A/N: Thank you everyone for your reviews! I love you all! here is chapter 21 enjoy!
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Chapter 21: Love and Other Drugs
I wake up and notice that I am still in the hospital I look over and see Richard sleeping next to me with his arm still wrapped around me. I giggle and turn over to face him, I lean over and kiss his cheek and he wakes up immediately.
"Morning", he says sleepily and he smiles.
"Morning, I was trying to give you a good morning kiss I didn't mean to wake you", I say.
Richard chuckles and kisses my lips, "Gosh I've missed you", he says and strokes my cheek and kisses me again.
"Eh em ", I hear a voice say I look over and see a nurse has entered the hospital room.
"Um Hi", I say and blush with embarrassment and Richard gets out of bed quickly and puts his shirt on.
"I think I'll go get some coffee", Richard says and kisses my forehead and leaves the room.
"Sorry I should have knocked first", the nurse says, "I need to check your vitals before the doctor comes", she says. She then starts talking my blood pressure and changing the fluid for the IV drip. The doctor then walks and greets me.
"Ah Miss Anders, good your awake", he says, "I'm Dr. Brown", he says and smiles and shakes my hand.
"Hi", I shake his hand.
"How are you feeling?" he asks.
"Tired, my head hurts a bit", I say and reach up and touch my forehead and realize there is a bandage on it. 'How did this happen' I think to myself.
"What happened to my head?" I ask.
"From my understanding you fainted when the shot Xavier", he says.
"Oh", I say, 'That would explain why my memory is fuzzy after the sound of a gunshot' I think to myself.
"Xavier also put a lot of drugs in your system, most of them are out but we are still going to keep you on an IV for today", he says.
'Drugs? Xavier drugged me?' I think to myself of course he would I don't know why I shouldn't be surprised.
"Oh, ok", I say. The doctor then examines me and gives me some pain medication.
"You are recovering well Miss Anders", he says.
"When will I be able to leave?" I ask.
"In about two days, we still want to keep you in observation", he says, "Well I will come back and check on you later, I wish you a well recover Miss Anders, please call if you need anything", he says.
"Thank you Doctor", I say and he nods and leads the room.
"Can I get you anything Miss Anders?" The nurse asks.
"No thank you, but before you change my IV bag can I shower first?" I ask.
"Of course do you need help?" she asks and I shake my head.
"Ok, press the buzzard when you are ready", she says and leaves the room.
I thank her and slowly get out of bed; my body feels a bit weak. I sit up and swing my legs over the side of the bed and get up slowly. I walk to the bathroom and turn on the shower. I notice a bag of toiletries near the sink and I smile, 'Richard thinks of everything 'I think to myself. I take off my hospital gown and gasp as I look in the mirror. My normal tan skin looks a bit paler, my body is still a bruised from where on my ankles and wrist and I look skinner since I hadn't eaten in days, and there are faint circles under my eyes from lack of sleep. 'I look like hell' I think to myself, I shake my head and get in the shower. The hot water feels good on my skin as I scrub away my troubles. After I finish scrubbing myself, I get my shampoo and wash my hair and condition it after I finish I get out the shower and dry my hair and put on a fresh hospital gown. I blow dry my hair and leave the bathroom as I walk out I see Richard has returned to the room. I noticed that he has changed clothes as well. My eyes lock with his and rush over and give him a hug and Richard wraps me in his arms.
"Hi", I say and hold him tighter.
"Hi, I see your feeling better", he murmurs and kisses the top of my head.
"Yes, especially since now that you are here", I say and he smiles.
"Are you hungry? The doctor says you can't have any solid food yet so I bought you some chicken broth", he says.
"Sounds good", I say.
I get back into bed and Richard brings over the soup in a small bowl. I immediately start eating and pretending that is a giant slice of pizza covered in mustard.
"Richard how long have I been in here?" I ask.
"A couple of days, you spent two days in ICU and then the doctors transferred you here", he says.
"Oh", I say.
Richard phone rings and he reaches in his pocket, "It's your parents do you want to talk to them?" he asks.
"My parents! Oh no!"I say. My parents must have been worried sick about me.
"Sure", I say and Richard hands me the phone and I am greeted by my mother's worried voice on the other end of the line.
"Kori! Sweetie are you ok?" my mom says.
"I'm fine mom, just a little tired that's all", I say.
"Oh sweetie I was so worried, they said you were kidnapped by Xavier and—", my mom starts rambling on and crying.
"Mom, mom I'm fine, you don't have to worry", I say and try to calm her down.
"I don't have to worry? My daughter gets kidnapped for almost 2 weeks by some psycho boy and you don't want me to worry?! We are coming to the hospital right now to make sure you ok", my mom says.
I sigh, "See you soon mom, I love you", I say and hang up the phone. I shake my head and hand the phone to Richard.
"Your mom overacting again?" he asks.
"As always", I say and giggle, "She says she will be here soon so brace yourself for a stern lecture and tears", I say and Richard laughs.
The nurse comes back and hooks up my IV. I watch some TV and Richard does some work off his laptop when my parents arrive along with my brother. My mom starts crying and hugging me as soon as she sees me and my dad and brother had to pry her off. My mom asks me a billion questions about how I am feeling and what happened between me and Xavier. I tell my mom about what happened editing and assure her I am ok. Eventually after much reassuring and many goodbye hugs and tears my parents leave. The doctor comes in and checks on me and I start to feel tired after a long day.
I lie down on the bed and relax and Richard snuggles up next to me.
"2 more days and we are back home", he says.
I smile, "I can't wait", I say and drift off to sleep.
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