Forever and Always, In my heart

Chapter 24:

Ch. 24

~Peyton POV~

I’m not even going to lie. I was really confused when David showed up in my room, but at the same time, I was happy he was here. A part of me still felt all warm and fuzzy, not to sound too cliché, and then I also had butterflies flying around in my stomach at just the sight of him. I hated every moment of those feelings because I was supposed to be mad at him. But even after everything that he lied to me about and led me to believe, I still couldn’t stop myself from liking him. I felt like I was finally ready to let him talk to me, though, and I owed him that much. I mean, he was here, and he was joking around with me. What could the harm be?

“I guess so.” I finally answered him back. All of a sudden I felt extremely tired. It just sort of hit me, and I could barely keep my eyes open, so I just let them fall closed.

I felt a warm hand on the one that my mom wasn’t already holding. I opened my eyes and looked at my left hand and saw that it was David. He linked our fingers together, and I looked up at him, eyes widened but yet I didn’t stop him. I barely heard Ally start to protest, but thankfully Jules shut her up. I half smirked at David. “Get some sleep. You look exhausted.” His voice was soft…calming. He smiled at me and it made me want to smile back. Actually, a part of me wanted to kiss him, but that wouldn’t be happening. I can’t believe I actually just thought that.

“Okay.” I don’t know what made me do it, but I easily agreed with him and closed my eyes. It didn’t take me long before I was in a deep sleep.

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I woke up a while later to see that there were only two people in my room at the moment. “Where are Ally and Jules?” My voice was still heavy with sleep. Even though I just slept, I still felt exhausted. It must have been the meds still running its course. Or my body trying to heal itself; or maybe a little mixture of them both.

“They’re down in the cafeteria. I convinced them that it was okay for them to go.” David smiled at me from the chair that was next to my bed.

“Oh.” I said and looked over to my mom, who was asleep on the little couch that was by the window. She didn’t look comfortable, but I was glad she was getting some sleep; she had looked exhausted earlier. I looked back at David. “What time is it?”

“About 10:30 at night.” He said like it was no big deal.

I gaped at him, “It’s already that late? Ugh! This sucks. It’s a whole day wasted. How long did my surgery take?”

He laughed softly, making sure not to wake up my mom. “Just about the whole day. I’d say about five hours give or take. I didn’t really pay attention to the time much.”

“Wow.” It didn’t seem like it could have been that long, but I guess when you’re knocked out, time becomes next to nothing. “What are you still doing here? Shouldn’t you be home?”

“Nah. I called mom and told her I was still with you. She’s cool with it.” He scooted his chair closer. “Look…about what happened before…”

“Babe! You’re up!” Ally whispered, coming back into the room carrying a half-eaten apple. She came over and gave me basically an air hug. Thank goodness! When mom hugged me earlier, I thought I was about to fall apart, it hurt so badly. She patted my shoulder softly, as if she was too afraid to hurt me. Speaking of…it was pretty hard to move without everything hurting. This was going to get annoying real fast, considering I never sit still.

I yawned. “Yep. I’m up.”

“How do you feel?” She pulled up another chair.

“Alright I suppose.” I shrugged, but then regretted it, but tried not to let the pain show on my face. “Still just extremely tired.”