Kyle's world was spinning. He had no feelings or thoughts. Then a faint beeping could be heard from far off. And as his world started to slow down the beeping got louder, and he started to notice a throbbing pain in his chest.
As Kyle slowly woke up he started to become aware of the hand that was tightly grasping his. Kyle forced open his eyes, but he quickly closed them back to the light that both welcomed him, and gave him a headache.
Lily was suddenly awoken when she felt someone squeeze her hand, and she pulled her head up immediately. 'I must have fallen asleep' she thought as she looked at her watch and realized that it was morning already and she had slept for almost two hours.
Then she thought about what had woken her up. 'Was it Kyle?' she asked herself as she checked how he was doing. Then she realized that she was still holding his hand, but when she tried to let go she felt Kyle hold on.
"Kyle?" she asked quietly, and she couldn't help but smile when Kyle's eyes slowly opened.
"Hey" she said as she brushed his hair out of his face.
Kyle first noticed the breathing tube when he tried to say something back but was unable to. He pointed to it weakly trying to get Lily to take it out.
"I'm sorry Kyle but that has to stay in for a little while longer"
Kyle was confused. What was he doing in the ICU? What had happened?
He was drawn from his thoughts when he felt water on his hand. He looked up at Lily to see that she was holding his hand between hers and crying in them.
Kyle's mind was fuzzy and he just didn't understand what was wrong. Why was he in the ICU, why was Lily crying, and why was he in so much pain?
Lily couldn't help it she had tried not to cry but seeing Kyle awake just reminded her more of how much she almost lost him.
Kyle squeezed her hand trying to comfort her, he hated seeing her cry, but all this thinking was making his head hurt. All he wanted to do was sleep, but Lily's voice caught his attention.
"I was so scared" she said between sobs, "I thought that I was going to lose you, and then never be able to tell you how I felt"
Now that caught Kyle's attention had she just said what he thought she said?She looked up from her hands at Kyle, 'Wait a minute what had she just said?' Lily thought as she frantically looked for a way out of this conversation.
"You should really try and sleep Kyle, we'll talk when you feeling better" Lily told him as she dried her eyes, "I have to go tell your family how you're doing"
Kyle desperately wanted to know what Lily meant by what she had said early, but he was too exhausted to argue and drifted of to sleep.
