It's All Coming Back To Me-Ch 3
After Penelope got back into her room from her test she sighed as she looked around and saw an empty room, Derek had stepped into her bathroom for a minute. She was laying there looking out the window when Tad walked into the room, he said, "how are you feeling"?, she said, "tired and my head hurts but I'm okay".
Tad said, "I know how bad hospital food is sooooooooo" and he pulled a bag out from behind his back and said, "I brought us dinner", she smiled and said, "really"?, he said, "yes really". He pulled her table over and started putting the food out for the two of them, Derek had pushed the door open a little and watched as Tad and Penelope started eating their food.
His heart was breaking because he watched her smiling and talking to Tad like she'd known him forever, he wanted to slip out but he knew that he'd need to stay there until they were through eating. After what seemed like hours Tad cleaned up their mess and said, "well I'm going to go and let you get some rest".
Derek grinned hoping that he'd go ahead and go but what really hurt him and made him mad was he watched as Tad leaned over and gently kissed Penelope on the lips. She bit down on her bottom lip and said, "that was nice", he grinned and said, "I thought so to" and he leaned down and kissed her again.
This time when they pulled apart he said, "I'm going to go and check on your test results", she smiled and said, "so you're coming back, right"?, he said, "of course, you're my favorite patient". She laughed and said, "see you soon Tad", he winked at her and said, "that you will beautiful, that you will".
She watched as he turned around and walked out of the room, she then laid her head back and closed her eyes, Derek took this time to slip out of the room. He blew out a deep breath and balled his hands into fists and said, "you love her, just take things slow with her, give her time for her memory to come back".
He the stepped inside and she smiled and said, "hi Derek", he said, "hi bab, Penelope, how are you feeling"?, she said, "good, tired and my head hurts but I'm good". He sat down beside her and said, "that's good I'm glad", Penelope said, "what are you still doing here"?, he said, "I'm not leaving my favorite girl alone in a hospital, I know how much you hate them".
Penelope grinned and said, "not so much this time", Derek thought, "I bet", he then sat down beside her bed and said, "I thought that I would sit and talk to you about your life, who knows maybe it will help". She said, "I'd like that", he sighed and said, "alright well" and then they spent the next little bit laughing and talking.
They were still talking when Tad came up the hall, he heard them laughing and knew that Derek was going to be trouble, he knew that he'd have to work on Penelope and work fast before her memory came back. He took a deep breath and walked into her room and said, "okay beaut, oh hi Derek, I didn't know you were here".
Derek said, "I thought that I'd talk to Penelope and tell her about her life, maybe that'll help her", Tad nodded his head and said, "it might, it might", he then looked at her and said, "the results of your MRI are normal, the swelling from earlier is almost gone". Derek smiled and said, "my girl has always been a fast healer" causing Penelope to smile.
Tad said, "well I want to keep you for a couple of days for observation just to make sure that everything is okay and then I'll release you", she grinned up at him and said, 'thanks Tad". He reached down and squeezed her hand and said, "any time beautiful", he turned around and headed out of the room but turned around and said, "when you get out of here how about I take you out for dinner"?, she said, "I'd like that, I'd like that a lot".
Derek sat there watching her look up at Tad with love in her eyes and he knew that he'd have to work fast if he didn't want to lose her forever