You and I

Chapter 7

When I came to, I was lying in a hospital bed. I tried to sit up but I was still in pain. A nurse came into view and helped me up.

When I came to, I was lying in a hospital bed. I tried to sit up but I was still in pain. A nurse came into view and helped me up.

“Where am I?”

“You’re in the hospital young man.” She said with a smile. “You had a broken rib. It had punctured you left lung, so there was internal bleeding.”

“Who was my surgeon?” A man on the other side of the rom looking at some papers looked up, “I was.”

“Thank you.” I said with a smile and gratitude.

“I did sew you up, but the person you should really be thanking is that young lady sitting right there,” nodding towards the glass doors. When I looked, the only person I saw was Jess. She was looking down into her lap, avoiding any eye contact.

Without talking my eyes off of her I asked “Can I speak with her? Alone?”

The doctor and nurse smiled, “Certainly.” They both exited the room and stood in front of Jess. She looked up and a few words were exchanged. She looked my way and I smiled and waved. She looked back at the doctor and expressed her gratitude. She got up and shuffled quickly into the room.

“Hey, how are you?” she asked taking a seat.

“I guess I’m not fine.” I laughed. She looked down. “But, but I did hear you saved me!” she looked back up. “How did you do it?” She looked uncomfortable. Her face turned red. She was focusing somewhere else in the room. I followed her line of sight. It was a poster with the title “CPR” and a diagram with someone putting their lips to another persons’. …Oh. “Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?” Now she was completely flustered. My cheeks went pink a bit. “You don’t have to be embarrassed, you saved a life, my life.”

She looked up. Her face was extremely cute. I turned away. I had forgotten I was hooked up to a heart rate monitor. I was reminded of this when it sounded faster and faster. I tired slowing my breathing, but that didn’t work so well. She got up and leaned over me to check the monitor. This made it worse.

“Maybe you need to take one of those pills to slow your heart rate.” She said sitting down.

“Yeah, maybe.” It went back to its usual rate. I sighed heavily.

“I was just so worried, because you were in that state and I didn’t even notice.” Her eyes started watering, and her lip quivered.

“No, it’s my fault for hiding it from you.”

At that moment my parents came rushing in.

“Mark, sweetie, are you alright?”

“I’m fine mom.” She moved her hand all over my face and squeezed my cheeks to pucker my lips. Pushing her hand away I said “I’m fine.”

“Wow Mark, your mom is beautiful.”

My mom stared at Jess for a few seconds then whispered in my ear. “Is she your girlfriend?”

            In embarrassment I shouted “Mom!” Everyone looked at me, including my dad, who at was standing on the other side of the room reading papers. She smiled when she read the red embarrassment on my face.

            “What?” she walked up to Jess and held her hands. “You’re very pretty as well dear.” She said with a smile.

            Jess looked at me unsure, I nodded. “Thank you.”

            My mom’s face lit up and she pulled Jess up from her chair. She hugged her and turned to me, “Can we keep her? Please?”

            My dad shrugged and said “It’s up to Mark. I don’t care.”

            “Then it’s decided, Jess can stay –”

            “Wait, wait!” I interrupted, “Jess already has a place to stay! What about the stuff at her place?”

            “Actually,” she said, muffled by my mother’s chest, moving her head so we could hear her properly “last week I was fired from my part-time job, so I can’t pay rent tomorrow.”

            My mom waited for a few seconds before declaring “Then it’s settled. Jess is staying with us!”

            OH. MY. GOD. This isn’t happening, it can’t be: Jess is moving into my house.

Yeah so, right now is all I’ve typed (just finished typing this cause I realized I wasn’t finished when I was about to put it up). I’ve already gotten to chapter 12 in my writing, soon to be typed. I have a whole week off from school, yay! Explaining the hour of posting, so…(not be desperate) please tell any of your friends who like romance stories to read this! My first real story ever! (No fanfics either!) There is plenty more to come!