Avians looked through the car window at a familiar face and it was the CEO of TechNC, Adrian Foster, whom she had seen this afternoon on television.
"Mr. Foster?!"
Frantically, Avians knocked on the car door, trying to wake the man up, but due to the violent impact, he was unconscious.
She looked around, but there was no one there. Plus the place was far from anyone's house. She couldn't just leave him there.
"H-how is this? If he continues like this, he could--"
Pssshhh...
Suddenly a smoke came out from the front of the car followed by sparks, for fear that the car would catch fire. Avians forced herself to put her hand through the broken windshield to open the car door from the inside.
"Ahh!!!" Her hand was scratched to the point of injury from the broken glass, but she didn't have much time, she had to get the man out of there.
Click
Finally the car door opened, Avians needed a bit of force to open it as it was jammed as a result of the accident.
"Open up! Please!" Avians forcefully pulled the door open.
Without thinking, she pulled Adrian's body from the car and moved away from there.
At the same time, the fire was getting bigger and burning Adrian's car. If the Avians had been late, the man might have been charred along with the car.
"Hufft... That was close. Mr. Foster? Mr. Foster? He's still unconscious. He's also injured quite badly. I need to call an ambulance to take him to the hospital," Avians said in a panic.
She also remembered that she didn't have her cell phone with her at the time, but she had to call an ambulance immediately so that Adrian could be saved. Having no other choice, she reached into Adrian's pocket, looking for the man's cell phone.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Foster..."
Searching through his coat pocket, she found the man's cell phone, luckily it didn't have a password. Avians called an ambulance and said someone needed help immediately.
While waiting for the ambulance, the woman sat on the street holding Adrian's body in her hands, hoping the ambulance would arrive soon.
Avians' blue eyes were fixed on Adrian's unconscious face. She couldn't believe that the man who had been on television was now in her arms.
"He's really handsome, especially from this close..." she murmured.
Slowly she realized that her own words were quite rambling. "T-this is not the time to admire his face. I hope the ambulance comes soon."
Ten minutes later, an ambulance arrived at the scene of the accident. They performed immediate aid on Adrian and took the man to the hospital. It was then that the Avians were asked to come along as they needed information on what had happened to the man.
*****
At the hospital, Adrian was put into the operating room because he had broken bones from the accident. Avians waited at the surgery door, waiting for the man she didn't recognize.
"I hope he'll be okay."
Clutching Adrian's cell phone, Avians tried to contact the man's family. Maybe they could come and take her place.
"It's twelve o'clock at night, if I don't come home, Zoey will be very angry..."
Avians opened Adrian's contacts, who he last called that he might be able to reach, maybe his parents or other family.
"Why isn't there a single family number?"
While scrolling through the contacts, she found a contact with 'Big Sis' written on it. Thinking it must be Adrian's sister's number, Avians immediately called her.
When the phone was picked up, a woman's voice was heard.
"Yes, what's up Ian? Calling me at this hour, what time do you think it is, hmn? You annoying little brother," the woman said in an annoyed tone from behind the phone.
"Umn... Hello, Are you the sister of... Mr. Foster?" asked Avians hesitantly.
"Huh? Why would a woman answer. Yes, I'm his sister. Who are you? Are you trying to blackmail my brother by using his cell phone?"
"Ehh? Ah, no. It was... Mr. Foster had an accident. He's in the operating room right now. I found him. Sorry! I used his cell phone carelessly to call you!" said Avians explaining the situation.
Hearing Avians' explanation, his sister was shocked and sounded panicked. She asked where the hospital was where Adrian was being treated, Avians told her the name of the hospital.
"Alright, I'll be right there!"
The woman immediately hung up the phone. Avians was confused but relieved that someone would come to look after the man later.
She waited for almost 20 minutes, but no one came. Because it was so late, Avians went to the nurse's station to leave Adrian's cell phone, saying that if a woman asked about Adrian Foster, give her this cell phone.
"Alright, we'll pass it on properly," said a nurse.
"Thank you very much."
Avians turned to leave the hospital, as she was about to exit the hospital, she accidentally collided with a ginger-haired woman.
"Ouch... S-sorry, I didn't mean to," said Avians.
"It's okay, I was in too much of a hurry to see you. Are you okay?" the woman asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. Sorry for bumping into you."
The woman shook her head and said no problem and went to where the nurse was, while the Avians continued her way back home.
*****
Arriving home, Avians was afraid to go inside. It must be past one o'clock in the morning by now. She left when it was ten o'clock, her parents would be furious if they found out she went out and only returned at midnight.
Avians slowly opened the door to her house and she saw Zoey and her parents waiting there. They heard the sound of a taxi driving Avians back home.
"Where have you been, huh? Out whoring at this time of night?!" annoyed Zoey as she pulled Avians' hand.
"Ahhh!!! N-not true! I was just..."
"Don't defend yourself so much, I know you can't get a good job like your sister, but did you have to sell yourself, huh? You're embarrassing our family!" their mother snapped.
Zoey snatched the bag of groceries out of Avians' hands and shoved her sister's head hard.
"You idiot, making me wait! What a burden!" she said before walking away from Avians.
The woman could only pause at the door, asking herself what she had done to them that they would treat her like that.
She knew she couldn't be like Zoey, who was beautiful and attractive, confident and easy to get along with. She could only be quiet and introverted, not even wearing makeup.
She doubted there would even be a man who would marry her, just looking at her would be disgusting.
Unable to do anything, Avians went to her room and locked the door. Lying on the bed and closing her eyes, hoping that someday her life would change.
"At least... Can mom be more attentive to me?" she pleaded every night.