Chapter 7
Fifteen minutes later she open her eyes and saw him kneel next to her, still making compress.
- You came back.
- Shh, rest. I'll be here, taking care of you.
She closed her eyes and slept again. When she woke up again he was staring at her.
- Oh, I guess I slept again.
- Yeah, you frighten me. - He continue staring oddly at her - This time was more interesting watch you sleeping, after all, isn't everyday I watch someone talk sleeping.
- I talked when I was sleeping?
- You did. I guess you were delirious, or, I don't know, remembering something.
What I said?
- You whispered something, something like, "Because I can't be like this anymore", "it's the best thing to do", " It's not because of him...it's because of me", this kind of thing.
Rory felt her cheeks burn. She closed her eyes and covered almost all her face with the blanket. Then she took a deep breath and asked, "Did I say something more?" Even being afraid of the answer she had to know.
- No, nothing important. Oh, you said that you loved me...
- What? - She screamed, hysterical, jumping off her bed.
- Calm down, I was kidding. God, you had an attack.
She starts to cough, and realize that she shouldn't had screamed or jumped. Now she was feeling weaker. And he noticed the joke had some meaning to her that he didn't imagine, and that she was weaker now.
- Shh, calm, you'll be fine. Do you want something? Food, medicine, book, I don't know, anything?
- No. - she moves away.
- Rory, sorry, I didn't wanna make you nervous. It was just a joke.
- That's ok, I don't even know why I was that way.
- Right. Well, won't you sleep?
- No.
- Afraid of say something that I shouldn't hear? - He teased.
- I just don't want to sleep, can be?
- Sure. I wanna see how long you will be awake. 'Cause in the other times you didn't want to sleep as well, but you slept.
She was quite, thinking. It was true. She won't sleep, after all she had said a part of her breaking up with Dean, and next thing should be she saying to herself that she loved Jess. And even it's been true, she wasn't ready to admit this, not for him, nor for herself.
- Rory, if you want tell me something, there's no problem. I won't tell anyone. Or, if you prefer say when you're sleeping, there's no problem too. I won't tell anyone...even for you.
Rory liked the idea of tell him that she loved him when she was sleeping. It would make things much easier for her. She would admit for herself and for him what she was feeling, but they wouldn't have to discuss about this, he wouldn't know if it was true or if she was sleeping.
- Jess?
- Hum.
- Can we just change the subject?
- If that's what you want...
- And how is Shane?
- Can we just change the subject? - They were together, but he just feels that it wasn't time to discuss about this with Rory.
- If that's what you want...
Fifteen minutes later she open her eyes and saw him kneel next to her, still making compress.
- You came back.
- Shh, rest. I'll be here, taking care of you.
She closed her eyes and slept again. When she woke up again he was staring at her.
- Oh, I guess I slept again.
- Yeah, you frighten me. - He continue staring oddly at her - This time was more interesting watch you sleeping, after all, isn't everyday I watch someone talk sleeping.
- I talked when I was sleeping?
- You did. I guess you were delirious, or, I don't know, remembering something.
What I said?
- You whispered something, something like, "Because I can't be like this anymore", "it's the best thing to do", " It's not because of him...it's because of me", this kind of thing.
Rory felt her cheeks burn. She closed her eyes and covered almost all her face with the blanket. Then she took a deep breath and asked, "Did I say something more?" Even being afraid of the answer she had to know.
- No, nothing important. Oh, you said that you loved me...
- What? - She screamed, hysterical, jumping off her bed.
- Calm down, I was kidding. God, you had an attack.
She starts to cough, and realize that she shouldn't had screamed or jumped. Now she was feeling weaker. And he noticed the joke had some meaning to her that he didn't imagine, and that she was weaker now.
- Shh, calm, you'll be fine. Do you want something? Food, medicine, book, I don't know, anything?
- No. - she moves away.
- Rory, sorry, I didn't wanna make you nervous. It was just a joke.
- That's ok, I don't even know why I was that way.
- Right. Well, won't you sleep?
- No.
- Afraid of say something that I shouldn't hear? - He teased.
- I just don't want to sleep, can be?
- Sure. I wanna see how long you will be awake. 'Cause in the other times you didn't want to sleep as well, but you slept.
She was quite, thinking. It was true. She won't sleep, after all she had said a part of her breaking up with Dean, and next thing should be she saying to herself that she loved Jess. And even it's been true, she wasn't ready to admit this, not for him, nor for herself.
- Rory, if you want tell me something, there's no problem. I won't tell anyone. Or, if you prefer say when you're sleeping, there's no problem too. I won't tell anyone...even for you.
Rory liked the idea of tell him that she loved him when she was sleeping. It would make things much easier for her. She would admit for herself and for him what she was feeling, but they wouldn't have to discuss about this, he wouldn't know if it was true or if she was sleeping.
- Jess?
- Hum.
- Can we just change the subject?
- If that's what you want...
- And how is Shane?
- Can we just change the subject? - They were together, but he just feels that it wasn't time to discuss about this with Rory.
- If that's what you want...