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Jamie sees it that way.” Alex rubbed his eyes with his thumb and index finger. How was he gonna dig himself out of this hole, he thought.
    “I don’t know about that,” Katie sing-songed, “She did say yes.”
    His eyes flew open, “What?”
    “Yep! It was so amazing,” Katie’s arms flew up as she animatedly explained, “She had just finished checking all your vitals and had been asking you questions to see if you knew where you were, what year it was, your name – the basics. She was walking away and you called her name. She turned back. You tugged her down so that she was really close to you. Then you looked straight into her eyes and asked her if you could ask her a question. She said yes. You asked, 'Will you marry me?' Without hesitating she whispered, 'Yes.' Then you smiled and said, 'good,' and passed out cold.”
    Katie’s eyes were dancing with excitement.
    “Yeah, and then Grace thanked her for humoring you,” Jason added.
    Katie ignored Jason’s contribution to her retelling of events. “I’m telling you Alex. I had a front row seat, and that girl was swept up in the moment. I mean, as soon as you knocked out, she did look a tad horrified, but I’m sure that was just because she realized what had just slipped out of her mouth.”
    “Or she was just horrified at the thought of marrying you,” Jason offered.
    “It wasn’t that.” Katie shot his brother a look that clearly communicated she was not amused by his comments.
    Jason just smiled at her. Apparently the saying - even negative attention is still attention - was true in his brother’s case.
    “Seriously, it was…” She turned her attention back to Alex and paused, seeming to be searching for the right word, “It was so…sweet. I’ll never forget it.”
    “Now that I know about it, I wish I could,” Alex grumbled.
    “You really like her, don’t you?” Katie asked, tilting her head in curiosity.
    “I don’t even know her,” Alex stated.
    He wanted to, though, so he wished they would leave and then maybe he would be able to get to know her.
    “I know, but, normally you wouldn’t take any of this seriously. You would joke about it, laugh it off,” she said eyes narrowed. Then as if she had some sort of epiphany, her face lit up. “But it bothers you because you like her.” A big smile spread across her face, “You like her, like her!”
    Before he had a chance to respond, the door opened and Riley and Chelle came in.
    Great, he thought, more visitors. That’s exactly what I need.
    “Hey, how are you feeling?” Riley asked, worry written all over his face.
    “Better. I’m ready to get out of here.” As soon as he said the words that had basically been his mantra for the last two days he realized that they weren’t exactly true anymore. He wasn’t in such a big hurry to get home now that Jamie was here.
    “Have they said when they think that might happen?” Riley asked.
    “Dr. Corbin said it would be a couple of days. But he’s been saying that for the last two days, so I’m pretty sure that’s just way of stringing me along,” Alex replied.
    “I overheard him tell Vickey this morning that they wanted to run another MRI to make sure that there's no swelling around the brain,” Chelle offered. “The results will most likely determine when you get released, since the burns are healing nicely and you’re not letting your cracked ribs slow you down.”
    “Do you need anything?” Riley asked.
    “Not really. I just wish I could take a shower but they don’t want me to get the dressing on my back wet.”
    “I thought it was a little ripe in here,” Jason ribbed his brother.
    They all laughed.
    “Ha ha, real funny, Jas. I’ve been washing up, but it’s not the same.” Alex just wanted to stand and let the spray of the shower wash over him. That sounded like heaven right about now.
    “Hey, maybe you can ask Jamie to give you a sponge bath,” Jason teasingly suggested.
    A sound of something metal