Chapter 7

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Colleen POV

Josh is dressing me slowly as I sit on the edge of the hospital bed. He is continuously kissing me as he does so. "Love you babe" I say. He finishes dressing me except for my right arm which is empty as my arm is bandaged to my side. I stand up and Josh and I walk out together hand in hand. "Hungry sweetheart?" He asks me. I nod and smile. We drive to Chipotle and Josh runs in and grabs our food to take home. We continue driving until we reach home. As Josh parks the car I reach across with my left arm to open the door handle for myself. "Colleen! Stop" Josh says. "My left arm is fine babe" I say smiling rolling my eyes. "No babe" he says running over to my side of the car.He opens the door and I slide out. He grabs my bag from the back seat and the Chipotle bag and we walk together into the house. I sit down at the kitchen table as Josh grabs some cutlery and drinks. I grab the fork with my left hand and slowly eat the rice and vegetables as Josh stares at me. "Josh eat" I say. "Want me to help you babe?" he asks. "Nope I am slower but I need to start doing this on my own as I will be like this for the next few weeks....a leftie" I smile. "Ok let me know if you need help" he says sweetly and starts eating. We finish as much as we want and I make my way to the bedroom. "Josh can you help me?" I ask. I hear him come down the hallway as I am taking my pants off. "Babe I know you miss me but this is a bit soon" He laughs. "You think you are soooo funny don't you?" I say smirking. "I want a onesie on" I say with a pouty face. "Which one?" he asks. "My purple Mrs Evans one" I say smiling. He grabs it from our closet. It is the onesie I wore after we got married. I made it myself and it is by far my favourite. I even had people offer big money to buy it or want it for a charity auction but I would never let it go. He comes back with it and takes my t-shirt, bra and track pants off and helps me into it. "I hate seeing you naked and dressing you. This part will be terrible" he says laughing. "I am sure" I say as he zips it up. I reach around his waist and pull him to kiss me. "Thank you for helping me baby" I say as I nuzzle against his chest. "Anywhere, anytime sweetheart" He says in his southern accent. We make our way to the living room and I lay down on the couch on my left side with  my head in Josh's lap. We relax watching tv until my back is getting painful. "Josh I need some painkillers" I say. He slides out from under me and grabs the bottle from my backpack that Josh got filled at the pharmacy before I got discharged. He comes back with a bottle of water and sits me up to take a pill. I swallow it and lay back against the back of the couch. Josh is staring at me rubbing my knee while he sits on the coffee table. "Josh....this is so terrible" I say tearing up. "Babe its only been a day. It will get better " he says grabbing my left hand as he sits beside me. I nuzzle into his chest as his arm lightly lays across me. I am sobbing quietly not knowing what to do with myself. "Colleen you are going to make me cry babe" he says. "Sorry" I say. "Don't be. I just want you to be comfortable" he says kissing the top of my head. We lay there for a few more minutes until I feel exhausted. "Josh I am so tired" I say. "Sleep baby, sleep" he whispers kissing my forehead.

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