"Ugh."
She was starting to wake up. Thank God.
"Elle?" I say
"Derek?" she mumbles
She tries to sit up, but I instinctively push her gently back down.
"Own. It hurts." she says, finally opening her eyes, which I am relieved to see, are no longer glazed over.
"It will. The knife was a top grade santukue chef's knife." I say
"Great. Hey, uhh, I was wondering, would you stay with me for a little while, please." she asks, weakly.
"Of course ill stay, I wasn't thinking of leaving." I say
"Hey do you want me to grab you some real food, not this hospital shit they give you." I say
"Yea that would be great."
"What'll it be miss?" I say, impersonating a waiter, which had the desired effect, I got her to laugh.
"Uhh, I don't know, or care, I guess a burger. I don't think i've eaten for a few days." she says
"vone burrrgaer and one, what vill it be for your drrink?" I say, switching to a French waiter, again having my desired effect
"Coke, uhh, diet, no just regular"
"And vone coke, hold zee diet" I say mocking writing something down. This time I only got a painful giggle.
"I'm sorry if i'm making you hurt more, ill stop." I say, my face growing hot
"Its fine, but I would like that burrrgaer, as you put it."
"Yes ma'am!" I say and I salute her. Then after a beat, we both start to laugh. "Ill be right back"
She just smiles as I walk out of the room.
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It's about an hour later when I come back. As soon as I walk into the room I know something is off. Elle is asleep, but it's the way she's sleeping, her eyes are half open, and she's hardly breathing. The next thing I know I feel a sharp pain in the side of my neck. Just as a hand covered my mouth. As soon as it's removed I feel the effect of whatever drug we were given. I dropped the bag of food. And as everything turns black, I see him removing her IV's and picking her up off the bed and running out.