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I could feel someone's breath on my cheek, and warm hands holding my wrist. I assumed it was Rob, so I sighed. Opening my eyes, I expected to see Rob's gorgeous face, but instead I saw this girl, with her head looming over mine. With a start, I sat bolt upright, giving the girl a scare. Where the hell was I? All I could see were white walls, all around me. I was suddenly very dizzy.
"I didn't know you were awake," the strange girl said. "Who are you? Where am I?" I asked, rather rudely, but I didn't care. I had no freaking idea where I was, so can you blame me for being rude?
She looked slightly taken aback. "I'm Julie, your nurse, and you're in the hospital." Oh. Okay, now how'd I get here? Why am I here? I felt a surge of pain through my body and winced.
Julie told me to lie back down, and I did, slowly for my arms and legs were throbbing. Then, I remembered. About Sean, and his dad—whose name I'm dying to know—and Rob…I sat up again and asked Julie, "Rob! Where is he? And Sean!"
Julie said in a soothing tone, while trying to get me to lean back again, "Shh…lean back. Your friends are fine. Neither have any injuries that are like yours." Injuries? Oh yeah, what's-his-face is going to pay for beating us up!
"What are my injuries?" I asked, letting my curiosity get the best of me. "Well, no broken bones," that's a relief. "But you have a sprained wrist and kneecap and enough bruises for two people." I smiled; I actually thought it was worse. It sure felt worse. "Oh, I forgot one thing. Your head; you got a few stitches," Julie said. "Stitches? I got a gash in my head? When did that happen?" I muttered to myself. (A/N: is it possible to have a sprained kneecap? If not…oops)
"You must have given one heck of a fight, judging by the bruises on your knuckles." I looked down at my hands, briefly looking at the brace on my right wrist and looked at my knuckles. She was right; they were all black and purple. Just lovely. "Oh, there are some people outside; would you like me to send them in? Family or friends first?"
I digested this. If I said friend's first, then I could see Rob, but then I think my mom would get upset. "Family would be great. Oh, how long have I been out for?" I was just waiting for her to say something like, 'Oh, only a year honey.' Instead, Julie said, "Um, about 30 hours, I suppose." She left and my bouncing family came in.
"Jess! Oh, we were so worried about you!" My mom said. Everyone else said things like that they were happy I was okay and that they were worried and all that jazz. Well, we finally ran out of things to say, so my parents left, and Mike came over and said, "Glad you're okay," briefly placed a hand on my shoulder, and left.
I was staring at where he had just stood, gaping. I was so shocked. I turned my head and noticed Douglas was still there. He saw my expression and said, "Yeah, that was kind of weird." He laughed, came closer and whispered, "You scare me like that again and I'll attack you in your sleep. Remember, I know where you live." I grinned up at him and he did the same. He walked out of the room, giving me a wink before he escaped my view.
After that, I got a nice visit from Ruth and Skip. "Jess! Oh my God! Are you alright? What were you thinking?!" Ruth said, and continued to ask me all sorts of questions. But, I was okay with that. "Ruth, calm down! I'm fine, okay?" I said with a smile. Finally, in what seemed like forever, Skip spoke. "I was worried, Jess. But I'm glad you're okay." He gave me a toothy grin and I squeezed his hand. "We have to go, but I'll stop by tomorrow, okay?" Ruth said. "Okay. Great. See you later!"
Then, Sean and his mother came in. I was dying to see Rob, but I guess I could wait a few more minutes. "Jess! Jess! I'm so glad you're okay!" Aw…that little guy can be rather cute, when he wants to be. "Hey, Sean! How are you doing?" He was standing by my bed and practically bouncing up and down. "I'm fine! Thanks!" I think he's had way too much soda…
"Thank you so much, Jess. You have no idea how grateful I am." His mother gave him a hug from behind. "I don't know how I can repay you. This is the only way." She extracted from her tiny purse a pink check and handed it to me. I took it in my left hand, the other one hurt too much.
The check said $350! Whoa…I wasn't expecting this. "I…I can't take this for myself. I'll…um give it to…1-800-Where-R-You! Yeah, they could really use it." She smiled and said, "I am so sorry for what Jacob has done to you." So that's what his name was. Her eyes looked at me, running over the bandage on my forehead and the bruises on my face.
"Oh, I never really got to thank you for the check you gave us last year. It helped so much." I smiled. "No problem," I said. Sean leaned over and gave me a hug and then he and his mother left.
Good, now I can see Rob. Yeah, right, when does anything ever go my way? I put the check in the drawer of the table next to me. I turned my head and saw Dr. Krantz peering in the doorway. "Come on in Dr. Krantz," I said. He came in and stood at the edge of the bed.
"How are you, Jessica? I haven't seen you in a while. Did your driving improve?" I had to laugh at that. But that made my ribs hurt so it sounded like this: 'haha, ouch, haha, ouch, haha, ouch…' After I stopped laughing I said, "I'm okay. And, yes, my driving has gotten much better." He smiled.
"Good. I'm glad. I was pleased that you called me before going to get Sean," he said as he was closing the door. God, I hope this doesn't take long. "You should thank Rob, he made me do it," I said, thinking of Rob. "But still, it was rather foolish of you to go running into danger like that."
He drawled on and on, and then he said, "Well, at least you're alright. Have you thought about coming to work with me?" I had and already came to a conclusion. "Yep. And the answer is yes." He seemed very excited to hear this. I have to say, it was rather exciting to work for the FBI. "That's wonderful, Jessica. I'm glad to hear this. Well, I really must go. Call me as soon as you are feeling well enough to work." I told him I would and he left. Finally, I could be alone with Rob.
I let out a sigh and fiddled with the brace on my arm. I heard the door open and saw Rob step inside my room and then close the door. He turned and looked at me and smiled. I smiled as brightly as I could, but I was starting to feel very tired.
He came and sat next to me and took my hand. He frowned when he saw my bruised knuckles and whatnot. Rob looked at me and said, "How are you feeling?" I saw such concern in his eyes, mine were prickling with tears. "I'm okay, how are you?" I said. Rob answered, "I'm alright."
I decided to tell him about Dr. Krantz. "Oh, guess what? Krantz totally blew up on me about going to get Sean, but I knew that was coming. And I took up his offer to work for him." I watched Rob's face brighten. "That's great!" Yeah, I know, he doesn't like the aspect of me working for the Feds, but once I told him that I only had to work there for a few hours each week, he was okay with it. He gave me a smile that made my heart do a flip flop.
I looked at Rob and saw that he had a slight bruise on his left cheek. I brought my hand up to touch it. His hand followed, still holding mine. I noticed he had bruises on his wrists and my smile disappeared. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have brought you into this mess, it was my job and I should have done it myself. I keep bringing you into my messes and then you get hurt and it's all my fault…"
He silenced me with a warm finger on my lips. "Don't be sorry. It's not your fault. And these?" He held up his wrists. "They're nothing. I've suffered things a lot worse. What I'm worried about is you."
I blushed and he fingered my hair. "Look what that idiot's done to her." I heard him mumble to himself. "I'm fine, really Rob. I promise." He didn't look too convinced. Rob got up and sat on my bed when I beckoned him to do so.
I smiled at him and looked into his eyes. "I love you Rob." He looked less tense and said, "I love you, too." I leaned over to him and he leaned into me, and our lips met.
It was such a great feeling, knowing he was there to protect me and love me. He held my head with his hand and I felt like nothing could ever break us apart. He loved me and that's all that mattered. We broke away to come up for air, and my eyes fluttered.
"You're tired, Jess. Get some sleep." I nodded and Rob tucked me in. He kissed me on my lips and I fell asleep with him smiling next to me.
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