Loving To The Touch

chapter 22

When my eyes opened again I was met with the bright lights and white walls of a hospital room. My breath quickened as I realized where I was.

"Hey calm down. Its me. I'm got you. Your okay." Elliot was in front of me as he held tightly to my hand to ashore me I was safe.

Once I calmed down I looked around the room confused.

"What happened." I asked but hearing the scratchiness in my voice I wish I'd have stayed quiet.

"Mitch, kinda. Knocked you out." He said with a caring look on his face.

Then I remembered.

"Ryan! Where's Ryan!? Is he okay!?" I yelled sitting up straight but regretting it as a spitting trob came from my head

"Ugh. This is worse than being hungover." I commented.

"Ryan is fine. He went to go use the bathroom." Elliot answered stocking the top of my hand with his thumb calmingly.

I looked down at myself laying stiffly and crinkled my nose at the sight. I looked like my mom and the thought of that made me want to cry.

As tears rolled down my face I looked back up to Ryan," what did my life become so fucked up?" Choked out through silent sobs.

"Hey, calm down. Your life isn't fucked up." Elliot said trying to comfort me.

"Yes it is. I'm in the hospital, my mom is in a coma, my dad died when I was a kid, a guy is trying to practicality kill me, and I can't even anymore." I cried as I let the tears fall freely.

Elliot looked at me with sad eyes. I can't blame him. He was watching me brake.

The door opened," I'm back- whoa Lissy!" It was Ryan.

He was in pretty bad shape, with a dark bruise on the left side of his face and a sling holding up his right arm. Tiny scrapes and scratches littered his visible skin and five stitches were soan into his right temple. The sight of him only made me cry harder.

He ran to my side and looked at me worridly as he surched from something that could be hurting me.

"I'll go get a nurse." Elliot said rubbing my hand one last time before leaving.

"Lissy. What's wrong?" He asked.

"I did this to you." I choked out as my vision was blurry from all the tears.

"You did not do this to me. I did it to myself." He responded leaning down and kissing my softy on the forehead.

I calmed down at that gesture and he shipped away the stay tears from my face.

"I'm sorry." I said with my scratchy voice very present.

"Don't be." He retorted grabbing both my hands and pecking my lips ever so slightly.

The door opened back and a nurse came in. She looked at me with sad eyes before coming over to my other side.

"Okay miss. Satire. I have to dona few tests really quickly." She said giving me yet another sad look.

I nodded my head and waited as she took out a tiny flashlight and shined in in the eyes then check my blood pressure.

When all was done she sat back in my bed.

"Can you tell me what you last remember seeing." She asked giving me a struggled smile.

"Umm. I remember Elliot hovering over me saying something but I couldn't here it." I said searching my brain for information.

"Okay that's good. The doctor should be in a few minutes to discharge you. Resta little while you wait." She ordered before leaving the room.

I looked over to Rayn," how long was I out?" I asked.

"What happened to me?" I questioned.

"Mitch punched you into a concussion." He said sounding slightly on edge at the sound of Mitch's name.

I raised my hand up and hovered it over the big bruise on his fave lightly touching it making his jerk back bit. I apologized and he looked at me with his soft blue eyes.

"You faught for me." I said after he kissed my dry lips lightly

...

Later in after lunch I was discharged from the hospital, and when I went out into the hallway I saw a whole swarm of people sitting in waiting chairs all with worried faces.

Kade, Jake, Mia, Todd, even Mr. Smith.
I looked wide eyed at all of them before speaking up," hey." I called out with my haspy voice.

"Oh thank god your okay." Mia exclaimed letting out a loud sigh.

"Oh lord Lissy, your face!" Todd said with shoked expressions.

"Whoa what. No one told me something was wrong with my face." I said looking around for a mirror.

Mia handed me my phone and I looked into the camera part to see a stranger looking back at me. This girl had a dark ring around her eye, with dry cracked lips, and messy hair beyond compare. I covered my mouth with my hands in skock.

"You look beautiful Lissy." Ryan said coming over and wrapping me in a hug and shooting Todd a death glare.

When he pulled away I stepped back and gave everyone warm smile," I'm gonna go see my mom real quick." I said waving and giving a kinda squeeze to Ryan's hand.

"I'll come with you." Smith said immediately getting up from his chair.

"No you will not come with me. She's my mom and I want to be alone." I respond with a certain angry twang to my voice.

Ryan gave me a kiss on the cheek before I waled down the hall and making my way to my mothers room. When I walked in she looked peaceful.
"Hey momma." I greeting before taking a seat beside her bed.

My greeting was returned by silence and the rithmic beep of the machines in the background. All of the sudden the beepin picked up its pace. I paniced and ran to the hall and yelled out for a nurse.

Several came my way and rushed in the door. Shouts and frantic movements went through the room as I just stood there and watched with my jaw slacked and my eyebrows drawn together in fear.

"Ma'am, you need to leave." One of the nurses said as she blocked the vision to my mom.

...

I was now sat in the same chair as I did when my mom first got admired to this hospital. Hunched over with my head in my hands I sat quietly as people moved by. Nothing seemed the same anymore. If I lost my mom then I'd be all alone. No one to hold me when I was sad and no one to make jokes for me to laugh at. I'd live in that big house all alone with no one.

"Lissy?" I looked up to see Ryan stood in front of my with worry written all over his face. And at that moment I remembered something. I wasn't alone.

I had Ryan Sholster to hold me when I'm sad and Ryan Sholster to makes jokes for me to laugh my ass off to. I had him.