Never and Never

7. Surprise

My body feels like floating on air. My mind is clouded with the events that I last envisioned. There is a pressure on my head and the ache is indescribable. I want to concentrate. I am not myself now.

Come on Darlene concentrate.

I can hear something. But I can't comprehend what it is. Is that the beep of a time bomb? Are my hands tied? Please someone tell me where I am. I feel something wet on my hands.

I open my eyes slowly and blink a few times. My vision is blurring at the beginning and after a few blinks I can see clearly. The walls are white and I am dressed up in a lengthy green gown. I try to call anyone but my throat is very dry. The second thing I notice is the device with display of lines going up and down with beep sounds.

It is not a time bomb. It is ECG.

I'm still alive.

I hear another muffling sound. I turn my head to see the brown haired head. Harry is sniffling and whispering something to my hands. I push myself up to sit and he raises his head only to meet his soaking eyes with mine. He is still staring at me and I don't know what to speak in the first place since I was the one who pushed him away from me to break the kiss.

"How are you feeling?" he asks and wipes his tears.

I give a small smile and nod my head. His lips are dry and his skin is pale. His eyes are bloodshot and dark circles desert the bottom region of his lids. There is no smirk or smile on his face. I kind of miss them. His nose is pink from the crying and I blame myself for it. I turn around to look at the room door when it opens. A pink head pokes inside the room and she steps inside with a sad feature on her face. Her hairs are messy and a smile form on my face when she sits next to me. She has a fruit basket in her hand and places it on the nearest table.

"Hey" she whispers.

I try to release his grip from my hand, but he tightens it more every time. Gemma watches our little hesitation and struggle. She smiles when Harry takes my hand and kisses at the back.

"Enough Harry. She's still in the hospital bed. They don't allow sex in here" she chuckles.

"Do I look like fun to you now?" he snaps at her.

She brushes him off and turns to me. I spent time with Harry and she would blow her head off when she comes to know that I practically begged her brother to kiss me and then whatnot we kissed, even though I pushed him away. But the last part doesn't count.

"What happened to you anyway? What did he do to you?" she asks with sarcasm.

Harry's grip tightens again, means he didn't tell anyone about that. I tend to play casual for his sake.

"I was sick and I fainted. I didn't know what happened later" I say and give her a fake smile.

"Did he show you something?" she winks.

If only she knows what he had shown me. Harry stands from his place and walks to the table to grab some fruits.

"Shut up Gemma. This isn't funny anymore" he snaps at her while handing me an apple.

"You should thank me that I didn't tell our parents. But your little shit bossy nature isn't going to help it" she warns him. "I'm just a phone call away to her and our parents" she blackmails him.

Harry raises his finger to tell something, but he is interrupted by the Doctor. He flips through the files and takes mine. He writes something and hands it to Harry.

"Your girl friend is fine to discharge now" he smiles politely.

"Oh. She isn't his girl friend. They are just friends Dr. Bruce" Gemma smiles back.