Chpt.24
Lancy sat in the bed, looking over to see Livy asleep on the chair that was pulled up next to the bed. Her hand was gripping onto Lancy's.
Lancy couldn't help herself from staring at Livy. Her arms were scared, but toned and tan. Her breath was coming out in gentle sighs, and her braided blonde hair that was coming undone a bit fell naturally on her face.
Lancy snapped her gaze away from Livy, and tried to force herself to think about something else.
Selina must have left to stretch her legs. Lancy thought when she noticed that the woman wasn't there.
Lancy sat in the bed contently, and went back to watching Livy sleep. She just couldn't help herself.
However, she heard the doorknob starting to twist open. Lancy immediately closed her eyes, acting as if she was asleep. She hated answering the doctor's questions alone, it just made her to nervous.
She could hear the footsteps entering the room and towards where she sat. What confused Lancy was that the person didn't attempt to wake her or leave. It was only silent.
Opening her eyes slowly, Lancy saw a boy about her age, maybe older, with jet black hair and tan skin. He was gently caressing Livy's face while she slept.
Lancy was shocked seeing someone touch Livy with such tenderness. However, the movement was short lived when the boy felt her eyes, and faced Lancy with a hardened face.
"I brought you these." He stated, holding up a bundle of roses.
"Uh… thanks." Lancy said as she watched the strange boy place the flowers onto the table. "Um… who are you?" Lancy inquired, and the boy a shot a glare at her.
"You do not recognize the son of the most well respected man in Gotham?" he questioned in a haughty voice.
"I don't keep up on a lot of that stuff." Lancy spoke honestly with a small shrug.
"My father is Bruce Wayne, you trollop." He stated. "My name is Damian."
"What the hell does Bruce Wayne want with me?" Lancy questioned, trying not to snap at him for the insult.
"He doesn't want anything to do with you, nor do I. I am here because of Livy." Damian informed.
"What do you want with her?" Lancy questioned, not liking the idea of a rude trust fund baby doing things to Livy. Especially after she witnessed him touching her.
Damian gave her a patronizing look and said in a voice as if he was speaking to a toddler,
"Lancy, you have to realize that Livy is sacrificing quite a bit in order to stay with you. She loves to travel and now she is grounded to Gotham. She also does not like staying in small rooms." Damian beckoned to the room around him. "I am sure you do not wish to see her in such discomfort." Lancy's eyes widened.
"I… I didn't know. I told her-"
"It doesn't matter what you told her. The fact is that she is still here, and it's your fault." Damian snapped. Lancy faltered a bit, but then hardened.
"What do you want me to do about it?" Lancy questioned with irritation lacing her voice. She hated how he was talking down to her.
"Make her leave. Do whatever you can to get her out of this room-"
"Shut up!"
Lancy and Damian turned their heads to see where Livy was sitting. However, she was standing and looked furious.
"Damian, I chose to do this. This isn't any of your concern." Livy stated as she stormed over to the boy.
"Any of my concern? Do you know how worried I am? I find out that you have claustrophobia and some remaining PTSD and you think that I am just going to be content with it?" Damian questioned, crossing his arms.
"I should have never told you. It was none of your business."
"Well it is now."
"You can't make me leave her, Damian. No matter what you can't make me." Livy hissed, glaring into his sky blue eyes.
"What if I tried to make you anyway?" Damian questioned. "What are you going to do? Kill me?"
"Maybe." Livy growled.
"Whoa. Guys, calm down." Lancy said from her bed, wishing she could stand so she could break them apart and not fight.
Livy and Damian were silent, glaring at each other.
Without a word, Damian brushed past Livy and left the room, slamming the door behind him.
Livy sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair as she made her way back to the chair.
"Friend of yours?" Lancy inquired, and Livy hovered over the chair, the collapsed on it with a sigh.
"I dunno what he is to me."
"I think he cares about you." Lancy whispered.
"What? Care about me? All he does is insult and fight me. Why would he care about me?" Livy questioned. Lancy didn't want to say that she saw Damian caressing Livy while she was asleep. It wasn't something that was supposed to be seen.
"I dunno. I just have a feeling that he cares for you." Lancy shrugged with a small smile. She then got more serious. "Was what he said true? About-"
"Just forget about it, Lancy." Livy sighed as her big brown eyes gazed into the eyes of her friend.
No matter what, Lancy still loved Livy with all being, and when Livy shot her a look with those big brown eyes, she was irresistible.
"Alright." Lancy whispered.
~*~*~*~*~Several Days Later~*~*~*~*~
The walls and ceiling of the hospital started to close in on Livy and Lancy. Livy quickly lifted Lancy up, holding her gently in her arms as she searched for a way out.
Unfortunately all the windows and doors disappeared. Feeling the walls closing in on her, Livy shook and clutched Lancy tighter to herself.
However, Lancy was gone. She looked around the room in terror and found herself completely alone.
The walls were up against her body and she was being squeezed as the space got smaller.
Livy opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came out.
Suddenly a hand swooped down and gripped her arm, pulling her out of the room and into reality.
Livy blinked her eyes open to see Selina.
"Honey, are you alright?"
Livy slowly needed as she looked around and noticed that she was in the hospital room, except the walls weren't closing in on her.
However, her heart fluttered in worry when she noticed that Lancy wasn't in the room.
"Where's Lancy?" Livy questioned in a panicked voice.
"Shhh… Kitten, you were having a bad dream and you're still wound up a bit. Settle down." Selina whispered. She paused a moment to let Livy calm down, then continued. "Lancy was moved to another room. We're allowed in once the doctors are done situating her."
"A new room?"
"Yeah. Don't worry, Kitten. I checked the room out and it's completely safe. I don't know why they're moving her, but the room is much bigger than this one, and is a bit nicer." Selina informed.
"The room is bigger?" Livy inquired, and Selina nodded, but noticed how Livy still looked unnerved.
"Kitten, what were you dreaming about?"
"Nothing." Livy shook her head. "It was nothing. Can we go to the room where Lancy is?" Livy inquired.
Selina nodded and the two left the room to where Lancy was.
Livy entered the larger room and felt like a weight was lifted from her chest.
"Nice room, huh?" Selina smiled, and Livy nodded.
"Yeah. It's nice."