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Chapter 24 : The first night

For the first time in a month, Matt had slept the entire night without any awakenings. For the first time, Matt felt happy, complete. It was a nice feeling invading his body and his mind. His body was moving slowly, his fingers were clenching. He felt someone next to him, very close. Although his own hand was warm, there was something icy on it. He decided to open his eyes, carefully. They then met Gabby. He got used to this source of subdued light, burying his gaze on this unknown woman. He smiled stupidly, then frowned.

Matt was seeing Gabby in a bed he didn't know. He was in a house he didn't remember any details. She was naked and simply covered by the sheets, he was in a blue underwear. He smiled, sighing slightly and approached the bed. He then came on the sheets, encircling Gabby with his warm arms, kiising tenderly her shoulder and inhaling her smell, placing his head on theb ack of her neck.

"Hey..."

Just this single soft word made him smile even stupidly.

"Hey...", he replied then.

They remained sill for a second, enjoying this moment before Gabby broke the silence.

"You hungry? You want me to uh... I can do some fresh eggs or something?"

Matt growled, frowning a little. He wanted to enjoy this moment in bed with the one he loved.

"I mean not that we have to. If you have somewhere to be..."

Matt leaned against her, letting her know he was there and didn't want to move, that he didn't want to leave, still breathing her delicious fragrance.

"Gabby?"

He didn't know how to tell her what he had in mind, he wasn't really good for sharings. But he took a deep breath and spilled it out.

"I had this chance at this year ago and I blew it. I've been regretting every since. So..."

She straightened, making Gabby turn a little, plunging his gaze on her, in her.

"I'm not gonna grab my things and make up axcuses to get out of here".

Softly and slowly, she came caressing his right arm as she liked to do while Matt were still looking at her, lovely.

"As far as I'm concerned... It's our time now", he finally whispered.

He waited a reaction, any reaction from the woman he loved, this waiting feeling you had when you would want something and you had to wait for this. Impatience won, but he didn't show it. Seconds later, Gabby nodded, closing her eyes and putting her left hand in his warm neck. He came to kiss her before breaking it, continuing to look deeply into her eyes. Her hand still in his neck, she brought her face to his, kissing him tenderly, gently. He was happy.

"Matt? Matt?"

A hand came on his shoulder, a strong and virile hand that made him jump as he shook his head to regain his senses.

"Yeah".

His voice wasn't here anymore, magically. He cleared his throat, still frowning.

"it's been five minutes you have your eyes open, and I'm talking to you but you're not here".

"Oh", he finally said, confused. "Sorry".

Seeing the confusion on Matt, Antonio were puzzled. Professional deformation.

"A problem?"

Several seconds later, Matt shook his head, closing his eyes. It was a part of his memory pretty intimate, but he was happy to remember it. Then he squeezed Gabby's hand, smiling.

"I remember", he said, simply.

Still puzzled, Antonio frowned in turn. What Matt meant.

"What? You remember everything?"

"No..."

Matt didn't know how to explain this to Antonio, his brother-in-law. He felt embarrassed about this subject.

"Uh, just... Our f-first awak-kening together, our f-first..."

"Oah, I stop you right now".

Surprised, Matt stopped talking.

"I won't want to know about your rollings in the hay or anything", Antonio explained, laughing.

This made Matt smile. He still had his eyes on Gabby, admiring the lines of her face despite this tube still coming down her throat. He was loving her deeply.

"That's why you were absent a few seconds? You had this... This flash? When you woke up?"

Matt nodded, breaking this eye contact he had with her, looking at the ceiling.

"It's... Weird. It's m-my... Second flashback".

"Your second? When was the first one?"

"Yesterday, when... The therapist removed the p-plast-ters and... We moved my arm".

"What did you remember?"

Matt stopped breathing for a second, biting his lips and swallowing his saliva nervously. Just thinking about it, he was in pain.

"The hit", he admitted with a trembling voice.

Antonio understood what Matt was talking about: the day of the accident.

"I see. If you want to talk, don't hesitate. We're here, but I can understand it can be hard for you, and painful. Then don't force", Antonio assured.

"I... I remember this... This car ap-proaching pretty fast on... On Gabby and... And my body reacted".

Matt stopped a moment, emotionally unstable. He was suffering, tears burning his eyes, but he was convinced that talking would help him feel better.

"I ran over her, I remembered pushing her, and... And the car arrived, I... My right side was burning, was h-hurting me, really bad. I... I felt my legs cracking, my elbow hurting... I don't know how m-much time... How much time I stayed on the car, b-but... But I slided... I think t-that... My head hit the ground pretty hard, and... And then it's black".

Although he talked about it, giving all the details he could, he didn't felt relieved. Tears were streaming down his cheeks, he sobbed. Antonio didn't know what to say. He saw the video of the impact, but what he just heard made him confused.

"I feel guilty. If... If I hadn't pushed her, she... She wouldn't have been in a coma, and..."

"And Gabby would have been at your place, not remembering you", Antonio explained firmly but warmly and with a soft voice. "You saved her, you love her. If you hadn't done this, I would have killed you".

More confused, Matt frowned and looked at Antonio, doubting and puzzled.

"I promised me: you promised to take care of my sister, no matter what. Not saving her, it's breaking this promise. I would have blamed you".

"B-but... You blamed me. For her shape".

Antonio sighed. Matt had udnerstood this.

"It's true, I blamed you. But it's was before knowing you own shape and seeing you. I didn't know that... That..."

"I was that bad?"

Unable to say a word nor a noise, Antonio nodded, his eyes closed and his head down.

"When... When I came the first time, I... I don't know, it was... A big shock for me. I blamed you because you were conscious, and my sister was in a coma".

Antonio's first clenched, more because of nervosity than anger.

"But your sister opened my eyes".

Antonio raised his head, facing Matt. The latter had tears in his eyes, ready to flow again. He took a deep breath and told him the truth.

"If Gabby had been hit... She wouldn't have survived for sure. And that, it's the reality. You saved my sister, the woman you love. Cling to this".

Instinctively, Matt tenderly squeezed a little more the hand of his beloved, caressing and warming it. Suddenly without warning, a machine rang, startling the two friends.

"What's happening?" Antonio worried.

A nurse came immediately into the room. Emily, as usual.

"What's happening?" Antonio asked again.

Checking all the machines around Matt first, but discovering nothing, she passed to the other side to check those around Gabby. She pushed a few buttons a dozen seconds later, stopping this awful noise giving a headache.

"So? Can you tell us what's happening?" Antonio grew impatient, worried about his sister.

"Don't worry Antonio. It's an alert I charged on one of these machines to check on your sister. If one of them is sounding, then her shape is improving", Emily explained warmly.

"So... She's improving?"

Emily smiled, then shook her head up to down.

"Indeed! Your sister shows signs of pulmonary reflex".

Raising his eyebrows, Anotnio didn't understand this gibberish.

"Meaning?"

"Meaning her lungs are starting to work without assistance".

The nurse then turned once again toward the bed, ushing some others buttons.

"W-what are you doing?" Matt aksed, puzzled.

"I will place her under the same ventilation as you, Matt".

Antonio didn't know how his breathing was working, and it made him very distraught, although he didn't show it.

"S-so... If she wants to breathe... She can?"

"Yes Matt. It also means that she's feeling your presence here. And she's hanging onto life, she's fighting".

Matt closed his eyes, relieved and reassured. He felt his eyes burn again, because of the tears coming down his cheeks. And he didn't hold them.

"Matt? You hurt?"

Matt shook his head, signaling he wasn't in pain. To tell the truth, he didn't know why he was crying, but the fact that Emily told him she was feeling his touches was making him so happy.

"I-I'm just... Happy".