Dark Crawler : Part 2

Chapter 2:

Next day:
Bette is lying in a hospital bed. Unconscious of what happened.  While she was running behind the yellow light, she slipped and down a hole. She doesn’t remember what happened next. She’s only opening her eyes now, at noon. “Where am I?”

“Honey…you are in the hospital,l” answers Bettes mom.

“What am I doing in here?” she says looking at the room confused.

“Honey, your friends found you unconscious in the woods.” Bette looks at her mother not remembering what happenend. “You don’t remember what happened?”

Bette looks at her confused.”I’ll call the doctor.” Bette tries to get up from the Bette but still feels weak. She wonders what happened. Then a doctor comes in the room. “Hi…I’m Doctor Martin, “he hands her his hands and shakes it, “Are you feeling better?” He keeps looking at Bette expecting an answer.

“Well, I don’t remember what happened,” the Doctor Martin replies: “It’s okay, your friends told us what happened…you ran off in the woods and slipped.”

“Well I guess that’s what happened.” Bette seemed to believe him. But deep down she knew something bigger happened. “When will she be ready to head home?”asks Bettes mother.
“Actually She wil be able to head home today, I don’t see why hold her more here,” replies Doctor Martin.

Bettes mother Isabel Porter has always worried about Bette. Isabel always knew that Bette would accomplish the most amazing things in the world. But altogether she was also very afraid for her. Isabel Porter married Melvin Porter 20 years ago. And still they are happily married. Isabel was scared that the marriage wouldn’t last, after Melvins last marriage ended so miserably.  But Isabel always accepted Kit as her own daughter. Kit is Bettes eldest sister, from Melvins previous marriage.
Bette and Isabel arrive at their house.

“I’m going to make dinner, sit there. We are going to talk,” ordered Isabel Bette. Bette obeyed and sat at the barstool in the kitchen. While Isabel took the ingredients. “So…what were you doing in the woods?”

“Does it matter?” Bette says without hesitation. Isabel looks at her daughter with disbelief, “Of course it matter….You could have died!” Isabel is almost screaming at Bette now. Right at that minute Bette regrets saying anything. She hates scaring her mother, this time she scared the hell out of her.
“Look, mom. I’m sorry. I saw something in the woods. And wanted to check it out.” Isabel calms down and looks calmingly at her daughter. “Look, honey. I respect that. But on your own? Why not go with Alice or Papi. All your friends were there, and you end up alone?”