A new face after the race
Chapter 31
Lucky grabbed a shirt and pulled it over his head, in a hurry. He had come home last night to sleep for a few hours, shower and change his clothes. Now that all that was done, he was heading back to the hospital. He couldn't stray from Emily's side for long and the few hours he had away from the hospital was too much in his mind.
Sonny ended up saving Emily's life. What looked like death was overturned. The only problem was that Sonny gave too much blood, so he too was stuck in bed, gaining that back. Emily's internal bleeding had stopped and they literally pumped her full of blood. She was to make a good recovery, but the amount of blood she originally lost made her lose all energy. So much she had been recovered for a week, but yet she was still asleep, making up for all the lost energy. She had yet to wake up or even open her eyes. She still made small movements, like a move of her hand, that said she was still there, just too tired to make the small effort of waking up, even for a second.
The doctor said it was normal, but it still worried Lucky. They said she might have problems when she wakes up, being a hit and run case. She could have head problems, be more emotional, et cetera et cetera.
He left his room, in the mess that it was, and always was. His parents understood though, Emily was the world to him, and if he needed to be at her side constantly, so be it, so they didn't stress chores or cleaning he usually does, just to be useful.
His dad was in the kitchen, reading the paper when he was in it too. "Hey dad." Lucky said, and grabbed an apple from the fruit basket.
"Hey, Lucky. Heading to the hospital?" Luke asked, knowing the answer.
"Yeah, I'll see you later." Lucky didn't stress the later. Everyone didn't know what later was.
"Can you wait for a second?" Luke requested.
Lucky hung around impatiently near the door. "Not really, but I guess you deserve that much." It was his father after all, and he had been blowing him off. He felt a little guilt in that, but what was done was done.
"Good, sit down." Luke pulled out a chair and Lucky begrudgingly did so. "How's Emily?" He asked first.
"Getting better, I just wish she would wake up and reassure me of that." Lucky told his father his worries, something he never told anyone yet. Everyone was optimistic; he however was quite the opposite.
Luke nodded. He understood that himself. "She will." Luke reassured him. She should, Lucky did enough to get her that way. Traveling on impulse, knowing he was acting absolutely crazy.
"You know, I'd love to be there when she does." Lucky hinted.
Luke gave a small laugh. "Right, right, sorry. I just wanted to make sure you were keeping up your health as well. The last thing Emily needs is you ill too." Luke said.
"I'm fine dad. I'm not that off the wall with worry." Lucky told his father, though he couldn't say it was the truth.
"Are you sure about that? You have bags under your eyes, lost some color, and I'm beginning to think your losing some weight, in which you really don't need to." Luke listed Lucky's appearance problems.
Lucky knew off all those things though, but he was trying to do better. He was well enough to keep constant watch on Emily, just not do anything too strenuous, which was enough in his mind. "So I'm not sleeping well, that doesn't mean I'm not okay. My weight and color don't really matter anyway."
Luke let it slide. When Emily awoke, she would kick him out of her room and tell him to get some sleep, maybe eat a full meal. "Fine, just so you know your sister is going to come by today, with Melissa and Jason. She wanted to see how Emily was doing." Luke informed Lucky.
"I'll remember that." Lucky told him and left, the door slamming shut. Luke heard his truck start up and pull out of the driveway. He gave a deep sigh and continued reading his paper.
Lucky first went to see Sonny because Emily was being checked on by the doctor and a nurse. He walked in to see Sonny, looking in a book or magazine, Lucky couldn't say for sure.
"Lucky, come in." Sonny dropped the magazine, Lucky found out, on the night stand recklessly.
Lucky went to the chair near the night table and saw the magazine. The cover gave a preview of parenting. Lucky looked back at Sonny, who was leaning against his pillows. "You know, those things won't help you with Emily." Lucky commented.
"I know, but it was talking about preteens in which what Michael will be in a couple years. Need to know what to do, doesn't sound like too much fun." Sonny told Lucky, not wanting to really think about Michael a teen. He liked him at the age he was, though he was a bit troubled, but what kid wasn't.
"It isn't, ask my dad." Lucky reassured him and they laughed. "How are you feeling today?" He changed the subject to Sonny's health, which had gone in a small, temporary decline.
"Better, maybe I can get out of here soon. I need to see Emily." Sonny gave a sigh, but still was smiling, he just had worries for her and what would happen. Chances are, she'll kick him out in anger. She probably didn't have enough strength yet, but when she did, he would meet the security guards or on call nurses.
"She's still sleeping." Lucky informed him.
"I know, the doctor keeps me informed. But it doesn't matter, as long as I get to see her. I don't know what to expect honestly. Your description is good, but I have no idea what she looks like or acts like for any matter. Don't know if she'll even give me a chance." Sonny told him his worries, which in Lucky's mind will probably end up happening. Emily isn't good to be around when angry.
"All you can do is try and know when to retreat. I'm going to have to do that myself, a lot when she hears what I did." Lucky couldn't help but wince at that thought.
"No doubt." Sonny laughed again. For not knowing anything on Emily, he knew she got her mother's anger, and that could be violent if provoked. And Lucky will definitely provoked Emily's anger.
"Tell me something." Sonny said out of the blue, and Lucky looked at him waiting for his question. "When you first came to my house, why didn't you tell me you were Emily's boyfriend?" Sonny asked, curious.
"Well, a couple reasons. One, I think you would have been able to figure it out. Two, you thought I was a joke, and three fathers usually arrange for the boyfriend of your daughter to get hurt, or worse." Lucky listed his reasons orally, right on all accounts.
Sonny chuckled. "You got that right. I was dating this girl sophomore year, can't remember a name, but her father hated me. When she broke up with me, to go out with the star football player, he made plans for me to fall down a couple of stairs, because I was no longer under her protection." Sonny explained.
"Did you?" Lucky asked, reluctant to believe it went through. But what did he know?
"No, he used those plans for the star football player, who was just using her to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. Good thing for me too. He ended up missing the whole season, made a fool of him." Sonny replied, laughing slightly.
Lucky laughed at the story. "You don't plan to do the same do you?" Lucky hoped Sonny wasn't thinking of doing such a thing.
"Don't worry, I won't do that, but threaten you if you hurt Emily, intentionally or not, I will do." Sonny gave Lucky a warning, which was expected.
"Emily's friends and guardians have done that. I ended up on ignoring them, but you might be a different story." Lucky explained.
"How long have you been dating?" Sonny asked.
"Three or four years, can't really say for sure." Lucky said reluctantly, and Sonny's brows rose.
"You can't say for sure?" Sonny was obviously looking for an explanation.
"We had an anniversary a month or two back, but I kind of forgot about it." Lucky informed him. He suddenly felt really uncomfortable in Sonny's presence.
"Even I know not to forget an anniversary." Sonny told him. Lucky couldn't tell if Sonny was angry or just bewildered.
"I was a jerk with a busy schedule." Lucky said vaguely, not wanting to get into it.
"Glad you realize that." Sonny responded, glad Lucky realized that.
"Took me a while, but I will never do that again, I swear. I have never seen Emily so angry with me that might change though." Lucky stated.
"It could. Why don't you go see her? I know you only came here because she had company." Sonny told Lucky. Lucky was a little embarrassed, but he needed to see Emily, so he just laughed and said goodbye, making his way to Emily.
Lucky made sure no one was around, not wanting to take up their time. The doctors and nurses were done for the moment, so he was alone with Emily. He took her hand and kissed it, appreciating the feel of her velvety skin.
He took the opportunity to stare at Emily's beauty. Even unconscious she was beautiful. Her skin had more color, and she was breathing slowly. Her hair flew across the pillow. Her lips were still and unmoving, she was obviously breathing through her nose.
It was quiet, and it was almost killing him. He needed to hear her soft voice, comforting and pleasant to hear. He needed to hear her say that she's fine and that he could relax. She was doing neither, rather taken with sleep.
"Emily, wake up would you? You've been sleeping for a week already; I think you have enough energy to at least open your eyes. That's all I ask, only for a small second, to know you will awake in time, and stop scaring me like this. How can you be fine if you're sleeping? It's certainly not the drugs, you don't have that many. When you awake, you probably will, but you haven't so I'm not worrying about that yet.
"So there's no real reason for you still to be asleep. You can heal awake as much as sleeping. If you're scared of a repeat, I won't let it happen again. I will be at your side every moment until your fully healed. No one will hurt you again if I have my way, which I'm sure will not let you down."
Lucky promised Emily that she'd be safe, but yet she wouldn't awake. Frustrated, he turned away and left, a bit loud. The door slammed in his wake.
He didn't turn to Emily again. If he did he would have noticed a hand reaching out to him, seeking support and comfort, before it fell to its original position, still again.
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