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she may be - was right about one thing. This is a small-town. We have to get our entertainment where we can find it.”
“I see,” Jamie said, feeling more and more relaxed and at ease the longer she spoke with Chelle.
“And to be honest, none of us have ever seen Alex be the way he was with you the other night, we thought it might be the drugs…”
“Thanks!” Jamie said in mock-offense.
“But,” Chelle continued, her eyes lit with enthusiasm, “Katie said that when she and Jason walked in today, Alex seemed even more enamored with you then he did when he was all hopped up on pain medication.”
It shouldn’t make any difference to Jamie if what Chelle was saying was true or not. Still, the thought that Alex was genuinely interested in her (even though nothing could come of it) did make Jamie want to get up out of her chair and do a happy dance. She couldn’t contain the huge grin that her face was betraying her with.
“And from the look on your face it seems you may be slightly taken with him.” Chelle leaned forward, “So are you single?”
Jamie hesitated for a moment before deciding what to say, “Yes, but…”
“There you are.” They both looked as Riley came down the hall carrying a woman’s jacket. “You left your jacket at home and I don’t want you going outside without it.”
Jamie had to stop herself from swooning. She honestly had no idea guys like him really existed.
“Thanks, baby.” Chelle stood and made her way around the counter lifting up on her tippy toes to give her husband a kiss.
When she dropped back on her heels, she looked at Jamie and winked, “We’ll finish this talk later.”
“Or not,” Jamie teased.
“Hey, Jamie, nice to see you again.” Riley motioned towards Alex’s door, “How’s he doing?”
“Good, I think. I’ve seen him only briefly today.”
“Well according to Heather, it was 'thirty-five' minutes,” Chelle made air quotes with her hands as she spoke.
Both the girls laughed and Riley looked at them strangely. Shaking his head, smiling at Chelle, he asked, “You ready?”
Chelle nodded her head then turned to Jamie and ‘innocently’ asked, “We’re gonna stop in to see the patient before we head home, you want come in with us?”
Jamie knew exactly what she was trying to do. “No, thanks.”
“You sure?”
“Yep.”
“Party pooper,” Chelle shot back before heading into Alex’s room with Riley.
As the door shut, Jamie felt an odd wave of loneliness wash over her. She had to remind herself she wasn’t alone. She had someone. She had Joey.
Chapter Five
Over the last three days Alex had been happy that his family had been at the hospital visiting him on an almost constant basis. He had probably not spent more than an hour or two each day without one or more of them coming by. And that had been great. He had really appreciated it.
But today, not so much. Since he knew that if no one was in the room with him Jamie would be on ‘groupie duty’ - as Vickey so had so aptly named it - he just wished they would leave.
“So did we interrupt wedding plans?” Jason asked as he sat in the light brown recliner chair and pulled Katie onto his lap.
“Jas, stop,” Katie tried to hold in a laugh as she gave his brother a playful swat on his arm.
“Did I really propose?” Alex pretty much already knew the answer to that, but he asked anyway. Jason may be giving him a hard time but he would never say something like that, even joking around, if it wasn’t true.
“You sure did,” His brother happily confirmed.
Alex dropped his head back against the pillows. He lifted his right hand (his good hand) to his head and raked his fingers through his hair.
“And I really told her I loved her.” It was a statement, not a question. Alex just needed to hear himself say it out loud to believe it.
“I know you probably won’t think so,” Katie said with a grin of delight, “but it was pretty romantic.”
“Somehow I doubt
“I see,” Jamie said, feeling more and more relaxed and at ease the longer she spoke with Chelle.
“And to be honest, none of us have ever seen Alex be the way he was with you the other night, we thought it might be the drugs…”
“Thanks!” Jamie said in mock-offense.
“But,” Chelle continued, her eyes lit with enthusiasm, “Katie said that when she and Jason walked in today, Alex seemed even more enamored with you then he did when he was all hopped up on pain medication.”
It shouldn’t make any difference to Jamie if what Chelle was saying was true or not. Still, the thought that Alex was genuinely interested in her (even though nothing could come of it) did make Jamie want to get up out of her chair and do a happy dance. She couldn’t contain the huge grin that her face was betraying her with.
“And from the look on your face it seems you may be slightly taken with him.” Chelle leaned forward, “So are you single?”
Jamie hesitated for a moment before deciding what to say, “Yes, but…”
“There you are.” They both looked as Riley came down the hall carrying a woman’s jacket. “You left your jacket at home and I don’t want you going outside without it.”
Jamie had to stop herself from swooning. She honestly had no idea guys like him really existed.
“Thanks, baby.” Chelle stood and made her way around the counter lifting up on her tippy toes to give her husband a kiss.
When she dropped back on her heels, she looked at Jamie and winked, “We’ll finish this talk later.”
“Or not,” Jamie teased.
“Hey, Jamie, nice to see you again.” Riley motioned towards Alex’s door, “How’s he doing?”
“Good, I think. I’ve seen him only briefly today.”
“Well according to Heather, it was 'thirty-five' minutes,” Chelle made air quotes with her hands as she spoke.
Both the girls laughed and Riley looked at them strangely. Shaking his head, smiling at Chelle, he asked, “You ready?”
Chelle nodded her head then turned to Jamie and ‘innocently’ asked, “We’re gonna stop in to see the patient before we head home, you want come in with us?”
Jamie knew exactly what she was trying to do. “No, thanks.”
“You sure?”
“Yep.”
“Party pooper,” Chelle shot back before heading into Alex’s room with Riley.
As the door shut, Jamie felt an odd wave of loneliness wash over her. She had to remind herself she wasn’t alone. She had someone. She had Joey.
Chapter Five
Over the last three days Alex had been happy that his family had been at the hospital visiting him on an almost constant basis. He had probably not spent more than an hour or two each day without one or more of them coming by. And that had been great. He had really appreciated it.
But today, not so much. Since he knew that if no one was in the room with him Jamie would be on ‘groupie duty’ - as Vickey so had so aptly named it - he just wished they would leave.
“So did we interrupt wedding plans?” Jason asked as he sat in the light brown recliner chair and pulled Katie onto his lap.
“Jas, stop,” Katie tried to hold in a laugh as she gave his brother a playful swat on his arm.
“Did I really propose?” Alex pretty much already knew the answer to that, but he asked anyway. Jason may be giving him a hard time but he would never say something like that, even joking around, if it wasn’t true.
“You sure did,” His brother happily confirmed.
Alex dropped his head back against the pillows. He lifted his right hand (his good hand) to his head and raked his fingers through his hair.
“And I really told her I loved her.” It was a statement, not a question. Alex just needed to hear himself say it out loud to believe it.
“I know you probably won’t think so,” Katie said with a grin of delight, “but it was pretty romantic.”
“Somehow I doubt
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