Chapter Two

Sara woke, blinded by bright lights, she heard someone weeping, and felt a familiar hand cupping hers. It was Melanie and Sara realized she was in a hospital.
�Wh- What happened?� Sara said. Her throat was dry, voice scratchy. Melanie�s head sprung up, looking Sara in the eyes, and stopped crying.
�Baby what�s wrong? Why are you ��
�Oh, Sara!� she practically jumped up on the bed and hugged her and kissed her.
�Why�d you do it, honey? You could have called�,� she said as she seated herself and grabbed her friend�s hand again, looking at the floor.
�Do what? Why am I here?� Sara demanded. All Melanie could do was look at her wrists and abdomen. It was then she registered feeling the gauze and bandages against her skin.
�I�m sorry, Mel. I, I just�� she trailed off, feeling tears well up in her eyes.
Looking into Sara�s eyes Mel said, �Don�t cry, babe, it�s alright��
�But, Mel� --�
�Just never do it again, at least not like this!� Mel cut her off.
�Never, like this, again.� Sara agreed. Her memory rushed back to her.
She was lying on her father�s bedroom floor, mirror in hand, dragging it across her bodice in the shapes of letters. Then all was dark.
Sara looked at Mel, she looked like she wanted to say something, but didn�t want to cause more tears.
�Sara I love ya, if you�d have�� she said it.
�Shh, I�m okay, don�t finish.� Sara broke in. �I love ya, too.�
They sat there holding hands in silence for what seemed like hours, just looking at each other searching for what to say next. All of a sudden, Mel�s mom came in.
�Oh, Sara, dear, you�re awake!�
�Hi, Ms. Thompson� how long have I been asleep?�
�Oh about thirty-six hours� They wanted to keep you under surveillance.� She looked solemn.
�I�m sorry for the trouble Ms. Thompson I ��
�Don�t be silly, it was no trouble at all!� she insisted.
They told Sara how she�d dialed Melanie�s cell phone and when she picked up there was no reply. Mel had thought the line went dead, but when she tried to call back it was busy, when Sara hadn�t answered her phone, she�d insisted on going over.
        �She wouldn�t give up� Ms. Thompson said as Mel smiled weakly.
They found her on the floor unconscious and immediately called 911. Now she was in the hospital and was going to be released, after succumbing to going to see a psychiatrist at least three times a week until further notice.

Reviews

[Dawn Jones]

I have no idea what it is to have people around when I was cutting... no one cared. My mom just told me she'd have me locked up again. all of my friends were too afraid of me to confront me and I wasnt in school when I started. This is a wonderful scene. You create a lot of love right here and it is expressed with every word. Im not as good at expressing this... maybe you can work on it with me.

[Raef C. Boylan]

Again, I agree with the reviewer below: I didn't have that element of support either, and it is kind of heart-warming to read of these two characters who, instead of yelling, are overjoyed that she's awake. Having said that, this was an attempted suicide so they may have ignored the self-harm parts, assuming that it was 100% linked up to the suicide so she wasn't going to do it again, and focused on the could-have-died parts.
I like how this isn't overly-dramatic. Yes, she has now been exposed to the mental health department, but they aren't going to put her away for it, just try to 'help' her. That final sentence is both a relief and a blow - great way to exit the chapter.
This was fairly believable, making me figure you've some experience with this topic, whatever side of the bed it may have been from.

Thanks for posting this.