Faded

five

Its currently 9:35, and the doctor has just diagnosed Eric with a mild to severe concussion. Which sadly means no wrestling for a little while, but they took him back for an MRI an hour ago and then they gave him a concussion test. "Hey princess." A hoarse voice says from the door of the hospital room, "Baby." I say and jump up from the chair I'm situated in, before wrapping my arms around my boyfriend.

"I'm so glad your okay." I say as Eric wraps his arms around me tightly, "Technically I'm not." He chuckles weakly and I close my eyes. "You know what I mean jackass." I say and he rubs my back, "I'm glad you're able to stand up and actually put your arms around me." I add and sniffle as he pulls back. "Hey, don't cry princess. I'm okay, I promise." He says as I start to cry.

"That w-was the scariest thing ever." I cry and Eric pulls me closer to his chest as I sob into his shoulder, "Good news is I'm cleared to leave, I'm okay." He says and rubs my back again. I take a shaky breath and pull away from Eric, looking him in the eyes as he gives me a goofy grin.

I smile and he winks, "You also get to be my nurse." He smirks and I roll my eyes. "Eva dropped off our stuff about an hour ago, so we don't have to go back to the arena." I say and he nods, "So we can go now right?" I ask picking both of our bags up off the floor and grabbing our phones off the table. "Yeah, we just have to sign out or something." He says and puts his hand on the back of his neck.

"Ya need something baby?" I ask and put my hand on his shoulder as he shakes his head, "Nah, I just want some sleep." He says as we walk out of the hospital room and over to the nurses station. "I'm assuming you guys are ready to leave?" The nurse looks up at us and I nod.

"Yeah." I say as Eric puts his arms around my waist, "Okay, well, sign out on here and also we've given him a prescription to him help sleep and one to help with the pain and sensitivity." She says and sets a clipboard in front of me before handing me a pen. "Okay, thanks." I say and sign both of our names on the clipboard before handing it back to her, "Okay, have a nice night." The nurse smiles and I nod before holding Eric's hand,

"So are we gonna fly out tomorrow morning or afternoon?" He asks as we walk out of the hospital and towards the car that Billy and Mercedes are in. "Whenever you want baby." I say and Mercedes gets out of the car, "Hey lovebirds," She smiles softly as I smile back at her. "How you doing tough guy?" She turns to Eric as he shrugs, "I'm tired, but better." He says and hands me his phone.

"Can you take a quick picture, I wanna let everyone know I'm doing good." He smiles and I nod, "Sure thing baby." I say and click on the camera as he puts both of his arms out in front of himself, making a fist on each hand and putting both of his thumbs up. I smile and take the picture, "You got it, right?" He asks and I nod. "Yep." I say and hand him back his phone as Billy puts all the bags in the back of the car.

"Thanks babe." Eric smiles and kisses the side of my head, "You're welcome." I smile back at him as we get into the car. "So you guys are gonna stay here for tonight and fly out tomorrow?" Mercedes asks as the driver pulls out of the hospital's patient pickup zone, "Yeah, I don't want to rush him into anything tonight." I say and Eric puts his head on my shoulder.

"I love you." He says as I wrap my arms around him tightly, "I love you too." I smile and he wraps his arms around my waist. "You missed all the heat Eva and I were giving Aiden and Simon, I though they were gonna cry." Mercedes laughs slightly. "Stephanie also told me that you and I have a tag team match tomorrow against Charlotte and Dana. Then on June 3rd, you and I fight Dana and Charlotte again." She adds as the driver pulls into the back entrance of the hotel.

"Okay thanks Mer." I smile as Billy opens the car door and Eric gets out as I hug Mercedes, "I'll see you sometime tomorrow." She smiles and I pull back. "See you tomorrow Mer." I say and she smiles again, "Bye Eric, get better soon!" She yells as he turns around and waves.

I get out of the car and Billy hands me Eric and I's bags, "Thanks B." I smile and hug him as Eric puts his hand on his shoulder. "I'll see you both tomorrow." He says before climbing back into the car, we both wave at Mercedes and Billy as they drive off to the airport. "Come on tough guy, let's get you up to the room." I say and throw my duffle bag over my shoulder as we walk through the back entrance to the hotel and other to the elevator.

"Lemme take one of those bags Addi, that's a lot." Eric says and I shake my head as we step into the elevator, "Absolutely not, I don't want to doing anything strenuous." I say and he rolls his eyes. "I just have a concussion, it's not like I broke my foot." He says as I raise my eyebrow, "Don't get pissy with me, I'm trying to help you." I say and press the 6th floor button.

"You're treating me like a baby, I'm telling you I'm fine." He says and crosses his arms, "Eric, you were knocked out! You were on a stretcher, you spent the majority of the night in a hospital room!" I say, my voice starting to raise. "I thought you had broke your neck!" I say again and the elevator door opens.

"Could you not yell?" He spits and I grab the room key out of his bag, "If your 'fine' then why can't I raise my voice?" I ask as he grabs the key out of my hand and unlocks the door. "You're so annoying. Just shut up already." He mumbles under his breath and my eyes widen, "Oh, baby, I didn't-" He says and I drop the bags on the floor of the hotel room before storming into the bathroom and locking the door.

"Babe, Adriana, I didn't mean it." He says and I look at myself in the mirror, "Just, leave me alone Eric. It's late and we both need to sleep." I say and close my eyes. "Where are you gonna sleep?" He asks as I walk over to the door, "I don't know, the bathtub?" I say and then put my head against the door.

"I didn't mean to say you're annoying, it's been a rough night babe. You know I'd never say that, I love you." He says and I reach for the lock on the door, "I was just worried about you, I know you hate being treated like you can't do certain things but I wanted to make sure that you're okay." I say and unlock the door, pulling it open slightly.

"Will you come out? I need someone to fall asleep next to." He smiles and I laugh a little bit, "Yeah." I say and open the door, "I'm sorry princess." He says and hugs me tightly. "It's okay baby." I say and hug him back as he walks backwards towards the bed, pulling me with him as he lays down.

"I love you." I smile down at him as he puts his hands on my lower back, "I love you more." He smiles before kissing me. Although we may fight sometimes, nothing in the world could make me hate him. He's my everything and I don't want to let him go, I love him so much.