Down & Out
Okay so first off thank you for the reviews, they do mean a lot to me. Secondly I don't know where this story is going to go, and that's really the truth. I'm just writing having my fun. Anyways enjoy and as always please review.
Part Eight: Wait For It
Exactly three days had passed since Marissa had squeezed Alex's hand. Exactly three days ago there was a sign that she was fighting. Exactly three days ago, everyone had high hopes that Marissa would soon wakeup. Except three days had passed with no real progress.
Every morning Julie would spend time with Marissa, followed by Summer who spent the afternoons with her, when night fell Alex was the one who would sit with her until Julie returned again. This had been the process for the past three days. Everyone entered Marissa's room, hoping that something would happen that day but nothing ever did. Three days seemed long ago.
By the fifth day since she'd been in Newport Alex knew she had to figure out what she was going to do. Her clothes were running low, and she felt as if she'd been invading Summer's life. Summer had graciously let Alex stay at her house, and on few occasions Alex would run into Julie but they had been cordial to each other so there was never really any uncomfortable-ness.
"Summer I think I need to go home." Alex said having returned from the hospital.
"Why's that?" Summer questioned from her position at the end of the bed.
"Because I don't have any clothes left, and I should go to work."
"What about Marissa though?"
Alex sighed aloud, this was the hard part. Should she stay to be with Marissa or should she go on with her life? The choice was clear Alex still had feelings for Marissa and she couldn't leave her in the state she was in, but she had her own life to deal with. Alex collapsed on the bed in frustration.
"Look you and Marissa are like the same size, that solves your clothes problem. And you were like the manger at the bait shop, can't you get a job there?"
"Okay first, I feel weird wearing Marissa's clothes, second I probably could get a job at the bait shop but it'd probably be like cleaning bathrooms, and third what about my rent back home? And my job? I can't just leave it all behind." Summer sat quietly deep in thought, while Alex watched her wearily.
"Well I can help you with your rent problem, you should call your boss and see if you can get anymore time off. I mean if you want to stay that is."
"Summer you know I want to stay, I just don't know if I should. I mean me and her aren't even together. We haven't been together, I don't know what I'm doing here."
"But you're here." Summer interjected, "Isn't that all that matters?"
"I wish it was that simple."
A short while later Summer left to go stay with Marissa in the hospital while Alex went to the beach. Taking a seat on the sand she pulled the letter out of her back pocket, and began to read it again.
You are the only person that can make me feel safe. I don't know if that makes much sense, but I just get this safe feeling when I'm with you. I know nothing bad can happen when we're together. I haven't been able to feel safe in a long time, and since you've been out of my life it's only prolonged.
Hours later Alex arrived at the hospital knowing she'd reached her decision. Diligently she entered Marissa's empty room, and took a seat next to her. Gently she took her hand, and absentmindedly began to stroke it with her thumb.
A few minutes of silence passed before Alex's soft voice filled the room. Doing what she always did whenever she visited Marissa, she began to talk about their past relationship. Bringing up memories about the time they'd spent together, never mentioning the bad times.
"Remember when you asked me out on Valentine's? And how I said no because I thought it was a jinx?" Alex paused as she got caught up in the memory. "Who would have thought that we'd end up at the beach that night. I think it's my favorite memory between us…" Alex trailed off unable to continue.
After the sun had risen Alex stood and stretched her sore limbs. Bending over she gave Marissa a slight kiss on the cheek, and looked at her one last time before leaving the hospital room. Getting into her car she reaffirmed her decision and started driving. Not to Summer's house though, Alex started driving back to her own apartment. Hoping she wouldn't regret her decision.
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