The Days of August

Chapter 15

Claire's phone started to ring, it was Bella.
In a peppy voice Bella asked, "Hey where are you at?"
Claire sighed, "In the hospitals cafeteria, why what's going on?"
"I just want someone to talk to, I'll be right down."
A few minutes later Bella was sitting right across from Claire.
       Claire sighed, "I'm starting to miss my house Bella."
       Bella giggled, "Me too."
       Claire and Bella both looked like train wrecks. They've both been getting very minimum sleep.
     Bella continued the conversation after a moment of silence, "So are you excited that August gets to come home today?"
      Claire couldn't believe that Bella asked her that, off course she was excited, August is the love of her life.
      "Yes of course, I love August more than anyone."
      Bella rolled her eyes, "I don't know about that."
      Claire play punched her in the shoulder, Bella's phone vibrated.
      Bella looked down at her phone, "Uh mom said we need to get back, they're getting ready to release August."
      Claire's smile became huge and childish, "Well come on let's go!"
      The girls threw their food away and started to dart to the recovery room. They meet them in the hallway, August was in a wheelchair, while a youngish female nurse rolled him to the car.
     August smiled at Claire, even though you could tell that he was in great pain.
Once they got to the car fear washed over the whole family. It was going to have to be a team effort if they where going to get August inside the car without hurting him.
Claire squeezed August's hand, she whispered to him, "You got this."
August winced in pain as they moved him to the car, tears started to form in Bella's eyes.
Once in the car Claire went and sat in the front seat, while Bella and Hayley sat in the back with August.
August keep a smile the whole ride home, Claire couldn't wait to talk to him in private.
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Claire giggled, "So are we still going?"
August gave Claire of look, "Of course where still going, just because I only have one leg and its broken doesn't mean I'm going to back out of plans."
Claire rolled her eyes, "August we don't have to go if you don't feel well enough."
August sat up from his bed, "Claire, darling, I've been craving to get out of this house."
Claire and August's lips meet for just a quick second, Claire quickly pulled away.
She sighed, August shushed her, "Claire I've been out of the hospital for a month now, I'm perfectly fine."
Claire ran her fingers through her hair, "It's just that August.."
August interrupted her, "What you don't want to be seen with me?" He was becoming frustrated.
Claire bit her lip, "No, it's just I don't want you to get even more hurt than you already are."
August let out a huff, "Maybe you should just leave then?"
Claire tried to correct herself, "No, no, August it's just...." She paused, "I don't know."
August turned his head away from Claire, "If I'm so much work for you maybe we should take a break until I'm better, oh wait I'll never be better."
A tear fell from Claire's face, "August I love you no matter how you look."
"Then why can't we go to that dinner with Hannah and Noah?"
     Claire wiped away her tears, "I don't know."
     August looked straight at Claire with a hurtful look, "Because your ashamed of me?"
    "No, August, I'm not ashamed of you."
    "Then what's the issue then, why can't we go with them?"
     Claire licked her lips, "Because they are getting married soon."
     August's eyes became huge, "When did this happen?"
     Claire got off the bed and started to pace, "He proposed two weeks ago."
      August's shock became confusion, "What does that have to do with us?" 
      Claire stopped pacing and looked at August, "I don't know."
      August then realized, "Claire as much as I love you I still believe that we're to young to get married."
      Claire sat back down on the bed, "I know, we've discussed this already."
      "You never answered the question though, why can't we go to dinner with them?"
      Claire gave up, "We can, we are, tell your mom to pick me up tomorrow night at 6."
     August smiled, "Okay Claire, if thats what you want."
    Claire gave August a disapproving look, "I'll see you tomorrow, I love you."
    "I love you too."
    Claire bent down and kissed August on the check, "Goodnight."
    "Goodnight."
     Claire called Sammy and asked her to come pick her up, what August didn't know was that she had already made other plans for the day tomorrow.