Chapter 14: The Hospital Part 1
I wake up shaking on Peeta's chest. I'm still in the hospital, kneeling by Peeta's head, with my head on his chest. Peeta's still sleeping too. I'm about to fall back asleep when a nurse walks in. It's the pretty one I met in the hallway.
"Hi Peet-" She cuts off when she sees us resting together and smiles bigger. "I remember the days," I hear her mumble. I pretend I'm still sleeping and start waking up a bit. I open my eyes seeing her in the doorway staring at us.
"Hi Katniss," she whispers. I gradually stand up, feeling refreshed. Peeta's chest makes a good pillow.
"Hi," I whisper back. I get up and grab my purse. "Sorry, I didn't mean-"
"No, it's perfectly fine, he misses you, you know," she says.
"I'm sure he does," I say. I can't believe it. He misses me, the one who burned his arm in the first place. Yes, I still believe that it was me.
"How is he now?" I ask changing the subject.
"Oh, he's okay right now, when he wakes up, we'll give him a few more treatments for his arm and he can go home," She walks around me to the machines, checks them and writes something down on her clipboard.
"I'll be back in half an hour to give him his medication, so try to wake him up if you can," She leaves the room and walks back down the hallway. Wait, where did Travis go? He must've left, he probably saw us sleeping together. I can imagine his face.
I walk away from the door and back to his bed, looking exactly the same when I first walked in here. I leaned in and pecked his lips again, and soon enough, he woke up.
"Hey," he whispers.
"Hey, we fell asleep," I say. "Brings back the memories doesn't it?" He smiles at that. "Yeah,"
"The nurse came in and said she'd be back in twenty minutes to give you your medication," I say. His smile drops.
"Great, I hate needles as much as you do," I laugh at that.
"I don't think anyone hates them as much as I do," I say. We both laugh.
"Peeta, you know this is my fault, we went through way to much just because I was pregnant with a huge nose cast," I blurt out.
"Will you stop with that? I'm perfectly fine, my arm will heal in a week and at least look better, don't blame yourself, okay?" He says with a serious tone. I nod.
"Alright, I'll stop. It's nobodies fault then," I say. He nods in agreement.
"Okay then, when do I get to get out of this place?" he asks.
"I think in a few hours, you have to get a few more treatments for your arm," He groans in reply.
"I can't even move it without something happening," he says.
"And you won't be moving it for at least a week either, all you're going to do is rest," I say.
"Isn't that your job," he asks me.
"That's all I've been doing for the past two weeks, it's your turn,"
"Katniss, you're pregnant with a broken nose, all I have is a burned arm,"
"Peeta please don't worry about it for one time, I'm going to take care of everything, we can even take turns if that makes you feel better," He thinks about it for a bit.
"Alright fine but-" The nurse walks in wearing gloves and holding a needle.
"Sorry if I interrupted, but Peeta needs to have his medication now," she says.
"Oh no, you're fine, I should be the one saying sorry," I say. She nods and walks toward Peeta's bed, so I walk away, but Peeta grabs my arm. "Don't leave," he mouths. I smile and he knows what I mean. The nurse goes on the other side and takes Peeta's arm and injects the fluid into it. I see his eyes close tightly and him holding back a scream, but he just grips my hand really hard. He finally opens his eyes when it's done and looks at me. "You did fine," I mouth. He smiles.
"Okay Peeta, you can get dressed but lay right back in bed, I'll come back for you in a bit for your next few treatments," She disconnects Peeta's tubes, gives me a wink and walks out.
"This is not going to be fun," he says rubbing his injected arm.
"You'll be fine, and it'll be over before you know it, and I'll be here the entire time," I say.
"Okay then, can you help me up first?" He asks.
"Sure," I grab his hand and he slides out of the bed. "Thanks," He walks over to the bathroom and changes fairly quickly, comes back out, and goes right back to bed.
"How does your arm feel now?" I ask.
"Burning, and it hurts, a lot," he says. He rubs it a few times too. The nurse comes back in with a briefcase full of supplies which I'm supposing is his few treatments.
"Okay Peeta, all I'm going to do is clean the burn and the wound and do the best I can to take the pain away," he nods shaking. She sets up a table right by his bed, takes his arm gently and lays it on it. This is going to be interesting.
Peeta's P.O.V.
I sit up slowly and look at my arm on the metal table, wondering what she's going to do to it. The nurse seemed really nice, so maybe this isn't to bad. I watch as she opens the brief case revealing many tools, lotions, and towels. She grabs a cotton swab and dips it into some liquid and starts rubbing it on my arm. I clench my teeth but maintain the pain, not wanting to have an episode right now.
Then, she dries it of and puts some different creams on it making it look all shiny. Next she puts a second coating of that burning liquid on it and dries that off too. After a while of creams, fluids and a needle, she wraps guaze around just the burn, then wraps another bandage around my whole arm.
"There, that should do the trick. How does it feel?" She asks me.
"Really tight," I reply.
"It'll feel like that for a while, but in a few days it will loosen up. In three days please put on this," She hands me a bottle of cream and liquid mixed. "It'll help it look better at least, but use the same bandage, if it comes off, then come back here and I'll give you a new one," I nod and look at Katniss who nods at me.
"Now I'll have Katniss sign a few papers and you both can go home,"
Katniss P.O.V
The nurse gives me the clip board to fill out, and in fifteen minutes we finally are home.
Hey! Long time no writing, NOT! This chapter was okay to write too, not as much as the last one. But I'm glad I got three pages filled out. Please review!