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JIMEL: The Professor & The Student: Part 9

Melinda stood in the kitchen cooking dinner. She sighed and looked at the time, Jim is suppose to be home any minute now. She wanted him to come home to a nice hot dinner on the table. Melinda wasn't exactly the best cook but she did know how to cook a few things. She sat their stirring the italian sauce she was making. She was making Spaghetti and homemade garlic bread. She had the table set already. A candle was lit on the table and a bottle of wine was sitting in the wine cooler beside the table. Melinda grabbed glasses from the cupboard and put them beside their plates on the table. Melinda let her dinner cook and left the kitchen to fix herself up.

Jim laid on the ground unconcious. Cop cars and an ambulance was in the parking lot. Two paramedic's were working on Jim. He was breathing but it was very shallow. The two paramedic's lifted him onto the gurney and wheeled him into the ambulance. The ambulance immediately started moving fast the second the doors were closed. The two paramedics continued to work on Jim in the back of the ambulance. One of the paramedic's started performing CPR on Jim as the other was checking all his vitals, which were appearing to be low. It was not looking good for Jim at all. "As soon as we get him to the hospital, they need to remove the bullet asap if they want him to live" the paramedic who was checking his vitals said.

Melinda sat there on the couch twenty minutes later waiting for Jim to come home, she was dressed in a light blue knee length dress and had her hair slightly curled. Melinda looked at her cell phone for the time "5:22" she sighed. Melinda put her phone down, she wondered where Jim was and quite frankly she was getting worried. "That's it" Melinda picked up her phone again and dialed #1 for Jim. The phone began to ring.

The paramedic's in the ambulance were still working on Jim. A cell phone was heard going off in the ambulance. One of the guys reached into Jim's coat pocket and looked at who was calling "It's a Melinda. Should I answer" the paramedic asked his partner. "Might as well" the other paramedic said. The paramedic opened Jim's phone and put it against his ear "Hello" he said. Melinda had a confused look on her face "Uh who is this" Melinda asked over the other line. "This is Jake..." the paramedic started to say but was interrupted by Melinda "Well Jake, what are you doing with my husb...boyfriend's phone" Melinda asked. "Oh your the girfriend" Jaked said. "Yes. Now where is Jim" Melinda said inpatiently. "Melinda, there is no easy way to break this to you but i'm a paramedic" Jake said. Melinda's heart skipped a beat. She knew something bad had happened right there when Jake told her what he was. "We're rushing your boyfriend to the hospital now. He was shot in a drive by" Jake revealed to Melinda. Tears welled up in Melinda's eyes "Uh...uh...Is he...he...gonna be ok" Melinda asked. "His wound is pretty bad and he is unconcious. My partner is working on him now" Jake revealed. Tears started falling down Melinda's face. "What hospital is he being taken too" Melinda asked. "Mercy Hospital" Jake responded. The paramedic could tell in Melinda's voice that she was gonna break down soon. "Ok. T-T-Thank you" Melinda hung up her phone.

Melinda sat on the couch holding her phone in her hand. She took a deep breath trying to stop her tears from falling, she knew she had to be strong for Jim. She wiped her tears. Melinda got up and hecticly looked for her car keys. She searched through her purse. She looked on the kitchen table. Tears started falling down her face again "Where are they" she cried. She really just wanted to get to the hospital and be by Jim's side. Melinda stormed into her and Jim's bedroom frantically looking. She found nothing in the room. Melinda went back to the room and ran her hands through her hair. She wasn't thinking straight. "Ugh" she signed. Melinda grabbed her purse and emptied the whole thing on the table. She searched through the pile and seen her keys. Melinda grabbed them and left everything else. She stormed out of the house and locked the door. She got into her car and put the key in the ignition and turned it. The car started than stall "No" she cried. "Please don't do this" she sobbed. She started hitting her hands on the wheels. "Please start" she cried. Melinda turned the key in the ignition again but all it did was stall. "NOT NOW" she sobbed. "Start damn it" she sobbed. Melinda turned the key in the ignition again and this time it didn't stall. Melinda wiped her tears falling from her eyes and put the car in reverse and pulled out of the driveway and than put the car in drive and sped off down the street. More tears started falling down her face "Please let him be alright. I can't lose him" she cried as she drove. All Melinda could think about was JIM. She had memories of him going through her mind.

Jim took the small box out of her hand and got down on his knee "Look I know that it's early for this kind of commitment. Way early but I love you with all my heart. I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. I want to have a reason to wake up every morning. When I wake up in the morning the first thing I wanna see is your beautiful face in bed next to me. I have never felt this way about any other woman before" Jim took the ring out of the box and took her hand in his. Melinda was looking down at Jim trying not to cry. No guy before has ever expressed his love for her like that before. "This isn't exactly the way I had imagined this in my mind" Jim said. Melinda let out a chuckle and wiped her tear falling down her cheek with her other hand. "So, Melinda Gordon, Will you have the honor on being the professor's wife" Jim asked. Melinda chuckled and got on her knees and kissed him. Jim laughed and kissed her back. They both stared into each other's eyes "Yes" Melinda finally answered his question. They both shared a passionate kiss.

This one memory made Melinda cry even more. What if now she never got to marry him? What if her time with him was up? Just than another thought entered Melinda's mind.

Melinda was on top of Jim in bed. She got off him and laid down. They both just laid there in the bed breathing heavily. Melinda glanced over at Jim who had his eyes closed and was trying to catch his breath. Jim looked at her and Melinda went back to staring at the ceiling. They both just laid there not knowing what to do, since it was their first night together but their first time was earlier that night in Jim's office at the college. They both kept glancing at each other when the other wasn't looking. Jim looked at her and kept his eyes on her. Melinda could tell her professor was staring at her. Melinda slowly turned her head and looked at him "What" she asked in a low voice. "Come here" Jim opened his arms for her to snuggled close to him. Melinda looked confused "O...k" she moved over to Jim and rested her head on his chest. Jim put his arm around her. "What are we doing" she asked. "I just wanna hold you" Jim replied. Melinda didn't expect that to happen, mostly after the guy's she dated they would normally make up a stupid excuse and say they have to leave or whatever. Jim breathed in the scent of her hair, it smelled a little like strawberry shampoo. "You use strawberry shampoo don't you" Jim said. "Why does it smell bad" Melinda asked in a concerned voice "No, it smells good" Jim said. "Well thats...good to know" Melinda chuckled. Jim kissed her on the head. They both laid in each others arms in silence. Jim watched as Melinda started slowly falling asleep in his arms.

"I would do anything to have him hold me again" she cried. Melinda pulled into the hospital parking lot and immediately pulled into an empty parking space. She got out of the car after grabbing her keys out of the ignition and started walking into the hospital. She walked up to the hospital information desk "I'm here for Jim Clancy, he was just bought in" Melinda wiped her tears away. "One moment miss" the receptionist was on the phone. Melinda was starting to lose her patiece "NO, not one moment" tears started to fall down her face "I want to see him now. Tell me where he is now. I NEED to see him" Melinda cried. All Melinda really wanted to do was see Jim. "Ok Miss, calm down" the receptionist started typing in information. "It appears Mr. Clancy has been in surgery for about 10 minutes now, they are removing the bullet. He should be out shortly and he'll be transferred to room 423 on the Forth Floor, but you need to wait in the waiting room up there" the receptionist said. Melinda didn't even thank the receptionist for the information and headed right for the elevator. Melinda walked in the waiting room and sat down, she leaned her head against the wall and started crying "Please let him be ok" she mumbled.

Melinda sat there impatiently for the next hour and half, flipping through magazines that she could barely read because of her tears falling from her eyes. A nurse walked in the room "Is there anyone here for Jim Clancy" the nurse said. Melinda immediately stood up "How is he" she asked and walke dover to the nurse. "He's out of surgery. The bullet is out and he's stitched up but's he fell into a light coma" the nurse said. Tears welled up in her eyes "A coma is a coma nurse" Melinda said and wiped her tears from her eyes. The nurse didn't say anything. "Can I see him" Melinda asked. "This way" the nurse said and led her to Jim's room. The nurse opened the door and let Melinda go in.

Melinda covered her mouth when she seen Jim just laying there in the bed. Melinda went over to his bedside and took his hand "Jim, I need you so much. I don't wanna lose you, please wake up" Melinda cried. Jim's ghost stood beside Melinda watching his body. He knew he wasnt dead, he knew he had fell into a coma. "Come on Jim, please I need you. I can't lose you" Melinda sobbed. Tears were streaming down her face. Jim could feel her emotions. He could just tell by staring at her she was scared and afraid she was going to lose him. "Melinda, babe i'm right here" Jim put his hand on her shoulder only for it to go right through. Melinda rested her head on her fiance`s arm "It should of been me" Melinda sobbed. Jim sighed it was no use of telling her not to talk like that since he couldnt hear her. Melinda climbed onto Jim`s bed and pulled the cover over them both and snuggled close to her comatose fiance.

A woman and a nurse stood outside of Jim's room. The woman wiped her tears from her eyes "How is my son" Faith asked. Faith was really trying to remain calm. "Well he's in a light coma now, but there is no sign of infection or anything so all we are waiting is for him to wake up" the nurse said. A tear fell down Faith's face "Will he" she asked. "Usually when this stuff happens, yes they will wake up" the nurse said. "Ok" Faith nodded and wiped her tears with the tissue she had in her hand. "Would you like to go in" the nurse asked. "I just need a few minutes out here before I go in" Faith took a deep breath. The nurse nodded and walked back off to her station. Faith stood at the door looking through the small glass. Faith could hear faint sobs coming from Jim's room. She seen Melinda with her head on Jim's chest crying. Faith opened the door a crack to hear what Melinda was saying "Jim please wake up. Please. I can't live without you. Your my everything, please wake up" Melinda cried. Faith was finally coming to her senses with Melinda. Hearing Melinda say that put an ease to them. Faith quietly knocked on the door and walked in. Melinda immediately wiped her tears and sat up "Faith" Melinda said when she seen her standing there. Melinda got off the bed "I'll leave so you can see him" Melinda wiped the tears from her eyes again. Faith walked up to Melinda "No, we're both gonna stay here with him" tears welled up in Faith's eyes which immediately made Melinda start to cry again. Faith hugged Melinda. Melinda put her arms around Faith "What if he never wakes up" Melinda sobbed. "Don't talk like that. My son is strong. He will wake up you have to believe that" Faith said.

Jim's ghost looked offended "Oh now your nice to Melinda, mom. It just had to be when I'm in a coma" Jim sighed. Jim was actually quite happy now his mother had buried the hatchet with Melinda.

As the night passed, Faith and Melinda didn't leave Jim's bed side. Faith told Melinda some of Jim's childhood stories. "Oh god seriously no more" Jim's ghost said. He was embarrased by all the stories Faith was telling Melinda about Jim. Faith stood up "I'm gonna go get some coffee, you want anything sweetie" Faith asked. Melinda shook her head "No, I'm not hungry" Melinda said. Faith could tell Melinda was getting sad again. "Sweetie, Jim would want you to eat something. You haven't ate since before all this happened" Faith said. "Ok. I'll us both some breakfast" Faith said. She picked up her purse and left the room. Melinda walked over and sat on Jim's bed and rested her head on his chest. A few minutes later she looked up at him "Jim, baby please wake up. I need you so much" Melinda started to cry. Jim's ghost disappeared and a strange beeping was heard coming from the machine. Melinda looked at the machine and he's stats were going up. Melinda looked back at Jim "Jim, please wake up please" she said. Jim's eyes started flickering "Melinda" Jim mumbled. Melinda's eyes widen "Jim, i'm write here baby" Melinda moved up and kissed him. Melinda felt Jim's lips move against her. Melinda started to cry "Oh thank god your awake. I love you so much" Melinda kissed him again. Jim's eyes opened "I love you too" Jim groaned from the pain he was in. Melinda kissed him again. She had a smile on her face but happy tears were now falling.

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