Page 10 of Don't Fall For Her
“We’re going to get some snacks. The doctor said that they’re going to bring in more chairs for us. We just have to remember that if something happens, we need to get out of the way so they can work on him,” Lynton says to everyone.
I watch the others go over to Levi and kiss his head. They all tell him that we need him to wake up. After they step out, I go over to him and kiss his cheek.
“I love you, Levi. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before. I kept telling myself that you would run if I said it first. But I was just being stupid. It doesn’t matter who says it first. So—I. Love. You.”
Levi
I can hear Felicity talking to me. I heard her earlier, too. But I couldn’t open my eyes and with that tube in, I couldn’t talk. But now I can talk, although it feels like I’m still trying to wake up and opening my eyes is a struggle.
“I love you, Felicity,” I whisper.
“Oh my god. Levi?” She sobs.
I slowly open my eyes and see my pretty girl. I love her so damn much. I just wish I could hold her. But moving my arms is proving to be harder than it was to open my eyes.
“I need to call the nurse, stay here,” she says as she runs out.
I’m laughing in my head because I can’t laugh out loud. Stay here. IwishI could get up and leave. I look around the room and realize I’m in the hospital. When I heard the voices talking earlier, for some reason I thought I was still at the crash site. Even when I heard Felicity talking, I still thought that’s where I was.
Felicity comes back in with a nurse and a doctor.
“Hey, Levi. I’m Doctor Kim. Are you able to talk?”
“A little,” I say as I frown.
The nurse brings something over to me. Oh goody, I get what looks like a sippy cup. Fuck's sake. I really need to get bettersoon. Sippy cups are the furthest thing from manly and I can’t be unmanly around Felicity. I take small sips of the water.
“Are you having trouble breathing? Your oxygen levels are okay, but I’d like to see it higher. If it doesn’t improve in an hour, I’m going to put you on some oxygen. Just until you’re able to keep your levels up yourself.”
I nod at the doctor.
“I feel…a little…dizzy.”
“Give us a minute and we’ll get that set up. That should help you to feel better. But if you still feel dizzy, let us know.”
I watch the nurse hook up some tubey thing and then she shoves part of it up my nose.
“Ow.”
“Did that actually hurt?” Leighton rolls her eyes at me.
“Yes.”
And now she’s sighing at me. Felicity is giggling. I squint at both of them. As I breathe in, the dizziness starts to subside. And my head starts to clear.
“That feels better,” I tell the doctor.
“That’s good to hear. So we’re going to be watching your stats for the next couple of days. If you feel anything’s wrong, this button will call the nurses station.”
“Is Tristan okay?”
“He’s doing okay, he’s in the room next to you.”
The relief I feel hearing he’s okay makes my body relax.
“Can I go home after the two days?”
Everyone laughs at that one. I don’t know why, who the fuck wants to stay in the hospital?
