Chapter ten: Hiding from the pain.
The california sunlight was able to shine through the thin blinds that covered the poolhouse's glass doors. For the first time in days, Ryan slept in the poolhouse bed, with Marissa. He opened his eyes and winced from the bright sunlight in the room. He looked on his other side, and saw her laying there, in all her beauty. He kissed the top of her head, and got up only to see Kirsten bringing in a tray with various breakfast foods on it.
"Hey, you're awake! I wanted to suprise you. You, and Marissa really made me feel better last night, so I wanted to give you guys breakfast in bed." kirsten said in a happy light tone
"Oh, thank you Kirsten, that's very nice, but Marissa is still asleep and I don't want to wake her up." Ryan said greatfully, and politely.
"Oh...that's fine, I'll throw it out, I think I overcooked the eggs anyways." Kirsten replied sharply.
" Hey, don't it's fine, I'll just heat it up later, really, it's fine." Ryan replied quickly trying to calm her down. "You ok Kirsten?" He asked with a sincere worry that made her sad because she hated to see Ryan sad.
"Yeah...it's just the eulogy was tough, and the funeral is in two days...it's just a hard time Ry, but I'm fine, really..." Kirsten's frail tone worried him more.
"Hey...it's still pretty early, why don't you go lay down for a while, try to get some sleep huh?" Ryan said eager to improve Kirsten's condition. Ryan placed the food tray on the floor, took Kirsten's hand and led her to the Bedroom. He tucked her in and said " If you need anything at all, just yell ok?" but she was already asleep.
Ryan walked out of the room, then went into the bathroom, and looked in the medicine cabinet. He was suspicious of Kirsten's behavior. She had moodswings before, but nothing like how she acted that day. He wasn't suprised as he found a quarter empty bottle of painkillers. It wasn't enough to call the hospital, but Kirsten would need to be checked on every few minutes.
Ryan walked out of the bathroom to see Marissa eating some of the food Kirsten had made.
"Did you make this for me?" She asked sweetly
"No Kirsten did, but I need to talk to you. Kirsten was acting weird today, so I went into the bathroom, and found out she took a quarter of a bottle of mild painkillers." Ryan said in a rushed slur of words.
"I'll call the ambulance." Marissa said rushing to the phone
"That's not neccasary Marissa. We just need to check on her alot, trust me, I've seen people take alot more pills than that, and get better with a simple nap...just trust me, I would never let anything happen to Kirsten." Ryan said in a reassuring manner. Marissa believed him, and put the phone back on the table, and walked over to him.
"Ok well...I'll watch her. You go grab a shower." Marissa said putting her hand on Ryan's shoulder.
"No...I'm gonna watch her, I know how to handle these situations. Just try to keep everybody calm" Ryan said, followed by a soft kiss from Marissa.
A few hours later...
Ryan sat in the room with Kirsten watching her, paying attention to every little move she made, just to make sure she would be ok. After a while Trey, and Seth walked into the room.
"Hey man, how is she?" Seth ask as he pushed some of the gold locks of hair from his comatose mother's face.
"She's fine...she should wake up soon, but she might not wake up until tomorrow." Ryan said as reassuring as he could.
"But she'll be ok?" Trey asked breaking the long silence.
" Yeah...she just needs some time, and rest." Ryan said while walking over to Kirsten, and positioning her on her stomach, with her head tilted to the side, so in case she vomited, she couldn't choke.
"You've done this before huh?" Seth asked impressed with Ryan's actions.
"Yeah, I've seen too many friends like this to not know how to handle it." Ryan replied, while glancing at Trey.
"Well...we just wanted to check on her,and make sure everything was ok...thanks man...you've been amazing through all this." Seth said as he and Trey left the room.
A few minutes later, Marissa walked into the room, and saw Ryan half awake.
She kissed him on the cheek which woke him up. "Hey Ry" Marissa said while sitting next to Ryan in the chair. They snuggled close to eachother, and Ryan wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held her tightly in his arms. "You are so incredible for doing this you know?" Marissa whispered into Ryan's ear.
"No...I'm just doing what any son would do for his mother." Ryan whispered back. She was always amazed by his kindness, but this act made her love him even more. They kissed softly, then Marissa layed her head on Ryan's shoulder and dozed off. Ryan too fell asleep, right next to the woman he loved.
