Hello! Decided to throw another chapter at you guys because I'm not sure I'll be able to get one through during the week.

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Chapter 13: On the Edge

Morty

Morty woke up much more pleasantly the second time, not the same waves of pain. He once again barely remembered the moments before he passed out, but he remembered enough to know...

He'd basically confessed to Skylar!...

Shit. Morty prayed she forgot more than he did. Morty looked over at her. Sleeping, once again Morty woke up first. This time around Morty was kinda dreading when she woke up. What if she asked him about what he said? He guessed he could just play it off as the drug.
Skylar stirred and opened here eyes. They quickly went to Morty.
"Was I dreaming or did we wake up once before this?" She sat up groggily. "Nope, not a dream. We woke up and Rick gave us some painkillers that were way too strong." Morty's heart was racing. "Oh yeah! All I really remember is that we couldn't stop laughing." Skylar rubbed the back of her head and looked away. She was obviously lying. She definitly remembered what he said. Morty's palms were sweaty. All he could think about was what was her response? What was she thinking?
Morty then started remembering what SHE said. 'Our moment'. He'd wanted to know more but passed out. What did that mean? He knew they held hands... Morty couldn't hear Skylar yelling his name through his overthinking. "JITTERS!" Morty snapped up. "Y-YEAH s-sorry, spaced out." Skylar chuckled. "So... What are we supposed to do in here all day? I mean we don't have our phones." Skylar looked down. "W-well I guess we just t-talk to each other." Morty looked down too. Silence. What should he say? Morty couldn't speak without stuttering anyways, and now that she basically knew he liked her Morty had no idea what she thought of him.

"A-about before"
"So, on the cliff."

They both said at the same time. They stopped and chuckled. "Uh, y-you first." Morty said. "Um, that was really nice. Until, i-it was interrupted, y'know? I guess I'm trying to say thanks for the flower." Skylar smiled at him. "Oh, uh, n-no problem. It was a really pretty flower." If Morty had the confidence he would've said 'like you' or something cheesy at the end. So far, she hadn't said anything about what he said when he was high, so was that bad or good? Morty wasn't used to this kind of thing. Skylar tried to reach back to the table in between them to grab the flower sitting on it, but winced in pain as she stretched her shoulder. "H-here" Morty reached and grabbed the flower, and handed it to her. "Thanks" Their fingers brushed. Morty cursed himself for noticing and for how much it made his heart race. She took it and twirled it a bit, like she did on the cliff.
It was silence, but this time more of a calm silence. Skylar looked up at Morty. "I guess we should try and sleep, its better to heal a bit." She said. "Yeah" Morty agreed. They both lied back down and Morty turned on his side away from her. The blankets Rick got them were basically just sheets, and Morty shivered. He turned over to the other side. He couldn't sleep. He opened his eyes and looked at Skylar. Morty couldn't help but think how pretty she was every time he looked at her.

Her eyes suddenly fluttered open, catching Morty looking at her. Oops, Mortys stomach jumped. But she smiled slightly, then closed her eyes again. Both their arms were hanging off the side of the bed, so close. Morty couldn't help it, and inched subtly closer to the edge of the bed. He almost thought he saw her do the same. Their hands were basically touching. Screw it, he thought. Morty stretched his hand just far enough to touch hers. Her eyes flicked open again.

And their hands made their ways together
They were holding hands. Morty couldn't believe it. Maybe he was still high. Morty was looking down, his heart still racing uncontrollably. If there was ever a BETTER time to confess, it was now. He turned to look at her, and she did the same. Morty gulped.

"Skylar,I.." Morty could barely get his voice to work. He was so nervous. he took a quick breath
"Morty?" Skylar urged him to continue.
"I think you're- I-I really-" Morty panicked a bit. "I- I l-like you. Like, uh, the, t-the flower. A-a lot. M-more than friends, I-"
"I like you too" she stopped him. Morty's mouth gaped stupidly.
SHE LIKED HIM?!
SHE LIKED HIM!
She squeezed his hand. Morty smiled, She smiled. "I was worried I may have weirded you out with what I said, y'know, when we were high. About our 'MOMENT'" Skylar chuckled. Morty laughed, he couldn't believe SHE was nervous about what SHE said. "Really? I-I practically confessed to you." said Morty. Skylar giggled. "Well if only I knew how you felt. Maybe I could've kissed you up on the cliff." Skylar joked. Morty chuckled but actually wished she'd kissed him.
It was silence again, but they still clung hand in hand. Morty didn't care if it was silent. He smiled at her dumbly, he was so relieved to know she felt the same he did.

*Whoosh* Rick portalled into the room, catching their hands together before they could pull apart again. Morty whipped his hand away and shoved it under the cover, as did Skylar. His eyes were wide... Rick definitly saw that.

Rick

Rick had been out hypnotizing and making excuses for Skylar and his own family so they wouldn't wonder where the two were the next day or so. He'd have to remember to get Skylar in on what her story was, her fake 'last minute' school trip. They'd better be grateful, Skylar's parents were a handful. He left her parents house and portaled back into the basement. He should check on them.

As he came through, he caught just for a second that they were holding hands. They whipped them away, but Rick had seen it. Rick felt a ping of... He couldn't explain it. Disgust? No, Protectiveness? No... But he still didn't like Skylar, that was for sure. "*uRP* Gross." Rick swigged his flask and tried to forget he saw that. "Ok, dipshits I gotta remove a couple bandages and do some shit and stich some crap so just dont complain." Rick first took off Mortys head bandage, he'd definitly healed enough there. He left his arm in the sling, for safety. Other than that, Morty should be able to move normally tomorrow. Rick moved to Skylar. He unwrapped her knee to see it pretty swollen. Yikes. He may have to find an excuse for her injured leg because that thing was gonna take at least a week to fully heal, even with the alien health stimulant. Her shoulder also looked almost fully healed, but once again he left the sling on. "Ok open up" Rick pointed at her mouth. They both looked at him like he was crazy. "W-why?" Skylar looked confused. Rick was proud he did such a good job on her tooth she didn't even notice.

"You uh, sm*UrP*acked your chin and lost a tooth or two, I wanna see that the replacements are staying in place. Skylars eyes widened. "WHAT?" Rick saw her moving her tongue around, trying to feel for which tooth she lost. "You're welcome, I bet you can't even feel it. Top notch work here." Rick grabbed her face and checked, her teeth. "Ow!" Skylar pulled away at Ricks harsh treatment. "Rick!" Morty nagged. Rick glared at Morty as he glared back. "You're WELCOME that I did a better, faster job than any d*eRGH*octors could've done. Maybe you two should wait to make out until you have both hands, you'll need em." Rick spat at the two. They were dumbfounded.
"Im, I'm going out." Rick just wanted to get away. He decided it was a good time to work on the excuse for Skylars leg anyways.

He portalled away, leaving the two teens to their stupid horomone-induced love.