Chapter 20
Aviana’s POV873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmnqpjZlFX
Previously:
Star sat up next to me and asked about my friends. I told her all about what I knew and then she told me what she knew about them. It sounded like we were talking about the same people.
Now we just had to find them, but that would have to wait. If I’m getting out of here tomorrow, I have to find somewhere to live.
Now:
A few hours after talking to Star Julia came to pick her up and I had the task of asking Mariah if I could stay with her. The hard part would be contacting her. If I wasn’t in the hospital I could go to her store, assuming she still worked there but I was still here and had no way to get a hold of her. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenFi9TbbDS
I had asked the nurses to help me get her phone number, they haven’t been back in my room since then. I would try to find her myself but I had no idea how to find any information that could help me find her or her number, at least. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcPElUFfrR
Even though I was in the middle of trying to find a place to live, I couldn’t keep my mind off of my friends. The more I tried to concentrate on finding Mariah the more I thought about the others. If they were real, if they even knew who I was, if we were actually friends. For all I know it could have all been in my head. Although I didn’t believe that for one minute. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEHbERSwhQ
Finally, after what felt like hours a nurse walked in with a phone in her hand. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQepUkSG5QS
“I have someone on the phone for you.” She said kindly, walking towards me with the phone stretched out towards me. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcnUNd2YJW
I grabbed the phone and covered the bottom to keep the person on the other end from hearing what I was about to say. “Who is it? It’s not my parents is it?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHLFbYINJK
She shook her head no, smiled, and made a ‘go on’ motion with her hands.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtOKk58ORz
Slowly I removed my hand and put the phone up to my ear. “Hello?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe04eyRJcm5
“Aviana?” I heard a voice hesitantly ask. The voice sounded vaguely familiar but I couldn’t place it. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZOQb1OSwB
“Yes? Who is this? Mariah?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTCVaJJFEF
“Yeah...Aviana I really missed you. I tried to visit but your parents made it impossible for me to even know what was going on with you.” I sighed in relief. They had found her. She still cares for me. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNzVUtrWyX
“I missed you too! I don’t understand why they did that. It’s not like they ever cared. You’re the closest I have ever had to a real parent.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMXKGRXND7
“Oh, Honey. I’m sure you’re parents care for you deep down.” I paused before answering. Why would she say that if she knows they kicked me out?873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1UhRfuWUo
“You didn’t tell her?” I asked the nurse. Shaking her head no she left the room mumbling something about privacy.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5RITajuvq
“Who didn’t tell who what?” Mariah asked me.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKINp5pkyr
“The nurse didn’t tell you why I needed to talk to you.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2heqwheRA
“Uh-huh. Why did you need to talk to me then? Not that I mind, you know I care deeply for you and would help you anyway I can.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepZt6PSc01
“The parents you say care for me deep down kicked me out, knowing that I have Star to take care of.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DJxxnqlj2
“You are staying with me. End of story. No other options.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbmE0dZz94
“Thank you so much! I knew you would help me!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdXeucDy2Y
“Your welcome, Darling. When do you need to be picked up? I will be there.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkuVVVr3U4
“I’m getting released sometime tomorrow morning. I have to get all my stuff from parents house first though.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM70FFsrKL
“Okie Dokie Smokie. I will be there at 10 tomorrow morning and then we’ll go get everything from your parents and then get you all settled in a room at my place. Is that good for you?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B5cUN9nIL
“Yes.”I replied. I was so grateful to have someone like Mariah in my life. Someone that actually likes taking care of me. Someone who did it by choice. She didn’t have to help me in the slightest way, but here she is taking me into her home when my own parents disowned me. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZmpNhVs3F
“Now tell me about this Star. Is that what you named the baby?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQSwS59L4w
“That is the baby’s name but I didn’t name it.” 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGeoeGby34
“Why didn't you name your own baby….” She trailed off waiting for me to say if it was a boy or girl.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWq8RkOQ4CC
“Girl.” I said smiling. I was happy to have Star. I could finally have a family that loves me with her unlike my parents. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFiuSBjjQo
“Awwwwe! Thats adorable!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wmdWdOtfU
“Yeah, I didn’t name her because I was in a coma when she was born. One of the nurses named her Star because she was a star for being born into this life.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8fx1tqogX
“Wait. Stop right there. A coma?!?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFgbB1o7aY
“Yeah….When I passed out at the hospital after hearing that my baby was okay I didn’t wake up until yesterday.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgq26gpXqz
“Thats two years!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVMS7dhQrg
“Yeah. Can we not talk about this now, please? I promise I’ll tell you everything some other time but honestly all this coma talk is getting on my nerves. And there’s some other things I need to tell you about the coma but it can all wait. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiVzi9jmWJ
“Oh, Yes of course we can. I don’t want you to be stressed or anything. How old is Star? When is her Birthday? What happened to her after she was born. Oh wait answer that one!” She sounded like Kenza talking. Kenza….I had almost forgotten about my friends. I really need to find out about them.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡir0Akcs4zb
“This girl Julia took her in knowing the situation and that if/when I woke up and I wanted Star I would get her back.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyues0k0WO
“Honey, i’m so sorry. If I would have known I would have taken her in.” The thought hadn’t even crossed my mind that she could have raised her. “Your parents wouldn’t do it?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni5Y2CWDIJ
“Ha, thats funny.” I said sarcastically. “They didn’t want to ruin their ‘picture perfect family’ by raising their teenage daughters baby. The exact same reason they disowned me and kicked me out.” 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8jn3mhP0p
“That’s seriously bad parenting. I’m so sorry you have to go through all that shit, Aviana.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpNTMn8Fft
“Thanks, Mariah.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtosArmmBs
“Yep!” I could hear the smile in her voice now. “Now, how old is Star and when is her birthday?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvwWL1g1Zs
“She is 17 months old and her birthday is November 26th 2013. She can walk and talk, babyish but she can still have a conversation with you. She’s amazing.”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BZX7Nx3NF
“From the way you’re talking about her I’m assuming you’ve seen her since you woke up?”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevokOEPJoQ
“Yes! Julia brought her to see me today. They’ll be back tomorrow with all of Star’s things so I can have her back!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ddkmKPe8I
“Thats great! I can’t wait to meet your lovely daughter!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf3YJCOA93
“I can’t wait to see her again or for you to meet her either!”873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzrukE8xxp
“So what does this wonderful child look like?” She asked me after a small silence between us.873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcTe12l08V
“She has my exact grey eyes and has bright blonde hair.” I said proudly, remembering my beautiful daughter. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfydZzG3qQd
“She sounds like a mini you.” She said with a laugh. I joined in her laugh. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YrIGdBH5B
We continued talking for a while longer. It was nice to catch up with her. She also told me about her life. She now has a boyfriend and they live together. They have a 3 room house so I could choose if Star was going to be in my room or if she would get her own room. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzjOoXFx3B
Mariah had also told me I could stay as long as I wanted to. That she would always have a room open for me, wherever she is living. I was so happy to have someone like her in my life. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzZr1JWtj5
Throughout our whole phone call my mind kept going back to my friends but I didn’t want to bring it up yet. It would wait till I was at her house and we could talk face to face so I could tell her everything. I could always talk to her. 873Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhz6TNnUOir
After we had hung up I had fallen asleep before I could call the nurse back into my room to giver her the phone the back.
