"Ma would you just get over it and call them already"
"Someone's going to have to tell them eventually, they would want to know if their own son got shot..."
"Peter you're not helping"
Kyle laid there, eyes closed, listening but not really understanding. The words that the people around him were speaking seemed to float through his mind keeping him awake. After a few minutes of concentrating, Kyle began to recognize the voices of the three people in the room. The elder female voice belonged to his aunt Maxine, the other female voice was his cousin Amy's and the male voice was his other cousin Peter's. All he wanted to do was go back to sleep but the loud voices prevented him from doing so. So Kyle had one option left and slowly allowed his eyes to flutter open.
"So tell me again why you won't call them" Peter was saying when Amy heard a moan from the other side of the room and looked to see Kyle finally wake up.
"Kyle" Amy said happily and walked over to him, followed by Maxine and Peter.
"How are you feeling" Maxine asked him.
Kyle looked around at his three family members overwhelmingly. He knew three people weren't allowed in to visit an ICU patient, 'Lily must have pulled a few strings' he thought.
"Like shit" he answered truthfully "What were you arguing about?"
The three looked at each other for a moment before Amy answered.
"Who had to call your parents"
Kyle raised his eyebrows, he hadn't thought of them.
"Well look who's finally up" came a vice from the doorway and everyone looked to see Lily walk into the room, "Hey Kyle, how are you feeling?" she asked, genuine concern written all over her face and in her voice.
"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Kyle asked looking at Lily.
"Well it is an appropriate thing to ask someone who just happens to be in the ICU" Lily said writing on a clipboard. She then turned to the three other people in the room, "Now if you would excuse us Kyle needs to rest" and she lead them out of the room.
"Finally" Kyle said as he closed his eyes and relaxed, wanting nothing more than to go back to sleep.
"They've been really worried about you, you know" Lily said sitting in the vacated seat next to Kyle's bed, then whispered "And so have I, did you really mean what you said?"
"Did you?"
"Y…yeah, yeah I did"
He smiled, "so did I"
"I love you"
"I love you too."
