Once upon a time in Mexico

A new beginning

Chapter nine: The operation, a shocking revelation

It was an hour until Sands was due to go into surgery. It had been two weeks since he had seen Luce and had the clay casts of his eye sockets made. Luce had called and informed Sands that she had a donor who had had the exact same shade of brown eyes Sands had once had.

She explained a beautiful Italian man was killed in a car accident, and it had stated on the man's medical records that his eyes were to be donated in the event of his death. Sands was stunned that someone had offered to donate something as precious as their own eyes before they were even actually dead.

Luce had commented and Dom had whole heartedly agreed with her 'a set of eyes from a beautiful man, going to another just as beautiful man in return' She had claimed that it seemed fitting that the donated eyes that came from such a beautiful man would be going to a just as equally beautiful man.

Dom had waited with Sands whilst they put him under highly strong drugs to numb him and knock him out long enough for the operation to be completed and for him to sleep for at least six hours after the operation had been completed.

Dom left a few moments before the drugs took full effect, but did not go too far. He had mumbled to Luce "do me a favour what I'm about to tell you must not go any further then between us, is that understood?"

Luce nodded before she realised he could not see her, She said to him before the drugs took full effect and knocked him out cold, "sure go right a head you have my word I won't say anything." Of course she didn't know that she had unintentionally already broken that promise.

"The one thing that has bothered me the most about my blindness over the last couple of months is the fact I never got the chance to see how much Dom had or hadn't changed. She is what I wouldn't mind seeing the very first time I'm able to see again."

And with that he was out cold. What he did not realise was that Dom had been standing by the door and had not managed to be out of hearing distance before Sands had spoken.

Luce looked up when she heard a chocked sob coming from over by the door. She and Dom shared a stunned look.

Dom had not cried in years, but that day she cried for the first time since she was ten years old. She took one last look at Sands before she turned on her heel and head for the ladies bathroom.

She splashed her face with water trying to cover up her red swollen tear stained eyes. She cursed; she had sworn the first day she had met Sands; that she would never ever fall in love with him.

But that was exactly what she had gone and done. Her heart in her opinion acted without her consent. She would have been stunned to discover Sands had silently vowed the exact same thing as she had the day he had met her also.

But he to had not managed to escape, he had fallen in love with her since she brought him home from Mexico. They were far to a like to have not fallen deeply for the other.

She went into the waiting room where the resting of the gang and Chiclet were waiting. They all noticed Dom's eyes were red and puffy, she had obviously been crying. None of them had ever seen Dom cry before so it was more then a little shocking.

Chloe asked worriedly "did something happen, is Sands ok?" Dom sighed and nodded "yeah Sands is fine, he's just gone in and is under the drugs they gave him."

Delia asked "then how come you look as if you've been crying Dom?" Dom replied "I'm fine; it's just something Sands said before he was out cold from the drugs."

Drew asked "is he being a bastard again? What spiteful thing did he say this time? And besides I've never known you to get up set over Sands less then pleasant exterior before."

Dom shook her head and replied "that's because I can handle him when he is being a bastard, I just give it him back in spades. But what he said before he was out of it, was not spiteful, in fact I had no idea he could be so un-Sands like."

Natalie asked "why what did he say to you?" Dom swallowed and replied "I wasn't supposed to hear or know. He was telling Luce and made her promise never to say anything.

But I don't think Sands anticipated that I would still be in the room when he spilled his guts so to speak. I can't tell you what he said seeing as like I said before I wasn't even supposed to have heard."

After four hours Luce came out of the operating room. She told everyone that the operation was a success, and that Sands had just been taken back to his own private room.

That he would still be out of it for the next six hours. But they could visit him, as long as they went in two's, and were no longer then fifteen minutes at a time.

The next day, at two a clock in the afternoon, Dom was sitting in a high back chair at the side of Sands bed. She was lying with her head on the bed, having been there all night.

Sands were starting to wake up, unknown to Dom who was still a sleep. Sands sighed and shifted uncomfortably, his eyes were uncomfortable.

Sands paused, his eyes were uncomfortable. He was startled to discover he could feel his eyes, something he had not felt in almost three and a half months.

A small smile of wonder tugged at his lips. He moved his arm and froze when he made contact with something soft.

He carefully touched whatever it was he had knocked with his arm. He was surprised to discover it was some bodies' hair.

He ran his finger gently through said hair and was secretly delighted to discover he recognised the texture and feel of the hair between his fingers. It was long and soft and silky. It was definitely Dom's that he was sure of.

Dom woke to the blissful feeling of someone's fingers gently running through her hair. She shifted into the touch and froze when she heard a sleepy chuckled, that sounded like it had come from someone who was not fully a wake. It was then that she remembered where she was and why she was there in the first place.

She lifted her head and looked up into the exhausted looking and pained face of Sands. Both of his eyes were covered with white gauzes with a large bandage wrapped around his head. She could tell under that bandage that there was some swelling and bruising.

Dom smiled and quipped "well, welcome back to the land of the living Shelly." Sands chuckled weakly clearly in pain.

Over the last couple of months he had grown accustomed to her calling him that, he liked it, but only she was allowed to call him that and no one else in less they had a strong desire to be filled full of bullet holes that is.

Dom leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss to Sands dried and cracked lips. She murmured against his lips "do you want me to call one of the nurses and get you something for the pain, as I know you're clearly in pain Shelly?"

Sands sighed and carefully lifted his hand and pulled her closer mindful of his eyes, before he captured her mouth with his own, he briefly slipped in his tongue before pulling away slightly and breathing against her lips as he murmured in reply "yeah I could use something right about now."

What they didn't realise was that they had an audience. Luce and the rest of the gang along with Chiclet were standing out side the room and they had seen every thing.

They all grinned, knowing what they had been waiting for five years to happen had, finally happened and they couldn't have been more pleased if they had tried.