose my career path as an interior designer. With the constant smell of wooden engravings of my windows, one could totally picture living in an 18th century novel as they entered my room.

But, the view in front of me was not what I expected to see when I opened my eyes. Instead of the smell of coffee, I could smell insulin in the air.

I saw pale white walls, green curtains and the room was full of bright white light. It was a small room, and the next thing that I saw scared the hell out of me.

My hands were bandaged and small tubes were attached to a machine which was making a beeping sound. A breathing extension was attached to my nose and it was then I realised why my head was throbbing like a vibrator was attached to it.
I was in the hospital.

I tried to move, but it felt as if my body wasn't ready to obey the commands I wanted it to. I wondered what would have happened that I woke up here, in such a situation? And did my parents know about it? Well, the last thing that I remember was that I was in my university. But then how come I was hospitalised?

Then suddenly, the door at the corner of the room opened and a petit nurse, wearing a light green dress entered the room. She was a short woman, with dark brown hair, and olive skin. She had come in with a rather big scowl on her face, as if she had been in a fight with someone.

As soon as she looked at me, her lips quivered and she looked at me with excitement and instantly her lips formed into a big smile. And just by looking at her face, my lips trembled and tried to smile back at her, she was so hypnotic.

"Oh God! I'm so glad you have woken up." She said in her sweet voice with excitement.

I tried to speak, but I was too weak to even pronounce a syllable. I felt as if I had forgotten how to speak.

"Shh.. don't worry. You are going to be alright. Do not stress yourself and don't exert your muscles." The sweet nurse said and I signalled her that I understood what she meant.

"I will just call up the doctor, stay still and do not worry. I'll be back soon." She said and put her bag beside me, while she sprinted away as if she was way too excited about me waking up.
I found myself staring at the white ceiling, wondering what the hell was going on. I wish I would be alright and be back to my university, there may be a gigantic load of assignments piled up on my desk and it was the last thing I wanted, to lose a good grade just because of me being hospitalised due to some mysterious reason.

What would I have done? Did I fall off a building? Did I ran into a car? Did I drink so much that I landed up in some trouble?

Whatever mischief I did, I was sure that my parents would be pretty mad at me. Or would they be worried? But the last thing I wanted right now was scolding. I could literally not take it right now. I was way too weak to even speak something.

Just then, a fat, grey haired doctor entered the room and looked at me with astonishment. Then he smiled at me.

"Let us perform some tests and then we can judge if she is better." He told the sweet nurse I saw earlier.

An hour later, after way too many tests had been performed on me, I found my strength coming back. Though I was not able to speak yet, but I was able to move my hands and feet.

"I have called up your family, they have been waiting to meet you since a long time. They never left the hospital, not even for a second. But I think you need some rest before you meet them." The doctor explained to me.

Then the next thing I know is that I felt a pin pricking my arm, while I drowned in deep slumber. No longer being able to hear the beeping of the vibrator, which made me feel better entirely.

When I woke up the next time, I found myself in a bigger room, with brighter walls and the best part was that I felt far better, as if I had regained half of my strength back again.

I saw the same nurse sitting next to me.

"How do you feel Aubree?" She asked me and gently stroked my hair.

The mere touch of her hand made me feel so good. She was definitely a darling.

"M..mom." I whispered, my voice coming out of my mouth just as a moan.

"Your mom? Well, I was informed that she is on her way to the hospital, but the rest of your family is sitting out there in the ward." She said carefully, while noting something on her notepad.

What she said was still a mystery to me. What did she mean by the rest of my family? My family consisted of my mom and dad only. Then if my mom wasn't here who was?

"Dad?" I asked her.

"No darling, he is coming along with your mom." She said and I looked at her with my eyes full of confusion.

Just at that moment, as if she realised something, she called the doctor immediately and began to talk to him in some scientific terms that I could not understand. Her bright happy face turned back into a deep scowl and it was then that I realised that I was in a big problem.

The doctor came and sat next to me.
"Aubree what is the last thing that you remember?" He asked me with concern in his voice.

"Uni...versity, assignments, there is, nothing clear." I tried to say, and yes I admit, I was happy with my progress of speaking a complete sentence after such a long time.

"Well, I guess you were right Mary." The doctor said, and for the first time, I saw fear on his face.

"What happened to me?" I managed to ask him.

"You have been in a coma since the past two months and now your memory has been washed away." He told me with as caution as possible, as if he were telling a child that they could no longer have a lollipop.
But this information was sure to send my life into a mess. Cold water drowned over me, making me feel numb and helpless.

I had been in a coma? My memory had gone?

"What?" I muttered.

"It is the year 2017. And your husband is waiting for you in the ward outside." He said and the floor literally slipped out of my feet.
I was not in the university, I was not a nineteen year old, I was twenty nine, that is my memory of the past ten years had faded away. And as the cherry on the cake, I was married. I even had a husband.

This information was too much to be taken into account. After all, I had just woken up from a coma.

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~Toxic_Mg