"It's past six, visiting hours are over now." He said. "Oh, okay." Manny
said, looking at Emma for instructions. Emma led them over to a pair of
chairs up against a wall. They sat down. "EM, what are we going to do now?"
"We get past the guard and go see Sean." "How do you propose we do that?"
"I don't know. I will think of something."
Emma looked around the hospital. She watched out the clear glass doors at an ambulance that was unloading a victim. "Emma we should just go home. We can come tomorrow." "No...I have a plan." The doors burst open and at least five men came in, all pushing one rolling gurney. Emma jumped to her feet and grabbed Manny. They hid behind the gurney, and with ease, made it successfully to Sean's door. They entered Sean's room slowly and quietly. Sean appeared to be sleeping...or dazing, one of them. Emma handed the cards and flowers to Manny and walked to Sean's bedside. "Sean..." she whispered in his ear. When he didn't wake, Emma bent down and laid her lips gently on his. Sean awoke with a big jump. Emma straightened up so he could get a good look at her. "Hey..." he said sleepily. "I'm sorry, I had to wake you, but Manny wanted to see that you were okay." "Manny?" He said thickly. "Hey Sean." Manny said, moving a little closer to him. "Here, we brought you these." She said, showing him the flowers. "Oh, thanks Manny." He said. Sean noticed that Manny had some tear streaks on her face.
"Manny, what's wrong? I'm fine...really." "I know," Manny said, walking over to him, "but if you could have seen yourself when they brought you in..." Manny started bawling her eyes out. Sean was shocked. He had never seen Manny cry before, and he certainly never thought that it would be for him. He did the first thing that came to mind. "Come here." he grabbed her arm and pulled her into a one-armed hug. "Manny, it's okay, I'm fine. I'm sorry that you had to see me like that." "Yeah...me too." She said. Sean was still holding onto Manny. Emma's eyes flickered. "Sean," she said, "we also brought you cards." Manny let go of Sean immediately. "Yeah, yeah we did, didn't we." Manny gave a weak laugh. She grabbed the cards from the bedside table. "Thanks." Sean said, taking them from Manny's hands. He opened and read Manny's first. "Thanks Manny." "No problem, Sean." She replied. Sean didn't read Emma's. He didn't want them there when he did. "Well, we should probably go." Emma said. "We're not technically supposed to be here." "Okay." Sean said. "Thanks for coming." "Anytime." Manny said.
Emma leaned down and kissed Sean. "Love you." she whispered in his ear. "I love you too, EM." He said. "Bye Sean." Manny said, blowing him a kiss. "Bye." Sean said as he watched them leave. Then he remembered Emma's card. He opened it and it read:
"Dear Sean, I know that this wasn't a good thing that happened but in some ways it made us stronger. Nearly losing you made me realize how much it would have killed me. It was such an awful feeling and I never want to be that scared again. It also made me realize how much I really love you. So lets make a pact, okay? Lets promise to always stay friends, even if we don't stay together as more than friends. Even ten years from now, if we don't even talk, I will always love you. The love that I feel for you is the kind that never dies. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me. ALWAYS, Emma."
The ALWAYS was printed on the card. By the time he had finished reading, Sean had tears welled in the corners of his eyes. "I love you, too." He said softly aloud to himself.
Emma looked around the hospital. She watched out the clear glass doors at an ambulance that was unloading a victim. "Emma we should just go home. We can come tomorrow." "No...I have a plan." The doors burst open and at least five men came in, all pushing one rolling gurney. Emma jumped to her feet and grabbed Manny. They hid behind the gurney, and with ease, made it successfully to Sean's door. They entered Sean's room slowly and quietly. Sean appeared to be sleeping...or dazing, one of them. Emma handed the cards and flowers to Manny and walked to Sean's bedside. "Sean..." she whispered in his ear. When he didn't wake, Emma bent down and laid her lips gently on his. Sean awoke with a big jump. Emma straightened up so he could get a good look at her. "Hey..." he said sleepily. "I'm sorry, I had to wake you, but Manny wanted to see that you were okay." "Manny?" He said thickly. "Hey Sean." Manny said, moving a little closer to him. "Here, we brought you these." She said, showing him the flowers. "Oh, thanks Manny." He said. Sean noticed that Manny had some tear streaks on her face.
"Manny, what's wrong? I'm fine...really." "I know," Manny said, walking over to him, "but if you could have seen yourself when they brought you in..." Manny started bawling her eyes out. Sean was shocked. He had never seen Manny cry before, and he certainly never thought that it would be for him. He did the first thing that came to mind. "Come here." he grabbed her arm and pulled her into a one-armed hug. "Manny, it's okay, I'm fine. I'm sorry that you had to see me like that." "Yeah...me too." She said. Sean was still holding onto Manny. Emma's eyes flickered. "Sean," she said, "we also brought you cards." Manny let go of Sean immediately. "Yeah, yeah we did, didn't we." Manny gave a weak laugh. She grabbed the cards from the bedside table. "Thanks." Sean said, taking them from Manny's hands. He opened and read Manny's first. "Thanks Manny." "No problem, Sean." She replied. Sean didn't read Emma's. He didn't want them there when he did. "Well, we should probably go." Emma said. "We're not technically supposed to be here." "Okay." Sean said. "Thanks for coming." "Anytime." Manny said.
Emma leaned down and kissed Sean. "Love you." she whispered in his ear. "I love you too, EM." He said. "Bye Sean." Manny said, blowing him a kiss. "Bye." Sean said as he watched them leave. Then he remembered Emma's card. He opened it and it read:
"Dear Sean, I know that this wasn't a good thing that happened but in some ways it made us stronger. Nearly losing you made me realize how much it would have killed me. It was such an awful feeling and I never want to be that scared again. It also made me realize how much I really love you. So lets make a pact, okay? Lets promise to always stay friends, even if we don't stay together as more than friends. Even ten years from now, if we don't even talk, I will always love you. The love that I feel for you is the kind that never dies. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me. ALWAYS, Emma."
The ALWAYS was printed on the card. By the time he had finished reading, Sean had tears welled in the corners of his eyes. "I love you, too." He said softly aloud to himself.