The popular girl and the nerd

Road to Recovery

"You finally get to get out of here are you excited?" I ask him. He looks at me and smiles.

"Of course I am. The food here sucks. I want French fries right now." He says groaning and throwing his head back. I laugh at him.

"Good. I am too. I miss cuddling with you." I say playing with his fingers. He just smiles and rolls his eyes.

"I told you millions of times you can cuddle with me now. But no you don't want to hurt me." He says giving me a weird look.

"Well I'm afraid I'll like crush you or something." I say shrugging. He just laughs at me. Harry didn't have any major injuries except for a cracked rib. He had to get 13 stitches on his arm and 4 staples on his head. He explained to me what happened back at the house and I was completely mortified. His father beat him and left him there to die. Harry thinks he was drunk. Of course the first thing Harry said to me when I saw him after walking out of the room was 'what happened to your head?'. I explained to him what happened and he shook his head just saying how he's glad I'm okay. Typical Harry worrying about everyone but himself. I haven't left the hospital in about two days. I couldn't leave, I mean like I physically couldn't. I couldn't just leave him alone.

"Harry they said you can go now. Do you want me to take you home?" Anne says poking her head in the door.

"Um I'll go with Cameron if that's okay." He says looking at me.

"Oh yes of course. I'll see you in a little." she says walking out. Harry gets up and slowly starts walking out. I carefully wrap my arm around his waist. He looks down at me and smiles.

"I'll get you some French fries on the way home." I say smiling. His eyes light up and he grins at me.

"You're the best girlfriend ever." He says kissing the top of my head. I smile and we get to my car. He gets in the passenger seat and I get in the drivers seat. I start driving to the nearest Mc Donald's. We just go through the drive through and we both just get a large fry. I actually get to pay for it because Harry's wallet is at home. He just pouted at me and insisted I pay him back.

"Can we go to the park? I don't want to go home yet." He asks me. I look at him and nod. He smiles at me and I smile back.

"I guess I owe you a better explanation of what happened huh?" He says picking at the grass. I look at the ground then back up at him.

"No, not if you don't want to." I say looking at him. He just stares at me and then looks away.

"He's been like this since I was like 9. He started drinking and when my mom got sick of him drinking around me she kicked him out. Of course he didn't like that so one day he came by in the middle of the night and woke my mom up. He started beating her and when I tried to get him off of her he hit me. And he didn't stop. After that my mom put a restraining order on him and he still came back. Almost every year. It's like an annual thing for him. But for a while he didn't come by and so me and my mom were relived. But that was until this happened." He said motioning to his body. My eyes stung with tears but I wasn't going to cry. I blinked them away and looked back at Harry.

"I had no idea Harry." I say. He looks at me with a concerned look.

"It's okay. It's over now." He says pulling me in a hug. As soon as he hugged me I started to cry. I was just so upset that he had to go through this his whole life. It wasn't fair. He's such a good person. I pulled away from him and wiped my eyes.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't be crying," I shake my head and chuckle. "It's just that I'm so glad you're okay. I don't know what I would've done without you." A tear falls from my eye again as I look down. I felt his hand brush it away and then lift my chin up. He leans in and kisses me softly. I've missed this so much. He pulls away and I give him a small smile. He kisses me again quickly.

"I love you Cameron." He says keeping his forehead pressed against mine. I couldn't help myself from smiling.

"I love you Harry." I whisper. I lay my head on his shoulder and he rests his on mine. We stay like that that just watching the sun go down.

  "I better get back to my mom." Harry says breaking the silence. I pull away from him and nod.

  "Okay I'll drop you off." I say. I drive a short distance to his house and get out with him. I walk him to the end of his driveway and stop. He turns and hugs me.

  "I'll see you later." He says. I pull away from him and kiss him quickly.

  "Okay text me." I say walking away.

"I will babe. I love you." He says. I smile slightly.

"I love you Harry." I say waving at him. He smiles and waves back. I get in my car and drive home.

Once I get home I slowly walk to my bathroom. I feel like a zombie. I've only gotten like four hours of sleep these past couple of days. I make my way to my shower and turn it on so it gets warm. I quickly wash my hair and body getting the hospital smell off of me. Then I put on my pajamas and lay down in bed. It feels so nice to be in a bed. As soon as I close my eyes I fall fast asleep.