I was on my way to get the bullet removed from my stomach, and I was terrified. I hate hospitals so much. Nate was sleeping in the chair. I so badly wanted to wake him up, and tell him that I didn’t want him to leave my side, but that would just be weird, so I let him sleep when I was wheeled to the operating room.
"Is this going to hurt?" I stupidly asked the doctor.
"Well considering you’re going to be out cold, no," he said with a chuckle. I didn’t find the humor in it though. I sighed as they put the oxegyn mask over me, and then it went black.
***
I woke up in the room I had started in. At first I didn’t realize it, but I was in a tremendous amount of pain, and it got worse by the second.
"Hey there," said the doctor that had operated on me earlier, "How are you feeling?"
"Like shi-" I choked out before vomiting in a bucket beside the bed. He came over and placed his hand on my back, like he thought it was comforting.
"It’s okay, it’s okay. It’s a normal reaction to the medication you’re on, just let it out" This doctor was beginning to annoy me. Obviously I’m going to let it out, I have no choice… I finally had finished vomiting after about 5 minutes, and by now my stomach was in so much more pain I felt like I could throw up all over again. But then a thought rushed into my mind. Nate.
"Is Nate still here?" I asked the doctor.
"Yeah, I don’t know where, but I know he’s still here. He may have gone to the food court or something."
"Well how many places can you hide in a hospital, let’s go find him!" I tried to get up, but I just ended up letting out a hurendous scream because of the pain it had caused me.
"Please, Stephanie, just stay in bed for the rest of the day. This pain isn’t going to last long, and you may be to leave tomorrow or the next day, depending on your condition, but for today, please don’t leave your bed." The doctor looked almost pained to tell me this. It’s like he felt guilty because he was the one who did the operation.
"What happened!?" Nate came running in, "I heard you scream from all the way down the hallway! What happened? Are you okay? Doctor Parker is she okay?"
"Well she tried to get up, and.."
"I’m fine," I inturupted, "Really I am. I was just coming to look for you actually, and then I realized that I can’t get up, and it really startled me. That’s all." I smiled at him. Although I was in so much pain, it all went away when I looked at him.
"Okay… I’ll stay in here with you then." Nate said, feeling bad.
"No, no, it’s okay. I just didn’t know if you had left the hospital. You don’t have to stay in the room. I’ll be fine"
"I’d like to," He said, smiling. He walked over to the chair, and pulled it up beside my hospital bed. He sat it in, "I’m parkin’ it here and that’s that."
Doctor Parker left, and now it was just Nate and I. I was completely flustered every time he looked at me, and he could probably see how much I blushed, even just from thinking of him. I don’t know whether to be embarassed or hopeful. It was a little bit awkward because neither of us knew what to say or do in this weird situation.
"You want something to eat?" He asked.
"Nah, my stomach hurts."
"Maybe it’ll be good for you. Can I at least get you some toast?"
"Sure, I guess that sounds good," I smiled, trusting him. He smiled back, and walked out the door. I shifted around in the bed… nothing was comfortable. I turned to my side, it hurt my stomach. I layed on my back, it hurt my stomach. I sat up, it hurt my stomach. There was no way I was going to try laying on my stomach, so I decided to just lay on my back. The pain started to get worse again. It was so bad that I had to hold back tears, and eventually I couldn’t hold them back anymore. I silently cried for a few minutes, then I tried to get myself to stop, but I couldn’t. I didn’t want Nate to see me crying. I gave up after 5 minutes of trying to stop, and I just let myself cry.
