Let Me Put You In The Picture: Version 1

Chapter 170

            I opened my eyes to room full of off-white walls and the sound of a machine beeping. I turned to look at it and saw my vitals on the screen. All good I imagined and all proof I was still alive.

The pressure in my head was finally gone but the pressure against the side of my neck...well it didn't surprise me that it was still there.

Liam was sound asleep with his breath hitting the crook of my neck and his face buried as far into it as he possibly could. His arm draped over my rib cage in that familiar position.

I raised my head just enough to peer over him and see Noel sleeping in the chair beside the bed.

I lay my head back down and turned to kiss Liam on the top of his. He sighed and stretched his arm across me more but kept his face pressed firmly against my neck.

A couple minutes later, I heard someone walk into the room. I quickly shut my eyes and pretended I was still asleep.

"Mornin'." Noel said groggily.

"Morning." A woman's voice replied. "How's she doing?"

"Good I s'pose. Can't say the same for our Liam though. She still hasn't woken up yet and he, uh, well he's not takin' it too well. If ends up in hospital next I won't be surprised."

"Right. We'll be sure and keep an eye on him."

"Somebody needs to." He said flatly. "Fuck knows I'm not arsed to be his baby-sitter."

She hummed in reply. I heard her step closer to the bed. "Is he?"

"Fuck's sake!" Noel interrupted her. "Is he layin' on her IV again? I fuckin' told him you lot said he shouldn't sleep in the bed with her but he won't fuckin'...Oi! Wake up Our Kid!"

Liam grunted as his stomach pushed into my side. "What the fuck's goin'-"

"Get the fuck outta that bed!" Noel barked. "You're kinkin' her tubes again-"

"No I'm not!" Liam argued. "The nurse moved 'em yesterday so I wouldn't-"

"Well this nurse today come in here and said-"

"Actually I didn't say anything." The woman spoke up. "I was just making sure he wasn't laying on them and he isn't."

"See?" Liam said.

"Get the fuck outta that-"

"Sir!" The woman said. "Relax-"

"Yeah Noel!" Liam spoke again. "Just fuckin' calm down, yeah?"

"You fuckin'-"

"That's enough!" The woman screamed. "Don't make me ask you to leave."

"I'm not goin' anywhere!" Liam yelled. "It's my wife who's ill, not his! He's just come here to fuckin'-"

"You asked me to come here, you dickhead!" Noel snapped. "And if Jules was awake ya know she'd be askin' to have me here as well."

"No she wouldn't!"

"Yes she would!"

"No she-"

"ENOUGH!" The woman screamed over top of them. "This hospital will not tolerate this sort of behavior!"

"He started it!" They replied in unison.