Part 2

I woke up in a white room. My eyes scanned the room, looking for a sign saying "Lunatic Asylum" but only found a bunch of flowers beside me bed and my Mum sprawled in a chair in the corner fast asleep.
My face felt tight and my chest was really heavy. My eyes moved to my chest to see a massive bandage covering my middle. I couldn’t see my face but I assumed I had stitches in my face from that cut, I wasn’t sure what they did to my jaw but I couldn’t open my mouth, not even an inch! I sat up and felt as though my head was too heavy for my neck. My hands went to my head and I could feel a bandage coving the whole lot…no wonder! I noticed a button next to my bed and pressed it. A nurse walked in a few minutes later. "I’m glad to see you’re awake. How are you feeling?" I shook my head a bit. "I imagine that would be a bit heavy so lay down and the doctor will be in later, but here have a drink." She passed me over a cup and a straw. Oh boy. This was going to be fun. I managed to take a sip and the nurse helped me lay down. My mum had woken up and was standing beside me. When the nurse walked out I cringed a bit, I knew what was coming… "Well…Look what’s happened now. I’d ask you to explain yourself my girl but you wont be talking for a few weeks." She looked smug as she said that. How was I not going to talk for a few weeks! That would be pure agony! I could almost scream!

"Though" she continued on "I’m glad that young man brought you in here…otherwise I don’t know what alley they’d have found you in!" Though I knew exactly which alley I couldn’t say anything so I let mum continue. "I liked that young man he was very nice…he came to see if you were ok this morning and said he’d be back this afternoon or tomorrow morning." ‘Gee’ I thought ‘Arent I lucky..he gets to see me like this! All the fun of it!’ Mum looked at me "Did you know he goes to your Uni?" I shook my head slightly…No I didn’t know that. Mum nodded her head. "He is also in a couple of your classes. He even offered to bring you work if you couldn’t make it to school for a few weeks…. wasn’t that nice of him." I grimeced inside. Oh yeah that was really nice, I get extra holidays and I get saved by a goodie goodie who will bring me work from school…yay!

It was later that afternoon when Gohan turned up. On the good side at least I’d managed to have a shower before he came, that was nice! He knocked at the door and my Mum opened it and welcomed him in. She sounded like she was welcoming him in a hotel! "Welcome, come in! Come in!" I wasn’t that desperate for guests but my mum was getting on my nerves. Maybe she might leave soon, she would have to work soon...wouldn’t she?. By gawd I hoped so! I turned my thoughts back to Gohan who was nervously be ushered into the room by my mum. "Emelia, this is the nice young man who helped you the other day! I am sooo glad you helped my daughter, if there is anyway I could repay you!" Gohan looked at my mum shocked at the thought of being rewarded for what he did. He looked genuinely ill at ease. "No thank you Mrs Sutton. I don’t want...need to be rewarded for helping out!" he protested. I glared at mum, this was my visitor and she was making him uncomfortable! She took the hint and excused herself politely while still managing to give me an evil glare. Gohan looked gratefully at the door as it closed. He came over closer to the bed and handed me some flowers he had brought in. I looked greatfully at him, I could really say anything could I?

I reached beside my bed and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. "Hi! How are you" I wrote.
He took the paper and looked at it and the massive bandage on my head. "I’m fine" he said then laughed "Shouldn’t I be asking you how you feel? You are the one in hospital. " I shrugged then wrote. "He he he funny… I’m trying to have a conversation here and it is slightly difficult considering my head gear! You like it?..very fashionable now a days."
He read the note and laughed "I’m sorry for destroying ur conversation there...he he oh and I think your head gear is very lovely. Ha ha ha. Your mum asked me to get work from school for you…." He left it hanging. I looked at him then wrote. "I know. Damn her! I’m stuck in here for a week at least then at home for another 2 or 3 weeks. I was planning for a relaxing extension on my holidays! Oh well, I suppose I’d have to do it anyways. What classes of mine are you in?" he looked at the note, "ummm im not sure but I’ll check at school." I nodded.

I didn’t write anything for a while and Gohan took a seat next to the bed….the silence stretched on and on..it wasn’t an uncomfortable silece at least. Just sort of reassuring..i don’t know why though. Then I picked up my pen and wrote.. "Well tell me a bit about urself" I picked the paper up and waved it under Gohans nose a few times before it registered that it was there. "Oh you want to know about me? Really?" I nodded..well duh! He shifted his feet around…. "Well…at home there’s dad, mum and my little brother Goten. Dad is sort of…umm not your normal dad he is really into fighting and stuff. He usually ends up saving the planet every couple of years or so, from some very strong evil person." Gohan looked at me and I nodded as if to say ‘go on!’ "Well, Mum is strict but she means well and she wants me to do well at school and all. Dad is the opposite of that. He doesn’t care about school but lives for training and fighting…oh yeah and eating! Goten is a little brat but no one can stay mad at him for long because he’s so like dad… sort of like a minature copy of dad. He’s alright I guess but a really brat!" I picked up another piece of paper "Ok ur dad sounds cool! Tell me about urself!" He looked at the paper then blushed a bit. "You want to know about me…well there’s not much to tell about me." He shook his head "Not much at all!" I picked up the pen again. "No you just spend ur time saving people who end up in fights getting themselves hurt and being a good samaratine, on the other hand you also visit that person in hospital and agree to hold a ridiculous pen and paper discussion with them….that’s not much?"

He laughed out loud at what I’d written, he looked very nice when he dropped his serious face. "Of course I do..i love running around saving helpless people! Ha ha ha now if ur sarcasm has run its course I might be able to think of something to tell you…hmmm..well I do pretty well in school, I sorta like to fight..though I don’t like hurting anyone… I don’t really have much of a social life and I like books. That’s about all there is too me. Now since I told u something you tell me something, a trade for a trade you could say?" I raised and eyebrow, dirty trick! I thought hard well what could I say… "Well as you know im a pretty hopeless fighter though I love to fight...for fun only though. I like books and im ok at school. As you can see any social life I had is out the window and at the moment I have no friends and my only family is my mum…hows that?" He read the page "How come no friends did u just move here?" I nodded. "Well after your out of here you should make friends easily, I silently snorted. (A/N: Very bad habit that snorting…hmm wonder why I do it then..he he) There was a quiet knock at the door then my mum came in. "I think its time for you to go home. Visiting hours are over. But thank you for visiting and thank you for helping my daughter." Mum smiled at Gohan who got up and said goodbye as he went out the door brushing off mums thank yous. Mum came over to the bed. "Well I hope u had a good talk or something, because I have to go now but I’ll come and see you tomorrow." I nodded and she patted my hand. "Bye my darling!"