The next morning I was released. The journey to his truck was both painful and exhausting. By the time I actually got to Sam's and made it to his bed, which he insisted I have, I didn't even know how to feel. My whole body was screaming at me for moving so much. Exhaustion won over, and seconds after slowly but surely hitting the pillow, I fell asleep.
When I woke up, I looked around, and saw through the window, that it was nightfall. I sorely reached and grabbed my phone off the dresser next to the bed. It was ten o'clock at night. I couldn't believe I had slept for over ten hours, and I still felt tired.
After a few minutes of just lying there, I finally mustered up enough energy to attempt sitting up. I needed to use the bathroom, and if I still had energy, I would go to the kitchen to get something to eat.
I shifted so that my legs were hanging off of the bed. I pushed up off my elbows and quietly gasped at the flash of pain that ran through my stomach. After a few minutes of just sitting, I slowly pushed off the bed.
I hated how weak I felt. My knees were literally shaking from the weight of my body directly on them. The bathroom was five feet away. I knew I should have just had Sam help me, but my stubbornness won over.
I took a few steps before my knees just gave and I crumpled to the floor. Luckily my landing wasn't as bad as the last. There was some pulling and pain but nothing I couldn't handle. The problem was that I didn't have the strength to get up.
I managed to reach and grab my phone that I had fortunately put back on the edge of the dresser.
I leaned against the bed, and dialed Sam. If I wasn't so embarrassed about the whole situation, I would have laughed at the fact that I was calling Sam when he was about twenty feet away. I heard his phone ringing in the living room.
I knew he wasn't sleeping because he answered after only two rings, as opposed to answering after five or six ring like all the other times I had called him while he was sleeping over the past months.
"Hey McNally. You finally awake."
"Yeah, can you come here?"
He sounded confused and concerned when he responded, "Yeah, of course. Is everything okay, you sound upset? Are you in pain, I can get you your pain meds." As he was talking, I heard him getting up in the other room and heading down the hall, so I just waited until he got to the room to answer.
As soon as he saw where I was, he rushed over and knelt down. "What happened? Are you okay?"
I was so embarrassed, "I'm fine, I had to go to the bathroom, and thought I could handle it on my own. I guess not."
He sighed, "The doctor said you would be weak for a little while. Next time you need to get up or want to go somewhere, just call for me. This is one time I could really use your help to keep your stubbornness in check," his smirk making a slight appearance.
I rolled my eyes at his attempts to making light of the situation. "Just get me up. I still need to use the bathroom."
He smirked and slowly helped me up. "You know, I think you like when I am your knight in shining armor."
I scoffed, "You say I need to take my stubbornness down a notch, well you need to do the same with your ego."
He laughed at that, which in turn caused me to laugh despite the discomfort of doing so.
He helped me to the bathroom. I was able to manage by using the sink and wall as support. After I was done I opened the door, and he helped me back to the bed. He left to get me something to eat, without me even voicing my hunger. I swear, he could read my mind sometimes.
After I finished eating we decided to watch a movie. He half laid, half sat against the headboard. I leaned against him. He placed pillows against me for support, and then wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I really don't remember how we got to this point of comfort.
I mean, just last week, we were barely speaking to each other because of the whole Luke thing. Now, we are practically living together (For now at least), and I am cuddling with him in bed. I don't know what this is. But I do know that I never felt this way when I was with Luke.
I fell asleep in Sam's arms that night, wondering if Sam and I could ever be together.