SAVE ME

Chapter 23

Morgan Smith

"How... does it hurt?" Ricardo asked and I nod my head in response to him.

That's the same thing he and George have been asking me since they took me out of the cafeteria and brought me in here and I have been giving them the same answer.

The nurses already attended to me and said it wasn't that serious just a shallow burn but no nerve damage or anything. The coffee was really hot, I wouldn't lie but it's just a surface burn, it's likely to be a burn injury if the nurses hadn't attended to me immediately.

She applied lidocaine which is an anesthetic to help reduce the pain and heal it as she said... can't remember. It did feel numb as she said it would and I felt a bit better.

I wasn't mad at Aubrey for pouring that scalding hot coffee on my back, it was a mistake and she wasn't supposed to be throwing that at anyone, to begin with, it is a dangerous move on her part.

"At least now I know they do sell really hot coffee in school" I joked but Ricardo wasn't having it as he looked pissed at her.

"Eat some of these, you are hungry" he gave me the burger and fries that put me in this state and I collected them.

"Thank you," I said and took a bite while he watches me.

"Nurse Bisi said that it isn't too serious and it was wise that we brought you in early else it would have caused more damage" he took a bite from his burger too.

"Yeah, it was so hot that I thought it would take my skin off," I said and he nods his head and then looks at me.

"Sorry it happened to you," he said and I grinned.

"It's fine, just too bad that my back first gets to taste how hot the coffee was," I said and he managed a small smile. He is still pissed. "Is this from the school cafeteria?" I asked and he nods his head.

"Yeah, it is. Try the fries, you will love them" he said I took the fries and they taste even better than the one George had earlier. Speaking of him.

"Where is George?" I asked and sighed.

"He went back to campus, he still has about two more papers before the close of the day"

"And you?" I asked and he raised a brow that read 'You don't remember?' and it clicked. We both have the same papers today.

"Oh yeah, I remember," I say and put three fries in my mouth and closed my eyes as I savored the fine taste then I felt a small liquid on my lips so I opened my eyes to see a smiling Ricardo putting the straw that was in the ice tea container in his mouth, he damped a bit of the ice tea on my mouth.

I shook my head at him and continued eating.

We talked about school, our exams and how they have been so far graduation, what we will do after graduation, where we see ourselves in the next five years, and how we would grow individually and in our relationship.

We wanted to take things really slow even though we are assured about ending up together, we still have a life ahead of us and we will enjoy it to the fullest.

George came in and joined in our conversation, we stopped our intimate talk so that George wouldn't feel left out or awkward.

Ricardo passed him the other burger inside the paper bag and we shifted to another topic, later on, Amelia came with her default 'I don't really care face'. She might act like she doesn't but I know deep down, she does care.

I was done with my food in no time and a knock came in.

"Come in," Amelia said out loud and the door opened to a sorry-looking Aubrey who brought in a box of chocolate.