Chapter 5
'Was last night a dream', John thought to himself as he opened his eyes and looked around the room. Feeling another body next to his, he looked to see Kate snuggled right up beside him. "Good morning", said Kate as she opened her eyes to find John looking into them. "Morning Katie Girl, have a good sleep?" asked John as he pulled a piece of hair from her face. Nodding Kate smiled; "Yes I did..." she started as she leaned forward and kissed him passionately. Pulling back, John looked at Kate, "How bout some breakfast?" asked John as he tried to stand up without even thinking. A sheer yell of pain suddenly filled the room as John fell back onto the floor. "John, oh my god are you okay..." cried Kate as she hurried to his side. "John I'm taking you to the hospital…" said Kate as she grabbed both his and hers clothing and quickly dressed.
At the hospital….
"Lexie, how is John doing? He seemed in so much pain when I brought him here." said Kate as she looked towards John's room. "Kate, whatever he was doing, he shouldn't have been doing it, and he's in no condition to do anything. He need to rest and only rest, but I do want him to start in therapy soon." Said Lexie. "Can I see him?" asked Kate. Lexie nodded her head, as she and Kate headed into John's room.
"Lex, I need you to do me a favor…." Started John. "John I can't give you any medication for the pain. I'm sorry, your only suppose to be taking aspirin, it will help with the pain.". "Does it look like it's helping with the pain….just something to get me through for a couple of hours", pleaded John. "As much as I want to help you John, I can't. There's too much of a risk of you becoming dependent on the drug." Lexie said as she shook her head. "You think that John would become an addict?" asked Kate. "Yes, and it's very possible because of the pain that he's in. So the answer is no…and you are to only take aspirin. Now John I want to get you started in therapy within the next few weeks. I'll go and get your discharge papers and you can head home." Lexie finished as she headed out the door.
Within an hour, John was able to head back home. "Kate, before we leave I just wanna go and check on something. I'll meet you at the car okay?" said John as he wheeled pass the nurse's station. Kate just smiled and headed off to the parking lot. Looking to make sure that Kate had gone, John found a med cart that was unlocked. 'If Lexie won't give me stronger drugs, I'm going to get them myself.' John said to himself as he found what he was looking for and put them all in his pocket.
Black Residence…
Arriving at home, Kate and John were surprised to see Belle and Philip waiting for them. "Philip, Belle, what are you guys doing here?" asked Kate as she unlocked the door and everyone went inside. "Well, Philip and I thought that we would let you and dad know that we set a date." said Belle with a smile on her face. "That's great Izzy, when's the wedding?" John asked as he took his daughter's hand and kissed it. "Well we deiced to have it on New Years Eve. I mean we know it's kinda short notice, but Philip might be getting shipped out and well we just don't want to wait any longer." John and Kate both looked at each other and smiled. "That's great Izzy, I couldn't be happier for you, and I promise that I will be walking you down that aisle, when the time comes." John said with a smile on his face. "Dad I don't want you to rush to hurt yourself, just to walk me down the aisle. All I want is for you to get better", said Belle. "No…I'm going to be walking you down that aisle, and I'm going to be giving you away to this fine young man who loves you with everything he has. I want you to be happy Izzy", John said as he shook his head. "If you'll excuse me I have something to do…" said John as he headed into the kitchen. "So where's your sister?" asked Kate. "She's upstairs asleep...well we should be getting going as well. Got a lot of things to plan. Bye", said Philip as he and Belle walked out of the house.
'Okay, let's see if your going to do the job that the doctors can't do…' John whispered to himself as he injected the needle into his leg. "What do you think you are doing?" asked Kate as she came into the kitchen, staring hard at John.