I'm A Loser

Maybe I'm Amazed

"Linda? What are you doing here?" Paul asked confused and angered.

"We need to talk." Linda said.

"I'll leave you two alone." Liz said and left.

The door closed.

"What do you want?" Paul asked.

"I missed you and thought we needed to clear stuff up." She mumbled, worried about Paul's reaction.

"Shouldn't you be with Joseph?" Paul mimicked.

"What? We're not even dating! It was just a one time thing." Linda pleaded.

"That's not what it sounded like on the phone." Paul said angrily.

"I swear! He's probably with someone else by now! Paul, I love you, not him!" Linda exclaimed.

"Honestly?"

"Oh Paul, I swear. I love you, I love you, I love you and no one else." Linda said.

"I missed you, Sweetie." Paul smiled and motioned for Linda to come in the bed with him.

Linda's head fit into his shoulder like it always did and Paul could smell the perfume she always wore.

Paul hadn't noticed her black eye earlier.

"What happen to your eye?" Paul asked, worried.

"N-nothing." Linda tried to ignore the question.

"Linda? What happen?" Paul demanded.

She looked at him nervously.

"Uh...Joe-Joseph, he got a little angry and..." Linda trailed off.

"That son of a bitch is gonna-"

"Paul it's fine now. He's gone. Out of the picture." Linda assured him.

Paul relaxed and asked her if he hurt her anywhere else.

Linda told him she'd explain more of it later.

"Oh Linda?" Paul asked.

"Yea?"

"We have a baby at home." Paul blurted out.

"What?!" Linda shouted confused and hopped out of the bed.

"Who's? How? When did this-"

Paul explained to her the whole story.

"John had a son?" Linda asked.

Paul nodded.

"And he didn't tell you?"

Paul shook his head.

"Paul, I'm sorry." Linda apologized and got back in the hospital bed with him.

"His name's Julian." Paul told her.

"Well I can't wait to meet him." Linda smiled.

Paul tried to smile but Linda could tell Paul was upset.

She was all too familiar with that face. It was the look in his eyes that Linda knew meant he was thinking of John. He always seemed lost when he thought of him. And he totally ignored anything happening around him. And you could almost see his lips move as he tried to have a conversation with his late friend. But then he'd realize that he would never get a response and would snap out of it.

Paul's head turned to Linda.

"You okay?" Linda asked.

Paul nodded.