I walked into the hospital and went up to the desk.
" Can you tell me where Gwen Richards is?" I asked the nurse at the desk.
" She's in ICU room 1432." the nurse said. I looked at Scott, standing behind me.
" ICU....oh God." I said. Scott grabbed my arm and let me toward the elevator.
" Come on Terr, let's go see her." I heard him say. I felt a wet streak going down my cheek. I reached up and brushed it away angrily. I can't let her see me cry.
We walked down the longest hall of my life to find her room. I stood outside the closed door and looked through the window at her, lying there on the bed, with all the monitor around her and the tubes coming from her. I walked up to the door and put my hand on the knob, wanting to go in.
" You must be Mr. Gerin. The man that brought her here said that you would be coming." a man said, coming over to me. " Hey wait, you're Rhyno! Wow." he said. Oh great, a fan now? " Well, anyway, she's hurt pretty bad. She's got some major internal injuries, but they've been taken care of. She's a fighter, but this is a bigger fight than any of us have ever seen before." the guy said. I felt my shoulders drop. She had to be okay. I need her. I love her. She was my everything. Without her I was nothing but another hollow man.
" You can go in and see her if you want now Terr." I heard Scott say from behind me. He took my bag off of my good shoulder and I walked in the room. I sat down in one of the chairs beside her and took her bandaged hand.
" I'm here Gwen. I hope you can hear me. I love you. I love you so much that the thought of loosing you wants to make me kill myself. You're my everything. You're my sun shine, my rain, my world. I've always loved you. Even when you were with that asshole that put you here, the way you smiled at me, the way you'd call me 'your Rhyno' in the interviews, everything about you. That morning when you kissed me, I didn't know what to say. I was so scared that I was just going to be a rebound and you were going to leave me as soon as someone better came along. That was almost a year ago Gwen, and you're still with me. You haven't left my side. Now, I'm not going to leave yours." I said, finally letting the tears fall. I know it must have been pretty amusing to watch a grown man like me cry, but I couldn't keep it in any longer. I know she'd cry for me. She already has. When I hurt my shoulder she cried. I was fine, I got up and walked away from the ring on my own power, but when she found out that I really hurt my shoulder, she cried, saying that it was her fault. It wasn't her fault, it wasn't Scott's, it wasn't mine. It was an accident and it happened. It's done now, and we're dealing with it.
I sat there holding her hand for what had to be hours. I woke up the next morning next to her, in the same chair that I had been the night before. Gwen was still in the bed, eyes still closed. I sighed and got up, kissing her hand before I put it down on the bed gently and left the room. I had to get something to eat, I was starving. I walked by one of the waiting rooms and saw Scott, Adam and Jay, stretched out on some chairs. I walked in and Jay sat up.
" How is she?" he asked.
" Still with us." I said. " What are you doing here?" I asked.
" Helping our friend get through a rough time." he said. I walked over and hugged him and he hugged back.
" Thanks Jay." I said quietly as we let go. " You wanna come down and get something to eat with me?"
" Yeah sure." he said. We walked out of the room leaving Scott and Adam to sleep.
" Can you tell me where Gwen Richards is?" I asked the nurse at the desk.
" She's in ICU room 1432." the nurse said. I looked at Scott, standing behind me.
" ICU....oh God." I said. Scott grabbed my arm and let me toward the elevator.
" Come on Terr, let's go see her." I heard him say. I felt a wet streak going down my cheek. I reached up and brushed it away angrily. I can't let her see me cry.
We walked down the longest hall of my life to find her room. I stood outside the closed door and looked through the window at her, lying there on the bed, with all the monitor around her and the tubes coming from her. I walked up to the door and put my hand on the knob, wanting to go in.
" You must be Mr. Gerin. The man that brought her here said that you would be coming." a man said, coming over to me. " Hey wait, you're Rhyno! Wow." he said. Oh great, a fan now? " Well, anyway, she's hurt pretty bad. She's got some major internal injuries, but they've been taken care of. She's a fighter, but this is a bigger fight than any of us have ever seen before." the guy said. I felt my shoulders drop. She had to be okay. I need her. I love her. She was my everything. Without her I was nothing but another hollow man.
" You can go in and see her if you want now Terr." I heard Scott say from behind me. He took my bag off of my good shoulder and I walked in the room. I sat down in one of the chairs beside her and took her bandaged hand.
" I'm here Gwen. I hope you can hear me. I love you. I love you so much that the thought of loosing you wants to make me kill myself. You're my everything. You're my sun shine, my rain, my world. I've always loved you. Even when you were with that asshole that put you here, the way you smiled at me, the way you'd call me 'your Rhyno' in the interviews, everything about you. That morning when you kissed me, I didn't know what to say. I was so scared that I was just going to be a rebound and you were going to leave me as soon as someone better came along. That was almost a year ago Gwen, and you're still with me. You haven't left my side. Now, I'm not going to leave yours." I said, finally letting the tears fall. I know it must have been pretty amusing to watch a grown man like me cry, but I couldn't keep it in any longer. I know she'd cry for me. She already has. When I hurt my shoulder she cried. I was fine, I got up and walked away from the ring on my own power, but when she found out that I really hurt my shoulder, she cried, saying that it was her fault. It wasn't her fault, it wasn't Scott's, it wasn't mine. It was an accident and it happened. It's done now, and we're dealing with it.
I sat there holding her hand for what had to be hours. I woke up the next morning next to her, in the same chair that I had been the night before. Gwen was still in the bed, eyes still closed. I sighed and got up, kissing her hand before I put it down on the bed gently and left the room. I had to get something to eat, I was starving. I walked by one of the waiting rooms and saw Scott, Adam and Jay, stretched out on some chairs. I walked in and Jay sat up.
" How is she?" he asked.
" Still with us." I said. " What are you doing here?" I asked.
" Helping our friend get through a rough time." he said. I walked over and hugged him and he hugged back.
" Thanks Jay." I said quietly as we let go. " You wanna come down and get something to eat with me?"
" Yeah sure." he said. We walked out of the room leaving Scott and Adam to sleep.
