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It was only 4:00am when Melinda woke up crying, Olivia and Christopher stood at her side as Jim lay on her bed and pulled her into his arms "I..I m...my mom..." she mumbled sleepily without opening her eyes as tears streaming down her cheeks, Olivia's face crumpled and tears began to fall at the thought that Melinda didn't mean her though she knew she could never expect that, Melinda turned over and opened her eyes, she smiled when she saw Olivia's tears "stop.. crying, I m..m. .meant ...L..Livvy" she said in a soft voice between sobs. Olivia laughed through her tears and peppered Melinda's face with kisses mumbling "I love you" over and over "I love you too" she replied with a smile "you'll be out of here in a few hours" Olivia said happily. "Can I still go surfing today?" Melinda asked hopefully, Jim, Olivia and Christopher looked at her in surprise "are you sure?" Jim asked, Melinda nodded "I'll have tomorrow to rest after, I don't wanna miss anything" she said, "you're such a nerd" Jim murmured into her hair, she swatted his chest "so says Mr. Science geek?" she asked with a raised eyebrow, Jim chuckled "so says your Mr. Science geek" he confirmed, Melinda giggled and lay her head on his chest "you guys are disgusting" Christopher joked with a scrunched up nose, "go back to sleep honey, we'll wake you up when it's time to get ready to go", Melinda nodded and nestled her head in the crook of Jim's neck and closed her eyes, Jim beamed at Olivia and Christopher who both returned the smile.
It was 8:00 when everyone was woken up by the doctor," I've filled out all of your paperwork already. Now, everyone listen up...there is no cure for hypoglycaemia, but there is treatment, the glucose supplement that you're on now is perfect, but I need you to eat three decent meals a day. I want you drinking fruit juice and eating healthily. I need you guys to make sure that Melinda takes her medicine faultlessly and I need you to oversee her eating to make sure she's looking after herself, you should feel 100% better by this afternoon" with that the doctor gave a sweet smile and excused herself.
Half an hour later Melinda was fast asleep with her head on Jim's lap in the backseat of Christopher's car, "she loves me too, did you hear her say it last night?..it was amazing" Jim said reverently and he trailed his fingertips lightly over every inch of her face, Olivia glanced back from the front seat and smiled "it was" she agreed, Melinda sighed lightly and nestled her head into his stomach, Jim smiled and kissed her head softly. "I wonder if she's scared, I don't want her to be...about her illness I mean..." Jim said worriedly, "I won't be scared as long as you're with me" Melinda murmured, she sat up and her hair fell to one side as she tilted her head, Jim smiled at her and cupped her face with his hands gently "Always. How do you feel?" he asked, Melinda gave him a soft smile and leaned in to kiss him, she then lay on her back and rested her head on Jim's lap. "Can we get burgers on the beach? They have an awesome barbeque" Melinda suggested, Jim beamed down at her "you have no idea how good that sounds" he said with a smile, "Jim?...I love you" Melinda said quietly "I love you more" Jim replied with a smile "not possible" Melinda whispered while shaking her head "is too" Jim insisted with a smile. Christopher made gagging sounds from the front seat "it's...so...sickening" he choked between retching, everyone laughed and Olivia swatted his arm playfully "play nice", "only if you'll play too baby" he replied with a suggestive smirk which Olivia returned "I don't always play by the rules" she said with a wink, Christopher reached over and laced his fingers through hers "I think I can handle it" he replied.
Jim and Melinda glanced at each other before rolling their eyes and gagging simultaneously, "It's...so...sickening" they mimicked perfectly then they erupted into raucous laughter and Melinda squealed when Jim tickled her stomach. "So, Melinda, I hope you haven't forgotten what day it is on Thursday" Olivia said while turned in her seat to study Melinda's face, Melinda groaned and shook her head, "just Thursday" she grumbled, knowing full well what that day meant, "IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!" Olivia squeaked excitedly, "now, we were wondering what you'd like to do... we could go out somewhere or.." "nothing" Melinda mumbled, Jim frowned down at her "that doesn't sound normal for a sixteen year old girl" he said questioningly, Melinda gave him a scowl but the tears in her eyes softened it a little, "what's wrong?" Olivia asked, "this birthday just isn't one I want to celebrate" Melinda murmured. Jim's eyes widened in understanding while Olivia and Christopher still looked perplexed, "I understand" he whispered before pulling her into his arms and holding her tightly, Melinda sighed and wiped her eyes "I know it's silly but.." "no it isn't, I know how you're feeling" he comforted, "can we just..,not talk about it... please?" she pleaded, Jim nodded – he understood that it was her first birthday since her parents had been killed, it would be her first birthday celebrating without them, he sighed as he remembered his first birthday alone, he'd paid some low-life to buy him as much liquor as he could and the next thing he knew he woke in hospital a week later after crashing the car that had belonged to his father.-I won't let her be like me- Jim thought with determination, Olivia had obviously caught on and apologised quietly which Melinda didn't respond to, she just kept her head down in Jim's lap and her eyes shut lightly.
"We're here" Olivia announced as the pulled into the car park, Jim climbed out and swept Melinda into his arms, she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and kissed his neck, "MELINDA! ARE YOU OKAY!?" came Holly's terrified shriek, Melinda giggled and jumped down from Jim's arms to hug her "m'okay" she mumbled into Holly's silky hair, Alexis followed and then Mitch, once everyone was done greeting her they went into the house to explain what had happened.
"But isn't that like what diabetics have?" Mitch asked confusedly once they finished, Melinda nodded "one and the same" she grumbled, he nodded and kissed the top of her head "if you need anything...anything..please don't hesitate to ask" he said sweetly before gently wrapping his arms around Melinda "thanks Mitch" she sighed into his chest. Jim smiled as he watched the two of them happy to know that she would always have someone else looking out for her, "let's go to the beach" Christopher said softly, everyone agreed and excitement rang through the cabin as they all went into their respective rooms to change, Melinda followed Jim quietly thinking about her birthday-I don't even wanna think about celebrating right now...what's there to celebrate? I just wish everyone would forget about my stupid birthday, it doesn't mean anything anymore- she thought with a heavy heart.
Jim turned to her as they reached their room and gazed into her eyes as though he was reading her mind, he cupped her face gently with his hands and kissed her forehead "my first birthday after my parents died...I hung out on the corner of my street until I found someone willing to by me a couple of bottles of Vodka. This guy came along..." Jim wrapped his arms around Melinda and laid her gently on the bed before lying on his side next to her and lacing his fingers with hers.
"...He wasn't any older than I am now, he asked me what I wanted and I asked him for two bottles Melinda...two full bottles!...I was so stupid, I didn't know how to deal with the fact that I was meant to celebrate when my mom and dad had just died, what the hell was there to celebrate? I got completely wasted...I got in my car... and the next thing I knew I was waking up in hospital surrounded by police and social workers, I got a caution for under-aged drinking and a DUI but I was so young that they let it go, I got privileges taken away from me at the children's home, I had a serious concussion and I felt like hell chewed me up and spit me out. Turns out I had passed out behind the wheel and wrapped my car around a telephone pole...you know, I hear stories about people being killed by drunk drivers and I think 'God...how could anyone be so stupid? How could someone be so stupid that they would get in their car drunk and turn the key in the ignition, get half a mile up the street and cross an intersection over a red light? So careless that they would end up leaving a little kid without their parents? Because I know what that feels like...I know what it's like to be on your own and I would never wish that on anyone. But then I realised...I was that stupid, I could have been the guy that a little girl would look at and say 'that's him...that's the guy that killed my parents' and I knew that I could never take that risk again, because the only thing that separates me from those guys in the news stories...is luck. I guess my point is that..I acted out because I was alone, I had no one to love me and that's the worst feeling in the world. I want you to know that you don't have to be alone, because I love you" he finished with a sincere fire in his eyes.
Melinda snuggled into the crook of his arm "it wasn't your fault...and maybe it was just luck that stopped somebody from getting hurt, but that's good enough, as long as you learned something from it then the experience had value, I'm so thankful that you're here Jim...because that could be me...passing out drunk and crashing my car, I could end up in hospital next the husband of a woman that I knocked down because I couldn't control myself...but I won't. I won't because you're here, to know that there is someone who truly understands me but still loves me anyway is the greatest gift I could have and I thank you for that...for everything" Melinda timidly ran her hand up Jim's chest and then raised herself above him, "I love you" she said quietly smiling at how good it sounded to her, Jim smiled back and reached up to gently pull her face to his "I love you too" he whispered softly before touching his lips softly to hers, he moved slowly and lovingly with Melinda's bottom lip between both of his. "Hurry up! I wanna go to the beach!!" came Olivia's excited squeak, Jim and Melinda pulled apart reluctantly and smiled at each other. "We aren't even changed yet" Melinda said with a giggle, she leapt from the bed and grabbed a midnight blue string bikini from her suitcase as well as a white tank top and purple 'Hollister' shorts, she quickly changed in the bathroom and came out to find Jim in a white tank top and purple board shorts, Melinda sniggered in amusement, "what?" Jim asked confusedly "we match silly", Jim looked between them and rolled his eyes "you're rubbing off on me" he said with a smile, he pulled his tank top off and replaced it with a black one "better?" he asked, Melinda nodded "much" she replied.
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