Semua Bab Scars of Love: Bab 11 - Bab 14

Natalie's POVThe alarm went off at six.After several weeks, for once, I didn't hit snooze.A minute I stood and looked at the ceiling, and left the silence to fall on me. My room was cold, dark and plain, there was nothing about it that cried home. But it was silent, and silence was enough.I scrambled out of bed and stood before the mirror. The puffs on my eyes had subsided, the traces of the mishap were becoming less painful, but the one in me was still new and sore. I placed a hand on my stomach and shook my head. No crying today.I pulled my jeans, a hideous shirt, and pulled my hair in a sweaty ponytail. Simple. No makeup, no pretense. Just me.Today, I had lectures. Back to the same college, same dorms, same gossips. I did not mean to hide this time.By the time I arrived at the university courtyard, the venue was already in a buzz. It was nearly normal, as the sound of laughter, the sound of feet on a sidewalk and the sound of music in the distance made it feel that way.Exce

Natalie's POV The hospital reeked of disinfection and quietness. Almost a minute elapsed before I made any movement. My body had no desire to obey, yet my hand was still on the glass door handle. “This is humiliating,” Eddie said behind me. “You took me all the way over here just to look at a door as though it offended you personally?” I didn't turn. "I'm thinking." “You have been thinking half a minute. That's already suspicious." I shook my head and opened the door. "Shut up and come in." He was walking beside me with his hands in his pockets and he was gazing about him as though he were in a museum which he had not requested to visit. “Only so that when somebody ask, I am not here because I am emotional. I'm here because you begged." "I did not beg." “You said, ‘please do not leave me alone today’. That counts as begging." I ceased to walk and stared at him. "You are such an idiot." "And you love me anyway." I sighed and kept walking. [?] The reception at the hospita