"So..." I heard a faint noise. My eyes popped open and I looked down at Taylor who was trying to say my name. Tears sprung to my eyes.
I pushed the intercom button. "Nurse, he's trying to speak!" I practically yelled. Then I turned and looked at him. He was patting his throat like he was choking.
"What, does your throat hurt?" I asked.
He shook his head no.
"Want some water?" I asked.
He nodded furiously.
I handed him my glass of water and helped him drink a little. A little spilled on his blanket.
"So...Sophia." he said as a nurse walked in.
"He's speaking?" she asked.
"Yeah, he just said my name." I told her proudly.
"Well, that's good. At least we know all the nerves in his brain are okay."
"I didn't know that was even a possibility." I said.
"In an accident like this there's always a small chance, even though he didn't land on it."
"Oh."
"Well, I'll leave you alone with him. The doctor will be in later to check on him."
"Alright, thanks." I said, as she left the room.
I looked at him again. He smiled weakly. "Hi." I said.
"Hi."
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"In love." He said.
I thought I had heard him wrong. "What?"
"In love." he gestured toward me. "With you."
My heart melted. "I love you too, but I meant how is your leg and such feeling?"
"Morphine." was all he said. I figured it was hard to speak sentances.
"Oh, so you can't feel them?" I asked.
"Barely. Just a little."
"Good."
"I love you." he said.
"Oh god, I love you too." I said, giving him a kiss with all the passion I could muster, but being gentle also. After we broke apart, I said, "What's all this sudden love stuff?"
"I realized...I might've died...never seen your face again...what hell that would be." he told me.
I smiled. Tears came to my eyes because of his beautiful words.
"Tired...Sleep." Taylor said as he closed his eyes again.
After he was asleep, I sat there thinking. No matter what happened, or how poor we got, I didn't care and it didn't matter, as long as Taylor was alive and there with me.
-------------------------------------------------------
My Favorite Web Sites
