I am sooooooo sorry it took me so long to write this, school has been crazy. I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint. Anyway I thank everyone who is still reading this. I promise it will not be another 2 and a half months before I update again. And to anyone who is reading my other story as well, Playing Into Their Hands, I will have an update for that later on this week sometime. Please R&R, I want to know what you want/think will happen next. Cheers :D XX
Chapter 10
Why does my head hurt? I feel so heavy but I can't open my eyes. OH GOD I'M BLIND. What am I going to do? There's warmth around my hand but I can't feel what it is. Everything looks so… so white. Am I dreaming? My body feels like I was hit by a bus. I can't feel anything just an intense pain all around my body and a numbness. I can't remember what happened. EMILY, where is she? I feel so tired and I want to sleep but I keep forcing myself to think of Emily. She needs me, I need her. I just want to see Emily, I need to look into her beautiful brown eyes and have her tell me everything is fine and I'm gonna be OK. I am scared. I want to wake up.
6:30 PM
Emily ran through the hospital doors and down the corridor as fast as she could and to the elevator. The hurry was showing as she all but pounded the button to call the elevator. After showering, getting dressed, getting a bag packed for Jen and driving the distance between the hospital and home two times she had been gone for almost two and a half hours. That was two and a half too long for Emily to be away from Jen, especially when she needed her the most right now. She should be up in her room talking to her, willing her to wake up and just being there. Jennifer shouldn't even be here at all and that's what broke her heart. Emily always hated hospitals, they made her uneasy and the antiseptic smell burned her nose. When the ding of the elevator signaled its arrival she took a huge step inside before pivoting and again pounding the button to get the elevator moving again. The ride up to ICU floor felt like an eternity. When it sometime stopped Emily rushed down to the reception desk and asked for Jennifer Jareau.
"Hi, I'm Janelle and I am Jennifer's nurse"
"Hi, can I see Jen now? Is she alright; did anything happen while I was gone?"
"No nothing happened, she has been back from recovery for a while and yes you can see her now. She is just down the hall in room 121. The doctor has already been in to check on her while you were gone. The doctor is just waiting for her to wake up to see how bad her head injury is. In the meantime it would help a lot if you talked to her and held her hand. I will be in in about 15 minutes to do the hourly check. If you need anything like food, water, or to ask the doctor something just ask and we will help you"
"Thankyou"
Emily walked down the corridor but as she neared room 121 she got slower and slower. She should be with Jen. That was all she could think of since she heard she was here, but suddenly as she got closer her stomach started to feel queasy at the idea of seeing Jen so broken and not awake lying in a hospital bed. When her eyes met the numbers 121 on the hospital door she stopped and took a deep breath. Slowly with the fingertips of her right hand she pushed down on the door handle until there was a crack and the door slowly fell open. The sound that emerged from Emily's throat was crossed between a gasp and a sob. Emily's heart broke as he saw her beautiful fiancé looking so small in a bed that was at least 5 times her body size. Sometime among all the feelings that hit Emily she felt hot wetness run down her cheeks in waterfalls and land on the laminate floor while rushing to sit in the very uncomfortable looking chair by the bedside. The bruises all over Jen's face and any other part of her skin visible made Emily cry even harder as she looked at the woman who had stolen her heart, something which doesn't worry Emily in the slightest as she knows she has the blonde's heart in return.
In the distance I can hear chatting. It's faint but it's still loud enough for me to hear. I can also hear a faint beeping noise that hurts my ears. It's getting louder and louder. A little while later there's warmth around my hand but I can't feel what it is .The chatter is gone but there is one lonely voice still in the room. It's small but I can still hear it. I try to listen carefully and try to shut out the beeping that seems to be getting louder and louder still.
"… Please wake up baby. I love you so sooo much and I… I can't live without you. You promised to marry me and I am stillll holding you to thaaat. We were studying sooo hard to become FBI agents, your dream job. Weee were going to have heaps of kids and live in a nice posh neighbourhood with a… a white picket fence. We were going to grow old together in that house. We were going to spend the rest of our lives together. Please Jen, wake up so that weeee can have that, I want that, PLEeeeASE. Everyone wants to see you. Pen, Derek, and your parents they all are waiting for youu to wake up. I… Your parents know we are engaged, I'm soorrrrry I know you wanted to tell them together but they saw the ring. Please open your eyes. I misssss your laaugh, the way you smile that lllights up the whole room, the piercing blue offff your eyes that tells mmeeee everything and sooo much more. Please baby wake up. I love you so much it hurts. I need you here with me. I NEED YOU"
"EMILY". Jennifer could tell she was crying and it broke her heart. She needed to be there with her but Jennifer couldn't open he eyes, she could still feel nothing and the pain was getting worse and the beeping was now near deafening. "I have to get back. Em needs me, she needs me. I need to wake up. "EMILY, I will wake up, I promise you I will"