Chapter 14: Josh's POV
I stayed in the hospital, refusing to leave Cat's side until she woke up. The nurses had tried to contact her parents, but they got no response.
"Will she wake up?" I ask the doctor as he examines her.
He sighs heavily, "I don't know, there has still been no change." He finishes his examination and heads towards the door. "Don't give up hope son, there's still a chance," he says as he leaves.
"Please wake up, Cat," I beg as I grab her hand once again and sit back trying to rest.
Something startles me and I sit up. I must have fallen asleep because the sun is up now. I try to find what woke me, only to feel something touch my hand. I had laid my hand on top of Cat's before I fell asleep, but something was moving. It took me a second to realize what that meant.
Cat. Cat was moving. She was awake. Cat was awake! I jab the call button repeatedly until a nurse answers.
"Can I help you?" I hear through the intercom.
I'm so excited that all I can manage to do is yell "She's awake!" into the speaker.
I take Cat's hand in both of mine. "Open your eyes, Cat. It's me. It's Josh. Please open your eyes."
I look at her face just in time to see her eyes slowly move.
"Cat, Can you hear me?" I ask her, placing my hand on her cheek.
"Josh," she croaks. "You're crying."
I laugh through my tears. "I'm just so happy you're okay." I tell her as I wrap my arms around her. "I don't know what I would have done without you."
"I'm so sorry," she cries.
"It's okay," I reassure her. "But never do that to me again," I beg.
"I won't," she frowns. "But when I saw you with Haley," she chokes out, "it just hurt so much. Why did you lie to me? Why didn't you just tell me that you didn't really love me?" She's sobbing by the end.
My heart breaks at her words. "How could you ever think that? Of course I love you! I don't want anyone but you; you're everything to me Cat."
"But I saw-."
I cut her off, "you saw Haley try to kiss me, but what you missed was me pushing her away and chasing after you."
She looked up at me. "You don't want Haley?"
"I could never want anyone but you," I promise, leaning down to kiss her. It starts out as an innocent kiss but quickly turns more passionate.
Just then the doctor walks in. "So I see you're awake," he laughs at our position. I sit back down on my chair but keep hold of Cat's hand.
"So how are you feeling, Catherine?" the doctor continues.
"Pretty good actually," she replies. "But when can I go home?"
"That's what I wanted to discuss." Oh no. "Based on the circumstances surrounding your admission, I don't think you should be left without constant supervision. Can one of your parents stay with you all day?"
"No," she answers quietly.
"In that case, there is an inpatient treatment center close to here that would be perfect for you."
"That isn't going to work," I tell him. I'm not letting Cat out of my sight right now.
"Son I understand that you're worried about her but right now she needs someone watching over her constantly."
"Then she can stay with me," I argue. Cat looks up surprised.
"She isn't going to some treatment center." I tell the doctor in a cold voice.
"Alright then, I'll go get her discharge papers," he says as he turns to leave.
As soon as the door closes, Cat speaks. "Won't me moving in bother you?" she asks
I raise my eyebrow at her question. "Are you crazy?" I ask. "How would having my gorgeous girlfriend live with me bother me?"
She leans up to kiss me, "Thank you."
"Besides if you can't be alone even for a second, then I guess you'll have to sleep in my bed," I smirk at her.
She laughs, "So that was your master plan all along; to get me to sleep with you?"
"Yes," I reply honestly, "But if I have it my way, we won't be doing much sleeping anyway." I wiggle my eyebrows at her and she slaps my arm playfully.
I lean down to kiss her again. But this time I run my hands up and down her sides.
Cat pulls away, but my lips never leave her skin. I begin to kiss a trail down her neck. "Josh," she says breathily, "What are you doing?"
Instead of answering her, I move my hands to her chest.
She moans but tries to pull away, "Josh we can't do this here."
"If you're quiet we can." I tell her as I bring my lips back to her neck. Her back arches off the bed and I take that as a signal to continue. I pull down the flimsy hospital gown she's wearing so I can continue my path. I press kisses between her breasts, but I don't stop there. I keep moving down, past her belly button.
I purposely skip the area where she wants me and I move to kiss her thighs. I press open-mouth kisses up the inside of her right thigh, moving towards her center, but I once again avoid it to kiss back down her left thigh. At this point Cat is a moaning mess.
"Please Josh," she begs.
"Please what?" I ask innocently.
"Mouth—on me—please," she moans out.
At her words, I press my mouth to her center. She moans again and wraps her hands in my hair to keep me in place. I swirl my tongue around her entrance, teasing her.
"More," she begs. I begin making small circles around her clit with my tongue, making sure my tongue ring hits the bundle of nerves. She lets out a quiet scream at the action. I continue this for a few seconds before I take it up a step. I slowly push two of my fingers into her, continuing the motion with my tongue. I only have to pump my fingers a few times before she's coming. Her mouth opens in a silent screams as she rides out her orgasm.
I pull my fingers out of her and lick them clean as I move to lie next to her. I wrap her in the blanket and pull her against my chest.
She looks up at me sleepily, "I love you Josh."
"I love you to," I tell her as she closes her eyes.