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Rick and Jim stared at each other in a tense silence "hey, you were listening huh.....so I'm...... gonna leave now" Rick stuttered, feeling uncomfortable. "Yeah I think that's a good idea" Jim snapped back, they were trying to keep their voices down as Melinda was still sleeping, "hey, look Jim, I'm sorry if I pissed you off...just...I just....please take care of her. I'll see you around" Rick started to move away but Jim moved with him, blocking his way "You better hope not Payne...and don't you dare tell me to look after my wife!" Jim snarled, "hey, Jim I haven't done anything wrong here, I...-" "JUST GET OUT!" Jim yelled fiercely, forgetting that Mel was asleep, luckily she didn't wake up. Rick gathered his things and with one last glance at Melinda, he sped out of the door.
Jim sat down at Mel's side and felt tears run down his cheeks. "God Mel, you don't know how worried I was....and on top of it all for me to get the blame. Your professor friend says he's in love with you....he's going away for a while, I know you'll miss him but it's for the best....Uggghh this is definitely a day I want to forget" Jim sighed as he thought about everything that had happened in the last 24 hours. Just then a nurse came through the door, "hey, where'd the professor go?" she asked, "umm he left a second ago" Jim replied. "Nice guy, totally into her" she signalled to Melinda... "her husband better watch out huh" she joked "sure, I'll remember that. I'm Jim Clancy by the way...the husband" Jim snapped.
"Oh, I'm sorry I just.....ugggh I have a habit of over talking.....so, uuh I'm here to give her pain meds" the nurse stuttered awkwardly before injecting painkillers into Melinda's drip. "She's gonna have to be woken up too, we have to check on her every hour to make sure she's still conscious, do you wanna do it?" she asked "sure, why not?" Jim replied shortly "great, so....um, if she has any problems waking up or she feels sick just press the blue button on the side of her bed. We'll re-evaluate her in the morning, which should tell us how long she'll be here. If all goes well she should be able to go home tomorrow, but I can't make any promises. I'll see you later" the nurse then hurried out of the room, feeling embarrassed.
Jim softly stroked Melinda's hair as he leaned in and gave her a tender kiss on the forehead "Mel, honey it's time to wake up" he whispered in her ear. "Huh? Rick?" Melinda whispered weakly, Jim's face fell as he felt a stab of resentment through his heart "It's not Rick sweety, it's me, Jim" he said softly, hiding the hurt he was feeling.
Melinda replied in a tiny voice "Jim?", "yeah honey it's me, I'm here now" Jim said in a soothing voice, still stroking Mel's hair. She opened her eyes slowly and a huge grin spread across her face when she saw Jim's face hovering above hers "Jim, baby, you're here....what happened? Are you okay? Where did you go? I'm so glad to see your face!" Melinda gushed, tears flowing freely down her face.
"Woah, too many questions! Uhhh first of all alot happened, second yes I'm fine honey, third I was at Driscoll County PD and last of all I'm glad to see your face too!" Jim said with a smile, he leaned down and pressed his lips to Melinda's in a soft kiss. "I was so worried about you. It was killing me, not knowing if you were okay..."Jim's voice broke and he buried his face in Mel's hair, allowing himself to let go properly for the first time that day.
"I love you so much Mel, so much" he said sweetly when the tears had slowed down, "I love you too Jim, I really do." Melinda scooted over in her hospital bed and Jim lay down next to her, draping his arm protectively over her "You need to sleep honey, the nurse told me to wake you up every hour to make sure you're okay, she also said that if everything goes well tonight you may be home tomorrow" Jim said, running his fingertips up and down Melinda's side.
"I hope so, I wanna go home, and I wanna get back to the store! Oh, it's Sunday, I have work in two days, I've missed it there, I miss Delia....Oh God!! Delia.....we have to tell her what happened!" Melinda rambled, "Okay, I'll let her know later when you're asleep.......and Mel, there is absolutely no way I'm gonna let you go back to work in two days, Delia will be fine on her own...and if not you can close the shop for a while." Jim said lovingly but sternly. "Jiiiiiiiim" Mel whined, her face forming a pout, "no, oh no, no no, you are not gonna change my mind. There's no way you're working this week, don't give me that look" Jim said, smiling "on the bright side...... I have tomorrow off so you won't be home alone"
Melinda sighed "can we at least go for a walk around town square so I can go in the store for a little while, you can supervise" Mel bargained "fine, but we're not staying long, okay? Now, get some sleep honey, I'm gonna go call Delia." Jim walked through the halls until he reached a payphone, he called and told Delia what had happened before convincing her that there was no need to come down there as it was late. He went back to Mel's room and saw that she was just falling asleep, as her eyes closed he opened the door and took his seat next to her –she looks so peaceful, beautiful-he thought to himself "sweet dreams" he whispered softly, little did he know that Melinda's dreams would be anything but sweet.