Dreams 2
Susan couldn't believe Mike was actually looking at her. "How,…are you feeling", she asked, although she could see he was in pain.
"Like.. a car.. ran over.. me", Mike tried to make a joke, but his smile turned in a painful look, when he tried to move.
"Mike,..don't move, you've got to lay still. The doctors said you have broken several bones and you have lots of bruises. I'll go and get a doctor,..they've got to know you are awake".
Susan walked out of the room, clinging on to the first nurse she saw. It was the same nurse she spoke to earlier that morning. "Hi, you've got to come with me,..he's awake!" Susan quickly told her.
"Who is awake?..O,.. wait a minute, you're Mrs. Mayer, right? So Mr. Delfino is awake?" the nurse finally understood what Susan was talking about.
The both of them walked in. Seeing Mike was awake, the nurse called for a doctor.
Half an hour later Mike and Susan were alone in the room again. The doctor had examined Mike.
"You should really take it easy, you've suffered some big injuries. We'll give you something for the pain, that will help you relax a bit, I'll be back later, then we will make a scan to see how big the damage is".
Susan sat on a chair close to Mike's bed, holding his hand, still not fully realizing he was here again. The pain medication started to work, Mike could feel the pain getting less.
He looked at Susan, she was still overwhelmed by her emotion.
"Do they,…know,..I mean,..did they get the one,..who ran me over?" Mike asked.
"No, they didn't, it was really quiet that evening, but they are still investigating", Susan answered.
All off a sudden Mike seemed to remember why he was walking there. "I didn't make it to our dinner,..I suppose?"
Susan painfully looked at him. "No,..you didn't". Mike could see the hurt in her eyes.
"I'm.. sorry,…did you think,.. I'd changed my mind,..when I didn't show up?" Mike looked at her.
"Yeah, I did,..", she softly answered, "I thought you didn't want me anymore,..". Mike saw the pain on her face.
"But then the police called me in the middle of the night. They had found a picture of me in your wallet, and my number was the last you'd dialed. I was so scared Mike,…I thought I would never….", her voice broke, she couldn't hold back her tears any longer. All the pain and fear from that horrible night came out.
Mike's heart ached when he saw her like that. With all the strength he had, he lifted his arm and gently stroke away her tears.
"I was on my way to you,..it was going to be the best night of my life! I'm so sorry, for everything you had to go through".
Susan smiled through her tears at him. "I know you were on your way to me,..they found this lying on the street next to you", she took a little box of the cupboard.
Mike looked at it, immediately recognizing it. He held out his hand and took it from Susan, their fingers touched. He managed to open the box, looking at the ring, remembering what he had planned to ask her that evening. Carefully he took out the ring.
"I know this isn't the way you've expected it to be, but I want to ask you something", Mike took her hand in his.
"Susan,…will you marry me?" he asked, looking her deeply in the eyes. Susan felt a shiver run through her body. "Yes,…yes of course I will marry you", she sobbed, as tears fell down again, but this time they were tears of happiness. Carefully Mike slipped the ring on her finger.
"So,..can I kiss you now that we are officially engaged?" Mike smiled at her. "It's kinda hard for me to get up, otherwise I would have done it a whole lot sooner".
Susan gently sat down on his bedside, lowering her head close to his. Raising his hand to the side of her face he reached up and gently drew her head down to his lips, pulling her in for a sweet kiss. The touch of his lips made her feel so happy, she knew there and then he would never leave her.
"Aghhm…", they heard some one scrape her throat. Susan's face turned red a little, when she saw the nurse standing in the room.
"I'm sorry to interrupt this moment,.. but Mr. Delfino needs his medication, and I have to change the bandages".
Mike winked at Susan, his hand still holding hers. "It's ok, nurse", Mike said, "We were just celebrating our engagement".
"You're engaged? Congratulations! So there seems to be nothing wrong with your head I guess?" The nurse smiled. Susan got off the bed.
"I think I better go and call Julie,..I totally forgot,..she will be so happy to hear you're awake!" Susan wanted to leave the room, but Mike pulled her back.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" He smiled, a twinkle in his eyes. Susan raised her eyebrows looking at him, her eyes blinking rapidly.
"Shouldn't you at least kiss me goodbye?" He teased her.
"You're right how can I forget that!" She played along. Leaning in again she gave him a soft, sweet kiss.
"I'll be right back,..I'll leave you into the hands of the nurse now!" She smiled to him once more before she left the room.
In the hallway she looked for a phone. "Julie,..hi it's me, I have the best news ever! Mike is awake,..yes about two hours ago,…What? Yes I know I should have called you sooner, but I kinda lost track of time,..Julie listen, we're engaged!" Susan said happily.
"Look can you tell the other girls about Mike? So you're coming by later,..Ok, bye sweety see you than,…Ok I will,..bye!"
When Susan entered the room, she saw Mike talking to the nurse, but they stopped as soon as she came closer. "He, you talked to Julie?" Mike asked.
"Yes I did, she says hi,..she'll be coming to visit you later", Susan still felt she had to pinch herself, talking to Mike again, she really thought she had lost him.
She moved herself on the bed again, carefully trying not to hurt him. "So how are you feeling,..does it still hurt?" She finally dared to ask.
Mike rolled his eyes, and smiled. "When I look at you the only thing that hurts is my heart,..not being able to hold you or walk with you!"
Susan smiled at him and gave him a kiss. "But seriously,..your legs must really hurt,..the doctor said they were injured the most". Mike sighed deeply.
"My legs do hurt,..but I will have to wait for the scan, then they know if it's bad or not. So for now I only wanna think about the nice things,.." He reached for her again, kissing her lips with so much tenderness, she wished he would never stop.
A sound at the door made the both of them look up. Julie was standing there, and behind her were Gabby, Lynette and Bree.
"Mike, I'm so glad you're awake!" Julie said as she walked towards the bed.
Mike smiled at the girl standing next to his bed. "Did I have you worried?" He playfully asked. "You could say that!" Julie looked at her mom who was standing with her friends, glowing of happiness. Julie bended a little bit forward, so only Mike could hear her.
"So, I heard you popped the question?" She whispered. Mike nodded his head, and looked lovingly at Susan.
"It may not happened exactly the way she dreamed about it,..", Mike said. Julie put her hand on his shoulder. "I don't think you have to worry about that, she's so happy, if you asked her on the garbage dump, she would have said yes!" Julie laughed.
Susan turned around at the sound of Julie laughing. She walked closer to the bed, standing on the other side. "What's so funny?" she asked.
"O, Julie was just saying how happy she is about us being engaged", Mike replied, taking her hand.
"What! You're engaged?" The other girls screamed. Susan looked at Julie.
"You didn't tell them?" Julie shake her head. "No, I thought it would be nicer if you guys could tell them yourselves!"
Gabby, Lynette and Bree came closer to the bed.
"So, your head is still working fine then?" Gabby said joking.
"That's what the nurse said too!" Mike laughed. "Yes, I'm glad I didn't forget about this beautiful woman! As long as she is with me, I can deal with anything!" Mike kissed her hand tenderly.
"Ooooh,…", the girls all sighed at his sweet words.
"So, can we see the ring?" Lynette asked. "
Sure", Susan showed it to her friends.
"It's a beautiful ring, Mike, you have good taste!" Bree admiringly said.
At that point the doctor came in again.
"Mr. Delfino? It's time for your scan!" A nurse came in to help move the bed.
Susan quickly kissed him. "Good luck", she whispered. "Everything will be ok".
As they rolled out Mike, they all sat down. Julie went downstairs to the gift shop to get something for Mike.
"So,..you must be exhausted!" Lynette put her hand on Susan's arm.
"No, not really", Susan smiled. "I think seeing Mike awake again, gave me so much energy, I could take on the whole world!"
"Good for you!" Bree said. "You might need it, to be so strong,..if Mike's injures are bad. You have to be strong for him!"
Susan looked at her friends, she missed them so much, she was glad they all came.
"So let's hear from you guys", Susan changed the subject. "How are you all doing?"
The girls looked kind of awkward at each other.
"Well,…err.." Gabby tried. "We,..err..really don't,..", Lynette mumbled. Susan looked astonished at them. "What's going on guys? Did I miss something?"
"You could say that I guess", Lynette replied. "I guess we need to fill you in on a few things, but we don't want to disturb your happiness".
"You know we always share things, so…I wanna help,..what's going on?" Susan looked at them.
"Ok. I'll start", Lynette said. "You know I left Tom,..well he's back,..I'm back,.and I know what his secret is,.he has another child, an eleven year old daughter. Her mother was the one I saw with Tom, and she has been asking for child support. We gave her a big amount of money and now she's bought a house nearby".
Susan rapidly blinked her eyes.
"Wow,…Lynette, that is some story. And Tom doesn't have an affair with her?"
Lynette shacked her head. "He knew her before me, it was just a one night stand".
"I'm so sorry", Susan laid her hand on Lynette's arm. "Please tell me you're not all having such bad problems?" She looked at the others.
"No, mine are a lot less", Gabby cynically said. "Carlos had an affair with the maid, and I kicked him out, no big deal!"
Susan's eyes grew wide. "You what?...Kicked Carlos out?"
"Yeah, what else could I do?" Gabby looked hurt.
"Well, I don't mean to offend you, but didn't you have an affair with your gardener?" Susan carefully stated.
"Yes, I know,…I told Carlos to go and have an affair to get even,..but did he had tot take the made,..who's pregnant with our child!"
Bree moved restless on her chair. "Bree at least tell me you had a great time at the spa?" Susan looked at Bree.
"Susan,..I wasn't at a spa, I admitted myself", Bree softly said, still finding it hard to talk about it. "But I will be fine, I feel a whole lot better now, and Danielle is back".
Susan sighed deeply. "So this is what happens if you're gone for 6 days, all your lives have changed. I'm starting to feel guilty about being happy!"
"Susan, please don't be,..you deserve it, I think you've had your share this year!" Gabby said. "Please enjoy this time with Mike, I'm so glad things are working out for the both of you!" At that point Mike was brought back into the room.
Susan could see he was in pain, the examination and the scan had taken a lot of his energy. The girls saw it too. "So,..I guess we better go back,..let you rest for a while", Bree said. Susan hugged them all, and thank them for coming. As the girls walked out, Susan sat next to Mike's bed.
"Was it,..hard?" she asked. "It wasn't really pleasant,..but I'm fine,..now that I see you!" Mike smiled.
"Your just the sweetest guy!" Susan whispered, giving him a gentle kiss.
"Did they tell you anything about the outcome of the scan?" she asked.
"No the doctor said they wanted to discuss it first and he will see me in the morning!"
"Maybe you should go home to?" He looked at her tired face. "I bet you didn't get much sleep over the last few days".
Susan stroke his cheek. "It was all worth it, I wanted to be there when you'd wake up. I knew you would!"
"I'm sorry I scared you so much! But I'm ok now,..you really should get some rest! I've been thinking,..maybe you and Julie should stay at my place,..I mean I'm gonna be here for a while and then at least you won't have to stay in that trailer!" Mike looked at her.
Susan smiled. "That's a wonderful idea! I think we'll do that".
Susan moved herself up, leaning towards Mike. "So you think you can handle a few hours without me?" she playfully said, kissing him. He put his hand behind her head, not ready to let go yet. As they enjoyed the touch of their lips, Susan laid her hands on the side of his face. She lifted her head to look at him.
"I love you", she warmly spoke. "I'm so glad you came back to me".
Mike felt the love for her grow. "I love you too, I can't wait to spend my life with you". She kissed him once again, before getting up.
"So I'll be back tomorrow, you get some rest too!" Mike watched her as she walked out the door, being proud of the fact she would become his wife.
Susan picked up Julie at Bree's, and the both of them had settled in Mike's house. Susan decided Julie could take the spare room. She wanted to sleep in Mike's bed, feeling him as close as possible. After she locked the door she walked upstairs, feeling at home, surrounded by Mike's things.
Coming out of the bathroom, she walked into the familiar room, where they had spend so many wonderful nights. Mike's clothes were hanging over a chair. The shirt he had worn when he had kissed her for the first time again. Picking up the T-shirt lying underneath it, she could smell his sent.
She took of her own clothes and slipped in Mike's t-shirt, then she crawled into the bed. It would only be a matter of time, before he would be lying next to her again. And for now, this was the closest he could be. She looked at the picture on his cupboard. It was a picture of the both of them, Julie made it once when they were in the park.
She picked it up, touching his face on the photo. He looked so lovely at her. She kissed his face on the picture. "I love you Mike,…thank god you came back to me", she whispered in the dark, before sleep finally overcame her.
Susan woke up early the next morning. For the first time in days she slept through the night, and she felt so much better. She snuggled against Mike's pillow, thinking about the time when he would lay next to her, and she'd just watched him sleep.
She decided to get up and call the hospital, to hear how Mike was doing. She walked downstairs, picking up the phone she dialed the number. She briefly talked to the nurse.
"Mr. Delfino had a good night, he's still a sleep actually, but if you come by in an hour he'll be up. Ok, we'll she you later".
Susan looked around, everything was still so familiar to her. So many nice memory's laid here. The couch were they spend hours talking, and she would be laying in Mike's arms. The table where they used to sit for hours after having dinner, sometimes Mike would light the fireplace. She smiled at the thought of one conversation she remembered pretty well.
Susan: "Thanks for your help with Zach before."
Mike: "Oh, it's my pleasure. I hope he comes out of this okay. He's a little squirrelly, but he seems like a good kid."
Susan: "Yeah."
Mike: "So, how's Julie taking all of this?"
Susan: "Not well. She accused me of not being a good mother."
Mike: "You're a great mom."
Susan: "Well, she was sort of right. After my divorce, I really leaned on her a lot."
Mike: "Seems natural."
Susan: "And I still kinda do it. I just want somebody to talk to about all my adult stuff, and she's right there, and she just acts so mature, I forget she's thirteen."
Mike: "Well the good news is that from now on, if you ever want to talk to somebody about grown-up stuff, you've got me."
Susan: "Well, I can't talk to you about everything."
Mike: "Oh?"
Susan: "What if I want to talk about the big crush I have on the plumber that lives across the street?"
Mike: "Big crush, huh?"
Susan: "Oh, yeah."
Mike: "Well, you'd have to tell me more."
Susan: "Well, um, he's got a smile that's to die for, and don't get me started on his tattoo." She kissed his hand.
Susan: "Thanks."
Mike had always been there for her, back then when she was dealing with Julie, and recently when he wanted to protect her. Even if she didn't see it like that at that time, like when he took on Ron. She was just to stubborn to hear what he actually wanted to say. Susan sighed deeply, maybe if she listened to him then, that afternoon he came by, none of this would have happened.
"Mom?" Julie walked in, seeing her mother standing there in the room. "Are you ok?"
Susan turned around and smiled at her daughter. "Sure, sweetie, I'm fine. I was just thinking about,…better times". Julie walked up to her mom and hugged her. "There will be better times, believe me, Mike will be fine and the both of you will live happily ever after".
An hour later Susan walked into the hospital. She was eager to see how Mike was doing. Today was also the day the would here what the doctor's would do. She walked towards Mike's room. On Mike's cupboard stood a beautiful bouquet of roses. Mike smiled at her.
"He,..what took you so long?" He playfully asked. Susan laughed and walked closer, so she could sit on his bedside. " Seems like someone is feeling better today?"
She leaned forward to kiss him. "Hi", she whispered. He ran his hand through her hair, his eyes full of love.
"I've got something for you", he said, reaching for the bouquet. "Mike, they're beautiful, how did you manage that?" Susan surprisingly asked.
"I've got my connections!" Was all he said. Susan frowned at his words, suddenly remembering something.
"It's that nurse right? The one you were talking to yesterday,..you both stopped talking when I entered the room!" Susan smiled triumphantly. Mike laughed at her face.
"Ok, you win, you're right, I needed some one to help me with this since I'm not really capable of walking out here!"
"So, did you sleep well?" Mike asked. Susan nodded yes, blushing a little. Mike raised his eyebrow. "What?" he said.
"I,..err.., slept in your bed, Julie took the spare room. I just needed to feel you close to me,..so I put on one of your T-shirts", Susan admitted shyly.
Mike smiled at her confession. "And,…did it work?" Susan leaned in close again.
"A little,..I missed your arms around me", she softly answered, kissing him again.
"We will hear from the doctor soon, then we can count the minutes!" Mike mumbled, "You don't now how bad I missed you..".
A firm knock on the door announced the doctor's coming in. "Mr. Delfino? Hi, I'm Dr. Anderson, is saw you yesterday, and this is Dr. Taylor, the best orthopedic surgeon we have". Susan sat down on the chair next to Mike's bed. She looked worried all of a sudden.
"Just tell me right on, is it bad?" Mike asked, his voice sounding hoarse. Both of the doctors grabbed a chair and sat down.
"Ok, I'll be straight with you, we have a slight chance things will work out ok,..but there is some danger to it". Susan took Mike's hand in hers.
"What do you mean, by danger?" Susan carefully asked.
"Mr. Delfino's left leg is severally injured, the bones are broken in several places. To get him mobile again we need to operate, soon,..but.. that's dangerous for someone who just came out of a coma. But…if we wait any longer the chance of him walking again, decreases every day. That's really what it all comes down to".
Mike nervously ran his hand through his hair. "So you're telling me I have to choose between never walking again and a risky operation?" The doctor nodded.
"And how much time do I have,.. to make my decision?" Mike asked.
"Well, as my colleague said, we need to move fast, it's been a week since your accident,..we can't wait much longer. I can operate you tonight,..if you can decide before then".
Susan looked frightened at Mike, who was clearly upset about the news. "We'll leave you alone now,.so you can think things over, I'll be back later today. Please take you're time, we understand it's a tough choice".
The doctors walked out of the room and Mike looked devastated at Susan.
"Well, that's it then, now we know", Mike cynically said. "I can stay a cripple for the rest of my life, or…I might slip back into the coma,..and maybe never wake up".
Susan felt tears well up in her eyes, both options were hard.
"I don't have much choice do I?" Mike spoke out loud.
"What do you mean?" Susan asked. Mike looked at the ring on her finger.
"I can't let you marry a guy who's not able to take care of you!" He replied harshly.
"Mike,..please don't talk like that,..you know I don't care about that! I love you, you! Just for who you are!" Susan stated, as she looked him in the eyes.
"I know, but I couldn't handle it! I wanna take care of you Susan, and Julie, how can that be possible if I can't walk!" Mike turned his head away. "Please, Mike just think about it, I can't lose you again,..not now,.. I just have you back!" Susan sobbed.
Mike turned his head to face her.
"Susan, I need some time to think about it,..alone", he looked at her pleading with his eyes. Susan looked at him in disbelief. Then she got up.
"Ok, I'll give you the time,..but Mike, please know,..I love you for who you are,..but it's you're decision..".
Mike took her hand in his.
"I know you do,..that's why it's so hard. Will you… come back later?"
Susan could only nod yes, as emotion kept her from speaking. She kissed him gently, before she walked out. Mike watched her leave, knowing what ever his choice would be it would affect her more.
