A.N.: Hi dolls ! Don't be afraid, I'm not dead, neither ill or sick, and I still do comunicate, but I haven't got so much time to leave a message...if I'm not ahving exams at school, I'm helping at home on our large garden so or so...I hope I will have more time by the ned of the month and whole holidays ;-) here you go with another chapter of TAT I hope you'll enjoy, and thank you for reading a reviewing, I love you so much darlings ! ZiZi hugs and ZiZi kisses xoxo
,,I had a surgery ?!'' Robby nearly yelped.
,,Shh-shh-shh…'' she quickly soothed him, stroking his wounded, blue cheek, her thumb softly trailing his lips. ,,Yes, but it was for your good…they saved you. You know doctor told me, they had that day one alike case in here, when man was beaten and due to his injuries, brain concussion, and also inner bleeding….he passed away…and that's the reason why I was crying so hardly. Why I was so afraid of you. I was worried sick-I never was worried sick of anybody in my life !'' Joanne swiftly explained.
Robby was eagerly listening, but Joanne's hand on his cheek was calming him down, knowing that now is everything alright. Only because she is with him, and was all the time. That was the most comforting feeling ever.
,,And I thought, that my heart stopped for a second or two, when the nurse told me-''
,,-Told you what ?''
Joanne was sitting in chair, looking out of the window, sun was slowly coming up. Her eyes red, her chest heaving harshly in effort to catch a breath. The pillow she was clutching to her chest completely soaked with her tears on one side.
She was sobbing until the nurse came to the room, Joanne heard her turning rapidly and harshly asking.
,,What happened, is he alright ?'' trying to steady her voice, vainly.
,,….I'm so sorry,'' nurse uttered.
,,No,'' Joanne's voice barely comparable to chocked whisper.
Her head spun around the room, her thoughts ticking fastly again, and her voice of logic was silent for the very first time. She felt like her heart made a jump forward, leaving her chest, and running far away from her.
,,Mr. Stephens passed away…''
,,Who ?!'' her voice strangled when she whimpered her question.
,,Mr. Stephens-''
,,-But I am waiting here for Mr. Alder…from surgery. He had internal bleeding-two hours ago…maybe three,'' Joanne found her voice again, asking hopefully.
Nurse seriously gasped and her face turned red in embarrassment ,,I am SO sorry Miss !''
Jesus-fucking Christ with holy God in heavens ! Did she really had to scare me to death ?!
,,Yes Mr. Adler is still on ward and he-''
,,He is alright,'' Doctor announced, when he invaded the room, and this awkward situation, trying to save nurse as Joanne could kill her by her sight.
,,Miss Evelon, please go and check the seventh room, thanks,'' doctor smiled, watching nurse leaving.
,,You have to apologize her, she is here only week, and she had to get a grip yet-''
,,-Get a grip ? I would fire her for this ? She nearly caused me a heart attack !'' Joanne yelped angrily, as her voice was still weak, but her irritation of that nurse was stronger.
Doctor chuckled ,,Shall I check you then as well ?''
,,Not needed, just tell me what's with Robert ? With Mr. Alder ? Is he alright ?''
,,Yes, we did as much as we could, and we stopped the bleeding at the right time. He is here in several minutes. We will watch him carefully until he wakes up,'' doctor assured Joanne everything was alright, and she finally relieved.
,,That was THE WORST three seconds of my life…and I will never forgive her for that,'' Joanne growled angrily in the doors direction.
,,I truly believe you. And so I was here and they were taking care of me with you until I woke up ?'' Robby's puppy dog eyes were searching for answer in Joanne's.
,,Yes, and I tell you it was such a tough week for me. I was worrying day and night. I wasn't sleeping….or at least not so much, max for three hours last two nights. I was thinking what would happened if I told to Larry otherwise. Until he appeared yesterday,'' she swallowed, reaching for glass of water, since her throat was dry from long talking.
,,He was here ? What did he want ?'' Robby watched Joanne drinking slightly, waiting for her to tell him.
,,Me….'' Joanne swallowed taking one gulp more, before she was able to elaborate it.
Joanne was reading to Robert from her book, petting his hand, where the cannula was stick up in his elbow pit, giving him nutrition.
Suddenly some figure appeared in doors she could see with her peripheral vision.
Turning to doors, to that shadow, her eyes met with Larry's.
,,Hi Jo-hunny,'' he smiled at her, but she ignored his smile, and his voice at all, she turned her face back to book, showing her none interest against him, and she continued in reading.
,,Can I talk to you ?'' he asked politely, stepping inside the room.
,,If you came to beat me too, then do it, and I will sue you, and strip you from the last shirt I left you in our house,'' she growled in his direction, not raising her eyes from book, and after her sentence she continued in reading, still gently petting Robby's forearm.
,,I haven't came in here to have an argument with you, neither for beating you…can I talk to you ? On corridor ?'' he walked out of the room.
Her eyes rolled up in bother, her smile sardonic, maybe literally ironic, she stood up, kissing Robby's forehead, and only then walking out of the room.
,,You have five minutes…'' she crossed her arms on her chest.
,,I want you back, never mind of what you did-''
,,-What I did ? Look at that man lying limply, almost deadly in bed ! That's what you did, and what I did is nothing in compare to what you have done to Robby !'' she yelped at whole corridor, ignoring staring of other hospitalized, who were able to walk on corridor, or even walk.
,,Stop yelling at me, Joanne calm down, and listen. I still do love you, and I want you back…''
,,….But I don't want you back,'' she breathed seriously, looking deep in his eyes.
,,You are my wife damn-it-''
,,-But I am not your property. And after what scene you made, and how foully you shown to Robert you're opinion…I don't want to have anything in common with you !'' she said turning to leave back in the room to Robby.
,,This is not over Joanne, I will do anything to get you back, I want you, I love you, and I won't let go of you,'' he kneeled in front of her hugging her hips and burying his face to her private places.
,,Larry-for fuck's sake stand up !'' she forced him up, shocked, horrified. ,,You are very wrong, because this-'' pointing at him and then at her ,,-is over, and if you can't deal with it-it's only and only your problem. I will never forgive you for this…'' she stepped back in the room, walking around the bed and sitting down on her chair, taking her book.
,,But Joanne hunny-''
,,-Your time is up,'' she uttered, not meeting his face, and she start reading again.
Steadying her reading again, her palm descended on Robby's, as she heard Larry's steps, leaving the doors and moving along the corridor to exit the floor.
,,Ya see, he haven't even said a word of apology to you or to situation her bought, he just wanted me back...idiot….''
,,Well I'm rather pleased of what you have done for me…Joanne tell me-and tell me truly please…'' Robby looked at her, meeting her chocolate brown eyes.
,,Yes ?'' she smiled, stroking the back of his palm.
,,Do you love me ?''
Her lips slightly parted, as Robert was literally tensed in anticipation.
Silence was spreading across the room, until she smiled.
Joanne was sitting in the very same chair already the fifth day, waiting for Robby to wake up from his unconsciousness.
Holding his hand, and looking out of window, she finished the book, and was too afraid of leaving him, because she would never forgive herself, if she left just for a brief two hours at home, and then found out some terrible news.
No she was determined she will stay with him no matter what happens. And no wonder when things were getting better-doctors even stopped the regulation of breathing, because Bobby was able to breathy by himself. Everything looked better…
She was getting slowly paranoid, and was talking with Robby, as usually with closed doors, looking out of the window.
,,You know…I love the fairytales when I was a kid. They were so free and so easy to understand, and everything was ended by happy-end. Actually all childhood was one big fairytale…You didn't have to deal with problems of future. You felt stronger and more confident. You had a support in your family. And you loved more everyone around you…true, everything ended with happy-end, most of them by true love's kiss, right ?'' he eyes wandering in clouds above the noisy city, dreaming.
,,Ohh Bobby if everything could end such happily, and everything could be solved by true love's kiss…right-that magical true love's kiss-'' she slowly turned to him.
Eyeing him from head to toe, she bit her lip. Her eyes briefly checked closed doors.
Then she narrowed herself, standing up, and leaning down to Robby, as his mouth was free now from tube, since he was breathing normally.
She closed her eyes, and softly crushing her lips on his.
Her palm on his cheek, kissing him lovingly, a single tear rolled down her cheek.
I wish it would work…
Her eyes opened when she slightly backed away after kissing him.
Nothing….he was still senseless.
She swallowed hardly the hit of reality, stroking his wet cheek, when her tear dropped on his smooth skin.
She narrowed again, walking to the corner of the room, rustling in her bag, which her mother broguh her few days ago, finding a small ashtray.
Despite all doctors prohibitions, and all nurses orders, she opened the big window in the corner of the room, putting small ashtray on windowsill, and picking up from her purse her pack of cigarettes.
She wasn't smoking since she was in hospital with Robby…but the circumstances were too much now, and she was desperate for him.
She let a butt in her mouth, lit it and inhaled.
,,Of course, how it could work ? You're not in fairy tale Joanne ! Wake up….You're just being hysterical Joanne…and-and paranoid,'' she whimpered looking out of the window, smoking slowly.
,,How such kiss could wa-….wake him ?'' she turned to Robby, watching his eyes fluttering.
She gasped.
And his eyes flew open, wandering across the ceiling.
A big relief spread along her entire body, she breathed perhaps the biggest and happiest smile she ever had, when she dropped the cigarette into ashtray, and ran to him.
The hell it could not work !
,,Oh Robby, don't do this ever to me again…'' she hugged him carefully since he was still fragile, but with the biggest relief she could have at the moment.
,,From now on I believe in miracles kiddo !'' she giggled, petting his forearm.
,,But you haven't answered to me…'' he smiled weakly.
,,Bobby…I do love you. I do love you, and I never felt better with anybody else. I never loved anybody else…but I'm sure as hell…I do love you,'' she stroked his cheek once again.
He was looking at her dreamily.
,,I am only sad, I missed that kiss…'' he sighed.
,,Do you want another ?'' she smiled at him cutely.
He nodded, not saying a word. She leaned to him, crushing her lips on his as several minutes ago.
Stroking his cheek, and smiling to their kiss as he was.
She slowly deepened the kiss, her tongue glazing his, and she felt like she was flying. She felt free and easy, and happy and beloved with him at the moment.
Her both hands cupped his cheeks, when he kissed her back hungrily. His hands very hardly, but surely raising up, one with cannula, the other in gypsum, gently descending on her sides, petting, supporting himself.
At that moment doctor without knocking or any announcing invaded the room, founding them in such connection, they immediately backed away from each other, interrupted.
,,I can see our champion woke up. Well done, keep it up. I wanted to check your state…I will be back in five minutes with nurses alright, enjoy your moment with your fiancé,'' doctor smiled foxily at them, then his eyes wandered to opened window, and burning out cigarette.
,,Mrs. Starkland ! I think I said to you clearly no smoking by patients !'' he gave her upset look.
,,Sorry doctor-''
,,-Well quit it…quickly !'' he looked back at her with his furrowed brows, before her left.
Joanne wanted to stand up and to fizzle it, but Robby held her arm, tugging her down to sit on bed next to him as she was until now.
,,But Bobby-''
,,-It can wait,'' he smiled, clutching her closer to him, his hands coming back where they were few seconds ago, when he kissed her again, she smiled in the kiss, hugging him gently, and kissing him lovingly back.
