|Something Beautiful| ✔️

Chapter Eight

A/N: Usually, I never start a chapter with an authors note but I just gotta say something about this. 75 reads?!! I'm going to die, guys! This has 75 reads and 76 comments! This is insane!! Thanks for the support and don't give up on me yet! Anyways, here is a chapter for you guys...
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Groaning in pain, I wake up to a room that doesn't scream joy or happiness. It looks depressing as hell. I sigh and shove a pillow on my face and scream and then realize that I just had a terrible experience with being suffocated and breaking my face. My arm kills me as it just sits there in a bulky cast and sling. On my head, I feel bandages pressing on my skull and I feel the headaches that come with the injury.

"Hey, beautiful." Luke says and I smile. Oh, Luke. Realizing I must look like trash, I take my left arm, the one that isn't injured and cover my face.

"Don't look at me! I'm hideous!" I say dramatically and Luke takes my hand off my face and places his hands on it.

"I don't think you're hideous. You're in fact, the most beautiful girl I've ever met." He says genuinely and I smile, tears welling in my eyes, not only for what he said, but because of everything that has happened in the past three days. Wiping my tears away, I struggle to let words out.

"That's the most-beautiful thing anyone has ever said to me. Thank you so much Luke." I say and he smiles and leans closer to me.

I'm so done dancing around the fact that I really like him. Grabbing his face with my free hand, I pull him into a kiss that lifts my emotions. His lips dance with mine in a rhythm that can only be described as passion. Something that we share. He sucks on my bottom lip and I let out a small sound. Pulling away, our foreheads touch and I smile.

"That was amazing." I say and kiss him one more time before I hear a knock at the door. A doctor walks in and greets us.

"Hello. You must be Jade," she holds out her left hand and I shake it, "how are you doing? It hurts doesn't it?" She asks in a sweet and gentle tone and I nod.

"I'm hanging in there. It hurts a bit but it's not too bad. So, exactly how bad is it? The injuries all together, I mean." I say and look down. Luke looks at the doctor while he sits in his chair, next to the hospital bed I'm in.

"Well, you're quite lucky. You should be healed in a month from the arm injury and the head injury should be about two weeks, give or take." She says and I smile. Whew, I think and am secretly grateful that it wasn't any worse. She also said I should take it easy.

"Try to lay off the over-stressful activities." I look and her and nod and slightly confused. I'm injured, what would I do?

"Don't have sex that causes more injuries, okay?" She says plainly and I laugh, causing my head to hurt but I laugh anyways. I officially love her! She's the best!

"I'll try not to." I comment jokingly, but I don't think Luke took it that way. He smiles but his eyes say something else. I smile awkwardly and the doctor leaves the room saying that I could go home tomorrow. As soon as the doctor leaves, I cuddle up to the blanket and readjust my position to face Luke. He gets up, kicks off his shoes and slip into bed with me.

"Careful. My arm. It's sensitive." Whispering that last part, Luke turns to face me and I smile as I kiss him on the lips. He strokes my hair and brings me closer to him.

"You're so beautiful, you know that?" He says and I blush a deep red. Looking down in embarrassment, he lifts my chin to face him, eye to eye.

"Thanks. You're not so bad yourself." I say and he laughs a small laugh.

"Not so bad? Thanks for the compliment." He says sarcastically and I smile again. He just makes me so happy. He kisses me on the forehead and slips out of bed.

"Where are you going?" I ask, begging him to stay.

"Oh, I can't tell you that. It's a secret. Shh..." he says playfully and I laugh. He walks out of the room with his phone and jacket in hand. Closing the door silently, I pick up the remote and flip through the channels until I find a channel I like. The history channel was something that always fascinated me. (this is true in real life too. I have no idea why but it's so cool)

About twenty minutes later, the door opens again and Jack walks in, the person I don't want to see. Ever again. This time, he has bruises that look like they're healing, and I wonder if I missed them this morning. They're purple and over his cheek. He also has one on his eye that wasn't from me. He sits in the chair and clears his throat.

"Listen, I'm really sorry about the whole joke thing. It wasn't funny and I didn't mean to hurt you." He says and looks like all the life was drained out of him.

"Well you did. You scared me to death! I thought I was going to die! Why did you even think that was okay? Why did you even do that?" I yell and he opens his mouth to say something but then shuts it, looking down at the floor.

He gets up and looks at me one more time, the look in his eye fading and now looks scared. He closes the door and walks out. Exhaling loudly, I mess with the blanket that covers my body. I guess I just realized now that I'm only in my panties and a hospital gown. Because I'm bored super easily, I start pulling at the hem of the gown and pulling at the strings that hold it together.

Those strings mean something. I guess those strings represent something. I wasn't sure what yet, but I'll definitely think about it. Pondering those thoughts, the door swings open to reveal Luke with something behind his back. Looking up, I smile as I see him.

Walking towards me, he pulls a bouquet of pink roses from behind him and I almost start crying, again.

"Oh my goodness! How did you know?" I exclaim as he walks towards me. He gets down on one knee and smiles up at me. Red creeps on my face and place my left hand over my mouth. Gasping quietly, I hear him whisper.

"I know we haven't been on more than one date, but I feel like I already know you so well and I don't know why. But, I do know that this is right. Jade, will you do the honor of being my girlfriend?" He says and the words 'yes' escape my lips before I could even process what just happened.

"Yes! Of course I will" I say and we kiss again, this time of excitement and joy and anxiousness. I hold his face with my left hand and he bites down on my bottom lip, and a sound escapes my lips. Trying to suppress any more sounds, he slides his hand down my back and I pull away. He looks at me, confused and embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to take it too far." He says and I laugh and shake my head at the same time.

"No, it's fine! It's just, we're in a hospital and my arm and head are broke. Lots of hurt." I say and laugh while waving my injured arm in the air and Luke laughs.

"But," I say in a soft, yet audible tone, "maybe when I'm all healed and we get to know each other better, then we could do something." I say and his face lights up while his eyes flicker with fires of lust and want.

"Alright then. I guess I'll have to wait, girlfriend." He says and emphasizes girlfriend, and my heart skips a beat. Smiling brighter than a thousand stars, I sigh and he walks out of the door, but adds something before he leaves.

"I'll be back tomorrow, okay, baby?" He says and I smile and nod. I giggle as he leaves and relish in all the joy and happiness that came out of the past three days.
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A/N: Well, well, well. Now it's official! Yeet! Anyways, next chapter is going to be a little different because you're going to read in Luke's POV and I think I may piss off a few people because of the suspense, but it's going to be worth it.

For anyone who is wondering how I publish so fast, I usually write these days before hand and then publish them all in one day so it looks like a lot, when I really just had a lot of time to write so I wrote them all in one day.

Hope you enjoyed!!! Please leave a comment and vote if you liked it! Thanks a ton, my dears!

-CatAstrophe2017