You start to appreciate what you have in life after being in an accident. I had been working as a CSI in New York for 10 months when it happened. I was the first on scene and a car bomb went off. Now I'm in the hospital with my back completely messed up.
"Hey!" ah, Lindsay, definitely my favourite person right now. She is always visiting and making me feel better...and she brings me chocolate. "Hey" I replied whilst digging into the yummy treat. "You ready to leave today?" she asked. "Not sure" I replied, "means I'm going to have to face the scars". "It's fine; I've got to get to work now but I'll visit you later", she hugged me and left.
It is now three hours since Lindsay's visit and I am getting ready to leave when Don walked in. "Hey, I came for a quick chat" he said whilst sitting in the visitor chair. "How are you?" "Apart from the horrible scars, I'm Peachy" I replied.
He gave me a look; couldn't distinguish it but he stood up and started unbuttoning his shirt. Covering my eyes, I said "Whoa, why are you stripping?" He chuckled and said "I want you to see my scar." I peeked out from between my fingers and eventually removed my hands to get a better look at the large scar on his chest.
I reached out and hesitated; "Can I?" I enquired looking at his face. "Sure, I don't notice it anymore." So I placed my hand over it. "Don't you feel like it is ugly or something" I asked. "Nope, it just reminds me that I'm lucky to be alive" he replied.
I hesitated before turning around and lifting the back of my t-shirt. "How bad is it?" I asked looking over my shoulder at him. "I think its fine," Reaching out, he lightly ran his fingers over the raised surface on my back; "because it means you're still here"
"Come on, I'll take you home" he said pulling away. We left the hospital 5 minutes later, and half an hour later, I was home. "Thanks for the lift" I said whilst we walked to my door. "No problem" he said. What happened next is hard to describe as anything but magical. Just as I opened my door and turned to say goodbye, he leaned in and kissed me.
Whilst I was still in shock he said goodbye and started to walk away. It took me the same time to recover as it did him to get to the end of the hallway. I shouted after him, "You can't just kiss a girl and walk away." He turned back to look at me, and I turned to walk into the flat. "You totally owe me dinner" I grinned at him, and with that I walked in and shut the door.