A Series Of Life Changing Events

Chapter 12: Being Stuck In Bed Isn't That Bad

It's Saturday and I'm back at home. Actually it's more like stuck at home. I'm forced to rest on doctor's orders. This sucks. Jess is coming over later to hang out. We're probably gonna marathon Doctor Who. I'm just excited for human contact outside of my family. I still have to wait an hour or so until she shows up. I get up and get ready, but it really hurts to stand. As soon as I'm dressed I lay back down. I pick up my phone to text Gerard. *Hey do you wanna be the coolest person in the world and bring me some food?:)* I send the text message and wait for a reply. When he finally texts back it says *Let's face it...I'll never be cool. I should just stop trying.* I laugh. "Hey stop laughing at me!" I hear his voice call from downstairs. In twenty minuets he arrives at my room with a tray. On the tray are the best foods ever. There is a can of Pepsi, pizza rolls, a small cup of ketchup, and chicken nuggets. Maybe being stuck in bed isn't so bad. "Thank you." I say with a huge smile as he places it on my lap. "If I ever almost die I expect the same." He says laughing. "I didn't almost die!" I say lightly slapping his arm. "You might not have physically, but I think you could have exploded with happiness because of the boy that was holding your hand when I walked in." "Noah?! I do not like Noah!" I say protesting. It is such a lie. I do like Noah. "Denial is the first step." He says stealing a chicken nugget and walking out the door. Then I hear the door bell ring. He his head pops back in. "Oh and I think Jess is here." "Thanks. Just send her up please." Gerard opens the door. I still don't think she is used to seeing him. I hear talking, but I can't really hear what they're saying. Then I hear her footsteps coming up the stairs. BANG! Bump...bump...bump...Oh God. I think she just fell down the stairs. "I'm okay!" I hear her yell. I can't help, but laugh. In about a minuet she is in my room. "Hey! Did you know that school sucks when you're not there? You are not allowed to skip school ever again." I say mostly joking. "I was sick!" She says in defense. "How did the date with Emily go?" I ask curious. "It didn't. We're going out next weekend. We Skyped instead of going on a date because I was too busy coughing my lungs up. I was not going to risk getting her sick." "But you'll risk getting me sick?!" I say laughing. "I'm not sick anymore, but I thought my best friend being hospitalized was more important than a date." She says stealing and chicken nugget and hopping into my bed. "WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP STEALING MY CHICKEN NUGGETS?! Take a pizza roll, but please leave the chicken alone!" The Jess picks up a pizza roll and eats that too. "Thanks for the invitation." "I hate you." I say with a straight face. "No you don't." She says grabbing the remote to the tv and putting on Doctor Who. She picks an episode with the Eleventh Doctor. He's my favorite. "So umm...Could we maybe...possibly...talk about boys?" I ask starting to think about what happened the previous day. "Is it about Hallway Boy?!" She asks sitting up in her seat looking excited. "Noah. His name is Noah." I say to her. She rolls her eyes and I explain to her everything that happened. She has a huge grin on her face. "Two words. Call. Him." She says with confidence. "No!" "Yes!" "Can't I just text him?" "Fine." She says handing me my phone from the other side of the bed. I pick it up and go into my contacts to find him. I click his name and start a message. *Hey, it's Lily.* I type. I don't want to click send. Jess rips my phone from my hands and clicks send for me. "You've been eating so much chicken, that you've become one." She says laughing. "You are what you eat." I reply taking back my phone. I immediately get a text back. *Are you feeling better? I totally understand if you can't go on our date anymore.* "What should I say?!" I almost shout. "Invite him over." She says. "Are you sure?" "Yeah!" She answers enthusiastically. I start another text to Gerard. *Can I have the boy we were talking about over?* I get a text back. *Sure. I would love to meet him* he answers. I start another text to Noah. *I'm feeling a little bit better. If you want you can come over and hang out with Jess and I. We were just watching Doctor Who and stuff* I get a text back almost as soon as I send it. *I love Doctor Who! When do you want me over?* I text him my address and he promises to be over in a couple of minutes. After ten minuets I hear the door bell. Gerard must have told him that we were up here because he found my room pretty quickly. "How did you know which one was my room?" I ask curious. "I followed the sound of the TARDIS." He says sitting down next to Jess and I. "Your room is awesome." "Really?" It's not that cool. It's just blue with some posters and a bed sitting across from a tv. There are a couple book shelves filled with many books. In the corner there is a red electric guitar. "Yeah! My room is so boring." He says walking over to the guitar. "Nice guitar." He says looking at it. "Do you play?" I ask getting more curious by the minuet. "Yeah, but I'm not that good." He says coming back over. "Guys shut up I'm trying to listen to Matt Smith's beautiful accent." Jess says without taking her eyes off of the screen. "Sorry she's in love with fictional characters." I say making Noah laugh. "I'm not in love. If anything I would date Amy or the Tenth Doctor." She says turning up the TV. He turns his head and looks back at me confused. "Lil?" "Yeah?" "Why do you have salt in your room?" Oh shit. I forgot to hide it before he came. My cheeks flush red. "I told you before it's really not fair when you do that. There will be a cuteness overload and then entire world will explode." My cheeks just burn brighter. "I think I'm going to die." He says and starts to laugh. "Supernatural." I say quietly. "The salt's from Supernatural." He lets out an unexpected "Ohhhhh. That makes a lot more sense. Seeing how Jess is so in love with fictional characters I hope you are not the same way. That would suck because I would have a pretty big competition with Dean." He says looking at one of the posters of Dean in my room. "You will always come before Dean." I say laughing. "Good because I never want to lose someone as special as you." He says as I feel something on my cheek. WAIT A GOSH DARN FREAKING SECOND! THAT WAS A PAIR OF LIPS! DID HE JUST KISS ME ON THE CHEEK?! My cheeks glow an extreme shade of red. "I think there's a fire in your cheeks." He says laughing. "Do you need an extinguisher?" He says turning all serious and going to kiss me again. "GUYS I'M STILL HERE!" Jess yells. Oh my God! I forgot about Jess! "Sorry!" I say remembering what just happened. They both laugh. What did just happen? "That was the worst pickup line in the world." I say laughing. "I know. It was really stupid. When I see you I just say really stupid things and I'm just really stupid." I laugh. "It's okay. I like stupid." I say leaning over and giving him a kiss on the cheek. I can't believe I just did that. "I know we haven't really been on a date yet, but Lily will you please be my girlfriend." Wait. What did he just ask?! I've never had a real boyfriend. Hell yeah I'll be his girl friend! "Yes!" I say attacking him in a hug. I make a really weird noise of pain. I have no idea what to call that noise. "Hey are you okay?!" He asks looking into my eyes with concern. "I think I forgot to take my pain meds." I say my voice cracking and my face showing pain. "Just lay back okay." He says in a soft voice gently laying me back down on my bed. "I'll get your dad." Jess says rushing out of the room. She hurries back with Gerard. He has the small bottle and some ice. "I'm really sorry that we both forgot." He says kneeling down beside me. "The doctor called and told me to cheek your bandages. This might hurt a little bit okay?" I nod preparing myself for the pain. He checks the bandages and then unwraps them slowly. It does hurt. I grab his arm. He stops for a second and looks up at me. It's almost like he's silently asking for approval. I nod and he goes back to work. When the bandage is finally off I'm cold. I forgot what it's like to not be constantly covered. Jess gasps. I guess it does look pretty bad. She's the only one who hasn't seen it. Then Gerard notices a giant scratch. It's a little deep. "What's this?" He points to the scratch. "Probably from her dumb nails. I honestly have no idea. You can take a guess, but I can't tell you the answer." He wraps me back up and gives me the medicine. Then he lays ice on my stomach. "I should call the doctor back and tell him about the cut. It looks deep and might need stitches." "NOPE!" I yell. There is no way in any parallel universe I would ever get stitches. I can get a shot, but stitches are a complete nope! I can't even look at stitches, let alone receive them! I start breathing heavier. I can not do stitches. "Sweetheart please just calm down. I promise everything is going to be fine. I hate the idea of making you get stitches, but it's for your health. I just want you to be happy and healthy." Gerard says in a soft voice taking my hand. "I-I c-can't" I'm about to cry. I don't want to cry. Crying makes me look weak. "Shhh. You are gonna be fine." Gerard says and he starts humming the same song he was humming in the hospital. I still don't know what song it is, but it's comforting. I calm down enough for Gerard to leave the room and we go back to watching Doctor Who. Noah has been holding my hand since the moment Gerard left. I'll always have one of my boys at my side.