Adopted by Jennifer Lawrence

Chapter 13

Jens POV
"Okay, i'm afraid that you have a cracked rib and you're going to have some bruising around your nose and left eye for awhile and it will be sore to touch for the next few days." The doctor informs us as he examines Katie's nose and abdomen with detail.

"Okay is there any medication we need?" I ask calmly.

"Yeah we can give you pain killers for your rib." He answers towards both of us.

"Thank god." Katie laughs but then cringes with pain.

"Try not to laugh it will just aggravate the pain." The doctor scolds. Causing me to look at Katie sympathetically.

"I'll go get your medication from the nurses station then you guys can go." He states walking out.

"Is it still sore?" I question with concern in my eyes and tone.

"Not really just with certain movements." She yawns.

"God i'm tired." She yawns again making me chuckle.

"Yeah my exhaustion is so funny." She smiles in an agitated tone, but is quickly interrupted by the doctor who i now know from his name tag is called dr.scolds.

"Here you are miss. Lawrence." He smiles handing me the small bag of medication.

"Thank you." I sigh returning the smile.

"No problem." He smiles again and leaves.

"You feel okay to leave." I question towards Katie sceptically who is sitting on the side of the metal hospital table gripping her ribs with her right hand.

"Yeah of course." She yawns again, making me grin.

"You really are tired." I comment while holding the door for her to walk through.

"Yeah i am, are you not?" She questions me as we walk down the hospital corridor.

"Yeah its been a long night, but i am hungry." I sigh walking out of the hospital.

"Yeah me too." She sighs and gets into the passenger side of the now unlocked car.

After having gotten into the car and buckled in I slowly pulled out of the parking space and drove towards the electric barrier to drive out.

"The pasta is still there." She speaks up as i put the ticket into the machine at the barrier and drive out of the parking lot.

"Sounds good." I smile to her.

"Good." She smiles back.

Minutes pass of my full concentration being on the road ahead until Katie pointed out a crucial point.

"What if the press find out?" She questions me in a concerned tone.

"They shouldn't. Security dealt with the burglar and got the police to arrest him after we left for the hospital and that was a good three hours ago. We will probably just be questioned about what happened, but if the information is leaked to the media we will just tell the truth." I explain to her with my eyes still on the road.

"Yeah. And if they don't find out what do we say about my bruises?" She questions me quizzically leaving me quite with thought.

"They could start speculating and it will all just be accusations at your expense." She sighed looking over at me, knowing that i knew what she meant by "my expense" she means it could be speculation from the media claiming that, i did it to her.

"Yeah." I sigh at her in defeat.

"I guess we have to tell the truth." I state as we pull into the driveway of photographers yearning for a picture of us.

"Why wont they just leave us alone, don't they have lives of their own?" I raise my voice in a frustrated tone as we wait outside the gates to my property awaiting to be granted entry.

"They are just a load of idiots trying to make a living." Katie sighs as the gates open.

"Yeah I know." I say driving up to the front door.

After having parked the car we got out and went inside with the intentions of eating but Katie went upstairs to get changed and didn't come back down, then i got slightly worried considering previous experience so, i went upstairs into her room and she was lying flat out on top of the bed covers. Once i had taken in the situation i walked in quietly and moved her carefully so as not to hurt her rib then i slid her legs under the covers and pulled it up to her chest then i did something I hadn't done yet and now was as good a time as ever. I kissed her forehead, squeezed her hand then turned of the lights and went to bed myself, knowing that her injuries where once again my fault, that she got herself hurt again to help me.

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"Good morning." I speak in a groggy tone as i peep my head through Katie's bedroom door, to find that she is still asleep and didn't wake at my greeting. In response i walk in quietly and grasp her left forearm.

"Morning." I speak up again in the same tone while ever so slightly shaking her.

"Hi." She greets in the same tone as myself while turning from her right side onto her back and pushing her self onto her elbows for support.

"Any pain?" I question her in a more clear tone.

"honestly my ribs do hurt." She sighs while rubbing her eyes with her left hand.

"How did i get here I don't remember going to bed?" She questions me confused.

"You must have lay down after going upstairs and i came up and you where asleep on top of the covers, so i put them over you." I explain to her while sitting down on the side of the bed.

"Oh right. Thank you." She smiles to me.

"No problem. Its kind of my job now." I smile to her in response.

"Yeah i guess it is." She grins.

"Anyway what's up?" She questions me. How does she know that i'm not just here to wake her up.

"How do you know that somethings up?" I question with a light chuckle.

"Because... you know that if someone wakes me up apart from myself that they run a risk of being bitten." She laughs.

"Yeah i do know that." I laugh at her statement.

"Anyway, as you quite rightly pointed out last night that we would have to tell the truth to the media." I pause.

"Yeah?" She questions signalling for me to continue.

"Well my publicist has arranged a interview for us together. I don't know what network it will be with yet, but we where due an interview anyway considering we haven't done one yet." I explain to her scared of her reaction.

"That's okay with me we where going to have to face it eventually. We might as well face it sooner rather than later." She explains to my surprise.

"Yeah. exactly." I smile and squeeze her arm.

A/N: so? What do you guys think?