Only a little longer to go...Don't worry I have some other plots I feel like exploring!
The chair in the hospital was about as comfortable as I had expected, but that was just how life was going to be. They wanted her to stay a few more nights I learned, and I would likely have to get used to this chair for the time being. I had slept a bit when the adrenaline fully wore off. Mom wasn't very talkative, but I knew that was due to her exhaustion. She also was not a big fan of hospitals; she had done her best to keep me healthy, so we never needed to go. When I broke my arm, you would have thought she was the one in pain with how she was acting. We just let the T.V. be our noise except when she slept. I had given her updates in my past visits, so I knew she wasn't blind about my life which helped. I had wanted to text Star, but my phone had died, and I hadn't felt like going to the gift shop until someone else was with my mother. She was still sleeping, but my eyes stayed fixed on that mountain range that was her heart on the monitor. I felt like she was too young to have had a heart attack, but the stress my mother was under made so much sense. I should have been helping with everything more and earlier, but I was not close to perfect. Now she would have medical bills and real legit debt if I didn't step in and handle it. I needed one big job that would make all that debt disappear for her and make it so she could take it easy. This was too much for her all alone. A nurse had brought in some mush acting as breakfast but decided not to wake her so she could eat it. She needed rest and that was the continued goal until her doctor checked back in. The nurse said that he would be in shortly which stopped me from straying too far and getting breakfast of my own.
A hard solid knock on the door alerted me to a new person walking in. It took me a second longer than it should of to register Starfire's Stella form, but I was so relieved it was her when. She had a duffle bag that I recognized as mine.
"Good morning" She whispered since my mother had some how not been awoken by her knocking or entrance. She must be on a lot of drugs or that exhausted.
"Good morning, thank you." I whispered back taking my duffle bag from her. It was heavy so I knew she had really packed it which stuff which would likely save me from needing to go back to the apartment for a bit. When I unzipped it my phone charger was on top. "You are a lifesaver, Cutie."
"True" she said simply, and I cracked her a smile. Her humor was almost always unexpected but delightful when it made sense. She leaned over and kissed my forehead. A gesture that apparently done on Tamaran more than actually kissing. It was a blessing and a well wish. I dug through the bag more and saw she had included most of my toiletries and my laptop with its charger. This would give me more ways to research how I was going to pay for all this. I gave her a true kiss; she was upset about something since she felt too hot.
"You okay?" I asked she hadn't burned me, but it was like putting you lips on a nearly too hot ceramic mug.
"My night was not smooth." Panic seized me and she shook her head. "things between me and Robin, he and I are fighting."
"He is being an asshole?"
"Yes, I will talk more about it later. Can I bring you breakfast?"
"Yeah I'm not picky." I rethought that for a moment remembering she had different taste buds. "How about donuts?"
"I remember your order. I shall acquire them." She flashed my wallet in her hand before I could remember to give her some bills. We had a pickpocket contest one day and she had a very light touch when she wanted too. I was happy that she had come back. I looked over back on my mom's bed and was relieved her eyes were still closed. Hopefully we hadn't woken her up, I guess this would be the day they met. She hadn't really needed to deal with me dating before since it wasn't a big deal, but Starfire was one of the few people I cared about. I cared a lot about her now.
"She's cute." I heard my mother whisper over. She hadn't opened her eyes, but a little smile had made it on her face. I immediately sprung up ready to call in the doctor or do whatever she needed.
"Good morning, Madre." I said and went over to where the breakfast mush had been left.
"What's her name?" my mom shook her head at the mush. I didn't blame her it would not be my first choice either. I smiled there was my mother's noisy side. She must be feeling more like herself if she was interested.
"Stella, though I call her Star as a nickname sometimes." I was proud that I remembered her alter ego name and gave myself an out if I forgot again. It was important to have an out.
"Pretty, is she why you have been happier lately?" I hadn't realized my relationship status had been so obvious.
"Likely a big part of it, she's happy all the time and it's contagious." I said knowing it was true.
"Just no grandbabies for a while, I don't think I can take another one of these." She winced at the pain and I decided to escape this awkwardness.
"I'll go get the doctor they were letting you rest, but I know they had more tests they wanted to give you this morning." I said and did that and considered all that I needed to get started. Star nor my mom would be happy with what I needed to do, but it was a need over a want.