Vampire Entry 1 (continued)

Libby nodded her head in understanding. For what seemed like hours, they sat there in silence. People walked in and out of the doors and rushed by them but Libby and Arywin didn’t see them. Their minds were elsewhere, thinking about other things. At last Dr. Maxner came up to them and stood in front of them.

Libby and Arywin looked up at him. He had sleek red hair that was gelled back into place. His bright blue eyes looked down at them with emotions swimming within their depths. Arywin stood, seeing that Libby didn’t have the strength. Fear and sorrow filled her own eyes.

“Tell me Doctor.” She croaked. Her voice was giving out on her. Arywin thought she was stronger than this but her body told her differently. Dr. Maxner sighed and pushed his hands deep into his pockets.

“Well it’s not good. Rave suffered many injuries, mostly to the abdominal area. He had a nice gash on his head but we covered it and patched it. He lost a lot of blood so we had to give him some.” Dr. Maxner paused for a moment to look down at Libby and then returned his gaze to Arywin. “He should be good in a few days. I wrote up his report already and he should be cleared to leave tonight if able. The sooner you guys get him out of here the better.”

Arywin nodded her head in understanding. “We can do that Doctor.”

He smiled. “Please, call me Jake. I’ll release him tonight and then stop by your place to check up on him before returning to my own home.” Jake gave the girls a nod and then turned and walked towards the doors.

“Are we able to see Rave?” Arywin called after him. Jake turned and gave a slight nod of his head before pushing open the doors to disappear behind them.

Arywin turned and took Libby’s hands to pull her to her feet. “Come on, Libby.” She encouraged as they made their way to Rave’s room

The sight nearly killed Arywin. Rave’s arms were strapped down to the arms of the bed to allow the hundreds of tubes to be connected to him. As if sensing someone had entered, Rave lifted his head and gave a sheepish smiled to his sister and friend. His head was bandaged and there was a small red spot where Arywin assumed where the gash on his head was.

Arywin and Libby walked to the side of his head and looked down at him. “How are you feeling?” Arywin asked, running a hand over her brother’s bandaged head. Rave shrugged. She figured he would give them much more than that, he didn’t want to worry Libby.

“Ribs and stomach are a little achy and I’ve the mother of all headaches but nothing some Advil can’t cure. How are you guys holding up?” His eyes drifted to Libby who smiled sweetly down at him through her tears. Arywin looked from Libby to her brother and then back again.

“I’m going to go and get a coffee. I’ll be right back.” Arywin assured Libby when she turned and started to whimper. Arywin slipped out of the room, thinking they needed some time together. She walked down the hall and turned towards the lobby area and the coffee area.

After ordering her coffee, Arywin sat at one of the tables and waited. Giving in, she leaned her elbows against the table and hid her face in her hands. She sat there for some time just trying to melt away. The scent of vanilla coffee filled her nose along with the familiar doctor scent.

“Your coffee’s ready. You look like you could use some.” Arywin opened her fingers to peer out and see who had spoken to her. Dr. Maxner sat across from her. His left foot was resting on his right knee and his own cup of coffee in his hand. She looked down at the coffee that was set in front of her. Dropping her hands, Arywin slid her fingers around the warm seraphim and raised it to her lips to take a sip of the hot liquid.

“Thank you.” Arywin replied when she set her coffee back down on the table. This was the first time that Arywin took to notice what the doctor was wearing. He had on a nice blue buttoned up collared shirt and nice tan pants. A white doctor coat hung from his shoulders giving him an attractive look. {Too bad he’s married and I’ve got Daniel.} Arywin thought to herself.

“You look like you’ve had a really long day.” Dr. Maxner asked her, taking a sip of his coffee.