"When everything comes crashing down
you're all I know"
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep-Beep.
What is that beeping sound? My head feels fuzzy and I just want to stay asleep. Is it my alarm? I hate my alarm, but I don't remember it being this annoying.
"Stop beeping." I say out loud as if that would make it stop. I don't want to reach over to turn it off.
"No, that would not be good because the beeping means you're alive." I hear a voice chuckle next to me.
I quickly open my eyes and notice Nate sitting in a chair next to my bed. I look around, see the machines and the sterile looking room then realize that I'm in the hospital.
"Why am I here?" I ask him. My head feels weird and fuzzy. I feel like I've been asleep for a long time.
Nate looks down before answering."You were shot." He says with a serious face.
Suddenly everything comes back to me at once. The guys who kidnapped me, the police, and thinking that it was finally over when I saw Nate only for Rob to start shooting everywhere.
"Oh shit, I was shot." I say surprised. It finally sinks in.
"Yes." He looks upset as he confirms it. "But what's important is that you're okay now."
"How long have I been here?"
"Two days. After your surgery, you were put here for recovery." Hearing the word surgery makes me flinch. I obviously needed it but it has always sounded scary and serious. Which it was.
"What happened to the kidnappers?" What if they escaped or something?
"One is arrested and the shooter was killed at the warehouse."
"Oh." I don't know how to feel about this. Is it bad that to feel relieved? As long as we're no longer in danger.
"Wait, Did they found out who hired them?" I remember them saying it was a job.
He takes a breath before responding. "Police believe it was Aimee."
"What? Why would she do all this?" I never thought she could do something like this. I'm shocked. If I were drinking water, this would be the part where I accidently spit it out everywhere. Arranging Emma getting hurt then a ransom. That's really insane.
"She probably wanted to get us back. I don't know. But she's in custody. We are safe now and that's all that matters okay?"
I nod because he's right and he presses a kiss on my forehead. "I love you." He looks at me as he says it. "I was worried you wouldn't make it. Things weren't looking good for awhile. I hated that you were the one shot instead of me. I wished I could have traded places with you."
"Nate, don't say that." I grab his hand. "I would have killed you if you had gotten shot. I would have been thinking that you're an asshole for making me fall in love with you and you go get yourself shot. How dare you?" I joke to make him laugh and it works.
The room door opens and Kay and my mom walk in. They are happily surprised to see me awake. They come and softly hug me since I still have some pain.
We start talking for awhile but stop when we hear a knock on the door.
A young male doctor comes in and interrupts us for a moment. "Glad to see you're back with us. I'm going to do a couple of tests on you right now to check on your status. I need your family to wait outside for a bit if that's okay." He looks at them.
"We'll be right back." My mom tells me then they leave the room.
After a couple of exams the doctor looks at me and says "Considering everything that happened, you're doing great. I want to keep you here for a few more days just to monitor your condition. We gave you blood transfusions so we want to make sure you won't have a negative reaction to that as well. Also we will check your surgical incision to see if it's healing well. But if all continues to go fine, you'll be able to go home in a couple of days."
"Thank you. I can't wait to go home. No offense but I don't exactly like hospitals at the moment."
He smiles. "I understand, I'll let your family back in now that I'm done. I administered some medicine for your pain and you will probably need to sleep soon so they can only stay for a few minutes."
As soon as he opens the door to leave I see Emma rushing in with Matt behind her. Eh, more like storming in.
"I'm so mad at you." Emma says as she aproaches me.
"What did I do?" I'm very confused.
"You got kidnapped! Don't do that, we were so worried about you! Plus I think Nate was going to go crazy. You don't have permission to get hurt. You're my best friend, what am I supposed to do without you?"
"Uh, It's not like I wanted to be kidnapped. I didn't exactly plan it and put it in my schedule." I answer sarcastically. "And I'm still here. You can't get rid of me so easily."
"I guess you're right. It's that bitch Aimee's fault. I never knew she could be that evil. But let's not talk about her. You are what's important right now." She hugs me.
"I'm glad you're doing good." Matt interjects then enters the hug.
"Thanks. They just finished giving me good pain medicine." I have no idea why I added that last part.
Nate, my mom, and Kay then walk back in.
"My favorite people are all here." I say as I see the people I love.
"Did I ever tell you that you look a bit like Chace Crawford?" I ask Nate.
"Umm. No. But thanks I guess?" He comes close to me and moves my hair off my face.
"Your welcome!" I respond happily. I feel really relaxed and the uncomfortable pain I had isn't there. "Oh! Also I'm really glad I didn't die because I just remembered I have a to go buy a yewnicorn."
"A unicorn?" Kay asks as she wrinkles her nose.
"Of course, they are awesome too! I'll get you one. Maybe we can take them to the park? We should all get one!" I look around the room and everyone bursts into laughter.
"What?! We should. But if y'all don't want unicorns we can get a pegasus." I bargain. Apparently they aren't agreeing on the unicorns. Unicorn haters. What has the innocent pure magical animal ever done to them?
"Haha. Unicorn is such a funny word.
U-N-I....." I start spelling the word in a sing song voice.
"I think the medicine is kicking in babe." Nate says while trying to contain his laughter.
A nurse then comes in and says I should rest. "She's probably going to say some weird things soon since she was given morphine. It's best to let her sleep."
"Yeah, we noticed. Rest honey." My mom tells me and kisses my cheek.
"I feel fine! We need to talk more unicorns. And then maybe get some dolphins! We would be so cool. Everyone will be soooooo jealous of us."
The nurse gives me a weird look as I hear her mutter. "Yup, it's kicked in."
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"I literally do not remember that. You must be lying. Why would I want a unicorn?" I ask Nate.
"I don't know but I wish I would have recorded the things you said." He laughs.
"You can't make fun of me! I don't recall any of this." I huff.
"At least you didn't say any weird stuff to my parents."
"I know right." I would have been so mortified. More than I already am anyway.
I had met Richard and Stella Kingston earlier today. I was nervous about meeting them but they were really nice and sweet. They said that they were glad Nate had me and that they could tell that we loved each other.
"Guess what?" Nate interrupts my thoughts.
"What? Please don't say I said any other crazy stuff." For all I know I might have started singing "Radioactive" at the top of my lungs. I love that song but I'm a horrible singer.
"No, I was just going to tell you that I brought you something."
"What did you bring me?"
He then pulls out a key from his pocket.
"You got me... a key?" I ask slowly.
"Yes, well I mean it's to my house. I know I had already asked you to move in but I wanted to go ahead and give you the key so you can move in whenever you're ready or visit whenever you want."
I take the key from him. "Actually before all this happened, I had decided to move in with you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Unless you're taking back the offer. You might get annoyed by having me there 24/7."
"I could never get annoyed with you."Â He smiles then gives me a kiss on the lips.
"You say that now....by the way I do have one condition. It's very serious so pay attention."
"What's your condition?"
"The house must always be stocked with hot cheetos." I try to say it with a serious face.
"That's doable." He then ponders. "As long as you don't ask for a pet unicorn. I might not be able to do that, sorry."
"Seriously Nate?" I roll my eyes then throw my extra pillow at him as he continues laughing.
Chapter Note: Don't be a unicorn hater lol ;)