Faithful To Me
"Dot? Dot?" Bob's voice brought her back to reality. "So the system scan didn't turn up anything?" "No, unfortunately." He smiled at her. "Uh oh, here comes Enzo. Dot, we really need to check out his icon at the infirmary. It may hold something important." "We'll get to it; just not now. Speaking of the infirmary, I need to check up on..Bob's progress." "Alright, I guess I'll see you tonight then," he said with a grin before closing the window.
As she headed down the hall, Dot thought about what happened over the past few seconds. The med-team finally broke the casing Gli- Bob was in with a chisel and hammer. Inside he was a bloody, sticky mess. They explained that he had successfully separated from Glitch, but because it was part of Bob's code, his code was now unstable. After they were sure he's survive, they sent him back to Mainframe to recover and so far -
Dot abruptly halted her train of thought when she saw his form on the infirmary bed, delicately breathing. He always seemed to do that to her. She quietly sat beside his bed and took his hand. She knew she wasn't supposed to be doing this, she was engaged to another, but - she couldn't help it. Crash it all! Why did she agree to marry him? Because, her inner voice reasoned, you were scared to see the one person who hasn't been affected, who still retains his innocence, disappear from your life completely, so you let your emotions take hold of you...
Yes, it was true she did miss his wisecracks and lightheartedness, but was she ready to marry him? Of course she was! Only..
Even thought she tried to avoid it as long as she could, she couldn't anymore. She looked back to the painful times. Bob's survival from the web had given her hope to count on, and when she lost it she was nothing but a hollow shell. When he came back and defeated their enemies her hope and joy came back to her ten-fold. Could this new Bob do that? Could he give her safety, security, and the gentle warmth of love? To her surprise, Dot couldn't come up with an answer.
Dot turned to Bob on his bed and layed her head on his chest. "Oh Bob." she sighed, wishing she could stay like that forever.
