Almost going home [open]

[Acadia Memphis]

It's been just over a month since Acadia's was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital. The Doctors luckily caught it in time. Under new medication she was starting to finally feel better. The color was back in her face, She didn't have any more night sweats, the pain she felt...GONE, the weakness and fatigue, gone. Her body was once again fully in remission. She had a decent stay there. Her friends dropped by a couple times a week. Bringing gifts, 'outside foods', flowers. She wasn't use to all this. The hospital stays yes. The friends coming to visit often, she wasn't used to. She found that she and Sammy were now very close. She smiled. He always was there to make her laugh when she was down. Sighing, slightly bored she put found the book she was reading. Her roommate, Amber gave her the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series a couple of weeks ago. Hooked almost instantly on the series. Now she was reading the book that was in Zsadist's POV. She was absorbed in the book.

After reading for about a half hour, she found her eyes start to droop. The nurse on duty, Joy, came in to check her stats. Acadia asked "Is it possible to have a glass of orange juice?". The nurse looked up and smiled and responded with an ''of course you can darlin'' The nurse went and came back with a small pitcher of OJ. "Thank you Joy!" Joy responded with a "Your welcome Acadia. Try to get some sleep, all right darlin? Your parents will be back in a few days to take you back to school. Your about ready to be discharged'' Joy said happily.

Acadia nodded her head. Taking a few gulps of the orange juice, she placed the glass on the bedside table. Taking her IPod out of the bedside table she put the ear buds in her ears, and on an unusually low volume, she listened to one of her playlists. Which had music by Lady Gaga, Linkin Park, Poisonblack, Avenged Sevenfold, The Dresden Dolls. She even a few Japanese bands in her playlist Like D'espairsRay, Versailles, etc. She finished listening to 'New Divide' by Linking park, it switched to Poisonblack's Bleeding into you, making her jump. Because on her IPod, it was one of those songs that was way louder than all the other. Looking at the monitor, her heart rate spike a bit before settling down.

Turning onto her side, with the blankets pulled up to a little above her waist. The flimsy gown she was wearing did little to cover her back when she was on her side. She didn't really care, though, if her back was exposed that is. The gentle cool breeze from the open window hit her exposed back. It wasn't like her back was scarred or anything. Well it was scarred, but one would never be able to tell, as it was covered with a huge Celtic Dragon, spewing fire from its mouth with the colors of with Reds, blues, greens, purples, black. Slowly her eyes drifted shut. For the first time in a while, dreaming pleasant thoughts. She didn't hear the knock on her door. Nor did she hear the footsteps of someone walking into her room.



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[Zachariah Thomas]

It was another long exhausting work day for Zach. He had delivered pizza's all over town and was ready to call it a day. However, this last delivery seemed kind of cool. He never had delivered a pizza to a hospital before. Technically, he'd never delivered a pizza like this one either. Not to say this delivery was exactly the easiest. Most personnel frowned at the idea of something so greasy being brought into the sick bay. He'd been stopped at least a dozen times. But, each time he was stopped, all he had to do was flash them a glimpse of what was inside the box to receive a warm smile and the 'go-ahead'.

Finally, Zach had made it to the room he was supposed to deliver it to. He had to admit, he was pretty nervous. Zach didn't much like hospitals. People died here. And, although he realized that dying was a part of life, it still creeped him out. This particular wing of the hospital had to be the worst he had gone through. The cancer ward had loads of surprising victims in horrible shape waiting to be discovered. As he passed along some of the neighboring rooms he got a glimpse of some residents. Some, weren't in too bad of shape. But others made the hair on the back of his neck stand on end. He meant no offense to whoever was here...but he was glad he wasn't in their shoes.

Taking in a deep breath, and closing his eyes, Zach struck up the courage to knock on the door. There was no answer. Maybe he had lucked out. Maybe whoever was supposed to be here...wasn't, and he could just leave their surprise on the bed. He opened the door, and found out he was wrong. But, it was okay. The chick lying here looked alright. In fact, she was kinda hot.

Zack slowly walked into the room. The girls eyes were closed and it looked like she was listening to her Ipod. "Um...hi?"He mumbled to her. Zach was pretty sure she hadn't heard him. All his nervousness had made his voice sound weak and feeble, as if he had crawled out of his own room down the hall to deliver this.

He walked in a little further. The girl's gown was open. She had a wicked ass tattoo and an even better body to put it on. Zach couldn't help looking for just a second before making a little louder attempt at getting her attention.

He cleared his throat..."Um...Hello?...Hi..." He waved his free arm in front of himself. As if that would do anything. Her eyes were shut! "Yeah, I'm here to deliver this to a Miss..." He checked the top of his box again, "...Uh...Memphis?"

Zach hoped she would open her eyes soon. He was starting to feel a little awkward.

[Acadia Memphis]

Acadia though she could hear someone talking. Her eyes fluttered open, her eyes landing on Zach Thomas. Letting out a gasp in shock, her heart monitor spiked, as she was startled, she sat up in her bed quickly. She gasped sharply when the IV drip ripped out of her arm. Her Ipod another unlucky victim, fell to the floor. Concentrating for a minute, it came shooting back to her hands quickly. "Uh.. Sorry... You caught me sleeping'' she said flushed. Grabbing a tissue she put pressure on the IV sight, as it quickly started bleeding. ''Damnit'' said muttering to herself. She pushed the little red button. A minute later Joy walked in, before the nurse could say anything, Acadia asked two questions "One, I managed to pull out my IV drip. can you put it back in?, and two, Did you order me a Pizza?" Acadia asked Joy her English accent quite clear now. The nurse smirked and nodded her head. "Yes I did. I know you've been cravin pizza for quite a while. You've been here nearly a month. A month away from school is especially hard for you sweetie. And I know Hospital food is shitty. You need to put on about 2 stones young lady. You've lost nearly 20lbs. during your stay here this last month.. This will pinch a bit. I have to put the drip on your in your other arm'' Joy said.

Acadia looking away from Joy, she was right. She had been craving pizza. Hell, she's been craving junk food for the longest time, and had been unable to have it while they were trying to figure out what meds to get her on. She briefly locked eyes with Zach, she grimaced, breaking eye contact, when the needle slipped in. ''All right then. There you go. I'll pay for the pizza Darlin. Don't worry about it. Oh. and you are going to be having your last spinal tap today, after you eat, ok? Your parents will be here tomorrow to take you to talk you back to Peck'' Joy said voice chipper. She paid Zach plus the tip, put the pizza on the bedside table and rushed out of the room when her pager went off. "Ain't she a ball of sunshine?" She asked voice depressed. "Just what I need... another spinal tap.....'' She eyed Zach warily. "My name is Acadia.'' Her wariness made the wind howl loudly, blowing her hair from her face.

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[Zachariah Thomas]

Once the girl woke up, everything happened so quickly. He hadn't even gotten a chance to say anything before the pizza was taken from him and set aside and then was paid for. Had the woman forgot what she had ordered? Or did she not figure that he was supposed to show her before he left?

Either way, the IV drip incident had left him a little distracted. And he wasn't sure what a spinal tap was, but he didn't like the sound of it. Still this...Acadia...was still kind of cute, and at least she offered some humor to the situation. It made things less...creepy.

Zach offered a weak smile as he stuffed the cash into his back pocket. Then, setting his board off to the side he walked back over to his delivery. Picking it up, he opened it and showed the girl what was so special. All different sorts of candy covered the pizza ((which was cheese)) and formed a picture of a bouquet of flowers. He'd actually done it himself and was kinda proud of it. It looked fairly decent; and it wasn't exactly easy to make flowers out of gumdrops and twizzlers and make it not look like some kindergartner threw it together.

"I suppose you can't send anything into the hospital without it being flowers..." He said grinning. "Zach. I'm Zach."

[Acadia Memphis]

"Nice to meet you. I've seen you around Peck quite a few times. You're the school bad boy. Or so I've heard.'' She said smiling slightly. She looked at the pizza and grinned. She could almost tell he was thinking how could she forget she ordered a pizza. "I love the flower design on this pizza. No... I didn't order the Pizza. The ball of sunshine of my nurse did. I think she had an emergency which is why she rushed off before taking a peek at the pizza.... She knows what I was craving, And for her to know what my favorite candies are, means I'm in here far to often. I hope this is the last long stay I have to deal with... I am personally sick of this of testing... I've been pricked and prodded with needles and other shit for over 11 years...'' Acadia said, tipping her head back. Her hand unconsciously moving up to the faint scar running along her throat from the tracheotomy she had when she was 10.

Her eyes glazed over, she was remembering when she got so sick after she went out of remission at the age of 10. When she woke up there was a tube sticking out of her neck. She later found out they couldn't get the thin tube into her trachea the usual way. through the mouth. When she 'died' on the table. They.- Shaking her head to clear the disturbing thoughts she said ''Sorry. disturbing memory.'' She looked at the pizza again, taking a plate on the table. She took a piece. She looked at him. "Do you want a piece? You can pick off the candies if you do." She took a bite. Cheese, bread, and twizzler and all. Mmmm. Tastes good. I have such strange taste buds'' she said after swallowing.

She jumped again when Poisonblack started blaring on her still playing iPod. "Stupid song... Don't get me wrong.. One of my favorite songs... But it's the loudest song on my iPod. All the bloody songs play softly, this one comes on it sounds like the volume suddenly turned up.'' Acadia said. Fiddling with her iPod, putting in the password quickly, she hit the pause button, the room once again in silence. "Thank you. For bringing me the pizza. I can only imagine that this had to be the weirdest pizza you, or whoever made it, made....'' She said softly, taking another small bite.

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[Zachariah Thomas]

Zach took in a deep breath. Staying in this creepy place probably was the last thing he wanted to do. And even though this girl was pretty cool, she was still pretty sick...apparently. Still..he was pretty hungry. Letting his breath out slowly, he shrugged. Sure, he'd stick around for some sugar induced pizza. It looked pretty good anyway.

Zach slid his black leather jacket off of his back setting it gently next to his skateboard. It was fairly warm that day, probably too warm for a jacket. But when you're zipping around on a skateboard at seventy plus miles an hour, it can get pretty chilly. He rubbed his bare arms a moment, getting used to his new body temperature, straightening his white tank around his waste, before taking a seat. He grabbed a huge slice of pizza full of lemon flavored jelly beans and sour gumdrops all shaped like various flowers and took a bite.

"Mmm.." He mumbled. It was pretty good, surprisingly enough. After swallowing he asked, "You've seen me at Peck? I don't remember seeing you around really." He paused a minute looking her over. He was pretty positive he'd remember seeing a face like that. "What's your specialty...?" He finally asked after another bite.

[Acadia Memphis]

She watched Zach as he sat down. Nodding her head she said "I've been at Peck since I was 15. I'm not a social butterfly, which might explain why you may have never seen me there. Then again, I'm in and out of the hospital for testing, but I tend to keep to myself. I merely see you from afar. I'm sometimes with Sammy. He's the first guy I've been rather comfortable being around, considering my past, I'm surprised I'm comfortable with any guy. He found me at Tornado Lake about a week before I came back into the hospital. The med's I had been on stopped working, It was getting to the point when I was extremely weak, He's become kinda like a little brother to me. I'm doing rather well now, health wise. Every symptom I came in with is gone. I'm leaving tomorrow to come back to Peck.'' She said before taking another bite, chewing and swallowing

"My specialties are Telekinesis, and the ability to control the whether. So... any sudden storms, rain, snow, sleet, hail, whatever really. So any storms suddenly appear on a sunny day, was probably my doing. Like for instance right now the wind outside was howling, when I first saw you in here, you startled me, kinda wary of you.. The whether is connected to my emotions. If I'm sad, it will start to rain. If I'm angry, huge thunderstorms. That was when I was learning to control my control of the whether. Sure I still have outbursts... who doesn't? Except now only clashes of thunder when mad. Not massive thunderstorms'' She looked at him. He was rather handsome, but she would never admit it.

She saw Joy at her door, she held up 10 fingers, telling her that her spinal tap was in 10 minutes. She sighed, suddenly sad. She knew it would be painful. Looking out the window, it started drizzling. Seeing a pair of Cardinals that were often on the tree, they had a nest in that tree. She reached for her sketch book and a piece of charcoal. She sketched the pair, shading in where the shadows were. She also sketched the nest. She was guessing it was the mother bird sitting on the eggs. She looked over a Zach, who was watching her. " I can tell you are uncomfortable here. You don't have to stay. Besides.. Joy is coming in with the stuff needed for the bloody spinal tap'' Sure enough as soon as she said that, Joy swept into the room, putting the things down before walking out again. Acadia looked at the giant needle. Eyebrows furrowing, she could almost already feel the pain. "eh.. but before you go... What are your what are your spe-'' Acadia paused, her eyes drifted towards the door, her face paling. She stared at the door. And there stood her ex boyfriend, Mark who had a nasty grin on his face, slowly walking in. The one who beat her unconscious when she broke up with him. She sat there, eyes wide with terror, the wind outside howling once again, huge clashes of thunder, trembling violently. "Get. Out! I have a fucking restraining order against you. Your violating it.'' She said snarling. Smirking the male came closer, the closer he got the more her heart raced. It showed on the monitor, her heart was racing.
''But Acie.. I wanted to leave where we left off. he said with a sickly sweet voice.

"You want to take off from where we were last time? You mean when I was unconscious, bruised in my bedroom after you BEAT me for breaking up with you. You left me with a fucking concussion, and a broken wrist. I would never start another relationship with you! NEVER! Look where it's left me! I'm terrified of most males now. Terrified that they will beat me like you did. Get. The. Fuck. Out. Of. My. Room. NOW! If I see you again I won't be held for what happens. Go rot in hell you fucking bastard;' Acadia snarled, eyes blazing with fury. Joy hearing the commotion, called security and had him taken away. Banning him from the premises. Acadia slowly calmed down, her heart still racing. Tilting her head back against the pillow, tears threatening to fall from her eyes, a few managed to escape. ''I'm sorry... I... never though....... I'd ever see..... him again......'' she said in a very weak voice. Staring blankly at the ceiling, the thunder ceased, and the wind calmed.

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