🌹R O S E III🌹

🌹CHAPTER EIGHT🌹

I sigh with happiness as I have won Lena in Guess who. She was happy but I could tell she was shocked as I somehow managed to guess but then I realized something that I should've realized before and I feel kind of stupid when I did not notice it.

The person she chose is the person that looks similar to me and how I look and that is how I got it. I don't know why she choice that but when I asked her about it, she only told me that she thought I was never going to guess it but I did guess it.

"So, what do you want to do now?" She asks me and I shrugs. "Anything that you want to" I tell her. After I upset her by asking about books I don't want to ask any more questions about anything. She has been so kind to me and I don't want to make her mad or upset her.

"I was thinking that I could help you take a bath, it's been a couple of days and your hair as well as your body is dirty" She tells me and I do take a look at my hair and that is right, my hair is a dirty and it should be washed. "Yeah, I think you're right" I tell her.

"But, how will we get to the bathroom? I haven't seen a bathroom here" I ask her. I've not gone to the bathroom, she has me on this thing that makes all my things go into bags without me doing it, like in the hospital. Though I wanted to sue the bathroom, it hurt too much.

She shakes her head. "The only bathroom is out there and I can't take you there, not now anyway, it's not safe but it is safe in here. I will have a cloth, water and soap to clean you" She says to me and then leaves. I don't get to ask her about it.

I don't even get the chance to ask her what she means that it's not safe out there since she goes there all the time and she isn't harmed but then again perhaps it's not safe from me since I can't even walk. It even hurts to stand and I try not to do that.

Though, I wonder what she is going to do, how is she going to clean me, it just doesn't make any sense. Lena comes back with an old iron bucket and a new sponge in her hands and I give her an odd look. "How?" I ask her and I think that one word covers every question that I do have since all of them will begin on that one word.

She sighs as she sits on the bed. She takes the covers off my body and I feel the cold instantly hit me. "I'm going to take your clothes off and clean your hair and body. All right?" She asks me. I'm not so sure about this. I could take a normal bath in the hospital so I don't understand why she wants to do it this way.

"All right" I tell her. Though this doesn't seem like the right way but I have to trust her, besides there isn't much else that I can do in this matter since I am stuck in this bed and I'm sure I won't be able to do anything else. She starts by taking the hospital gown and she puts it on the side.

Leaving me only in my underwear. She takes that off and starts cleaning my body with the sponge and soapy water. It feels weird when she does this but this is my best friend and I can't do anything else when I can barely even walk. "You skin has always been so smooth" She whispers to me but it sounded as she was whispering to herself.

"Thank you" I say to her, not knowing what else to say. I'm naked, lying on the bed and my best friend is cleaning me. I'm not sure what to feel about this, but there is one thing for certain, I don't feel panic, I don't feel panic at all. I feel as calm as ever.

I have a feeling that has something to do with the thing that she gives me for the pain but I don't mind. If I were panicking I would feel much worse than I am feeling and I don't want to feel that. I like being calm and happy. "Almost done" She tells me as is cleaning my body.

"Lena?" I ask her and she looks up from cleaning me to my face. "Yes?" She asks with a half smile on her face. "Thank you for doing this. You're the best and I'm not sure if I will ever be able to repay you" I tell her. It is true, I can't repay her for all the kindness that she has shown me and all the things that she has done to me.

I wish I could but I can't give her anything but my love and gratitude for it. "You're welcome. I would do anything for you, you know that" She tells me. "Besides, I don't want to lose you. Before when I... b-betrayed you... I lost myself and I swore that I would never lose you again" She says and I smile to her.

Our friendship means so much to her and it only brings a smile on my face, a smile to show that I do love her, she's my best friend and will always be. "I felt miserable without you... you know. There was a time that I wanted to turn on my phone and call you" I tell her, confessing the things that she doesn't know.

"I too, was lost when you weren't there and it was maddening. You are my best friend and I will always need you as you will always need me" I say as she finishes my body. She then goes on and moves to wash my hair. "And we will be together, forever" She tells me with a smile on her face.

When she has washed my hair she goes out of the room. I'm left alone, naked and slightly wet from the water and the sponge. Shivers are running up and down my whole body as the cold air has taken over me, but I refuse to tremble from the cold.

Lena comes back holding clothes, a pair of underwear and a nightgown. All in the same light purple color. "I brought these for you, I really like the color and I really hope you're the same size as you were before" She tells me as she brings the clothes over to me.

"I think I'm the same size, thank you" I say to her. She helps me dress into the clothes and it really feels so nice to wear something else, something other than that hospital gown and I like it. I was beginning to hate that hospital gown and it feels amazing to not be forced to wear it.

Once I'm dresses she helps me sit up. "Turn around, I want to braid your hair" She says and I do as she asked me. Lena has always been good at hairstyling but there are also times that she goes over board. "Your hair has grown so much" She tells me.

My hair has grown. I had cut it for the gala but during that time in the hospital it has grown to my breasts and the blue that once was in my hair is gone. "Do you think I should cut it again?" I ask her. Lena is brushing through my hair with a brush that she had brought with her along with the clothes.

"No, I think your hair looked so beautiful short but it looks stunning when it's long" She tells me. "It will be better when it's long because then I will be able to do something in your hair. Style it perfectly" She continues and I smile to the wall that I'm not facing.

I can't see her face but I can tell that she's smiling too. Once she is done brushing my hair she runs her hands through it and it. "It's so soft and I love your hair like this. I just love your hair" She whispers and I'm not sure if her words are directed at me or not yet I know that she's speaking from the heart.

I can't tell what she's doing with my hair now as she has begun styling it in some way. "Perfect" She says as she motions me to turn around and I do. "What did you do?" I ask her. I truly wish she had a mirror to show me how I look right now, I want to see what she did in my hair.

I trace the outlines of what is a braid but a fishtail braid and I wish I could be able see it because I feel that it looks beautiful. "A fishtail braid which you've already figured out" She says and giggles, I laugh a little too because I she has realizes that I know what it is.

"I love it" I tell her and that is the truth. I might not be able to see it for myself but I do know that it looks beautiful on me, I look beautiful. "I know, the look on your face says it all. I love your smile, it's so bright and beautiful and it just light up my whole world" She says with her own smile on her lips.

"Now, it's lunch time, I will be right back with your lunch" She tells me and before another word could she spoken she leaves the room. I look at the white door and I wonder what is behind it. Each time she opens the door, all I see is a white wall but nothing more.

I have no idea what is beyond that but before I could even begin to see if there is anything behind that door, she closes it right away. She always opens and closes it and I wonder why she doesn't just leave it open all the time, but then I remember that she did say that it is dangerous out there but not in here and in here I am safe.

Lena comes back with food for us both and we eat in silence. "How long have I been here?" I ask her, I'm hesitant to ask because I can't be sure how she will react. I don't want her to get mad or upset, she's given me so much and I don't want her to be upset or feel sad.

"A week, but this is the second day you're awake" She tells me. I gape at her when she says those words. A week? That is so long of a time and it only feels yesterday that I was in the hospital. Then again I don't even remember when I left the hospital in the first place.

"Where is my mom?" I ask her, but her face hardens as she is eating her soup as well as I am eating mine. She made us noddle soup for lunch. "You don't need her anymore, only me. I'm here with you, I'm here when no one else wants to. I'm here and you don't need anyone else but me" She says and I'm not sure why but her tone shows signs of anger or something else, something that I've never heard from her before.

I don't say anything else but I feel this fear inside of me rise, a fear that I never thought would be possible because it's fear of her, fear of Lena and that frightens me even more since she's my best friend but her voice does frighten me.