Chapter 11: Recovery
It had been a hassle for Rose to explain to her parents why she had been missing (even after Fu Dog had called to tell them what had happened) especially at one in the morning. She had gotten to sleep sometime around three, and as she expected, she slept until noon.
At about 3:00, Rose decided to go down to Jake's house to see if he was doing ok. She was kind of worried about him. He had taken a pretty hard beating the night before. It was a miracle he had fought alone with the Dark Dragon as long as he had.
She had taken him home the night before along with the rest of the gang and explained to his parents what had happened. They were horrified at first when they saw their son unconscious covered in dirt and blood. They had helped her carry him to his room and clean him up a little bit. Katara had tried a little more healing, and Fu dog whipped up a healing potion as well. Jake still had not awakened, but Fu and Katara were convinced that he wouldn't feel that bad when he did finally wake up.
Rose approached Jake's house and rang the door bell. She waited for a few seconds before a little girl no taller than two feet came to the door.
"Hi Rose," Haley said cheerfully, "Did you come to see Jake?"
"Yes I did, Haley," Rose replied smiling. Despite how annoying Jake thought she was, Rose thought Haley was kind of cute.
She let her in and Rose made her way up the stairs, down the hall, and to the last door on the right. She quietly opened the door just enough for her to get in and closed it again.
She looked down at Jake sleeping quietly in his bed. She sighed with relief as she noticed that he looked a lot better than he had the night before.
Rose sat down on the edge of the bed and began to stroke his hair playfully. She really wished that he would wake up. She had so much she wanted to tell him. She sighed realizing that she didn't want to just sit there and do nothing.
Rose walked over to Jake's book shelf and began to skim her eyes across the line of books that sat on the shelf. She picked up "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and began to read.
Jake could feel the pain and soreness sweep over him as he finally regained consciousness. He ached just about everywhere, even though he knew it would be so much worse if it wasn't for Katara. Jake silently thanked God for sending her here. He didn't want to open his eyes, as he was still incredibly tired from the never ending battle the night before. Or at least he thought it was the night before. How long had he been unconscious?
Jake opened his eyes slowly, squinting from the light coming through the window. Then his eyes fell to the pretty blonde girl asleep at the edge of his bed. She was lying on top of what appeared to be a book. Jake wondered how long Rose had been there and decided not to wake her up. She was probably extremely tired as well.
Just as he was thinking about trying to get up and walk, Rose slowly sat up and stared down at the book. It had obviously not been her intention to fall asleep.
Rose looked around, her eyes fell on Jake, and she smiled. "Jake! You're awake!"
She crawled over to him and wrapped her arms around him. Jake smiled in return. "How long have I been unconscious?" He asked her. He was surprised that his voice sounded so weak.
"Three weeks!" Rose lied just to see what Jake's reaction would be.
"WHAT!?" Jake exclaimed. "Three weeks?! How is that even possible?!"
Rose giggled. "Calm down I was just kidding. It's only been a day."
Jake smiled. "Gee great girlfriend you are."
Rose smiled back. "Well Fu Dog said the potion to transport Zuko and Katara back to their dimension should be ready in two days, so if you're feeling better tomorrow, I was thinking we should all go out and do something fun."
"I'd like that," Jake replied. "I'd like to just take a break now that all that's over."
Rose smiled in reply and laid back down beside him setting the book down in front of Jake.
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," Jake read. "Good choice!"
Rose laughed. "Well you don't really have much. You should really read more."
"Oh yeah, in my spare time!" Jake laughed. He was beginning to feel better already.
He looked at Rose, and she looked back. At that particular moment, time seemed to stop, and nothing mattered except for him and Rose. Slowly they leaned towards each other, and their lips met. They kissed slowly, not wanting the moment to end. After a few minutes, they finally pulled apart.
They sat in silence for awhile before Jake spoke. "I love you."
Rose smiled and leaned in to kiss him again. "I love you too."
There really was nothing else to say.
Three chapters left!!
Can't wait to finish this story!
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~ada69
