I arrived at Desert Palms Hospital no more than twenty minutes later.

I walked up to the nurse's station and made sure it was okay for me to be in the room.

"Yah you could go right in" the nightshift nurse Katrina said.

"Okay" I walked towards his room. I stood outside the door, the lights were off and he looked like he was sleeping. I walked in trying not to make any noise until I saw him turn over to face me.

"Hey" I smiled at him as I turned on the light

"Hi" he winced in pain as he pulled himself up.

"Dont move" I walked over to him and sat on the side of the bed.

"We still need to talk" he was serious

"No we don't it's okay, I forgive you" I touched his face and brushed his hair away from his cuts " You're lucky I beleive in second chances"

"I am" he lifted up his arm and touched my face.

I took his hand and held it, I looked at him tears filled my eyes.

"When can I go home?" he asked me

"I dont know, hopefully tomorrow I can go ask" I let go of his hand

"Yah" he touched my arm as I walked out of the room.

"Wait come back" I turned to face him

"Yah"

"Pull your hair back" he said, I knew that he knew about the bruises.

I hesitantly pulled my hair back revealing a couple bruises down my neck.

His eyes filled with tears.

"Okay, you can go" he tried not to cry, I'm not sure if he did after I left the room.

I aproached Katrina "Hi, uh Criss wants to know when he can go home"

"Oh, well he is recovering better then we expected but he can't be alone he'll need someone at least for a cuple more days to help him" she looked at me in sorrow

"But when can he go home?"



"Well he might be able to be released tomorrow, but I'm ot promising anything" She gave me a half hearted smile

"Okay" I walked off to his room and found him just getting off the phone with his mom.

"Hey" I walked into the room

"Hi, did you find out when I can leave?" he held his stomach in pain

"They said maybe tomorrow, but when you do get out I want you to come stay with me for a bit"

"Oh..um okay I guess, I'll need to get my stuff though" he rubbed his arm

"I'll get it for you tomorrow, but you need to get some rest" I touched the side of his face avoiding the cuts.

"I dont want you to leave, I need to talk to you about what I said last night about how you love your job more than me. I just wanted to say that I know its not true, I know you love me but I was just upset that your always working and I hardly get to see you. Because you know your always sleeping. But then the nurse told me how you saved me and I dont remember the accident all I remember is holding your hand in the middle of the dessert in the rain. At that moment I relized how much I really did love you and how nobody could ever replace you. I love you Brooke, more than I could ever love another girl" He started tearing up but held it in.

"Aw, I love you to and I'd hug you but I dont want to hurt you" I wiped the tears away from my eyes.

"It's okay I can live with the pain for thirty seconds as long as I get a hug" he gave that devilish smile of his.

I hugged his right side because his left arm was broken.

"Mmm, I love you" he said, but I could tell he was in pain so I quickly released.

"I love you too, but I have to go home I really need some sleep I'll see you tomorrow" I gave him a quick kiss and headed for the door

"Do you have to go?" he whined

"Yah, I really need to get some sleep" I took one more step towards the door.

"Oh, okay" he was using his "upset tone"

"You better get some rest or you won't be able to leave tomorrow" I winked at him

"Fine, but can you shut off the light on your way out?" he smiled jokingly



"Yah" I reached over and shut out the lights

"Love you" I heard him pipe up through the silence

"Love you too, now get some sleep"

I walked out and shut the door and headed home.