I was sitting in the hallway with christan and lissa and Emily. Dimitri was almost done with his MRI and Emily was beside herself.
" Rose He can't leave he's my daddy now. i've never had a daddy until now i love him and he needs to be okay!" my little girl demanded while wiping tears from her eyes with her balled up fists.
" I know, he's a strong man let's just stay positivve and do what we can to help him out. okay?" I told her and she nodded. just as we finished out conversation the nurses wheeled him out and down hte hall way. I laughed as emily shot out of my lap and ran to keep up with them. she was dememding that the nurses took good care of her daddy and if they messed up and he died that she would make sure they payed for it. Every minute she remimded myself of me, we both rea;l;ly cared for dimitri and just wanted him safe at the end of the day. We were now back in the room we started in and the doctor was talking with Dimitri Emily was sitting on the side of the bed with her arms crossed and a fierce look on her face.
" So your telling me your gonna cut my daddy open and steal one of his organs!" her little voice said with authority the doctor responded
" Yes when he was hit with the baseball bad his Appendix burst and is making him sick right now, we have to remove it and then stich him up and he will be back on track to heal up." Dr. olendski explained. I was in shock so I diddn't say much but Emily was interogaiting the nurses with cute questions and Dimitri was signing release forms for surgery. How was it even safe to do surgery after he had lost more blood than possible. he should be dead. I was fighting tears. emily crawled into my lap and hugged me.
" they said daddys gonna be okay rose, their gonna give him some more blood from a tube and put him back on a machine to breath and give him medicine so he dosent feel anything he will wake up and be all better and not know what even happened." the little girl said to me, she was handling this so well I was so proud. the nurses were giving dimitri a surgical gown to change into and lissa and christian called for emily to leave with them. she hopped up on the bed and kissed her daddy on the cheek, he hugged her gently and waved good bye as she trotted otu of the room taking christians hand.
" Roza, um, can you help me change into this gown?" Dimitri asek sheepishly. I walked over and helped him take off his tank top disconnecting and reconecting the IV that was in his arm. I was about to loose it when he wrapped his arms around me gently" I'll be okay it's a small surgery, really" a smile ghosted his lips.
" I'm juswt happy your alive, i was so worried, i can't loose you!" my gaurdians mask was slipping and tears threatened to spill over my lids. So I looked away and helped him sit up. " Do you want me to help you remove your pants too?" I blushed, sure I've seen him in training before and he was like my own personal god, we had come close to being sexual but never anythign like this.
" I can do it" he said and bent slightly to loosen the waist band. his face scrunched into a grimace and he bared his teeth, i could tell he was in pain.
" Let me help you" I interupted, he began to protest but I began undressing him. I straightened the gown out so it covered him up. sadly I was not going to get a peek at his well endowed lower region but now was not the time or place for me to swoon over his giftedness. i looked up at his face as i pulled the waistband down his legs and off of his body the whole time keeping my eyes on his as he smiled faintly and said thanks. Now that he was only covered by a thin chloth I noticed he was most likley cold, I scoured through the chlosets andpulled out a few blankets. I shook them out and laid them across his legs and lower torso. i tucked the edg3s around his legs and waist to make sure the heat did not escape and straightened the top out to look nice.
" Rose come here, please" Dimitri asked as he patted the edge of his bed, i sat lightly on the edge turning to face him as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders " thank you, you are the only person who has ever taken care of me like this. Thank you for being here. You mean so much to me, this might seem wierd and i'm sorry but I really feel like I gotta say this to you now, i really care for you and i'm so glad you are not hurt and sometimes when I'm protecting lissa i get worried and hope that you are okay and i can't stop worrying until i see you and know your okay and i know this is wrong but i think i have feelings for you. and ... i... " he rushed the last sentence out and looked down at his laps. I was in shock this must have been a dream. my gorge3ous mentor was admitting his feelings for me I hugged him ge4ntly aware not to squeeze to tight because of his injuries but i diddn't know what to say.
" Dimitri were ready for surgery now, you will be ready for visitors in a few hours" the nurse said I moved off of dimitris bed and smiled st him squeeing his hand
" be safe please, I;ll be here as soon as you wake up" I said as he smiled and was wheeled out of the room.