She's Awakening: A Short Story

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It was black, coated in darkness. Then I heard beeping and shuffling around. My eyes opened and I was surrounded by doctors. One them yelled, “She’s awake!” They all started bustling around and one of them left the room. About an hour later most of them were gone and someone knocked on the door. A nurse opened it and three people came in. There was a woman who looked like she was about 40 and she had hazelnut brown wavy hair with a few gray streaks in it. She also had bright green eyes. The man was about her age and had brown hair as well, but he had blue eyes. With them was a little girl who was only 2 or 3. She had the woman's hair and the man’s eyes. The woman started crying and said, “She's awake. Oh my little girl.” And then proceeded

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