It Could Be More

Chapter 7

It had been 3 days since he had been awake. His heart was still beating and the nurses said he should wake at any hour. I skipped school all week just to be there for him when he woke. I sat on the chair beside his bed and I looked up at his sleeping face. I smile and I hold my hand against his cheek. His eyes started to move and my smile widens "Nicholas..." I whisper and his eyes flutter open "Oh my god, Nick!" I hug him gently and then I quickly pull away and smile at him. He wasn't smiling. He looked at me in total confusion. "Who are you..?" He asked me. I walked backwards and I felt my eyes swell up in tears. The nurse walked in and smiled at him. "It seems he's finally awake." She said and started to write down his heart rate and everything. She left after about 15 minutes as I sat there silent. I sat down in the chair and he grabbed for my hand. "A-Are you my girlfriend?" He gave me a sweet smile and his face lit up. I shake my head "No you're my best friend.." he squeezed my hand tightly and I heard him do a small laugh "Damn, you're pretty hot." I laugh and squeeze his hand back. I stand up and I look down at him. My phone buzzed and before I checked it I told Nick I would be right back. He nodded and I walked out of the room.

I picked my phone out of my pocket and I answered it. "Hello?" I heard a small breath and then I heard Scott "Hey, what are you doing tonight?" I roll my eyes and sigh, not really in the mood to talk to him. "Nick just woke up, I can't hang out tonight I'm sorry." I say and look through the window to see him laying on the bed reading a get well card from the flowers by his bedside. Scott broke my thoughts "Okay, well message me when you want to hang. I'll try again later in the week." He hung up and I shoved my phone in my pocket. I walked back into the room and he smiled at me. "Who's Maddie?" He asked as he read my get well card with the flowers I bought him. "Me, I'm Maddie." I give him a small smile because he had forgotten about me. I sit down and I grab his hand. "Do you have a boyfriend?" He asked me out of nowhere. "I-I..." I stumble with my words "No I don't, but I'm kind of in a hard situation right now with a certain guy." I sat thinking about Scott. "Me?" He asked and I laughed, shaking my head. "No, not you, trust me. You're the one really good thing in my life right now." I give him a genuine smile and I can tell he's really tired. "Go to bed." I whisper "I know you're tired." He nods slowly and I kiss him on the forehead before he quickly drifts off into a deep sleep. I get up and I grab my stuff, knowing he'll be sleeping for a long time. "Goodnight Nick." I say and head home.

When I finally arrive home I walk up to my room and I change into something more comfortable. I open my curtains and look over at Scott's house. His house was lit up and I rolled my eyes, remembering that he was throwing a party before he had to go back to school, which his parents kept pushing the date of when he was going to come back. I shut my curtains and I hear my phone go off. I looked at the caller ID and saw Scott was calling me. I shake my head and set my phone back down. I turn my tv on and I put a movie in. I turn the lights down low and I watch the movie, not really paying attention. My mind kept wandering and I couldn't focus. Nick made it. He was alive and well, but he can't even remember anything. He doesn't remember me or Scott. He was always there for me to keep me away from him and now he doesn't even remember any of the things he had done to me. I sigh and realize I was curled up in a ball on my bed. I sit up and almost scream when I see Scott standing in the doorway. "It's not smart to keep the door unlocked." I grab my pillow and throw it at him "You scared the crap out of me!" I screamed at him and he just laughed and smirked. He walked closer to me and he looked at the wall. "Why didn't you answer your phone? I've been calling a lot and it seems like you've just been ignoring me." I sigh and pause the movie. "Maybe I have been, I don't really think I owe you an explanation anyways." I snap at him and he turns to look at me. He stands up "Here you go with your bitchy ass attitude! This is exactly why we broke up in the first place." I could feel every drop of blood in my body boil and I tried to just sit there and not say anything. "I'm sorry.." The words escaped from my mouth and I immediately regretted giving him the satisfaction of him winning the argument like always. "It's fine baby, just stop," His hand held my cheek and he kissed my forehead. "I better get back to my place before it's destroyed. I'll come back later, keep the door unlocked." He smiled at me and walked out. I'm fucking pathetic. I can't even say no to him, I can't stop saying sorry like it's my fault when it's his. I hate myself. I watched him walk down the stairs and then he opened the front door and left. I grabbed my phone and I scrolled through the pictures on my phone. I smiled when I saw a picture of me and Nick together. He was definitely cute. He had a small dimple on his cheek that I had never really noticed before. I sat my phone down and I shut the lights off. I stuffed my face into my pillow and I smiled when I could smell Nick's cologne on it. I grabbed the pillow and continued shoving my face into it. His smell calmed me and I was able to quickly fall asleep.

~Sometime In The Middle Of The Night~
I could hear shuffling going on in my room, but I was dead tired and didn't want to move. Something made a weird sound, like a belt and I could feel someone crawling into the bed. They didn't have a shirt on and they were very warm. Their hand went under my shirt and was rubbing my stomach. "I love you, Maddie." It was Scott and he still thought I was sleeping. He kissed my cheek gently and he pushed my body closer to him. I flipped over and I shoved my face into his chest. His arm was wrapped around my body and he pulled the blanket over us. I breathed him in, but at this moment I was wishing that I was smelling Nick. He had a soft smell and it was calming. Scott's was more of a sexual smell and it was intoxicating every time I smelt it.

I woke up at noon. Scott was still wrapped around my body and he was half naked. I couldn't help myself and my hand wandered onto his chest. His body was warm and I loved feeling his abs, the little bumps on his chest made me happy. A smile creeped up onto his lips and I retreated my hand. "Don't stop, go ahead and continue." He said quietly and sleepily. God I miss his sleepy voice and his cute bed head. "I-I should go back to the hospital. Nick should be awake by now.." I whispered before his face was right in front of my face. "Come on babe, we haven't hung out in a while, can't this just be a day for us?" His eyes burned into mine and I could feel the warmth of his body on mine. His lips touched mine and I quickly pushed away. "We will soon, I swear, I just really need to be there for him right now.." I said and stood up quickly. I could tell that I had pissed him off. "Are you fucking serious?!" He stood up and put his shirt and sweatpants back on. "Text me when you're done with that piece of shit!" He stormed out and I sat back down on my bed. He did this when me and him were together, but right now it hurt a lot more. I sighed and quickly got dressed, not caring that I looked like shit. I ran downstairs and I drove to the hospital. I quickly went to his room and he was laying there, reading a book. He turned his head and looked at me. "Maddie." He said sounding a lot stronger. "Nick.." I said back and sat on the chair beside him. The nurse walked in and she smiled sweetly. "I have some news for you Maddie." She said and I nodded "What is it?" She put her pen on the clipboard that was in her hand. "He's beginning to regain some of his memories, but some of them might be shifted for a little while, he should be good to go home within the next week." I nodded and she left. Shifted memories? What does she mean? "I'm so happy you're here, babe." I heard him say. Babe? "Im happy I'm here too." I smile sweetly. His arm wrapped around my neck and he pulled me close and quickly kissed me. I didn't know what to do, so I pulled off. "Are you okay?" He asked me and I nodded quickly. What was going on?