Chapter 40 | The Girl is Back

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Lydia's POV
"Lydia?"

"Oh my gosh! She's waking up!"

"Lydia!"

As my eye lids slowly rise up, feeling as if a ton of weights are pulling them down, I become blinded shortly as I stare blankly at the ceiling. My eyes wonder and I shift my head to Kira and my mom hovering over me in both of my sides.

"Lydia, thank god your awake!" My mom says as she wraps herself against my as tightly as possible."

"I'm in a hospital." I state, recollecting my thoughts.

"Yes." My mother winces, grinding her teeth and reluctantly releasing air as if those were her last breath.

My eyes search around for something... for someone.

"Where's—" I pause myself from saying his name as I see the pain and rage coming from my mother's eyes, whereas Kira's eyes are still filled with hope and innocence.

"Uhh, where's the restroom? I need to go." I notice my mother close her eyes as a sign of relief.

"It's down there, honey." She points at the door across from me, at my right side. "But I'm not sure if the doctors or nurses will allow you to get up... considering your current condition.

"I can go asks them!" Kira interjects.

"No, it's okay Kira. The both of you needs to catch up. I'll go to the nurses and ask them." My mother say holds my hand softly and as she releases, she quickly walks away. As she left the room, both Kira and I are silent. We just stared at each other, as if it was a staring contest with facial reactions included.

"I'm going to leave in two days to go to my college dorm."

"Wait, what? For how long was I here? Didn't the accident happen to me yesterday?" My mind remenisinses on the event where Stiles told me he killed Allison.

"You've been in a coma for a month... I think. I don't know, it was long, and I just wanted you to wake up so I wasn't really counting." Kira says shamefully as she tries to distract herself by playing with her fingers.

All I could think about is Stiles, and I am ashamed of that because of what he did to me. But I think about him being here. How he would handle the situation, saying something like, "At least this is your first decent sleep in years." He would try to make me smile; he always does.

"How are things with you and Scott?" I say trying to remove my thoughts of Stiles.

"We've spent much more time together. He's been saying how Stiles changed. He's drinking again, and how he's been getting panic attacks." When I hear this my heart breaks because I know I did this to him.

"Oh." Is all I say because words can't describe how I feel right now. Not because I'm in a hospital and I'm weak, but because Stiles is somewhere else and he's broken.

"Stiles in rehab." What?!

"What?!"

"Yeah." A pause occurs again until Kira is reminded of something, "Oh! You received a call. A guy named Aaron." Kira winks.

"Oh boy!"

"TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM! DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ONE DETAIL OUT!" Kira screams in excitement as she sits on the side of the hospital bed.

As she I tell her everything (that I can remember) that happened with the events that included Aaron, Kira decides that she's staying with #teamstydia other than #teamlyron. Both are just really weird names to say out loud. Stydia? Lyron? Really?

Stiles POV
"What are you doing?" Adeline whispers as she sneaks up behind me.

"Making a letter." I tell Adeline as I can feel her breathe against my neck, "Adeline?"

"Yeah?" She says as she hovers above my shoulder, curious on what I'm doing. "You're distracting me."

"Oh." She slowly leans back and watches me from a far, but then she suddenly runs back to me, "Okay, seriously though. What are you doing? Oh, p.s you have great penmanship is great! I think you write better than I—"

"Am just about to leave." I interrupt, finishing her sentence.

"What!? No! Stiles Stilinski, you will not leave me hanging like this!" As she whispers fiercely yet quietly in order to prevent anyone from waking up, I push her out of the room.

"Sorry, Adeline. Truly, I am. But I'm in an active, very real, crime investigation that happened in this very room. It is important we leave things untouched until the FBI arrives." I say sarcastically, shutting the door.

"Stiles, you suck and you are not that convincing of a liar!" She yells quietly as her final word before she marches back in her room.

I go towards the desk and begin to write another letter to Lydia.

Dear Lydia,
I've lost track of time on how long we've been apart. I don't know what to write here, but I heard someone mention your name. I met this girl, Adeline, and I honestly think she's good for me and my development here in rehab. She makes my better here. As a friend. I don't think I'll ever stop loving you. Whether either of us are dating someone, we'll allows have a strong connection. I don't know if I would be able to get over you, but I'll try if that's what you want.
Sincerely,
Stiles

Author's Note
The questions are back! But before you answer them, I just wanna say sorry for the extra long wait! You all are so sweet and very supportive, and I am eternally grateful for each and every one of you! Thank you!
1.) Team Stydia or Team Lyron?
2.) Do you think Adeline and Stiles will development for intimate feelings towards one another?
3.) How would you react if you were in Lydia's position (awaken from a coma)?
4.) What do you think will happen next?