Dana and Carter - Chapter 3 / Awake

Dana's POV
I awoke and was surrounded by white it was all around me, I also felt something heave on my hand so I looked down and seen Carter asleep in a chair next to me bed holding my hand. He was wearing the same clothes I had last seen him in, I have no idea how long I've been out but I sort of remember what happened "Carter" my voice was really hoarse and not really loud so I cleared my throat "Carter" I said a little louder but he was still asleep "Carter!" I shouted and he jumped awake I had obviously scared him "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you" I stated.

"No it's fine. How are you feeling?" He asked me still holding my hand.

"I have a massive headache" I said and laughed a little "How did I get back to the Aqua Base?" I asked.

"Well we found you in a cave and whilst the others fought the Batlings and I brought you back here, what happened to you? We're still confused" he explained.

"Well I went to chase the Batling as he was chasing after a little girl but then the little girl turned into a Batling it was a trap all along to get a ranger on their own, then this demon called Beezer he was a over gown bee... He threw what I think were stingers at me and they knocked me out cold. When I woke up I was being guarded by Vypra and she said she would let me free if I could beat her in a fight and the last thing I remember is her lunging at me" I explained to him.

"Wow sounds like you had one heck of a day... I thought you might want this back" he handed me my morpher and I thanked him before putting it back in it's rightful place.

"How long was I out for?" I asked him.

"About a day and a half" he answered and I was shocked

"Can you get my dad please?" I asked.

Carter's POV
I walked into my bedroom to get showered and changed, Joel was in there already laying down on the sofa reading a book or something "Hey, hows Dana?" He asked me.

"Yeah she's awake now... She wanted to see her dad" I explained to him and grabbed my towel and was about to walk into the bathroom when Joel called me back.

"Look Carter I think now is the best time to let her know how you feel about her, it was a close call with her and you might not get another chance" he said to me.

I didn't answer him I just went into the bathroom and showered away all the mess that was going on. Joel was right I did need to tell Dana how I felt about her before it's to late because again he was right it was a close call and next time she might not be so lucky. I was worried about telling her because what if she knocks me back? Its hard because where we work so closely together it would make things difficult if we were to brake up or have an argument or if she knocks me back but was it a chance I was willing to take with her?

Making my way to Dan's hospital room I stopped outside and thought about what I was going to say to her "Hey, why are you just standing outside?" Kelsey asked as she left Dana's room.

"Nothing... Is there anyone in there with her?" I asked, I didn't want to have this conversation in front of an audience.

"No she's in there on her own" thank God for that.

I said goodbye to Kelsey and went into Dana's room where I seen her sitting up in the bed reading one of her school books "Hey Dana. How are you feeling?" I asked her.

"Much better thank you, my dad and everyone have told me that me being here and saved is down to you so I really want to say thank you for everything you did... It sounds like I owe you my life" she explained.

"Not at all. You don't have to say thank you for anything. I wasn't going to just leave you there am I? Who else is going to stitch me up when I'm injured?" I asked and we both laughed.

"Well thank you anyway" she stated.

"You see Dana, the thing it... Well... I sound like such an idiot. I've realised that life is to short and how close we were to nearly losing you and I think now is the right time to tell you... I really like you and I would love to take you out somewhere when you're out of here and better" I told her and stood in front of her waiting for her reply.

She smiled sweetly at me "OK. That sounds great... If I'm honest I've kind of been waiting for you to ask me out as I didn't have the guts to ask you myself" she answered and I was so glad.

I sat in the chair next to Dana's bed and we just talked for what seemed like hours, we talked about anything and everything. We spoke about our childhoods and somehow ended up speaking about what we wanted from our futures without going into too much detail. I didn't want to tell her that in the next ten years that I wanted to get married and have at least three children I didn't want to scare her off before we even went on our first date. She didn't say if she wanted to get married or have kids she might have been thinking the same thing I was or maybe she hadn't decided that yet she was still young she wasn't even 21 yet and here I was a 24 year old fireman asking out a student doctor.

Dana's POV
I cannot believe that he finally asked me out! I have been waiting for this for so long he was such an amazing guy and I knew that he would be the prefect boyfriend. He's such a sweet, caring and considerate guy that is what I have always looked for in a guy all the other guys I have dated never even come close to him! We started talking about what we wanted from our futures and I didn't want to tell him that I wanted marriage and children I didn't want to scare him away maybe he didn't want that.

At 2am Carter decided that it was time for him to go and he would leave me to sleep and rest up so we could go on our date quicker "I'll see you tomorrow" he said and kissed my forehead.

"I'll see you tomorrow Carter, thanks for sitting with me all this time" he smiled before he left.

Ahh! I'm going on a date with Carter. I cannot wait to see what he had planned, he told me to leave all the date to him and all I had to do was bring myself and he would sort everything out, he was the perfect gentleman. I had a feeling that things were going to go further between me and Carter but that might just be me hoping.

When I awoke the next morning I seen my dad talking to a doctor then he noticed I was awake "Dana you're awake! Great news you're free from here now I have just signed your papers" he told me, the last24 hours had been amazing.

Once I was freed, showered and dressed I went to the galley where I seen everyone sitting around a table eating their breakfast "Guess who's free" I stated as I took the spare seat next to Carter, we smiled at each other before everyone started asking me hoe I was feeling and if I was going to be able to go and fight with them now "Yeah I'm perfectly fine, I still have a few bruises but they will heal in a couple of weeks" I told hem and they smiled at me.

I told Carter that I needed to do some training as I mad missed so much so we had decided to finish breakfast then we would go out for a run and do some fighting exercises, I had to make myself look hot but casual at the same time. I had decided to wear my little pink shorts and a white spaghetti strap top and me new trainers which were white and pink, I had my hair up in a bun and a little bit of mascara on just to enhance my eyes "Wow you're dressing up a little for a bit of training... Trying to impress someone?" Kelsey asked with a little smirk.

"No... It's just a hot day so I didn't want to wear heave clothing like I normally do, is that a crime?" I questioned.

She shook her head and held her hands up in a surrender motion "No I was just asking" she stated before turning around but I seen the smirk she had on her face.

I met Carter at transport and we hoped in the jeep and drove to the beach where we would be doing all out training, we were going to do a mile run and then do some fighting exercises together, Carter was really fit and I knew I was going to have a little trouble keeping up but I didn't want him to think he had to go easy on me.