Hey so another chapter and this one is in Ty's POV. Not much to say but enjoy.
Chapter 16
I stumbled through the woods. I hit tree after tree. I had the palace in my sights. I took step after step. My balance was gone after every 3 steps. I could tell that I had to have broken my leg. There was a gash on my forehead, the blood was running down my face and in my eyes.
Up ahead was the garden. The palace got bigger and bigger in my sight. I saw something moving. I am pretty sure it was a person. The person mumbled something to me. I collapsed in front of them. Screaming filled my ears, I felt light. The blackness consumed me.
I woke up to see white walls around me. The lights almost blinded me. There was pressure on my left leg. The clock was right ahead and I could see the time, 10:00 p.m. A groan escaped me as I moved my head to the left. I saw a ocean of strawberry blonde hair sprawled across the side of where I was sitting. I slowly picked up my hand and placed it on the head. Warmth warmed my hand from touching the soft hair of the girl I love.
Charlie lifted her head and saw me awake. Her ocean eyes widened as she stuttered,
'Ty? Oh my god. Ty.' She came forward and leaned onto me. I felt the sobs against my chest.
'Water.' My throat was so dry that it was a croak. She rushed up and grabbed something of something to the left of the bed. I drank the water slowly. My throat moistened up.(A/N Sorry I couldn't think of any other way to put it.)
'I love you, il mio amore.' The tears flowed down her face. 'What happened to me?'
'I love you too, bello' She gave me a soft kiss, it was soft but it warmed my heart. 'On my birthday, you were captured by rebels. You have been missing for a week. Now you are in the hospital. Your right calf is broken. You are malnourished. Your head has a bad gash in it.' My mouth hung open as the memories came rushing back. Charlie called for a nurse. She gave me a check up and said that I would be here for at least a week. I pulled back the covers. She climbed in.
'Ty, I missed you. I realized that I can't live without you. I need you. You are the love of my li-' Charlie stopped and tensed. I cranked my neck to look at her. I couldn't see her face, but she was wrapped against my chest tightly.
'What? What happened?' She relaxed a little. I heard her inhale a deep breath.
'I kind of told everybody that I am in love with you.' A chuckle took over my body.
'You knew it would come out at one point. But now that they know that. They need to know that you are the love of my life.' I kissed the top of her head. Charlie just sat wrapped in my arms. She updated me on what has been going on, that she knew of. She said that my parents were on their way back to Illea.
I felt her breathing even out. I passed out from exhaustion with a smile on my face.
'Aw. Sono così carini insieme.'(Aw. They are so cute together.) Somebody whispered that a few feet away from me. My eyes fluttered open to see my mother, father and Bella.
'è molto tempo che non ci si vede.'(Long time no see.) I chuckled, but with my dry throat I started to cough. I mostly talked in English, but with my parents and people at home who can't understand it, I talk in Italian. My mother ran forward and hugged me. I tried to return it, but my left arm was under something. I saw Charlie still asleep snuggled against me. She most likely didn't sleep much when I was gone, I'm happy that she was catching up on sleep.
Bella came over and kissed my cheek. My father put a hand on my shoulder. Charlie stirred in my arms. Her eyes opened to look at me.
'Good morning, il mio amore.' There was a small flash from her beautiful smile. My smile couldn't help but copy. My heart urged me to kiss her. I looked to my parents, asking for permission with an awkward smile. They both nodded and my smiled grew.
My lips quickly pressed against her. But with the audience, it was a quick kiss. A nurse came in and put my bed up 45 degrees. Charlie got up and sat on the edge of the bed. My mom decided to break the awkward silence.
'So, Tyler. We have to go home as soon as possible. You have been gone awhile and we need you to come back to training.' I watched as Charlie's shoulders sagged. She had just gotten me back. The fact that we had just started dating doesn't help. My dad could see Charlie's emotions.
'We could ask your parents if you could come.' Charlie perked up. She jumped up.
'I'm going to go ask.' She gave me a kiss. 'Bye Uncle Arnold, Aunt Nicoletta, Bella.' She ran off out of the room. My family joined me to chuckle at her excitement.
'Bella, why don't you go and spend a couple of hours with Eli?' She just gave my dad a hug and ran off. She didn't even respond. My mom and dad came and sat on either side of the bed. 'Are you two serious?'
'Yes, I love her.'
'Do you think that she is the one?' Talking to my parents was awkward about this but they knew what love was like. I knew that they only choice was to tell the truth.
'I think she is. It is too early to be sure. It has been only about 2 weeks, and I was gone for a week. But I have a feeling that I will have a future with her.' They both smiled and looked at each other and nodded. (That conversation was in Italian.) My mother put a hand on my arm.
'Would you like to be checked out again? If you are good I think we can get you up to a room.'
'That would be great.' Charlie came sprinting into the room.
'They said yes!' She ran over to me. 'I get to spend more time with you, bello' She kissed me and we just looked at each other in the eyes. I saw my parents slip out. I pulled her into a passionate kiss.
Charlie crawled into my lap, never breaking the kiss. Her arms wrapped around my neck. 'Ty' she moaned my name. I started the battle with our tongues. She fought and fought and gave up and let me win. 'I love you, amore.' Her kisses went across my cheek and down my neck. 'I. Am. In. Love. With. You.' She said between kisses. I pushed her back slightly.
'I can't believe I survived a week away from you. But now you get to come home with me.' Charlie moved to my side. I wrapped my arm around il mio amore.
'You can't leave me again. It hurt too much.' I felt a tear on my shirt.
'Of course Charlie. I would never. I can't live without you.' The doctor came in and had the doctor check me out. He said I could move up to my room. My dad came back down to help me into the wheelchair. He pushed the car to the elevator and down the hall to my room. Charlie held my hand the entire time. I quickly settled into bed.
'You should rest. And eat.' Charlie was going to turn into my personal nurse. 'I'm going to get soup ordered.' I watched as Charlie ordered us both chicken noodle soup. Within 10 minutes, we were eating our soup. The soup was nice and comforting with its warmth. I finished my soup pretty quickly, and also ate the soup that Charlie didn't want.
'It's time for you to go to bed. To get better you need some rest.'
'Will you stay with me?' Charlie looked at me skeptically. 'Come on, Tell me that you slept every night, WELL, when I was gone.' She shook her head.
'Move over.' I moved onto my left hip. Charlie came over, she was wearing sweatpants already, she crawled across the bed to me. I moved her so her back was pressed to my chest. I placed a small kiss on her neck.
'I love you, I don't want to ever be away from you again.' I felt her relax more and more into me.
'I love you Ty' She fell right asleep, barely getting that out. I followed my girlfriend's lead and drifted off to sleep.
Today, I would be going home.
We said goodbye to the Schreave family. Charlie kept apologizing to her mother. Her coming to Italy meant that her mother would be teaching the Selected. Her mother just kept saying that she needed to be with her love and she was already with hers.
I was wheeled onto the plane. Soon I would be moving to crutches. I settled into a seat by the window. The armrest was put up between Charlie and I, so we just leaned into each other.
So yeah. And again I don't have anything to say so bye.
~cari