She had to think. Why had he decided that he loved her again? Was it the message? If it was, then he must have realized how much he hurt her, just as she hoped. She sighed as she waited for him to come back. Where did he go? He came in then with a bottle of water. Sitting down on the bed beside her, he handed it to her.
"Drink." He said. She nodded, took the bottle and did as she was told.
"Why?" She asked him after the bottle was empty.
"Why what?" He asked.
"Why did you save me?" She looked down. He brushed her hair away from her face and lifted her chin up so that she was looking straight in his eyes.
"I saved you because I do not only care about you and love you more than anything, but because you mean more to me than anything in the entire world and I love you with all of my heart. And it would kill me to see anything bad happen to you." He said smiling, as he let his fingers trail from her forehead to her chin and up again. She smiled, as she tried to prevent more tears from falling, but she did not succeed, and he noticed. "Are you ok?" He asked, a worried tone in his voice.
"Yes." She nodded, her voice cracking.
"Then why are you crying, My Love?" He asked, letting his fingers run through her hair.
"Because of everything you just said." He smiled. "It was the sweetest, most nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. No one has ever told me that they felt that way about me. And I thought that nobody ever would, because of the way I am." He frowned. "And, I mean, it's not like anyone should like me. I mean, what is there to like? I'm not pretty, I'm smart, I'm nerdy, and all my friends are the same way. I just don't under-"
"Stop!" He said cutting her off. She looked at him surprised. "You are the most beautiful girl I have ever met. And all those people who cannot see what a wonderful girl you are, are blind! You are the best thing that has ever happened to me! And I'm glad that the last person who had you, let you go. They lost something amazing. And I found it. I don't deserve you, I know I don't. But I am glad that I have you." She was crying again, for the tears had stopped. She had forgotten all about her arm, but she remembered when she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly, as the pain shot through her arm like a bullet. She screamed in pain and pulled away from him."What happened?" He asked frantically.
"My...arm..." She said breathing heavily.
"Oh shit!" He said. He grabbed the hand that she was using to hold her arm, and moved it away slowly. Taking her arm in his hand, he looked at her face as she flinched. "Calm down." he said, looking at her arm. "It's not bleeding anymore. But, we should take you to the hospital to get it stitched up so it doesn't start again." she nodded. He helped her off the bed and down stairs. When they got downstairs, people stared at them. "What the fuck are you looking at?" He yelled at them, holding her close as she started to cry again. They all looked away from the girl covered in blood and the boy who was holding her tightly. "Let's go." He said smiling at they reached the hospital, a nurse came running up to them.
"What happened?" she asked frantically. She looked from Jenny to Dave.
"Umm..." Jenny started.
"She fell." he said winking at her. "And she slit her wrist on a piece of metal."
"Oh my!" She said. "Come with me." They followed the nurse into a room. "The doctor will be right with you." She smiled.
"Oww." Jenny muttered.
"You ok my love?" Dave asked her. She nodded.
"It just hurts." She said.
"Don't ever scare me like that again." He said walking over to where she had sat on the bed.
"I won't." She smiled. He smiled back and leaned in. Just then the doctor came in.
"Hello." He said closing the door behind him, giving Dave just enough time to sit down in the chair beside the bed. "I'm Doctor Smith. What seems to be the problem?" He asked sitting down across from Dave. Jenny looked at him pleadingly.
"Umm...She fell and slit her wrist on a piece of metal." He said.
"Oh my." Doctor Smith said rolling his chair over to the bed. "Let's have a look." He grabbed her arm carefully causing her to flinch.
"Oww." She said as he grabbed a cloth and cleaned the blood off. He moved the skin away from the cut. "Oww!" She said pulling her arm away, causing Dave to jump and stand up. "That hurt!" she said as tears came to her eyes.
"I am so sorry." The doctor said. "I was just seeing how deep the cut was. And it seems to be very deep. I'm going to need to stitch it up." Jenny nodded.
"Can I be put to sleep for that?" she asked.
"Yes." He said smiling. "I'm sure you don't want to feel any more pain." she nodded again. "Ok. Come with me." She jumped down off the bed and they both began to follow. The doctor turned around when they reached the room. "I am very sorry. But you cannot come in."
"What?" Dave said loudly.
"I am sorry. But you are not a family member, are you?"
"No." he said looking down.
"NO! He has to come!" Jenny protested.
"Why?" The doctor asked.
"Because...well...Because all my family is gone...My mother is dead, my brothers moved away...and I do not know where my father is." She said as the tears started flowing.
"Oh my god." Dave said pulling her close and hugging her tightly. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"I don't know." She muttered helplessly. "Can he please come in?" She asked the doctor. He nodded and they all went in.