Chapter Thirteen
Rory's eyes slowly opened. She could see an enormous amount of white. She was lying down and her stomach was killing her. What ever it was she was laying on it was unbelievably comfortable.
She moved her head a little bit and found her entire body was stiff. She moved a little to look around herself. She was in a bedroom that looked like it was out of a castle. She was in a king size four-poster bed. Almost everything in the room was white. It boggled Rory's mind that they were able to keep it so clean.
There was a chest of drawers, a wardrobe, and a dressing table. There was a sofa, a love seat and an armchair in front of an enormous fireplace. The room had to be about as big as her grandmother's entire apartment.
She looked down at her self slowly remembering what happened. She was wearing white pyjamas… and she was lying on her tail. She rolled over on her right side to get more comfortable.
When she rolled over she saw Warren. He was asleep, his head resting on his arms at the side of the bed. Rory couldn't help but smile to her self.
"Hey you," She said quietly, her voice surprisingly gravely.
Warren sat up like he had just been bitten. He looked around for a few seconds and then realised that Rory was awake.
"You're awake," He said staring at her.
"Yeah," She smiled at him. He actually smiled back at her and put his hand over hers. She looked at their intertwined hands and then back at him. "What happened?" She asked. The last moments before she blacked out were pretty hazy.
"You were shot and I got you here, and a doctor preformed surgery and saved you. He said a millimetre in either direction and the shot would have killed you." Warren looked really tired.
Rory smiled at him, "Nine lives remember," He smiled at her squeezing her hand. "Where is here by the way?"
"Oh, your at my dad's place." Rory's eyes widened at the response. "Yeah it was closer then the academy."
"Right…" Rory said swallowing.
"Uh before you blacked out you said something to me." Rory furrowed her brow thinking.
"What did I say?" She asked looking Warren in the eyes.
"You said-
"RORY!" Both of them jumped at the unexpected voice. Rory slowly rolled over to see her grandmother standing in the doorway. In a flash the woman was beside Rory's bed. "Oh thank god you are alright," She said smiling at Rory.
"I didn't know you were here, grandma." Rory said smiling at her grandmother.
"'Course I am, this young man here found me." Rory looked at Warren. He was standing up now and looking at his feet.
"I will leave you two alone for a while." He said and walked quickly out of the room.
"Warren," But the door was already closed. Rory looked at her grandmother, she was smiling all knowingly.
"That boy hasn't left your side since you arrived."
"How long have I been out?" Rory asked rubbing her hand over her head and to rest on her ears. They were black triangles that were the perfect replica of a Siamese cats ear.
"Three days," her grandmother answered.
"Three days! Do the academy know I am here!" Rory said sitting up then instantly regretting it as the pain shot through her stomach. Her grandmother put a firm hand on Rory's shoulder and pushed her back down on to the bed.
"Of course they do, what kind of grandma do you think I am? You have the next two weeks off and any longer if you need the time."
Rory nodded trying to take it all in.
"That boy really loves you hun," Rory looked at her grandmother. "I hope you aren't in too deep. I gotta go, but I will be back later on today to check on you." Rory nodded and kissed her grandmother good-bye.
Rory, with the help of a nurse sat up straighter. Warren came ambling in an hour after Rory's grandmother had left. He looked at her and put his hands in his pockets and gave her a small smile.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"Better thanks," She said smiling at him. "You were saying before my grandma came in…"
"Oh it doesn't matter," He said shrugging off the question.
"It does." Rory said vehemently.
Warren looked at her, "You told me…you thought you might love me."
It came back to Rory in a flood of emotion, tears actually sprung into her eyes as she remembered feeling like she was going to loose everything. The importance of Warren knowing how she felt about him.
"Warren, I…"
"You don't need to explain." He said turning to leave.
"I do though…" He turned back to face her. "Aside from the obvious, I am like a cat. People have to work to gain my trust. Heck it took the Professor seventeen visits before I agreed to go and see the school. Anyway, with you…with you it was different. I knew I could trust you, and … and you wouldn't hurt me." She smiled and gave a watery laugh. "You saved me Warren, and since then I have loved you…and I always will." She shrugged under his gaze.
His mouth was slightly open as if it was all too much to comprehend. Rory stared at her hands on her lap. There was a fast movement and Warren was on the bed beside her. His face was inches away from hers.
All the boldness, which had made her grab him in the park, seemed to melt away from Rory as she sat in front of Warren. He was looking her directly in the eye.
"I loved you since the first moment I saw you falling out of the sky Rory," Her breath caught in her throat.
"Really?" She found herself asking.
"Really," He said quietly leaning in and kissing her. Unlike the hurried kiss they had shared in the park this one was slow and they savoured every minute of it. Warren's lips were warm and soft against Rory's. She put both her hands on either side of his face. Warren put one of his hands over her lap and the other around her as the kiss deepened.
Warren moved, making Rory move to but she hadn't been expecting it and pulled away from him gasping in pain. He wrenched himself away from her.
"Did I hurt you?" He asked turning white. She looked at him taking a few deep breaths and smiled.
"No, exactly the opposite in fact."
"Look why don't we take things slow for a while. We will have time for the rest of it, when you are feeling better."
Rory nodded. "I have to go talk to my dad. I will come back in a little while." Rory nodded as she watched Warren leave the room.
After a few minutes passing she flicked on the T.V. It was South Pacific on the channel she was on. She watched the movie not really taking it in because she was busy considering all possible meanings of 'the rest of it'.
A/N: Now come on really people, you didn't actually think I was going to kill off my main character did you, 'course not. Now this may seem a little final but it isn't over…the thot is only beginning to plicken…or something like that lol.
