2 weeks later;
"Hi Gary!"
Gary looked up, "Hi!" he smiled slowly pulling himself to sit up.
Miranda walked over to him and kissed his head. "How are you feeling today?"
"Sore"
"I bought you this" Miranda smiled handing him a bag.
"What is it?" Gary asked suspiciously.
"Open it" Miranda smiled.
Gary struggled with the bag; Opening it up. "Oh wow!"
"Do you want me to help you put it on?"
Gary nodded.
Miranda took the fluffy dressing gown from him as he sat up. She helped him put his arms in it and wrapped it over his shoulders.
"It's so fluffy" Gary smiled snuggling into it as he lay back into the bed. "Thanks"
"No problem" Miranda smiled.
Gary took her t shirt in his hand and pulled her closer, kissing her.
Miranda was taken a back, but kissed him back.
Gary pulled away for air, his eyes fluttering open behind his new glasses.
What was that for?" Miranda smiled.
"Because I love you you nut!" Gary smiled, his had softly stroking her face.
"I love you too"
this time when there lips collided it was more passionate.
"Am I interrupting?"
Miranda and Gary slowly pulled apart, looking towards the doctor.
"you sealed the deal so to speak?" he added perching on the side of Gary's bed.
"You could say that" Miranda smiled.
"How are you this morning?" the doctor added to Gary grabbing and flicking through his notes.
"Achey"
"He's always complaining this one" The doctor teased to Miranda. "I'm kidding; were abouts?"
"My back"
"Sit forward then." The doctor smiled standing up. He lifted up the dressing gown, "God that's fluffy" he smiled stroking it.
"Miranda bought me it" Gary smiled proudly.
"Well aren't you lucky?" the doctor smiled lifting his t shirt up and examining his back. "it's going to take time... but, youll be ok" the doctor returned his bed clothes. He sat back on the bed.
Gary sat back.
"How are your legs this morning?" the doctor smiled.
"Well; I can feel them, that's good right?" Gary replied smiling.
"Very good, have you walked about or moved this morning?" the doctor added.
"Meh, I went to the toilet, that's it"
"Well, at least your trying, your getting there... I reckon a few more days and you can go home"
"REALLY?" Gary smiled happily in disbelief.
"Yeah. your making great progress!"
"Do you want to move in with me when you get home?" Mirada smiled taking his hand.
"Really?"
"Yeah.. so then your never away from me and I can look after you!"
Gary nodded, speechless. "Come here!" Gary pulled her back down and kissed her.
"Ill leave you to it!" the doctor laughed leaving.
the next week;
"Home sweet home" Miranda smiled opening up the flat and walking in, She put Gary's bag on the floor.
Gary walked in behind her on his crutches. "So many steps" He laughed.
"Go sit yourself down" Miranda smiled rooting through the fridge. "We've got coca cola or Fanta"
"I want a beer" he moaned laughing.
"Not on those tablets..."
Gary laughed, "Coke" he smiled.
Miranda handed it to him. Gary lent his head over the back of the sofa, catching her t-shirt in his spare hand and pulling her toward him, kissing her. "I love you"
"I love you too"
1 month later;
Gary was back at work without his crutches, he was back to normal. Normal, cheery Gary.
"Gary?"
"Clive?" Gary didn't look up from his cooking.
"Miranda's here"
Gary put his knife down and ran straight through to the restaurant, abandoning his task.
Miranda was studying the comics in the paper, not acknowledging he was there.
Gary snook around the bar. He wrapped his arms around her shoulder pulling her off of her stool "Hey" He said flirty as he tickled her.
Miranda giggled as he tickled her.
He stopped and pulled her close to him, kissing her passionately.
"So I've been thinking..." Gary smiled, he took both of her hands and intertwined them between them in the air.
"I should be worried" Miranda teased.
Gary laughed, "Well, I was going to take you out somewhere really special tonight, and then when we got home... Id give you my thank you present from you helping me through all of this..."
"Is that a promise?" Miranda teased.
"Yeah, it's a promise" Gary smiled kissing her. "I better get back, but you go have a lovely bath and make yourself look beautiful, not that you need to do that, because you are already beautiful"
"I'll wear my dress with the zip"
"It should be Velcro, its so much easier to rip off" Gary teased in a whisper.
Miranda blushed laughing, "I'll see you later"
"Not if I see you first" Gary kissed her one last time.
Miranda left the restaurant.
"You coming out tonight then? after work beer?"
"Nah, I'm good, lets just say i'm on a promise" Gary smiled proudly to himself. "God I love her" he thought to himself as he smiled his way back into the kitchen.
THE END
