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fourty-two

CHAPTER FOURTY-TWO;
• BED REST •

"janey... janey, wake up."

el stirs awake slowly, rubbing her eyes, she smacks her iv cord lightly on accident making a chuckle appear in the room.

she opens her eyes and there sat kai with a very awake maddie in his arms. "how was your sleep?"

"kai! you're awake!" el smiles widely, sitting up.

"hey angel." he rasps out.

"how are you feeling? can you walk? does it hurt?" she asks, her voice full of concern.

"it hurts a lot. the doctor said it hit some part of my leg or some shit and to add onto my leg injuries, i might not be able to run properly in the future so i can't be a don on the field." he shrugs.

"i'm sorry." she whispers with a frown.

"don't be. wanna play with mads? i can't be here anyways." he says as she nods, extending her hands to grab maddie.

"hey baby girl. how are you feeling?" she kisses maddie on the temple. "tired." maddie mumbles.

"me too babe. are you hurting anywhere?" el asks.

maddie shakes her head, "sleepy."

"you slept for too long. come, let's cuddle." they lay down as el readjusts their cords.

"i'm going back to my room. we're going back home in a few hours." kai speaks up.

"but i'm still loopy." el mutters, "you'll manage." he nods, "here's the giraffe." he hands her the stuffed toy before slowly wheeling himself out of the room.

"wanna call mike?" el suggests, handing maddie the giraffe as she nods.

el grabs her phone, unlocking it and facetiming mike.

"baby!" el smiles widely. "why do you look tired?"

"it's 4 in the afternoon, i just got home. i'm trying to take a nap here." he says tiredly.

"well i just woke up from a nap and look at maddie here. say hi mads." she smiles as maddie waves at him.

"hey princess. how are you feeling now?" he asks, running a hand through his hair.

"kai's awake. i don't hurt as much just a little loopy still. can't wait to come back to hawkins." she admits.

"i miss you."

"me too. i miss normal life." she says as he nods.

"how are your wounds?" he asks.

"numb. i have stitches as well. thankfully no bullet wounds." she says, "give me a sec, mads is falling asleep." she puts the phone down.

"you want to sleep with me or on your bed?" she asks.

"you." maddie answers quietly.