17: White surroundings

Nagising ako dahil sa kirot sa bandang balikat ko at dahil na rin sa mga narinig kong mumunting boses na tila nagtatalo pa sa paligid ko. I shoot my eyes open and met with blinding beaming lights and white surroundings, the ceiling, the wall paint, everything is painted in white, and it took me seconds before I realized that I'm currently in a hospital.

I silently grunted in pain after I tried moving and that's when I found Elijah's worried gaze darted upon me,

"Hey.. thank God you're finally awake.." he mouthed before he stood up and leaned forward to check up on me, mahigpit ang kapit niya sa kanang kamay ko habang masuyo akong tinitingnan.

Dali-dali namang lumapit sa akin ang dalawa ko pang kaibigan para tingnan din ako. I checked down myself and saw that my left shoulder and arm is covered with protection cast yet I can still feel little pinch of pain underneath.

"Omg! Salamat naman at gising ka na!" masaya at medyo naiiyak na sabi ni Jemi sa gilid ko.

"Gosh! We're so worried abou