Chapter 6- Correct Me
I awoke to feel a cool breeze graze over my bandages, gently caressing the stinging wound in my weakened back. I lay there for minutes, with my eyes closed, replaying what had happened in the past days. A solitary tear came streaming down my face. I couldn't handle it, it was too much, too painful, too wonderful, too everything. Without even noticing it at first, my back sent out piercing shocks throughout my entire unconscious body making me forget everything except that I had been shot. Tears of unrelentless pain came flooding out of my tightly shut eyes. I grabbed onto the sheets, trying to get rid of the pain, sending it aimlessly out into the world.
Out of nowhere, he came, gently stroking my cheeks, "Its okay. Shhh. You're fine." I felt my hand move searching the bed for his free hand. Finding it, I placed my hand inside his and tightened my grip immediately, oozing out some of my pain through him. My breath was still raspy and disconnected, hard and concentrated. I breathed heavily in and out, releasing tears once more. He wiped them away with his finger, and wiped away my fear. I struggle to find words, trying many times before I was able to send out anything noticeable of a word.
"Vaughn?" I barely made a sound; it was half of a tiny whisper. I tried again, to make it louder, letting him know I knew he was there, loving me. "Vaughn,……hi." The throbbing in my back made every day procedures like speaking one word feel like running for miles at a time. Gently rubbing his thumb, I opened my eyes and welcomed the calming sight of his brilliant eyes looking at me with such adoration. His face looking rugged and tired, brought a sense of warmth I didn't know I was capable of feeling.
"Hi," he whispered back matching my volume and sincerity. My back still hurt, but I couldn't feel it. It had gone numb, for the rest of my body was in an active flurry of soothing. Sitting in a chair, pulled up as close as it could go to my bed, he cared for me, watching over me, my guardian angel. His relaxing sight had made me forget about where I was and what was going on. Realizing I had no idea of what was going on, I panicked and suddenly sat upright, instantly regretting it for it brought such pain.
"Where am I, what happened, are we going to be okay, what day is it, am I going to be okay, am I… going…" he stopped me from speaking another syllable of frightened thoughts clouding my head by gently pushing me back to the cushioned relief of the bed.
"You're fine, it has been almost two days, we're going to be okay. I've called Devlin, we are going to leave here as soon as you're ready. Trust me, you're not ready, I see it in your brain already, waiting to leave," I smile, he knew me too well, "Don't worry, we'll make it out," he paused watching me smile, embracing it," I love you." He bent over and kissed my hand, knowing that it would hurt me too much if he truly kissed me, no matter how much we wanted to.
Closing my eyes again, I pull his hand closer to my body. Feeling his heat cover over top of me, I fall back asleep, unaware of any pain, unaware of any unseen dangers that await us in the few hours to come. I am only aware of me and him, risking everything for each other.
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I awake suddenly to the sound of glass breaking, making me uneasy and nervous. My eyes pop open and stare at the ceiling, afraid to move, afraid to think. What was that? Is Vaughn okay? Where is Vaughn? He's not beside me, I hear more stirring outside of my room, rushed.
"Vaughn?" I wait for a few seconds……………Nothing. I begin to panic; a gap in my heart is beginning to crack open and grow. "Vaughn?" This time forcing a loud sound from my weak voice, scared. Nothing again. Tears silently fall, even they are uneasy and jagged. Without any warning, he emerges in my room, frantic, scurrying about the room snatching things in his hand and placing them in a solitary black bag. "Vaughn?" I silently say, he immediately hears me and turns around, alarmed.
"Come on, we have to go. Please don't ask questions, I know you're ……hurt and …..afraid, but please!....... I'm sorry. Here use my arm, take the blanket with you, you might need it." He stops every few words, catching his breath and staring into my eyes, trying to calm me down, his eyes brimming with tears ready to fall at any given moment.
I obey him and wrap the warm, quilted blanket over my aching body and take his arm. He leads me through the empty kitchen, past the living room adorned with scattered pieces of glass thrown about, through the door with the welcoming wreath, down the sidewalk watching the cracked surfaces, and into a car with little room. I stare at him with a blank expression as he turns the ignition and drives away from the safe house. My back raging at me with pain ensnaring all of my senses. I remain silent and still, dumbfounded. We spoke of nothing, heard of nothing except my shallow breathing letting us know that we were alive. He turned his head after fifteen minutes of driving out of town, in pure silence. He just opened his mouth and stared at me, ashamed of himself. Finally, he opened his mouth again and spoke, the worry lines in his forehead ever present.
"I'm sorry, but we, we needed to leave. I, I. . .had to get you to safety." Faltering on a few words, he took a deep breath, building up enough strength to tell me what I needed to know. "Um, Sloane is alive and he found us." I could see his spirit quickly vanish, without a trace, mine as well.
I faced forward, into the pitch black of night, numbed. My mouth fell open, poised to say something, but couldn't. I closed my eyes and found myself repeating what Vaughn had just told me over and over, hoping he would tell me it wasn't true. In my mind, I asked him to correct me and tell me that he was dead, dead in cell, where he tried to kill Vaughn, in a hollow, desolate, damp cell.
But, Vaughn never corrected me. I felt the pain of my back and the reality of everything sink into me, forcing me to lie back down, letting Vaughn take me away, all the while wishing, Please correct me.
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