Long Run

Chapter 17: Ungrateful.

"Impossible!" Elias shook his head, "he's supposed to be in a coma but he's awake so quick?!"

"Cut it out already. It's annoying to watch you pacing." Ana said, crossing her arms across her chest, and looking lazily at Elias it was only then he realized how pathetic he looked.

He stopped pacing, "oh, sorry." He said and walked towards the boy whose pair of forest green eyes never left his. The fear and strangeness with which he started at Elias made the latter feel guilty.

It was understandable. Waking up to facing people who doubt and question the reason you decided to open your eyes to behold the world when they'd already accepted the fact that you may not wake up for a least a month or two.

Elias thought maybe a year. "I didn't mean to scare you." He began, "it's just that—"

"It's just that you ended up scaring the guy." Nova creased her brows in anger. Walking towards Ana where the boy sat, looking like a lost lamb. She had gone over to Carson's side to get a bottle water as Ana re