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Even though Halloween was a few days ago, Cosmo was glad it was all said and done. She did smile when she saw Karissa again, dressed up as a dark fairy with black glitter wings on her, and her hair was in pigtails. She was also sad that she couldn't go to Corey Graves famous Halloween parties but she was surprised when she was told that he didn't throw a party, stating that it didn't feel right if everyone was not together. She felt guilty but Seth had told her not to feel that way, that it was his decision.
Speaking of Seth, she noticed that he was acting a little strange for the past few days and she wasn't sure why. Sure, they had apologized to each other but things were still fragile between them. Cosmo had taken full responsibility for her part in their fight, but she had a feeling it was much more than that.
She had also seen her father as he spoke to her as well, her heart was breaking, seeing as though he was on his last leg. She could see in his blue eyes, it broke his heart, seeing her like this. She knew she would have to tell him everything but from what it looks like, it seemed as though he had heard enough from her doctor. She sighed, blaming herself for the damage that had already been done.
It was her last week being in the hospital, even though she was still bandaged up. As she was munching on some peanut butter crackers and a sloppy tuna fish sandwich the staff had prepared for her, she looked up to see it was Seth again, wearing a short sleeved fitting black shirt and his black skinny jeans, his hair pulled back and his beard trimmed.
"Hey there, sweetie." She smiled.
"Hey yourself." He said as he sat on the bed next to her.
"So.." She started off saying. "This is my last week here."
"Yeah, I know you're happy."
"God, you have no idea." She muttered, rolling her eyes to which made him smile.
"I'm serious." She whined. "It's always cold in here. I know they said that hospitals are there to help you but with a room as cold as this one, its bugging me out. Hell, it's freaking me out. Hey, did I ever tell you how much I really don't like peanut butter crackers?"
"Oh I remember." He nodded, his smile never disappearing. "You kicked me when I had bought them for you."
"You were being a jackass, so that's nothing new." She scowled. "But fake peanut butter, yucky yuck yuck. But hey honey pie?"
"Hm?"
"Why do you look so down? I may be in pain but this doctor put me on this wonderful medical drug that makes me feel so floaty and free. I feel no pain in my neck. Get it, Pain in my neck?" She stuck her tongue out and Seth took her hand to kiss the palm of it.
"You feeling ok because of it?"
"Okey dokey, arti-chokey!" She giggled, yawning softly.
They looked up to see it was the male nurse coming in, smiling at Cosmo.
"Hello. I'm Mr. Ziggler, but you can call me Dolph. I'm your nurse. So Ms. Valencia, how are you feeling today?"
"So far, okey dokey. Although, I really hate these peanut butter crackers? They taste like a fried piece of shoe. Say Seth..promise me you will never ever give me anymore peanut butter crackers, got it?"
"I got it, Tinkerbell." He smiled softly at her.
"I can already feel my eyes fluttering with ease. EASY PEASY, LEMON SQUEEZY!" She sang.
Dolph Ziggler chuckled a bit, knowing it was just the medication making her loopy. "Well so far, Ms. Valencia is starting on her path to a soon to be quick recovery. There's been nothing that's been too damaged but she still needs bed rest and therapy."
"Like the physical?" She asked, feeling like a dumb blonde.
"Precisely, Ms. Valencia. Don't worry, you should be healing in about perhaps 2-4 weeks. But what's important is that you eat and get plenty of bed rest. Then we can move on to the next step."
Dolph Ziggler wrote down on his pad a prescription and handed it to Seth. "You seem to be her friend-"
"I am." he cut him off.
"Of course. So this is her prescription for her pain medication. Make sure that she takes them every eight hours with something to eat, starting this afternoon. I'll discharge her now but she really shouldn't be alone." Ziggler suggested.
"She's coming with me." He told him.
"Very well then." He smiled at Cosmo. "Sweetheart, I'll have the nurse take out your IV but I have to look at your ribs one more time, alright?"
Cosmo nodded as he bent down, pulling up her gown a bit, luckily she was wearing boy shorts as it revealed to be a purple bruising on her right side and it was swollen. As he touched it lightly, she sucked in her breath, wincing.
"Oww." She whined.
Seth glared at him as Dolph apologized. He knew he was just doing his job but to him, he was hurting Cosmo.
She squeezed a pillow when he touched another bruise on her thigh lightly, examining it.
"Son of a .." She swallowed her breath.
He then examined her face and around her head, the cut on the side of her head was dried up from blood.
"You're lucky that you survived. Not only that, this really could have given you a serious concussion, one that would be pretty severe, but so far it's been mild."
"I have a strong brain, you know." She yawned.
Dolph chuckled. "I believe you do." He pulled the rest of her gown down. "Take care, Ms. Valencia, and if something doesn't feel right or if you're still in pain, don't hesitate to come back again, especially if the swelling doesn't go down in a couple days."
They had arrived to Seth's place as Seth helped her to take off her shoes.
"Seth..you don't have to do this. You can just drop me off-" She yawned again, rubbing her eyes.
"I know, but I don't want to do that." He helped to pull off her sweater.
"I thought Skylar said I could stay with her..or was that Dean?"
"I told them both already that I would be the one to help you instead." He carefully stood her up as he helped her balance herself on her crutches.
"You're so..WHOA!" She almost fell over if Seth hadn't caught her.
"Nice.." She finished her sentence.
He helped her to the guest bedroom he had; It was a small simple bed, nothing too lavish as he had helped her lie down, as he helped her to pull the covers over her. It was then that Kevin climbed into bed with her, Seth's Yorkie dog.
"Kevin likes me." She gently patted his head as he licked her fingers.
He smiled. "Yeah he does. He never stopped."
"Well I like him too." She sighed sadly. "I miss Muffin, Sethie.."
"Don't worry; Skylar and Roman have her and they're taking care of her until you start to feel better alright, sweetheart?"
She nodded. "Ok."
"Can I make you something to eat?"
She shook her head no.
"Cosmo, honey, you have to eat." He gave her a stern tone.
She whined, pouting her bottom lip. "Feed me."
He chuckled. "What you like?"
"Do you have anything that has gumbo in it? I would like some..ooh or maybe chocolate chip waffles!"
"I have waffles and some hot chocolate. We can have that instead, sweetie."
"Yes, lets!"
They had some toaster waffles as Cosmo only ate half of her waffles and drank some hot chocolate. Seth helped her to take her medication to rest, to help with the pain anyway.
Seth stroked her hair to help her as she rested into her slumber.
As Seth slowly waited until she fell asleep, she grabbed his arm.
"Don't-Don't leave me...please.." She sounded vulnerable for a second
"I won't sweetheart." He whispered.
He took off his shirt, getting down to his boxers as he rested beside her, helping to take off her clothes as he would help her slip into one of his shirts and then he held her as she fell asleep, hearing her soft snores as he gently kissed her forehead.
"Hey Seth.."
"Yes, Tinkerbell?" He asked quietly.
"Are we..are we friends again?" she asked him.
"Always."
"Good. I'm glad we are friends again. Nothing more right?"
He nodded, despite that it was going to kill him inside. "Nothing more honey. Only friends."
...
It was the next evening that Seth was with Corey, Dean and Roman as they headed up to the bar.
"So why are we here again?" Corey questioned for the umpteenth time.
Seth tried not to snap at his best friend but he was getting frustrated each time. "I told you; From the police report, from what the detectives said, this whole accident is planned. Not only that, Cosmo doesn't remember anything and I'm going to find out what exactly happened. Me and Dean were here."
"So someone should know who could have possibly drugged her." Roman interjected.
"Exactly."
They went up to the front of the bar, seeing the bartender from that night. "Can I help you guys?"
"We're here on a little investigation, you could say.." Dean crossed his arms. "It's important. Did you know Cosmo Valencia; Green hair, blue eyes, very hot body right?"
"Dean.." Roman shook his head.
"What?" He looked so clueless.
"Just..can you tell us if you have talked with her that night."
The man thought carefully as he nodded. "Oh yeah I do remember her. She had a couple drinks. Then she went to the bathroom. She wanted me to watch her drink so I did. However, this guy had said he was her boyfriend."
"And you believed him?" Dean looked at him like he was stupid. "Do you snort bleach?"
"Dean, shut up. This isn't helping." Corey added.
"Neither is this dumb ass believing anyone and he's part of the reason, a close friend of mine almost got fucking killed!" Dean snarled angrily, ready to jump over the counter and punch him.
"Now wait a fucking minute-" The bartender was ready to fight all of them but they all held their ground, Seth trying to calm everyone down, being the voice of reason; If he was going to get down to the bottom of this, they needed to work together.
"Do you have any description?" Seth needed to know exactly what happened that night if he was going to help Cosmo. He wanted to fix what he did.
The man sighed heavily. "Blonde dirty hair, his eyes looked faded and he looked like a flat out bum to be honest."
"Do you have any security footage? Just so we know and have a distinct image of who he could be?" Roman suggested.
As the guy thought carefully, he went into the back of the room and then he pulled out a few tapes, putting them into the VCR of the TV. "That should help you a little bit."
After it was hooked up, the guys all watched the video camera very closely that night. Seth saw that Cosmo went into the bathroom and the guy after her had taken her drink.
"Pause it." Seth told Dean.
As it was paused, everyone knew who it was.
"Do you know this guy?" The bartender asked.
"Yeah..Yeah I do." Seth said. "We all do. It's Justin; Cosmo's ex."
Seth nodded thanks as they all left, with Dean walking faster, pissed and angry. But no more than Seth.
"So what's our next step, men?" Corey asked.
"We're going to pay that piece of shit a visit, that's what." Seth told him as they got into the car, making a beeline to find Justin.
