She looked past them making direct eye contact. There were
no words spoken aloud but the communication was clear. He was her hero. She
knew how he felt and she returned his affection. They would deal with the
verbal part later. He smiled weakly at her. He needed to give her time with her
family though the feeling passing between them made it impossible for him to
move. “I am so sorry it took us so long to get here sweetheart.”
Georgia leaned down to kiss
Jasmine’s forehead in the same spot he had done hours ago. Hours. He had been
there longer than he had intended. To emphasize the point a nurse brushed in
past him to give Jasmine some medication through her IV and quietly told her
parents that visiting hours were over but they could have a few minutes with
her and could come back in the morning. Kyle looked at his phone for the time.
It was after eleven and he noticed he had a few missed text messages from
Brian. He wondered where Kyle was and was being passive aggressive in his
messages. Kyle wondered why he hadn’t noticed his phone vibrating but assumed
it because he had been caught up with the current situation.
He cleared his throat finding his
voice again. “I should get going. Brian has been waiting for awhile and I am
sure I will get my head chewed off for not coming over earlier to help him with
his car.”
“Thank
you for helping me and don’t worry I will be ok. I appreciate you waiting with
me. Brian will be ok I promise.” Jasmine did her best to smile reassuringly. It
was a difficult task between the tubes and monitors hooked up to her body and
the sedation drugs running through her system but he knew she was doing her
best. His stomach rumbled reminding him to grab some food on the way to
Brian’s. He looked back over his shoulder once more at Jasmine. She was fading
fast but for the first time she looked content. Nothing could be more important
than being there to see that. He felt his own body lighten from worry as he
headed out the door and toward Brian’s house ready to deal with whatever he had
in store for him.
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