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pull her down beside me. Wrapping my arm around her shoulders, I pull her body against mine and whisper, “Sleep, babe.”
She shakes her head, not looking up from where it rests on my shoulder. “I can’t,” she whispers back.
“You can,” I say. “I’m not going anywhere. I’ll wake you if the doctor comes in.”
She sits up, unable to hide her surprise. “You’re staying?”
I frown. “Of course I’m staying.”
Her sigh is heavy and her shoulders droop. “I can’t ask you to do that, Daniel. You have your own life to live. You’ve done so much for me already —”
Gripping her chin between my thumb and forefinger, I tilt her face so she can’t avoid my eyes. “I said I’m not going anywhere.” She looks confused so I decide to make it a little clearer for her. “Gabby… I’ve known you for two days. That’s it. Two.” She frowns, but I keep going. “And in that time you’ve done some shit that deserves a serious spanking.” Her eyes widen and she sits up in her chair. “But even though it’s only been two days, I couldn’t imagine leaving you here alone. The thought of being away from you at all feels wrong.”
Her eyes search mine, tears threatening to spill from their blue depths. And then she smiles. Her smile lights up her whole face. It also lights up a place inside of me that I didn’t even know had been dark.
Pulling her towards me, I cover her lips with my own and show her just how much she’s grown to mean to me. Her lips move against mine, her hands clutching my shirt. When I finally pull away, her cheeks are flushed and her lips are swollen.
A thought suddenly occurs to me. “Hey, did you know that Derrick has a girlfriend?”
She jerks and her brows drop low over her eyes. “What?”
Gabby
S even hours and an achy back later, the doctor finally comes to find me in the waiting room. “Miss Monroe?”
I bolt upright in my chair, my heart in my throat. “Yes?”
“Miss Monroe, I’m Dr. Connolly. I’ve been operating on your brother all night.” I stare at him, afraid to even blink while I wait for him to finally tell me if Derrick is going to be okay. “It was touch and go there for a while. Your brother had a lot of internal injuries and a skull fracture. His lung was punctured by a broken rib and he lost a lot of blood.”
Daniel reaches over and grabs my hand, giving it a squeeze. I just nod at the doctor and wait for him to continue.
“The good news is I think we got it all. He has a lot of stitches, both inside and out. He has a lot of broken bones that will need to heal and he will likely need another blood transfusion before the end of the night.” He stuffs his hands into the deep pockets of his lab coat. “The bad news is there was a lot of bleeding in his brain. He had a skull fracture that did some damage to the tissue there. We won’t know how much until your brother wakes up.”
I can’t speak. Fear wraps its cold hand around my throat and squeezes with all its might. “When will that be?” Daniel asks.
“I don’t know. Derrick has been through a major trauma. We’ve done what we can surgically. The rest is up to him.”
I manage to find my voice and squeak out a quiet, “Can we see him?”
The doctor looks to Daniel and then to me. “Family only, I’m afraid. If you’d like to sit with him though, I can take you to him.”
I look to Daniel who places a tender kiss on my forehead and gives me a gentle shove. “Go. I’ll be right here if you need me.”
It’s at that moment that I realize that nobody has ever said that to me. Nobody has ever been there when I needed them. I have been there for myself. And for Derrick, and Tommy. My mother had never been capable of being there for anyone but herself and after Gunner left, I stopped counting on people. Standing up on my tiptoes, I press my lips against Daniel’s, fighting back the emotion that his words caused.
“Thank you,” I whisper, then turn and
She shakes her head, not looking up from where it rests on my shoulder. “I can’t,” she whispers back.
“You can,” I say. “I’m not going anywhere. I’ll wake you if the doctor comes in.”
She sits up, unable to hide her surprise. “You’re staying?”
I frown. “Of course I’m staying.”
Her sigh is heavy and her shoulders droop. “I can’t ask you to do that, Daniel. You have your own life to live. You’ve done so much for me already —”
Gripping her chin between my thumb and forefinger, I tilt her face so she can’t avoid my eyes. “I said I’m not going anywhere.” She looks confused so I decide to make it a little clearer for her. “Gabby… I’ve known you for two days. That’s it. Two.” She frowns, but I keep going. “And in that time you’ve done some shit that deserves a serious spanking.” Her eyes widen and she sits up in her chair. “But even though it’s only been two days, I couldn’t imagine leaving you here alone. The thought of being away from you at all feels wrong.”
Her eyes search mine, tears threatening to spill from their blue depths. And then she smiles. Her smile lights up her whole face. It also lights up a place inside of me that I didn’t even know had been dark.
Pulling her towards me, I cover her lips with my own and show her just how much she’s grown to mean to me. Her lips move against mine, her hands clutching my shirt. When I finally pull away, her cheeks are flushed and her lips are swollen.
A thought suddenly occurs to me. “Hey, did you know that Derrick has a girlfriend?”
She jerks and her brows drop low over her eyes. “What?”
Gabby
S even hours and an achy back later, the doctor finally comes to find me in the waiting room. “Miss Monroe?”
I bolt upright in my chair, my heart in my throat. “Yes?”
“Miss Monroe, I’m Dr. Connolly. I’ve been operating on your brother all night.” I stare at him, afraid to even blink while I wait for him to finally tell me if Derrick is going to be okay. “It was touch and go there for a while. Your brother had a lot of internal injuries and a skull fracture. His lung was punctured by a broken rib and he lost a lot of blood.”
Daniel reaches over and grabs my hand, giving it a squeeze. I just nod at the doctor and wait for him to continue.
“The good news is I think we got it all. He has a lot of stitches, both inside and out. He has a lot of broken bones that will need to heal and he will likely need another blood transfusion before the end of the night.” He stuffs his hands into the deep pockets of his lab coat. “The bad news is there was a lot of bleeding in his brain. He had a skull fracture that did some damage to the tissue there. We won’t know how much until your brother wakes up.”
I can’t speak. Fear wraps its cold hand around my throat and squeezes with all its might. “When will that be?” Daniel asks.
“I don’t know. Derrick has been through a major trauma. We’ve done what we can surgically. The rest is up to him.”
I manage to find my voice and squeak out a quiet, “Can we see him?”
The doctor looks to Daniel and then to me. “Family only, I’m afraid. If you’d like to sit with him though, I can take you to him.”
I look to Daniel who places a tender kiss on my forehead and gives me a gentle shove. “Go. I’ll be right here if you need me.”
It’s at that moment that I realize that nobody has ever said that to me. Nobody has ever been there when I needed them. I have been there for myself. And for Derrick, and Tommy. My mother had never been capable of being there for anyone but herself and after Gunner left, I stopped counting on people. Standing up on my tiptoes, I press my lips against Daniel’s, fighting back the emotion that his words caused.
“Thank you,” I whisper, then turn and
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