I Choose You

Chapter Seventeen - Talk To Me

I darted to the side of her bed, as well as her parents. apparently she hasn't show any signs of anything in the past two hours, but she just did. It was like her senses weren't there, or at least that's what the nurse said. She had to see me, though, because I was doing nothing except standing and crying. Then she spoke.

her hand reached out towards me, blinding groping for my body. I placed her hand on mine, letting it rest there for a while. "Your parents are here, Jessie."

As soon as the words left my mouth, her hand left mine. What? Her father smiled a tight smile, then turned to his wife. honestly, I was confused.

"Can we have a minute, please?" Fred said with a smile. I nodded, then walked towards the door and pushed it open. There was no one in the corridor to speak to, so I leaned against the wall and crossed my feet at my ankles and waited. After a few minutes of being outside, I checked my watch. 6:24; great. Then I heard it.

There was screaming coming from inside of the hospital room. It was muffled, but I could tell it was angry and not desperate. No help was needed there. I guessed it was Ann and Fred fighting, because people do that. I loud yell flowed into my ears, followed by a crash. I moved closer to the door and leaned my ear against it.

"What in bloody hell is wrong with you?!" followed by small murmurs before another bang vibrated the door. The door knob turned under my, forcing me to push myself away from the door - and fast. Jessie's dad came running out, his face red with anger. His breathing was sped up a lot from when I first left, and his hands were balled into tight fists at his sides. He looked at me and forced a smile. I waved. "I'm done here; you can go back in." I folded my hands in front of me, then walked back in scared to see what would be presented. This is the second time I had to walk into the hospital room, and I was once again petrified to see what was there.

But I had to face it; I was a man. I opened my eyes and faced the truth. . .

Everything was normal, though - or so it seemed. Ann was sitting next to Jessie's bed, slouched over, sobbing (man, did she cry a lot!) and Jessie was laying there, staring at the ceiling. Her eyes had tears in them, too. I overlooked it, since when I was trapped in a sterile bed for days, I wanted to cry too.

"Hey,' I said quietly, not wanting to frighten either of them because of whatever outburst had happened beforehand.

"I'll give you two a minute." Ann wiped her eyes, then got up. the door opened and closed, and she was gone.

There was a minute of silence before Jessie started to speak. "Look, Alex," she began, "I know you heard that sudden, um, fight. its bluntly obvious that, one, it was loud enough and two, you're acting as if you heard it. I'll tell you."

"My dad, he's not too into this - us. I assured him everything would be fine, and that I wouldn't get hurt. Now I'm here, as you can tell." She sat up, making room for me to sit and listen.

"One time, he dated a girl - or so he thought. You see, my dad is perfectly heterosexual, promise. but this 'girl', wasn't biologically one. She was transgender, but didn't tell him. So, after about a year of being together, he wanted to get physical, you know what I mean. They continued on, undressing and feeling each other up. Ends up as, my dad takes off her shirt and there's just bra - and it didn't seem to fit. He disregarded it and moved on, continued doing what he was. But then a you-know-what appeared. Freaked him out, a lot."

She took a deep breath.

"So, what I'm saying is that, since my dad had a bad experience with a part of the trans-community, he thinks you'll hurt me in some stupid way as that girl did. Therefore, we just fought about it and he wants us to break-up, but I said we weren't. I didn't very fluently, trying to save myself from speaking. He continued to scream, though, getting louder and louder. he called me a few names, and said id realize he was right when my heart was broken. he said that I would soon realized I deserved this. My mom tried to cool him down, but he didn't. He slammed a few things and yelled more, then left."

"I assured him we were not breaking up, then seized to speak. They think I can't, but its just that I won't. My senses are fine, I just knew I had it coming do I played it deaf, dumb and blind. Keep it quiet?"

I smiled, knowing she fought for me. it made me happy. Maybe it even made a lot of this worth it. of course I'd rather me be in her position than herself, but it was still nice. "Of course, baby. Your secret is safe with me. But, I don't get it. How could he not know that the girl was a man? And how would I hurt you if right off the bat I told you? See, this is why people annoy me. They look at things from one point of view and think it applies to everyone. People aren't always as they seem; I should know. Don't worry, Jessie, I'll show your dad that I'd never hurt you, not on purpose."

I grabbed her hand as she slide back under the covers, into her previous position. I stood beside the bed and waited for her mother's arrival. She never came. I guess she was waiting for me to come out and get her.

I let go of Jessie's hand and left the room, trying to find Ann. I walked out of the room. . .

and wish I hadn't.

[A/N: Sorry for the late update. Better late than never. Thank you for over 350 reads. Love you!!!!!]