AWAKE.

Megan was slowly waking up as the rhythmic beeping of the machine sound brought her back to consciousness. She blinked her eyes open, her vision blurred and unfocused at first. The bright lights in the room assaulted her senses, eliciting a soft groan that escaped her parched lips. Where the hell was she? Everything felt so strange.

The clinical, sterile smell of the room and the steady beeping of monitors quickly reminded her, she was at the hospital. A different and strange sensation was coursing through her body, especially her chest. She felt weird, and then she suddenly remembered why she was lying on the bed feeling these strange feelings and pains in her chest. She had undergone a heart surgery. The fog in Megan's mind began to clear, and memories of the days leading up to the surgery came flooding back. The fear and anxiety she had felt, the way her heart raced every time she thought about the risks. And also, her break up with Leo.

She heard a gasp and then saw a face over h