Poetry & Creative Writing

LightVein, chapter one

Nick opened his eyes slowly. Everything was a blur, everything was fuzzy. He could hear muffled voices, fuzzy people. Everyone was around him. He could feel the mattress, Nick knew he was lying on a bed. It was getting clearer and clearer, a girl and boy sat next to him. Then...bshzing! His sight came back to him like a bolt of lighting. 'Nick, what, how? Are you ok?' The boy said quickly. Nick shook his head gently. He didn't want to speak. Pain stung him. His head felt heavy, and he felt dizzy, but he wasn't spinning. His bones felt as if bricks had been chopping them. Nick squeezed his eyes shut, trying to beat the pain, but it was no use. Then his vision went all fuzzy again. ' Nick, what happened? Nick! Nick!' The girl was shouting. Then he fainted, and it went black. The boy and girl froze. ' Amelia, what happened to him? What happened to my brother?' The boy, Sebastian said desperately to his best friend. A woman hurried in to the cabin where Nick was sleeping. She placed some bandages on the table next to the bed. ' I'll put these on when he wakes up.'  The nurse said. Like magic, Nick woke up. ' Nick, can you remenber anything?' Amelia said. Nick was sitting upright. He groaned, then fell back onto his pillow. ' Don't send questions at him now.' The nurse said. Nick had cuts and bruises on his face, his clothes where torn and dirty, and his leg had a massive blood filled wound. 'No, i-i can't remeber anything' Nick replied weakly. ' But Nick, you can't not remeber anything, we found you five minutes ago.' Sebastian said, puzzled. He sighed. ' Um, it looks like dinner's about to be served we've got to go.' Sebastian said as he looked at his watch. He paused. ' Nick, whatever is going on...i love you.' Then he started walking to the door. ' Amelia come on.' Sebastian said. Amelia looked at Nick's battered bag. ' Amelia, we going to miss dinner, come on.' Amelia went pale. She didn't move. Then the bell rang for dinner. Amelia shook her head. She walked hastily out of the small hospital. ' Are you ok, Am?' Sebastian said, Am was Amelia's nickname. ' Yeh. Yeh i'm fine.' Amelia lied awfully. Sebastian sighed. They both walked quickly to the orphanage's summer dining room. ' Do you think Nick's ok?' Sebastian said as he bit his fingernails. Amelia looked up from her burger. ' I think it's worse than that, Seb. I think it's much worse.' She replied.                                                               To be continued.