Ellie's POV:
About an hour after we had brought River into the infirmary he sat in a normal room with stitches along his side complaining about the pain.
"You're lucky you're not a girl, you wouldn't be able to stand so much blood and all the cramps every month," Morgan exclaimed.
"It hurts!" River said in between groans.
"Will you shut up!" Alex shouted, clearly aggravated.
"Can't you just knock me out or something?" The way River was pleading, was pitiful, it made me sad.
"I'll gladly knock you out," Alex commented while standing up from his chair and walking towards my mate. Just as his fist was about to make contact with River's head Momma K walked in stopping the fight that was about to break out.
"Alexander William Hales! Don't you even think about it." She yelled over the twins squabbling. She made her way towards the hospital bed and mumbled, "I can't even leave for two days anymore..not even two days."
"I'm gonna kill you, you understand?" River had yelled to Alex as his eyes changed from the warm brown they usually were to a very dark black.
"Lexie can you get me some morphine. Quickly." Not a minute later Lexie appeared with a needle and handed it to Momma K. She injected it into the IV River had in the crease of his elbow. They both left the room after bowing their heads in a sign of respect to their Alpha.
"C'mon Alex, you need to do something, to calm yourself down," Morgan said while grabbing hold of his hand, and trying to lead him out of the room. Alex, though was against the action, because hit let out a loud growl.
"No! No no, this is not how this works. You don't growl at me fluffy." She remarked in a tone in which your mom would scold you in. I was trying to hold back my laughter as Morgan held his right ear, tightly and he this time he let out a whimper, as she forcibly dragged him out the room.
Alex was usually the fun and relaxed twin. River always was somewhat tense and had his guard up anytime he was in public. I wanted to know why Alex had his boxers in a bunch.
I slowly strolled over to River who was staring at me. His eyes had changed back to their normal color, and I wasn't so afraid of him anymore, but yet terrified, if that made any sense.
"Are you afraid now?" He asked me in a sad tone.
"I mean not really.." That was a lie. I was totally almost terrified.
"Please don't lie..."
"You don't want me to lie?"
River shook his head, and mumbled: "Without anesthesia..." I quietly walked over to him and sat down on the alongside him.
"Well, it depends, usually? Not really. But when you do that freaky eye switch thingy, and you yell... I'm terrified. You remind me of Craig, my stepfather, and it scares the shit out of me." River gave me a look, that was asking me to continue, I guess that he had never really heard what had exactly happened.
"My mom died six almost seven years ago of stage four breast cancer, we had taken her to the doctor too late. They said she had at the most four months to live, and it ended up only being one. After her death, Craig would yell at me because my chores weren't done perfectly, or dinner wasn't cooked right. I mean I was only eleven, and my mom had just died. He started going out every day and drinking, and when he came home -- if he came home -- he would he hit me and hit me, he wouldn't stop until I was on the ground begging for him to stop and bleeding all over the place," At this part I got a little choked up. River was the first person I had really told about the abuse, and it felt good to say something but I thought he would judge me like everyone else did. A lone tear rolled down my cheek and I felt River pull me onto his lap.
I placed my head in the crook of his neck and took in his scent, calming myself down. I know he wanted to hear more, so I continued with what I had been saying, after moving my head.
"I did everything I was supposed to, or at least I tried to. He still beat me every day, but the worst part, was seeing all the women he brought home. That man, he was my dad. He was the only father figure in my life. But one major event happens, and I'm left scarred for life, physically and emotionally. Now I'm scared of anybody who gets really mad or yells, especially guys. You know how hard it is to sleep without nightmares? Every night I got to be able to sleep at all. I was afraid Craig would come and beat me while I tried to sleep. I'm always tired now, and I have anxiety, not to mention I don't eat the way I should. My hair is nasty and gross. I'm pale a not tall. Nobody loves me, I have no friends an-"
"Stop! Just stop, please," River cut me off in the middle of my rant, which was probably best.
"All of those 'problems' can go away, it might take time, but they will. You have friends. Don't tell me you aren't friends with most of your section in band because let's be honest you're their favorite. Let's not forget about Morgan, Lexi, and Alex, oh and of course me." When River finished he did an imaginary hair flip, making me crack a smile.
We sat in silence until he yawned. Assuming he was tired, I stood up to leave. However he stopped me by grabbing my hand. I turned back to face him and, he whispered very faintly, " Don't go yet." Nodding, I pulled up a chair and sat next to him, watching his eyes slowly flutter closed
I waited a couple more minutes, making sure he was actually asleep. Before leaving, I pushed the few escaping strands of his hair behind his ear.
My hand lingered on his forehead, and a smile formed on my face.
This random dude who I just met, made me the happiest I've been in a long time. It was weird I just met him and he had already saved my life, turned me into a werewolf, and supposedly we're soulmates, this was a big deal.
A knock suddenly brought me out of thoughts and wiped the pedophile looking smile off my face. Dr. Kabler walked in and asked me to follow her to her office.
There was a hint of urgency in her voice that gave me an uneasy feeling. We entered a small, paper cluttered room, and I took a seat across from her desk.
"I assume you found out that River is... how should I say this.... irritable and has a very bad temper." Remembering the earlier events where the twins nearly got into an altercation, I nodded.
"Okay well, I know River would never tell you this, so here we go. After his parents passed he began having terrible nightmares and flashbacks. He would run away from the pack, and Alex would bring him back basically holding River by the ear. Then River's wolf, Zander, would take over and destroy everything in sight. I diagnosed him with PTSD and also being Bipolar."
This was all A lot to take in, but I once again nodded. Momma K continued this time, I was included in her lecture.
"Ever since River, found out that you were his mate, he became a different person. He's so much happier now, it's like his parents never died and he has no burdens. Although that is all good and great news, I am concerned that he will stop taking his medication, because the effects of the medication aren't as strong since you are here." Okay so I helped him, but not really.
"Now that we have taken care of that, onto the next order of business," I understand that this lady was a doctor, but she was planning out River's life. As I thought about this, she shuffled through a stack of papers, until she came across one with a bunch of numbers on it.
"As you know River has cancer, leukemia to be exact. It is not very far along but seems to be spreading quickly. He is at risk of developing infections, easy bruising, weight loss, night sweats, and unexplained fevers.."
My mind swarmed as she continued to read off risks and possible outcomes.
"If we start treatment now we can get this settled, and hopefully it will go away soon." Whoa whoa whoa. She wanted to start treatment without even talking to her patient?
"Don't you think we should wait for River to wake up and talk about his with him?" I asked.
"No. I've been making decisions for him and Alex since they were little pups, their parents were dear friends. May their souls rest in peace."
"Maybe you should let him make this one decision then." I was trying to wake her up from whatever fairy tale she was in.
"Look. I understand that you grew up in an unstable home, and obviously were not taught manners, but I raised your mate and his twin, they're my baby boys. And you need to respect me." She wants to play that game huh?
"I was abused by my stepfather and the only father I knew after my mother died of cancer. So I know the risks of waiting to start treatments, but you should always ask the patient! I am terrified of people. I can barely hold down a granola bar because I was starved, cause I was 'fat'," I don't really care who this woman is to River, she is on my last nerve.
"You say that River is your 'baby boy'? Well, where were you when his parents died and he had to take care of three - basically four if you count Alex - younger siblings? And from as much as I know you did not help at all!" Dr. Kabler gave me a look of pity which was also combined with a look of disgust.
"I'm sorry Ellie I shouldn't have sai-" I cut her off with a snarl.
"Yeah, you shouldn't have. So next time before you judge someone, you should probably get to know them." With that, I yanked her door open and rudely slammed, before continuing on my way back to River.
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This was basically a filler, but a little bit of action was in it. (Insert shrug.)
CHARACTER CHANGE: Ellie Smith will now be played by Emma Roberts.
I've been thinking about chancing the title to this book to Broken and Abused, so comment if I should or not, and also if you have an other suggestions feel free to PM me.
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