MEERA - 15

"Dad?" I asked as I was trying to construct my lego castle."Hm?" He asked without looking up from the laptop.

"What is mom doing up in the stars? Doesn't she miss us?I miss her alot." I said and dad closed his laptop looking at me with pained expressions.

"I miss her too darling and I bet she does too. But that is a place no one can back from." He said and suddenly tears filled in my eyes. The thought of her not coming back pained my heart the most.

"No baby, don't cry." He said getting up from his seat and dropping on the floor beside me. He took me in his arms and rubbed my back softly, this something calms me down.

"Even if she can't be here, even if you can't receive her love anymore, but her strength and courage will always be with you. And she'll always protect you no matter what, she'll always keep you safe." ...

Suddenly the scene of my childhood started becoming blurred and eventually faded away as a couple of other voices invaded my consciousness. Voices I knew by heart..

I slowly and very gradually tried to push open my eyes but suddenly closed them again because of the sharp light.

I somehow collected my consciousness and focused it back from my dream towards the voices in the room, still not being able to open my eyes.

"But this... This is too much Apollo. We cannot accept it. Above all we don't know you that much..." Lilly said, her voice was filled with uncertainty and confusion but knowing her all those years I could literally hear a 'yes' behind the excuses she was giving. But what are they talking about? Wait, why am I lying here? What....?

That's all it took for the memory to click in my mind. The Las Fallas... The explosion.. I fell from the stairs... Oh god am I in a hospital!? With that I instantly opened my eyes, the light boarded into my eyes but I didn't close them this time.. at first everything was a white light but then it started to become clearer... Oh thank god. What came in my vision was definitely not a hospital.. It looks like a hotel room... No wait, it's too luxurious and large to be a hotel room.. at least not something we could afford.. I tilted my head a bit to look at the owners of the voices. Three people were in the room, Ronen, Lilly and Apollo.

"Lilly..?" My voice came out more hoarse than I intended it to and instantly all three of them looked at me.

"Oh Lilly! Thank God you woke up!" She said, tears were now flowing down her cheeks.

"Wasn't I supposed to? Wait, how long was I out?" I asked. Lilly didn't say anything, I could see her struggling inside whether she should tell me or not. But the expressions on Lilly's face already told me that it's not something I wanna hear.

"Lilly.. How many days?" I asked clearly. I have an idea of the kind of damage I took from the incident..

"Five days." she said and I closed my eyes in defeat.

"Five days...? Our trip..?" I asked and she just looked down. It was a ten day long trip.. and we have already lost more than half of it..

"You're still thinking about your stupid trip? You're lying injured on the bed for god's sake!" Apollo roared from behind but I just looked at Lilly who held the same emotions in her eyes as me. She knew how important this vacation was to us.. it was a part of my freedom that just slipped away from my hands. I was so fucking excited... Lilly held my hand and squeezed it tight.

"My priority is to get you home safe and sound, I've cancelled the return tickets. We are going to be staying here for the time being, at least till you're completely cured." She said.

"What are you talking about? We can't stay here!"

"Why can't you stay here? No one's biting you-" he said but then stopped to over think his words.. more than just biting happened after all.. but that's not the reason my want to leave this place..

"I mean... I am sorry alright.. that was my fault. I knew about the whole situation, still I was dependent on the police to do something about it.. so you getting Heritage kind of my fault." He said and regret was clear on his face. His eyes were clearly telling me how much he longs to rewind everything and save the day. I closed my eyes, squinting away from the pain they exhibit and shook my head.

"Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault.. not at all. In fact you saved me, don't apologize for that or I'll feel bad." I said trying to relive his inner turmoil somehow, but there is no change in his expression..

"Why don't you do one thing, until Meera gets well you two should stay here. Let's Apollo take care of you, Meera. He will be able to relieve his guilt this way and if you get proper treatment you will be able to go home asap. After all you're in a foreign country, it will be better if you have someone to help you guys." Ronen said. So this is what they were talking about when I woke up..

I could feel Apollo's heated gays on me desperately waiting for my answer. I shook my head.

I know this is wrong, I know it's something very very foolish to do. We both don't know even a single person in this country and staying at a man's house, that too when I'm vulnerable and injured and not able to protect myself... Is the stupidest thing to do in history. Still....

"Ok. If you think this is for the best.. we'll do that.." I said. My mind says it's wrong.. of course anyone's mind would say that, but my heart says otherwise. Ignoring my gut feeling which was screaming just one thing ever since I met this person... Problem...