Chapter XV-It Was Only a Dream
She then opened her eyes again and realized…it was just a dream. She was in the hospital chair and looked next to her. Todd had just sat down and that's when Kris lost it. She knew what he was going to do, or did she? Todd smiled and said, "He wants to see you Kris." Kris wiped her eyes and got up. Junior was sitting in the same spot and when he saw her he rose, and hugged her. "He's going to be fine." Junior held the door open for her and she walked in. But this time she didn't fall to her knees. Jean was sitting by his feet and Dani was stoking his hair. He was sitting up eating chocolate ice cream, his favorite. (If you remember in "The Track" Matt brought out vanilla, chocolate, and coffee. Junior took coffee, Matt took chocolate, and Junior handed Kris the vanilla.)He looked pretty happy. Kris was very content. She started walking toward him when he grabbed his stomach in pain. He groaned. Jean and Dani both jumped back as doctors swarmed him. That's when Kris fell to the ground. She watched as his ice cream hit the floor. She was on her knees crying when Junior came over and picked her up. He was holding her. Kris tried to break free but Junior wouldn't let her go. Kris finally gave in and didn't look back at Matt. They walked out of the hospital room. Then they sat back where Junior was originally. He told Kris what had happened and what the prognosis was. "He was driving and an oil truck tipped over. Everything was fine; Matt wasn't even there when it happened but his tires ran over the oil. Then when he got home the turn was so swift that the tires spun out of control and the car just flipped about 4½ times. He was able to call 9-1-1 on his own because he was about to make a call when he flipped. Then he passed out and from then on we were there. Now they said they needed to go through his stomach to stop the bleeding. Now, whenever the stomach contracts it will hurt him; there is nothing they can do but put him on pain medicine. They put a screen around his stomach to keep it in tact but they need to keep him here for observation and to insure his safety. He will be fine. Matt's tough and he will fight to get through this. He isn't stupid; he wouldn't leave all of us so suddenly." Junior kissed Kris on top of her head again. He knew she liked that and it calmed her down.
The doctors walked out with content faces. "He is fine. This was the worst of the pain because the screen broke. We ensured the fastening and all of the future pains should feel like nothing to him now. Sorry your first time seeing him was like that Kris. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I am getting better. Can we see him now or is he resting?"- Kris
"You can see him now but try to keep it to 1 at a time. I know he was asking to see you Kris. You should go in. Just give Jean and Dani a minute and you should be clear to talk to him. Junior I presume. You can go in after Kris."-The doctor
"Thank you, for everything" Kris bolts through the door and saw Jean talking to her son. She had no expression on her face. When she saw Kris she stepped away from Matt because she knew Matt wanted to talk to her. "Matt, Kris is here to see you."-Jean
"Thanks mom. I love you, and stop worrying I feel fine." Matt responded in a hoarse voice.
"No, its my job. I am your mother and I love you incase you forgot." Jean said laughingly brushing hair off Matt's forehead and kissed him. She then walked out to give Kris and Matt privacy.
Everyone left the room and once they were alone Kris couldn't hold back her tears. "Why did you have to do that?" she cried, "You scared me. Nothing ever scares me but you did."
"It's okay." Matt said holding her face with a single palm. "I wanted to talk to you because when I was driving home I wanted to give you something. That's why I was driving so fast, I was excited to give you your birthday present.
"Matt, my birthday was a week ago and you don't need to get me anything. I don't like birthdays. I told you that."-Kris
"I don't care; I like buying stuff that will make you happy. Just open it…okay?"-Matt
"No, I don't want to accept the present that put you in the hospital." Kris said turning away as if to walk out.
"Ow!" Matt groaned so fake it made Kris laugh. Matt winked at her and started calling "The light, I am going to the light!" Kris walked over and hit him jokingly. But he wouldn't stop until she accepted the gift. She opened the little jewelry box and saw a pink pearl in a silver chain. She looked at Matt with one of those, you-can't-be-serious-I-can't-accept-this look. Matt said. I want you to have it. Don't worry it didn't cost me a fortune. I found the pearl in the river out in the woods while ago actually. I wanted you to have it but my buddy who is a jeweler couldn't get a silver chain until now. I didn't think a gold chain would match as well."
"I love it." Kris put it on and hugged Matt. She looked over and saw Junior pacing in front of the door.
"I think Junior wants to talk to you. I don't want to stall any longer or I think he will explode. Haha"-Kris
"Okay, see you at home Kris"-Matt
"Yeah, you'd better. See you later Matt"-Kris