Felicia:
Nick took care of me as I got better from the surgery. It took me about 2 days to recover fully, since it wasn’t anything major. Nick has been there every minute just about. He’s been my rock through so much that now I just can’t picture life without him. It would be totally empty and I’m glad he’s here, someone to talk to. My rock.
It was 4 days after the surgery, and I had most all of my strength back. So, I decided to go to the hospital and check on Jacob.
"Are you ready yet?" Nick whined on the other side of the door. I opened the door and stepped out of the room.
"Yes, I’m ready. Impatient much?"
"Duh! You know me; I’m always impatient."
"Right, whatever you say. Let’s go."
We went outside and got into his car. He drove to the hospital and parked. We walked into the hospital and to the floor Jacob was on. We went to his room and Nick lightly knocked on the door.
"Come in." We heard Melinda call. Nick opened the door and the both of us walked in. Melinda was standing by the bed and Tom was sitting in a chair near the window.
"Hi, we just came by to check on Jacob and see how he’s doing." I said. Melinda looked up and smiled.
"Felicia, it’s great to see you. I’m glad you recovered from the surgery."
"Yeah, it didn’t take long, it wasn’t major anyway. So, how’s Jacob?"
"He’s fine. Doing great and the doctors’ say he’s going to make a full recovery and will be able to go home soon." Tom explained.
"Really? That’s great. I’m so happy about that."
"Thank you for doing that for him. We don’t know what we’d do if we lost him."
That hurt. They’d be completely sad if they lost Jacob, but when they gave me up, they didn’t give a damn. But it’s ok; I’ve learned to deal with it for 9 years now.
"Oh, you’re welcome. It was no problem at all." I faked a smile.
"Well, we’ll let you talk to him. He’s been asking for you since he woke up from the surgery. We’ll be in the hall if you need us." Tom said and he and Melinda walked out of the room. I walked over to the bed and saw Jacob lying there, with his eyes closed.
I grabbed his hand and lightly held it, Nick stood behind me, which got him to open his eyes.
"Felicia, you’re ok."
"Yeah, I’m fine. How are you feeling?"
"Better, thanks to you. Thank you so much for doing this and helping me. Mom & Dad are so thankful to you too."
"Right, I’m sure." I sighed. I felt Nick’s hand on my shoulder.
"Felicia, why don’t you like mom & dad?"
"I like them. Why would you think I wouldn’t?"
"Because I can tell. There is something between the 3 of you. What happened?"
"You really wanna know?"
"Yeah?"
"Ok, well 9 years ago, Melinda & Tom, well I mean, mom & dad, didn’t want me anymore. I don’t know why though. So they put me into a foster home, saying they weren’t fit to be parents. After that I stayed in the foster home ‘til I was 16, got a job, went to school and paid for a small apartment. That’s why I don’t like them very much."
"Oh, I’m sorry. That’s strange, that they did that."
"Yeah, life is strange though. But it’s in the past and you’re gonna be fully recovered soon and out of this stupid hospital."
"I can’t wait. Will you be here when I get out?"
"I’ll try. I have a job with Nick, he’s in a group, The Backstreet Boys, and I’m a dancer. I’m going on tour with them. It starts in two weeks. But I’ll try and see if I can get here, ok?"
"Ok, sounds cool. Hey Nick?"
"Yeah buddy?" Nick said, getting closer.
"Are you and my sister dating yet?"
Ok, what the hell is up with everyone?! Why does everyone think we’re dating or gonna get together?
"Jake, your sister and I are just good friends."
"Alright, whatever. I think you two need to get together."
"Jake, you’re crazy." I teased, laughing.
Shortly later, Tom and Melinda came back in.
"Well, Jake needs to get some sleep. You guys can come by anytime tomorrow." Melinda said.
"Ok, well buddy we gotta go. But we’ll be back tomorrow. Take care." Nick did this hand thing with him. I hugged Jake and kissed him on the cheek. Then we left.
"So, where to now?" Nick asked.
"Anywhere is fine with me."
We got into his Durango and he drove out of the parking lot.
We went and got some lunch at Subway, then went back to his house, and all the while, I kept thinking about what Laura, Dani, Amanda, & Jake said. About Nick & I getting together. Why did they think that? I needed to figure things out and soon...
