After Shock
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The hospital was quiet. It didn't take long for Holly to realize that here, without a clock or a watch, she would have no idea what time it was. Everything looked the same. She watched blankly as nurses and other personnel passed her by. She was perched on a hard plastic seat in the small waiting area.
The brunette had tried to purchase a snack from the vending machine, but her dollar had gotten stuck. She couldn't find it in her to care. She turned her head to look at it now, the bill sticking halfway out of the slot.
Holly had washed her hands, but there was still blood on her shirt. She hadn't noticed it. It wasn't so out of place there, anyway. At least she fit in.
The brunette had tried to purchase a snack from the vending machine, but her dollar had gotten stuck. She couldn't find it in her to care. She turned her head to look at it now, the bill sticking halfway out of the slot.
Holly had washed her hands, but there was still blood on her shirt. She hadn't noticed it. It wasn't so out of place there, anyway. At least she fit in.
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on 2013-10-19 10:24 pm (UTC)He recognized the laughter as the kind of inane response to stress that made people laugh at funerals. Nothing was funny, but everything was funny. Daniel had gone into fits of hysterics a few times over the years: in the Dean’s office, in the middle of a job interview, while he took his SATs. Once, he tried to settle himself down with an inner mantra of, ‘drunk drivers, dead kittens, naked grandmother,’ but he screwed up and thought, ‘dead drivers, naked kittens, drunk grandmother,’ which made it worse.
If he caught Holly's scent on a guy on the street and found a wallet, Daniel promised himself that he would rip open his throat.
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on 2013-10-20 02:55 am (UTC)Holly closed her eyes, and pretended for a moment that she wasn't where she actually was. The rolling of a cart past them brought her back to reality. "It could have been worse. I mean, I couldn't tell you how, right now. But that's what everyone says to feel better, right?"
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on 2013-10-20 04:49 am (UTC)“I’m glad he was there.”
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on 2013-10-20 05:23 am (UTC)"Yeah," she said, and she lowered her voice, though it was futile. He could hear her anyway. "But I'm glad you're here, most of all."
What did she think Daniel would do? Make fun of her?
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on 2013-10-21 02:41 am (UTC)no subject
on 2013-10-21 07:11 pm (UTC)"I think they've forgotten I'm here. This feels like some sort of hospital limbo."
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on 2013-10-21 09:33 pm (UTC)Daniel stood up.
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on 2013-10-21 09:51 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2013-10-21 11:12 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2013-10-21 11:27 pm (UTC)The brunette had checked his ID. The police had a lot of questions about the man, and Holly was only able to answer a few of them.