Humphrey's POV

I woke up to an extremely bright light in my face and a sharp pain in the side of my back, I moved a bit trying to get comfortable, which just made it hurt more so I stopped moving about. I was feeling extremely tired and I also felt like shit. I opened my eyes more, adjusting to the bright light in the room a bit more. I looked around and the room was bright white, with very little other colours.

After looking around some more, I realised I was in a hospital room. 'Jesus, how'd I get here?' I thought to myself, desperately trying to remember why I was in here but to no avail. Since I couldn't remember what it was, I just decided to rest a bit. I moved a bit onto my side and still felt a jarring pain in my back. I was determined to find out this pain so I decided to try look at it. I couldn't see it but I managed to find a mirror on the bedside table. 'Why is there a mirror here?' I thought, looking at it confused.

After adjusting the mirror to face around where the pain was, I saw a row of stitches lined up the side of my back.

"How the hell did that get there?" I asked myself, even more confused than before. I just decided to lay back down and wait to see if anyone is comes in, as I had no clue what was going on, nor did I know how I got here.

After about 5 minutes after I woke up, I saw the door open and a doctor, along with Mum, Dad, Charlotte, Liam and Kate walk in, Kate with tears streaming down her face, and the rest looking particularly worried.

"Humphrey!" Kate said, basically throwing herself into a hug on me, which hurt my back a lot but I didn't want her to let go, so I didn't say anything, "Are you feeling okay?" She continued, letting go and wiping the tears off her face.

"I feel like shit," I said, chuckling, "My back hurts a lot too."

"Well you did just have surgery, so I expect you to feel a little shitty," Dad said, removing the frown off his face.

"Surgery?" I asked, still confused at the situation.

"Don't you remember what happened?" Kate asked, putting her hand on mine and holding it tightly.

"Nope, not at all. The only thing I remember from this afternoon is taking you on a date but that's it," I said looking up at Kate.

"Well then I'll explain what happened little later if nobody else does. Let's just say you kinda got a bit of wood stuck in you," Kate said, giggling a bit at the remark.

"Funny," I said looking at her and shaking my head a bit jokingly. I looked over to Charlotte and Liam to see Charlotte gripping Liam's hand like it was the last thing she owns. I looked at Charlotte and looked down at her hand that was connected with Liam's, but she was too focused on me to notice what she was doing.

"Do you mind if I have a word with him in private?" the doctor asked. I completely forgot he'd entered the room, which was understandable.

"Yup, that's fine," Dad said, taking Charlotte and Liam out along with Mum following behind them.

"I don't want to go out," Kate said, gripping my hand tighter and tears forming again in her eyes. It amazes me, that all before this, Kate never put her hand on mine, probably never even considered it once, but as soon as something happens to me, she can't let go of me. I don't know if she does have an interest in me or is just worried, but I'm not gonna ask those questions now. I just want to know what the hell I'm doing here.

"It's alright, you don't have to. I just don't want too many people in here," He said, "Lovebirds," He muttered jokingly under his breath, but continuing on very quickly, "Now, I'm Dr Feder. If you don't mind me asking, do you know why you're here?" I just shook my head, still relatively confused as to why I was here.

"Okay, well you got into a fight by what was told to me, and you were thrown through a table, once again, what I was told. During being thrown through the table, it appeared a somewhat large piece of wood from the table lodged itself into your back, causing heavy bleeding, which is probably why you don't remember it," he said, pulling out a container, containing the piece of wood in 3 separate pieces and handing it to me, "I couldn't get an exact measurement due to it coming out in 3 pieces, sorry." I just nodded, mostly because I kinda didn't want to know how big it was.

"You got lucky though. It missed the internal organs due to the angle it went in at and the spot it went into. So you were very lucky there," He said, showing me the x-rays of the piece of wood inside my back. My face scrunched up immediately at seeing the x-rays, and he was right. It did miss my organs but it was pretty close. Had it gone in straight and not angled, it would've gone straight through my lung.

"Due to the injury, you'll probably have to stay here a couple of days, just so we can make sure you're stable and once we're sure you're alright you'll be discharged, which should be tomorrow at the earliest, I can't guarantee that though, sorry," He said flicking through some papers, "But aside from that, all I can tell you is rest, and if you have any problems don't be afraid to call the nurse, the button is just above your head."

"Okay. Thanks," I said, he waved and left the room, leaving the room open for the rest to come back in. Kate was still gripping my hand quite hard; her strength was surprising me to be honest. I'll have to ask her about that but I can't be stuffed right now.

"Kate?" I asked, her looking at me dead in the eyes, "Can I get some sleep? I'm pretty tired."

"Oh, okay. Yeah it's fine. Do you want us to stay or would you rather be alone?" She said, a little upset in her tone.

"You can stay if you want but it'll be quite boring for you," I said, chuckling a bit, "I have a feeling Charlotte and Liam want to go home," I continued, smirking at them, causing them to look slightly embarrassed, and finally releasing the grip on each other.

"We will take Charlotte home, Liam, you'll probably take your car, so you're welcome to come around if you want but it's up to you," Mum said, "But if you want sleep Humphrey we can go home and come back in the morning."

"I've got to drop my brother off at work tomorrow, which on the way back I can stop in," Liam said, and I just nodded.

"Yeah I think that'll be best," I said, mum nodding, kissing me on the cheek goodbye and taking them out of the room, leaving just Kate and I. There was a silence between us for a little bit, after I checked the clock I saw it ticking past 7:32pm.

"Jesus, it's getting a little late," I said chuckling a little bit, causing Kate to look over to the clock and frown a bit, "Are you sure you want to stay?"

"Yes, I do. I don't want you to be completely alone in here. Plus I can always go on my phone for the time being," she said, looking back at me. I smiled at her causing her to lift the frown off her face.

"That smile of yours always makes me happy," she said, resting her arm on the barrier of the hospital bed and plopping her chin on her hand.

"Oh really? Is that so?" I said, grinning at her, causing her to giggle a bit.

"Yes, really. No matter what the day, it always puts a smile on my face," She replied, staring into my eyes. We just sat like that for a bit, staring into each other's eyes, her hand still in mine. It was quite nice actually. It made me feel like I was home, like I was healthy, like I hadn't just been through surgery 30 minutes ago. It felt warm and cosy.

As I was day-dreaming about this I felt her weight shift and start leaning towards me. 'Is she about to kiss me?' I thought, I couldn't do anything but sit there and witness it.

We were so close, millimetres away from each other.

"Oh, sorry, I can give you guys time if you want?" Dr Feber said, as he entered the room. 'Fuck it!' I thought to myself, disappointed I just lost a chance with Kate.

"No it's fine, come in," I said, sighing a little bit. He entered the room with a few documents in a folder.

"These are just the copies of x-rays if you want them, and a few documents to do with medical stuff. Just thought you might want them as a lot of patients do," He said, handing them to me.

"Okay. Thanks," I said, receiving the folder from him and putting it on the bedside table.

"No problem. I also recommend you get some sleep. It's best for your body if you rest, plus it's probably the best way to pass the time for you at the moment, most likely," he said laughing a bit and leaving the room. I looked back up at Kate and surely enough she was looking right back at me.

"I better get some sleep then," I said, a frown growing on her face again.

"Okay," she said sadly.

"I'll see you when I wake up, okay?"

"Okay," she said, "Goodnight Humphrey."

"Goodnight Kate," I said, bringing her head down and kissing her cheek, the frown quickly lifting from her face. She smiled brightly at me, eventually releasing her grip on my hand, sitting down in one of the chairs next to the bed. Soon after, I managed to relax enough to get some sleep, eventually drifting off into the nothingness known as slumber. All I could think were two words at that moment.

'So close.'

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