Gia
Warmth, I felt warmth surrounding me. I fluttered open my eyes and it was all dark. No, no, no, doing the procedure was supposed to fix my eyesight. My mom promised. I felt tears prick my eyes and I sniffled.
“Baby?” Joel mumbled sleepily. I felt a shift on the bed, his body unwrapped from me and cool air hit my body and made me shiver. He must have been holding me.
“I’m fine,” I whispered. “I guess it didn’t work?”
“Huh? What didn’t work?”
“My sight?”
“Oh, we don’t know. Your eyes are covered. Dr. Wallaby didn’t want any light bothering you if your eyes popped open. I think he was just being overly cautious. Hold on, I’ll remove it.”
My skin around my eyes pulled a little as I felt Joel gently pull on some tape and the coverings over my eyes were removed. I kept my
