Can You Handle the Heat?

Chapter 19

It felt like I've been here for hours, but it's been like 5 hours since I woke up. I look over at Gaege. He was taking a nap in the chair beside my bed. The nurses have come in multiple times, I should be due for a scan soon. I feel great and nothing has popped up as far as I know. I look up at the ceiling. I wish I had something to do to occupy my mind. Maybe I can ask for a word search or something. Literally anything at this point, heck I'd even do some math. Just something. I feel terrible about Gaege, he looks so uncomfortable. He's been here the whole time and refused to leave. Everyone had left to grab something to eat.

I roll onto my side and start playing with Gaege's hair. I heard gentle knocks on the door. It opened and in walked nurse Emily. She looked tired at this point too.

"How are you feeling?" she asks quietly looking at where I'm playing with his hair. She smiled at it.

"I'm just bored, can I have like a word search or something to do?" I look up at her with hopeful eyes. She looks down at her clipboard.

"I was coming in here to say that after we do this last scan, if we don't see anything you're going to be released." I perk up. I sit up and a smile spreads across my face. My quick movement causes Gaege to stir awake. He looks panicked before he sees me smiling.

"What's got you smiling so pretty?" I roll my eyes,

"Well depending on this last scan, I may be able to get out of here." He smiles. He looks behind him at the nurse and then turns back to me.

"What are we waiting for then, let's get you scanned." I look over at the nurse who walks over to the side of my bed and pulls out a wheelchair. I furrow my eyebrows. I do not want to have to use a wheelchair for an extended amount of time.

"Don't worry, it's only to get you there. When you get discharged you will get crutches." I nod and hop on my leg to sit in the chair. She wheels me out of the room into the hallway. I turn around and see Gaege staring at me with hopeful eyes. He gives me a thumbs up and an encouraging smile. I turn back to face the front.

We enter a clinical looking room. I got put into a machine. I lay back and closed my eyes and almost fell asleep in there. Until I'm being moved out. I look up at the staff member that helped me into and out of the machine. I give them a big smile. Emily waited for me in the corner. She pushed me back to my room and helped me into my bed. She explained that she would be back with the results soon. Then she leaves. As she turns to leave, she runs face first into Grant's chest. Her face turned beet red, and she shuffled quickly out of the room.

I leaned back and began making small talk with everyone who had just entered the room. It was pleasant and occupied my mind, until the results were delivered. I was in the middle of a laughing fit when there was a knock at the door. The room grew still as Emily walked in. She held her clipboard close to her chest. She had a straight face until she locked eyes with me. A large smile broke across her face.

"Well, we have so good news, sweetheart. You have been cleared to go home. However, you do have a concussion and a severe one at that. You should avoid any stress and try to avoid looking at a phone or any other electronics. Give me a few minutes and I should have your crutches in here. I'll teach you how to use them properly." I nod my head and lean back into my bed. A large smile spread across my face as the new hits me. I can finally get out of this room. Everyone pulled me in a hug. Relief flows all through me and I can feel myself relaxing for the first time since I've woken up. I scoot myself (to the best of my ability) to the edge of my bed.

Emily walks in with my crutches. She gives a quick tutorial on how to use them properly. I do my best to use them. Hands were all around me in case I fell. However, I feel like I got it down pretty quickly. Soon I was hopping all around the room. Emily smiles at me,

"Before you leave, stop by the reception desk and tell her what pharmacy you will be using, so you can get your medication." I nod at her words and let the guys walk out ahead of me. Gaege stays beside me the whole time. Ever since the good news he hasn't stopped smiling. His shoulders have relaxed, I can see the sleepiness wash over him.

"Hey, when we get back to Grant's, do you want to take a nap?" He looks over at me and gives a small smile,

"I think I'd really like that." I nod and once we reach the front desk, I hop my way to the front. The receptionist asks for my name and information. I give it to her relatively easily. She asks what pharmacist I need to go to. That's when Grant steps forward. He gives her the pharmacy that he usually goes to. The lady nods and types away at her computer.

"Alright, your prescription should be ready to pick up in about an hour. Let me get your bill, okay?" I nod and wait for the lady to print off my medical bill. I look behind me.

"Who has my wallet and phone?" Gaege raises his hand and steps forward next to me.

"Don't worry about the bill, I got it." I furrow my brows.

"It's fine Gaege, I can cover it. I just need my wallet." He shakes his head no. The receptionist walks in and hands the bill over to me. Gaege looks at it and takes out a card. He hands his card to the lady who raises her brow, before looking at me. I just nod my head in agreement. She takes the card to the back and returns with a $0 dollar balance remaining under my name.

"Can I have my stuff now?" He reaches into a backpack and pulls my stuff out. I look at my phone and see that my twitter has blown up. That is never good. What happened now? I was about to open it before my phone was taken from my hand by Eddie.

"She said no electronics. That means no electronics whatsoever." I sigh and reach for my phone. I put it in my back pocket and began walking to the exit of the hospital. I just want to go to sleep at this point.

So tomorrow, there should be a new post around 12:00 pm EST. This is a new story I'm starting along side of this one. I will only post on that story once a week. I plan on the chapters being longer on that story. The premise of the new story called 'Fighting for Survival' will be you, (Y/N), fighting to live in a zombie apocalypse. It will be another Geage/Juicy x Reader story. Anyway, if you're interested it should be posted tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone for the support, I never thought that I would enjoy writing like I have been when writing this story. Again thank you all <3