New Friends

Chapter twenty six

Tom's pov:

Y/n has been sleeping on me for almost three hours now. I fell asleep for the first two hours but woke up cause I wasn't all that tired. I needed to stay awake so I could wake her when my family comes. I really needed to move though because my body was really stiff and I kind of had to go to the restroom. I really didn't want to interrupt her sleep. She looked super tired but I really had to get out of the bed for at least enough time to go pee. I carefully tried sliding out but as soon as I did she opened her one arm out that was on my chest and put it on the other side of the bed on my ribs, blocking me from leaving.

I gently moved her arm and slid a pillow underneath her head. I successfully got out of bed without waking her. I went into the restroom.
Right as I was about to dry my hands after washing them I heard Y/n trying to shout a little. "Tom? TOM? Where are you?" She started coughing. "Quickly drying my hands I opened the door and walked straight to her bed. "Y/n what's wrong? Hey, hey, hey, take it easy. Breathe. In and out. You got this darling" I rubbed her upper back while supporting her as she was half sitting up and coughing. She breathed as deep as she could in and out. Eventually after a minute she calmed down and said, "I'm sorry, I woke up and didn't know where you were and I was really sleepy so I thought maybe you had left earlier and that I wasn't cuddling with you at all!" She slowly spit out the words. My left arm was behind her back while her right arm was leaning on it. My right arm was supporting her other arm as she was half sitting up on her side.

I had her lay back down right before I responded, "I thought you couldn't breath at all or something, don't scare me like that!" I wiped away a tear that involuntarily escaped her one eye. She was all kinds of emotional yet somehow perfectly calm and not dramatic other than a few times. "I'm sorry Tom, but you kind of scared me a bit too. I think maybe we shouldn't be together all the time cause we might need a little break?" She asked me. "No no I was just going to the restroom and walking around a bit cause I am stiff, I was gonna come back and lay back down with you again! We're fine!"

I didn't want to make her feel any worse. "You should go do that!! If you don't want to sleep or lay around anymore then I'm okay with that! No big deal just make sure to wake me when your family is here!" Her lovely smile came back on her face. "You sure?" I was now sitting on the bed next to her. "Yes Tom, I know all this is a lot so please go take a break, it's only the second day of who knows how long!" She grabbed my one hand and pulled it closer to her to kiss it. Then she covered the spot she kissed with her hand. "I love you, now stop worrying so much cause I'm still right here! How am I supposed to go anywhere anyway? I can't even really scoot my butt across the floor let alone use my legs yet!" She giggled.

I missed her giggling, her giggle was so cute. I laughed a bit right back. "Now that would be something to see! Soon you'll be able to, don't worry either! I love you and I'll be back soon! Now get some rest!" I kissed her hand and got up off the edge of the bed. "Could you get me some ginger ale if they have it somewhere please?" She looked up at me. "Of course darling! Anything else? Any food?" I was excited for her to finally eat something, anything really. "I guess just anything light?" She actually agreed with me on the matter this time. "Okay got it!" I gave her an awkward thumbs up and was right about to leave the room when she said, "oh and Tom? .... I love you too." She smiled weakly over at me. I smiled back and then walked out the door.

(Half an hour later)
First I went to the cafeteria to see if they had anything good. They didn't but I grabbed some jello and some crackers for Y/n and found a vending machine that had ginger ale. I remembered that my Mum left food for me the other day in the hospital room so I just grabbed two bottles of water along with the ginger ale, crackers, and Jello and brought them to Y/n's room. I had my hands full so I didn't close the door yet. She was sitting a little bit up on her side with her eyes open, not asleep. "Hey love, I got you some water, crackers, Jello, and your ginger ale." I set them aside on a tray next to her bed. It was one of those trays that you could have on the side or above the bed.