New Friends

Chapter twenty four

Tom's pov:

I hugged my Mum and brothers. "Where is she? Shouldn't she be out by now? Have you guys heard anything?" I asked as quickly as I could. "No I'm sorry we haven't heard anything yet!" Mum said with a sad expression. I sat down in one of the chairs set up close to where the bed will be when she comes back. I was a little disappointed. It was a little after 9:30am now and I was so tired so I closed my eyes while we all waited for her to come out. Sam and Paddy left to go to find something to eat and because there couldn't be more then three people in the room.

About half an hour later they wheeled her in. We all stood up as alert as possible. Me, Mum, and Harry looked at each other with scared expressions on each of our faces. She was laying on her right side completely asleep with an oxygen cord in her nostrils and her one hand had three IV's stuck into it. The two nurses helping wheel her in walked out of the room once she was back in the spot her bed was supposed to be. The doctor came in right after. "Hello everyone! Good morning once again! Ah.. Everything went well but there was some complications during surgery and so she ended up loosing a lot more blood then she should have and because of that, her one Lung didn't get enough blood to pump any oxygen. We have her on a few different medicines as you can see with all the IV's in her one hand that are helping her not to feel any pain and to help her body to have nutrition until she feels up to eating again. Um... she's gonna need that oxygen cord for a few days until her one lung looks better. She will be really out of it and weak for a while so we will want to keep her here for a week and then we will go from there and discuss walking and all that fun stuff! Don't worry guys she'll be fine!" The doctor was trying to get us to cheer up.

" thank you so much, we beyond appreciate what you are doing for her!" My Mum spoke up. I was to shocked at how Y/n looked and how she had an oxygen cord helping her breathe. She just looked so small and fragile it was hard to see her like this. "Uhh.. when do you think she'll wake up?" I asked looking up from Y/n to the Doctor. "She should be awake within half an hour. The anesthesia is already started to wear off but we really had to put her under deep so it may take awhile longer for her to wake up! Is there anything else for now I can help you with?" She asked politely with a small smile. "No I think we are good thank you!" Mum answered for me again.

The doctor left the room and I pulled up a chair next to Y/n's bed. I took the hand of hers that didn't have all the IV's in them and kissed it. I was so happy to see her again but I was so sad to see her like this. She looked so peaceful sleeping, even though she had that oxygen cord inside her nostrils. I squeezed her hand tight in mind. I wasn't going to let go until she woke up. My Mum was rubbing my back while I held Y/n's hand. I felt like Mum knew exactly how I felt and that I needed it.

(Forty five minutes later)

We were all laying in chairs around Y/n's bed waiting for her to wake up. It's almost been an hour now and the most she's done is twitch a little bit. I rubbed Y/n's hand and whispered, "Y/n darling, come on wake up! We are all waiting!" I kissed her hand once more. As I pulled my lips away from her hand I felt her grip my hand within hers. I quickly looked up and saw her eyes open. She started to try to take the oxygen cord out her nose. "Y/n?!! Wait don't take that out!" I gently moved her hand away from the cord and I slid it back in. She was trying to move up to sit. "Tom? How are you here? Why do I have this in my nose?" She looked really confused and already really uncomfortable.

"Love let me help you." I said while helping her lay back down on her one side. "It's okay you don't need to sit up, just rest! One of your lungs was having trouble functioning on its own so you have an oxygen cord to help and don't worry about me I'm fine, I came here for you!" I waited for her to say something. She was a little zoned out. "I'm so glad you're here Tom, this really sucks. I'm so exhausted." She said with a very scratchy voice while looking straight into my eyes. "You just need to rest, don't worry about nothing else! There are some people who want to say hi though!" I motioned to my Mum and Harry. They walked toward the side of the bed Y/n was facing. "Hi Y/n! I'm so glad to see you awake!" Mum smiled big. "Boy, you look rough Y/n you sure your still alive?" Harry laughed trying to joke around. It seemed to work cause Y/n laughed but then she started coughing.

"Here drink this." I said handing her a glass of water I had gotten for myself a while ago. She took the glass and slowly brought it up to her mouth and took a little sip, then gave it back to me. "Wow thanks, well it's nice to see you to Harry!" She brushed it off. "Your welcome! I'm happy you are okay for real though and you don't look that horrible!" Harry smirked down at her. "Okay guys let's, let Y/n rest now!" I motioned for Mum and Harry to go somewhere else so me and her could have alone time. "She did just wake up Tom we should probably go get the doctor." Mum informed me with a serious look on her face. "Okay go please and get her?" I made a secretive look that Y/n couldn't see that was a (please leave) kind of look.

"Alright we'll be back soon Y/n!" Harry said while following Mum out the room. I was still holding her one hand. I lowered my face down to where hers was at getting as close to her as possible. "I was really worried about you my love." I almost had a tear run down my one cheek. "Well don't be cause I'm still right here and you can't get rid of me!" She whispered as she smiled weakly. "Please be honest, Y/n how do you feel?" I gave her my puppy dog eyes. "I can't really feel much right now other then having a hard time breathing and wanting to cry cause there is so much I'm gonna have to do in order to walk again, but I'm really glad your here cause I actually do really need you." She talked slowly yet steady with a little weakness hidden in her voice.

"Don't worry, we will have you walking in no time it won't even be like this happened! I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now but close to you." I leaned over a bit and kissed her lips for a few seconds just short enough so she could still breathe and then I kissed her forehead. It was hard restraining myself from kissing her a lot longer and then picking her up and holding her in my arms. I had to be really gentle with her right now. "I am so grateful your here with me now Tom." She looked straight into my eyes. Right then the doctor came in with my Mum and Harry. She ran some tests on Y/n and said it will take a lot longer to tell how everything is healing and to just have Y/n rest and try to eat if she was feeling up to it. She also said that the oxygen would have to be left in until Y/n's one lung looked good enough that she didn't need it anymore which should be within a few days.

Once the doctor left we all stayed for a bit, but not for long cause Y/n needed to rest and not have any distractions so Mum and Harry and I were about to walk out of the room. "You need to get some rest now so we are going to go get something to eat and then come back okay?" I started to back away from her bed. "No Tom please stay? Nikki and Harry can get food and bring you some but right now could you please stay with me?" She pleaded with me. "I - okay I guess I'll stay?" I questioned my Mum as if she knew what to do best. "Yeah Tom you stay and we'll get the food, not a big deal!" My Mum smiled and walked out the door with Harry. "See you guys later!" They both said.

"I'll just sit in this chair next to you while you sleep, is that okay?" I sat down in the chair next to her. "No love, I want you to lay in my bed with me." She looked up at me while I smirked a little cause I forgot how I missed her always knowing what she wants (well most of the time anyway). "How am I supposed to do that? You'll have to move over and you can't, I don't want to risk anything with your back!" My smile faded. "Tom, I just spent four months without you, dealing with crazy pain and all I feel like doing is falling asleep in your arms so please, we can find a way to make it work!" She started to try her best to move over on her bed.

"Alright then, if it's what you really want. I can slowly pull you over to the one side of the bed while your still laying on your right side and I'll then slide into the covers on the bed and you can lay your head on my chest." I made sure she was okay with what I was going to do. I slowly slid her body towards the one side of the bed moving her legs first, then her hips, and then her shoulders. I then went to the other side and slipped under the thin hospital blankets right next to her and as gently as I could I had her lay her head and her hands on my chest, making sure her oxygen cord and her three IV's were not in the way. I then kissed her forehead once more and said, "I really missed you Y/n, I missed this with you right here together." I whispered into her ear. "You're it for me you know that Tom right? I've never felt this safe and comfortable in my life before." I didn't even have to look to see how big she was smiling with her eyes closed. "I love you Y/n." I let it slip, the one thing I was thinking for the past couple of weeks but couldn't seem to let out until now. I was a bit nervous. "I love you, Tom." She whispered back.