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Chapter 2
When Cory awoke, he saw Lauren sitting in a chair by his bed, when he looked around the room; he realized that it was not his room at all, but a hospital room. When he realized he was in the hospital, he thought to him self, what am I doing in a hospital strapped to machines? With that in mind he started to say Lauren's name and to shake her at the same time, but that was a big no no Because as soon as he lifted his arm pain shot right through him making him cry out in pain, effectively waking Lauren up from self imposed sleep.
Lauren looked around sleepily trying to figure out where that cry came from and then realized that it must have came from Cory. As soon as she realized this, she looked up and saw him looking back at her with a smile and a puzzled look in his eyes as if he was silently, asking what was he doing tied to machines in a hospital and why he was having pain problems all over his body.
"Cory hang on to your questions please, while I go call for the nurse and your parents who went home after the doctor forced them to try and get some sleep." said Lauren as she got out of the chair she was sitting in and headed to the door to go get a nurse to check on Cory and to make sure he was ok physically as well as mentally. After what seemed like 30 minutes, she finally arrived back to Cory's hospital room with a nurse.
"Hello Mr. Matthews, you can call me Joy and I'll be your personal nurse during your stay at this hospital, thankfully a guy named George Feeny found you on the side of the road a little while after getting ran down and brought you here." said Joy while she rushed over to him to run a series of tests that would make sure that he was able to move his legs, even if they caused him pain to move them to make sure he wasn't paralyzed. After all the tests were over, Joy asked Cory if he would like anything to eat or to drink and told him that every five hours that he must take his medication. Then after the nurse left Cory turned to Lauren who was sitting in the same chair that she was earlier.
"Thank you for staying with me through the night while I was unconscious, and I'm sorry about not being at my house for dinner as I was most likely unconscious, did you tell my parents about our plans." asked Cory unsure if she still wanted to be him after this accident. In two months, he would graduate from High School and move to be with the person that he loved as she also graduated high school in two months.
"No, I thought that we would still tell them together after they come back here to see you again and I was thinking that since all this stuff happening to you that as soon as you get out of the hospital that you could move in with me at my apartment that has two bedrooms in it." said Lauren as she twirled one of her hands in his and leaned in and pulled him into a passionate kiss, that seemed to have melted away any fear that she was going to leave him because of the accident.
"After you have settled in, we can go to Trinity Church of God the following Wednesday and Sunday which ever may come first." replied Lauren after thinking awhile as she wanted to share her faith with others.
"Ok, I always loved going to church the times that we went when I was younger," replied Cory, "so do you want to go to the movies after I get out of the hospital and can move around some." About at this time Alan, Amy, Shawn, Angela, and to Cory's surprise Topanga came in to the room.
"Yes I would love to but only after you are well enough though." said Lauren as they then turned toward Cory's parents and his friends.
"Mr. and Mrs. Matthews there is something that Cory and I have to tell you, I asked Cory if he wanted to come and live in my two bedroom apartment in the mountains, don't worry my parents live next door, and he accepted." said Lauren as she sat back in the chair that she was sitting in. Suddenly Cory decided to look everywhere except at his parents and Topanga. Mr. Matthews looked like he was going to blow a head gasket, Mrs. Matthews looked like she was going to get angry but surprisingly started to cry at the thought that her youngest son wanted to leave, and Topanga looked ready to cry because now she knew for sure that it really was over between them. While Shawn supporting his best friend gave him a thumbs up
"No, Cory you are not going to move in with Lauren or go to her school," said Alan, looking at his son with pity but also anger. "Since you only have three more months of school till you graduate from High school, only after you graduate can you move to where ever it is that you would like to." Then with that said; they asked him how he was feeling and every thing.
"So, your just going to let Cory leave just like that after everything that has happened after he finishes High School here in three months." asked Topanga with an expression of shock and sorrow showing on her face.
