Fighting Against the Odds
Austin's POV
"Ow...ow...ow!" I yelled at the nurse that was stitching up my wound.
An hour ago I woke up in a hospital bed, a nurse came in saying she had to stitch my stupid wound together. I remember getting shot but the wound wasn't bad enough for me to have surgery, all I needed was stitching, a bit of pills and a bandage to wrap around my side.
I hissed as she sewed the wound together. The pain in my side got worse as she stitched the last part together, she clasped her hands together, smiling victoriously. She dropped the sewing needle in a tray and smiled at me, "Okay that's it Mr. Moon, sorry about the pain I'm not the best at keeping pain tolerance levels down."
I chuckled, "Don't worry it's fine, anyways what time is it?"
She checked her watch, "It's 10 o'clock at night, I can't believe you only woke up an hour ago even though you have been asleep for the past five hours. The doctor and I were getting a bit worried so we immediately woke you up."
I shifted in my bed as I slowly laid back, a small sigh escaped my lips, "Oh well was there anyone waiting for me?" I asked as she started to clean up the blood on my side. "Oh yeah there was a lot of guys waiting for you, but there was one girl in particular that wouldn't leave after visiting hours. I think she's still out there in the waiting room."
I cocked an eyebrow.
Why the hell would little Miss Dawson wait for me all night?
After the horrible encounter we had this morning I would figure that she would leave first out of the people that came to visit me earlier. Guess she just feels guilty? Probably, she does have a guilty conscious.
"Send her in."
The nurse stopped, "I'm sorry Mr. Moon but visiting hours are over."
"Look I don't really care, I just want to see her. She's been sitting in that uncomfortable chair all day the least I could do for her is let her inside the room to sit in that chair. I think she would feel better knowing that I'm going to be just fine."
She sighed and smiled. "Well I guess I could let her in for a couple minutes perhaps..."
I smirked. "Thank you miss that would be very considerate of you." I said putting on a little bit of charm. I didn't want her to change her mind about letting Ally in so I had to put on a little bit of an act. "Okay well I'll be right back with the girl."
And with that she left the room.
I quickly played with my hair trying to make it look nice. I know I was in a hospital bed but it didn't hurt to look good every once in a while, it's not like I was trying to look good for Ally because I could care less about what she thinks. She's a girl working in my area of expertise and I shouldn't have to dress up and look nice for someone like her.
But you know you like her a little bit...
My conscious rang through my mind. I rolled my eyes at the thought of actually liking someone like her, as if.
She's just a friend.
But friends don't lie half naked on each other...
It was an accident!
Yeah right you perv I know exactly what was running through your mind..
"Ugh I am not a perv!" I yelled.
The door opened and I cleared my throat as I adjusted in my spot.
Ally poked her head inside a huge grin spreading across her pink lips...the lips that looked so soft all of a sudden.
"Hey Austin," she closed the door as she stepped inside. She came in and sat at the end of the bed, "How are you feeling? Is your wound healing? I hope you didn't get hurt too badly, I have been worried sick honestly."
I chuckled at her rambling words, "Calm down I'm perfectly fine."
"That's good, r-really good..."
We awkwardly sat there for a couple of minutes before I broke the silence, "Ally, I'm honestly sorry about what happened this morning. I didn't mean for any of it to go like that and I certainly did not mean for us to wake up beside each other half naked." I said looking down. I really couldn't face her, for the first time in all my years of playing it cool with the ladies, Allison Dawson, made me embarrassed or nervous.
I had never been one for apologizing and this was hard to do.
"Awe Austin don't worry about it, I'm sorry for being so mean to you earlier as well. I shouldn't have went off on you like that, now I know you were truly just trying to apologize and that means a lot to me." She spoke softly, her fingers fiddled with each other as she looked down at the floor.
Her cheeks were flushed, and I knew she was just as embarrassed as I was.
She's totally crushing...
Stupid conscious, it's never been this annoying before.
"Well let's agree to never get drunk together again okay?" I held out my hand and she smiled as she shook it softly. A sudden shock of electricity ran through my fingers and I pulled my hands back quickly.
"Everything alright?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah everything's just fine." I said rubbing my fingers slowly. I don't know what the heck happened just a minute ago, I guess it's just the electrons in my body. Not really a big deal actually, it's perfectly normal to get a shock from someone else.
Suddenly Ally yawned and rubbed her eyes.
I felt my cheeks get hot, for a moment there I almost got lost in her cuteness.
Almost.
"Are you tired Ally?" I asked quietly. She nodded, "Just a little but it's nothing to worry about, I'm probably going to go home." She said as she gently laid her hands in her lap. I ran my fingers through my hair debating on whether I should offer her to stay with me or not.
But what if things go wrong again? What would she even say if I asked her that kind of question?
"Oh um okay, be careful out there on the road I mean." I said feeling my hands shake a little. I didn't know why I was so nervous, I guess it's because were actually alone without any sense of interruption?
That's a ridiculous thought.
We've been working in the same room and I have never felt like this before.
The bed shifted and Ally stood up, "I guess I'll see you at work tomorrow, the meeting got rescheduled by the way. Jackson told me to tell you that in the waiting room, so whenever or if you ever feel any better please do come, we still have to plan and talk about the radioactive bombing at the Memorial bank." She stuffed her hands in her pocket as I nodded.
She headed for the door, and I contemplated on if I should ask or not.
I bit my tongue, damn why is this so hard for me all of a sudden?!
She began to open the door, but I cleared my throat and tried to be as confident as I could. "W-Wait A-Ally!" I yelled. She stopped and looked back at me, worry written all over her features. "Is something wrong?" She asked.
I gulped. Oh great, I didn't even think about what to say to her!
"N-No I was just wondering if..."
"If what?" She raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"I-If you wanted to stay with me...maybe? I mean you don't have to if you don't want to, it's just getting really late and I bet you don't want to be out there driving at night. Not that I'm saying you're afraid of the dark or anything cause that would be totally childish...but I don't mean like if you are afraid of the dark then it's totally fine with me."
Darn it, stupid stuttering...what the hell is happening to me?
She grinned at me, "Sure I mean one night isn't going to hurt...right?"
I nodded, "Right."
Coming over to the end table she dropped her purse on it and walked over to the chair in the corner. She laid back in it and smiled at me, she looked so uncomfortable in that chair. Maybe I should ask her to sleep in the bed with me, but then we would just repeat the same scene from this morning!
Talk about awkward...
"Goodnight Austin."
"Goodnight Ally." I said cutting off the lights.
I shifted in my bed and got comfortable on the side that wasn't stitched up.
"Hey Ally?" I asked.
"Yeah Austin?" She questioned sleepily. "Can you come fluff my pillows for me?"
I heard a soft chuckle in the dark, I saw her small silhouette in the dark as she came over to cut the lights on. "Alright sit up first." I began to sit up, she started to fluff the pillows up nice and neat for me.
I laid back as she finished, "Thanks Dawson."
"No problem Moon." She cut the light off and went over to the chair.
Ten minutes later I found that my throat was starting to get dry. "Hey Ally?" I asked.
I small moan erupted from her, "Yes Austin?" She questioned. "Can you get me some water? I'm thirsty."
Yeah thirsty for Ally Dawson...
My conscious rang through my mind once again.
Ugh shut up!
"Oh um yeah sure, I'll be right back. Do you want your water cold or room temperature?" She asked.
"Cold please."
"Alright I'll be right back." And with that she left the room.
Oh great now I'm bored...
I impatiently tapped my fingers on the bed as I waited for Ally to come back. I was getting anxious and worried about her, I glanced at the clock. It was now 11:45, it's been five minutes since she's left..
I got out of my bed slowly, groaning as I grabbed my side. It started to burn a bit but it didn't matter, I was going to look for Ally no matter what. If she was hurt it would be my fault for not looking in the first place!
Getting up I walked over to the door, but it suddenly swung open.
The door came in contact with my face and I stumbled backwards, "Oh my god Austin!" Ally yelled.
She came over and grabbed my face hard, my lips pursed as she squeezed my face. "Holy crap are you alright? I'm so sorry I didn't know you were right there! This is all my fault! Is your face okay, do you feel any pain?" She asked still holding my face tightly.
"W-What a-are you d-doing to m-my face?" I asked.
She blushed and started to let go of my face, "I'm sorry I was just worried that's all." She explained nervously. She twirled her hair as she looked down at the ground, suddenly she held up the water bottle.
"I still got the water."
I smiled and took it, "Thanks." I opened it and chugged down the water.
"Okay well it's really late we need to get some sleep." Ally said going over to her chair. I smiled and sat the water bottle on the end table beside the bad, I got on the bed and wrapped the blankets around me. I shifted left and right in the bed sheets, I couldn't seem to get comfortable at all.
"Hey Ally?" I asked.
"Go to sleep Austin." She groaned.
"But I can't go to sleep my beds uncomfortable." I complained. "Well it's a hospital bed not everything's going to be comfortable like your bed at home or something so just try to get some sleep it's really late and we're all exhausted." She spoke softly. I could tell that her eyes were still closed during the conversation.
"But I'm not tired." I whined.
"Well I am so go to bed."
"This is boring though and I'm not sleepy." I pouted and sat up in my bed. Damn it, if I didn't want to go to freaking sleep I don't freaking have to. I had been asleep all day I might as well do something motivating at night.
"What do you mean boring? It's sleep." She stated blandly.
"Yeah yeah." I rolled my eyes and groaned. I saw that she was shifting in the chair, "Are you uncomfortable?" I asked as I cut the light on. She nodded, "Just a little, sleeping in chairs isn't the most comfortable thing in the world to sleep in."
You're going to ask her to sleep with you aren't you?
My conscious questioned.
This is strictly being nice that's all nothing more!
Pervert...
I rolled my eyes at the way my conscious was thinking.
Or was my conscious right? I'm not a pervert or anything but was I sexually attracted to my partner in crime?
The thought of Ally and I having sex has ran through my mind once or twice but I've never really thought about it or confessed that I was into her like that. At first I thought because I was a guy and she was a girl I would expect those kind of thoughts...
"Well um, do you want to sleep with me?" I asked nervously.
Ally looked up at me, a confused bewildered look written on her smooth features. "Are you sure? I mean I know you're in like a lot of pain with your side and I don't want to make you feel even more-"
I stopped her and patted the seat beside me, "I'll be fine I promise."
She shrugged her shoulders and got up. Hopping into the bed, I covered the blankets over her small body. I suddenly felt the weight of her head lying down on my chest, my arm wrapped around her shoulders as she snuggled closer to me. "I can hear your heartbeat." Ally said looking up at me.
"Y-You c-can?" I stuttered.
She nodded.
My heart was beating erratically fast for some reason.
Could this be...no it couldn't be, could I possibly...
Be having irregular heartbeat? I probably need to take better care of myself.
"Goodnight Austin." Ally said, she suddenly kissed my cheek and I blushed deeply. I felt like a total girl now, I was blushing from some petty kiss. "G-Goodnight Ally." I stuttered nervously. My left hand reached over to touch the right side of my cheek, they were hot and I just knew I was crimson red right now.
My heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest.
My breathing was starting to get a bit heavy as I gripped the sheets tightly.
God Austin...you really need to see a doctor about this irregular heartbeat.
A/N- Hey guys I'm so sorry I haven't been updating, I've been on and off with getting sick, and then my mom got sick so I've been trying to take care of her for a while now:) Anyways I really liked this chapter hope you liked it, make sure to review I think that would make me feel amazing! Anyways what do you think is happening to Austin...is it really just a simple problem as irregular heartbeat?;)
Also I want to thank this one guest that I just realized has been reviewing so many positive things about my story so thank you and I'm so happy you're liking the story! She always thanks me for updating the story and that just makes me motivated to write even more so thanks!:)
-Taylor:)
