an extension to Twilight

chapter 5

Chapter-5

Its been 2 weeks since i started going to the hospital. And to say i love it, would be an understatement.

I love every single part of it. The people who work there are very friendly in nature, nobody has once asked me why i came there every single day. In fact they say that they look forward to meet me everyday. The patients treat me as if i m a doctor when i m not even qualified to be a nurse.

There is not much to do for me there, so i just hung around with whoever is available, mostly Christopher, as dad and Elizabeth are often have surgeries to perform, which means they will be inside OT for hours sometimes.

Hey, i am not complaining though. I like being around Christopher. He has become a very good friend of mine. He understands me, and helps me out a lot. He is funny, kind, caring and very good in his fields. Every patient of his love him and by the time they were discharged they didn’t wanna leave him. Christopher on the other hand also love them very much.

 I would be lying if i say i don’t like Christopher, hell i must be falling for him with each passing day but i don’t wanna jeopardise our friendship. If Christopher feels even a bit fraction of what i feel about him then he will have to make the first move because i don’t want to be the one to ruin our friendship. I cherish it.

As much as i wanted to be with him i have to watch out because i don’t know what will dad say if he ever found out about my feelings. I may say that it will be my decision to choose with whom i may or may not go out but i will never go against my dad’s wish. I love him more than Christopher.

Dad still doesn’t like me around Christopher but he doesn’t have a choice. I wish he could see what i see every day then he would have believed me that Christopher can never hurt me. The way Christopher takes care of me, the way he look at me, the tenderness in his voice when he talks to me no matter in which mood he is in, the way he becomes worried if he thinks i m sad or hurt.

On my second day, i was with Elizabeth, she took me to the OT to show me the equipments and how they work, to get me familiar with them. Christopher was there but he was watching me from the door with an amused and awe look on his face, it must be amusing for him to see a little girl, yes i m a little girl to him as he told me, handling big machines. I was examining a machine. I stumbled on my own foot and fell forwards.

 My eyes were tightly closed as i was waiting for the hard impact on my head but nothing came, instead i felt two big and warm arms bracing me from behind. I still didn’t open my eyes but when Christopher touched my cheeks that electric shock ran from the point he touched me throughout my whole body. I jerked away from his hands and saw a flash of hurt and worry flit across his face. Elizabeth asked me if i was alright and i just nodded. That was the last time we touched each other. I try to stay away from any type of physical contact with him but my body yearned for more. Sometimes i think he feels the same towards me but that can be my imagination.

I opened my eyes with a churning feeling in my stomach. I bolted to the bathroom and emptied my whole stomach into the sink. Sitting there, with my hands around my torso as it feels empty from inside, i felt daddy knocking at my door. “angel, you are late honey, c’mon or we’ll be late for the hospital.”

He knocked again when i didn’t reply. “i’m coming in.” He announced and after 5 seconds i heard my door opened slowly. “Angelina..?” he called again and i realised that he was standing near the bathroom door. My throat was dry so i couldn’t reply him in words, so i just groaned.

Dad opened the door slowly to give me time for responding if i didn’t want him to come inside but i just sat there just holding my stomach and my head in each of my hands.