Broken

Chapter Twenty Two

Dustin's POV

I had been awake for about thirty minutes or so and had been just watching her sleep. She was folded around me, with her arm wrapped around my abdomen and a leg across mine. This is not how I wanted it to go, but at least she was safe and he was behind bars. I breathe in her scent of coconut and pineapple. This was a scent that I had come to love. I listened to her soft snores and leaned down to kiss the top of her head. I soon feel her body move as she quietly stirs awake. Her head leans back as I get to see those beautiful green eyes. The ones I love to get lost in every day. She slowly stretches up and I lean down and press our lips together.

"Good morning, doll."

"Good morning, my rocker. Sleep well?"

"As well as I can. Having you here in my arms makes it better though." I shift slightly and a searing pain flows up my thigh and I grunt. "Aggh, that hurt."

"What's wrong? Where do you hurt?"

She quickly jumps off the bed and the sudden shift in the bed jars my chest and another flow of pain shoots across my chest. My head falls back as I bite my lip trying to hide the pain.

"Let me call the nurse. Get you some pain meds."

I just shake my head in agreement as I try to breathe through the pain. She presses the call button and asks the nurse for pain meds. Within a few minutes she is bringing them to me.

"Not doing well this morning?" Nurse Jenny asks.

"Everything hurts right now."

"Here take this. You should be feeling better soon."

"Thank you." Daisy says quietly.

"You're welcome, we don't like for our patients to be in pain. You heal faster when you are out of pain."

"Thank you," I replied.

Daisy sits back down in the chair next to the bed, afraid of hurting me again. I reach out for her hand and she places hers in mine as I try to pull her back in bed with me. She shakes her head as she looks at me, and I see the guilt in her eyes.

"Come lay with me, doll."

"I can't, I don't want to hurt you again."

"You didn't hurt me, besides the meds are starting to kick in. I need you here with me."

She hesitantly climbs up with me as I wrap my arms around her and she places her head on my shoulder. I closed my eyes for a moment and didn't realize I had fallen asleep. It must have been several hours that I had been asleep when loud voices woke me up,a particularly loud female voice at that.

"Hey bestie, so glad to see him awake. The boys are right behind me."

"Shh, he's sleeping."

"Oh, sorry."

"No it's okay, I'm awake."

"Sorry, did I wake you?"

"Kinda, but it's okay. I need to be up. You guys came a long way. You don't need to watch me sleep. Apparently you have done enough of that."

She quickly comes over to give me a hug, and bumps my chest. It hurt some but at least the pain meds are working some.

"Oww"

"Oh, sorry."

"It's okay. I'm going to be sore for a while."

Just then the rest of the guys walk in and all walk over to give me a handshake.