Void
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Leonor smiled at the nurse, the best false smile she could muster after weeks in the stodgy hospital. "You're sure you're ready to go home?" The nurse, Emily, asked with professional concern. "We could always keep you here until your ready to transition back into your normal life." Emily smiled, riffling through a few pages of paperwork clipped to her board. Her pen advertised a local bank, which Leonor thought was odd, seeing as the hospital had their own out front by the reception desk.
"I'm sure. God, I'm so sure," Leonor sighed, smoothing her unkempt hair. Her father entered the room, carrying her change of clothes for when she could finally leave. He looked tired, like he was the one going through something awful. Once they had left her to change, she deflated visibly, the guilt in her stomach a palatable thing. It was a stronger stress than any anxiety she'd felt about school or social life. Those things seems so… trivial now. So insignificant. Carefully sticking her cast through the loose leg of her jeans, she stifled the tears that had been swelling in her chest since the accident. It had been her fault, she'd been reckless, and now he was gone forever. The nurse came back, still smiling in a way that wasn't at all comforting, and helped her out the door.
The drive back was quiet, since her parents didn't want to say something hurtful on accident. In retrospect, it was probably a good thing, but it made her feel more alone. Made the fact that Will was gone more real and terrifying.
"I'm sure. God, I'm so sure," Leonor sighed, smoothing her unkempt hair. Her father entered the room, carrying her change of clothes for when she could finally leave. He looked tired, like he was the one going through something awful. Once they had left her to change, she deflated visibly, the guilt in her stomach a palatable thing. It was a stronger stress than any anxiety she'd felt about school or social life. Those things seems so… trivial now. So insignificant. Carefully sticking her cast through the loose leg of her jeans, she stifled the tears that had been swelling in her chest since the accident. It had been her fault, she'd been reckless, and now he was gone forever. The nurse came back, still smiling in a way that wasn't at all comforting, and helped her out the door.
The drive back was quiet, since her parents didn't want to say something hurtful on accident. In retrospect, it was probably a good thing, but it made her feel more alone. Made the fact that Will was gone more real and terrifying.