Liberty POV
"So?" I asked Toby afraid of what he would say. We were in the hospital waiting desperately to hear of JT's condition. "He's unconscious, but he's stable. He's gonna make it," Toby announced clearly relieved. "Oh thank God," I breathed wrapping my arms around him. "What happened?" Emma asked running over with Manny and Sean. "He's alive. Everything's gonna be okay," I announced my worried tears turning to tears of relief. My friends hugged me obviously relieved too. "Um, excuse me?" We broke away to see the same nurse from before. "Which one of you is Liberty?" she asked. "I-I'm Liberty," I said taking a tentative step forward. "Follow me," she instructed. I took one last look at my friends and then turned to follow the nurse.
"He asked for you," the nurse whispered opening the door to one of the rooms. "Fancy seeing you here," a familiar voice said. A voice I thought I'd never hear again. I stood in the doorway shocked. "You can come in, you know. I'm not gonna bite," JT said waving me over. I walked over and sat down. "I thought I'd never see you again," I said quietly after a moment. "I thought the same about you," he said holding his hand out. I took it, thankful that I still could. "Liberty, I'm sorry. I would've told you that earlier, but I got a little held up." I shot him a look for joking about something grave, but broke in to a smile anyway. "When I left the party, I was on my way to come find you," he explained.
"Really?" I asked. "Yes. To tell you that... I love you. I always have. Through everything it's always been you." I grinned. "I love you too. I'm sorry this happened, though," I said sadly. "Hey. It's not your fault. I'm here aren't I?" JT asked smiling. "Yeah you are. And you have no idea how happy I am about that," I told him. "Believe me, nobody's as happy as I am about this." I smiled. We fell silent. "There's nothing like a bowl of oatmeal," he said after a while.
"Um.. What?" I asked confused. "Nothing. Just.. I love you," JT said meaningfully. "I know," I assured him. "I'm serious, for once. I feel like I've been given a second chance. To appreciate my life, but more than that the people in it," he explained. "I'm just glad you're here to do that. Everyone's going to want to see you. I should stop hogging you," I said standing up. "Liberty, wait," JT called. "Yes?" I asked. "Does this mean we can give it another shot? Us, I mean. I promise not to screw it up this time." I smiled. "You can screw up a little bit. Just nothing unforgivable okay? I need to be something to be mad at you about sometimes." He smiled. "Deal." I grinned and kissed him. "I'll be back soon okay?" He nodded. "I'll be counting the seconds my love." I smiled and rolled my eyes. "Bye JT," I said leaving.
"Well how is he?" Emma asked when I walked about. "He's okay. You guys should go see for yourselves though," I said. "Good idea," they said walking into the rooms. I looked in the window. JT, Toby, and Sean were joking about something and Manny and Emma were pretending to be annoyed. I smiled. For the first time in months, I felt like everything was going to be okay. And I was sure of it.
