I'm ALWAYS here

Chapter 21

The next 14 days were hard. Every day I went to therapy. It helped, but I had to return to the odious experience all the time. I couldn’t wait until the afternoon. It was Friday and Rick promised to get me and we were going to enjoy a wonderful weekend together. I put on a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt so he could see that I gained a little. Moreover, thanks to therapy, I was ready to let him touch me more than ever.
With food it was very difficult in the beginning. I didn’t want to eat, or finish the whole meal. They had to feeding me several times by violence. I tried to manage on my own. I ate slowly.

I had lots of time to think. I wanted to give Rick something special for what he had to suffer with me. When he arrived, I ran into his arms. He picked me up and then we kissed with all of our love.
"Hi. I missed you so much," I said and kissed him again. He looked at me a little surprised, but it was all I want.

"I missed you too. Not only me, Alexis too. Are you ready for the weekend?" he asked. I nodded and hand in hand we went to my doctor to attending. She said Rick has to watch over my food. Right after we went home. Alexis was waiting there. As soon as she saw me, she ran over to me and hugged me tight. She had tears in her eyes. I knelt to her and kissed her on the forehead. She went to the table and took the paper. When she handed it to me and I looked at it, my lips turned into a big smile.
She drew herself, Rick and me. Above my figure she wrote "mommy". I wiped my tears and I hugged her. Martha was waiting in the kitchen. She hugged me and with Alexis left almost immediately.

"We have an apartment to ourselves?" I asked. Rick nodded and smiled.
"I noticed that you bear touches so much better. I am proud of you. I love you," he said and I kissed him on the cheek.
"Therapy helped me a lot. Now I want to go take a shower and then we could get something to eat," I said and giggled. Rick nodded a little shocked. After a quick shower I wore sweatpants and a T-shirt and went into the kitchen, where it smelled wonderfully.
"It smells wonderful, I cannot wait." I walked around and hugged him from behind.
"Do you have any idea what you want to do on the weekend?" he asked.
"We could take a nap, watch TV, eat something good and cuddle?"
"The best plan, Katherine Beckett," he said in a joking voice. I giggled and kissed him.
The rest of the evening was beautiful. We were watching a movie and eating pop-corn. We cuddled together than we fell asleep and slept all night like that.