Hostage

I Thought That We Were Forever.

Roxi's POV

I stirred slowly when I felt someone touch my hair.

I felt the hand withdraw almost immediately and I heard silent footsteps as though someone was tiptoeing away from the bed.

The hospital bed.

I wanted to open my eyes fully,to get a clear view of who it was but my eyelids felt heavy and before I could help myself,I felt them shut close again. But before they shut completely, I caught a glance at a very familiar pair of Louis Vuitton shoes walking away from the bed.

I would know. I bought them.

I don't know how long I slept afterwards but when I woke up in the morning, the shoes were gone.... And now replaced by a pair of brown leather work shoes belonging to a man in a lab coat whose back I'd gotten used to seeing in the past few hours.

I moaned as I tried to sit up from the bed,causing him to glance back. I ran a hand through my hair and then sighed.

"Good morning." I greeted.

He nodded in response and then picked up his tray.

Odd..

"You look better." He stated. I nodded.

"I feel better." I told him as he stopped in front of me and dropped the tray on the bed. I watched him pick up some cotton wool and drench it in spirit.

I wondered how long he'd been here.

"I'm going to need to draw some blood if that's okay with you." He told me. He was avoiding eye contact and even though I didn't want to get ahead of myself, I wondered if it was about what what said last night.

About being in love with Will.

I nodded and with that he let out a shaky breath and I watched him..... just watched him with nothing particular going through my head. I felt like I was supposed to say something but I didn't know what.

"Will told me." He said after a few moments of awkward silence, throwing me completely off guard. I raised an eyebrow and for the first time this morning,his gaze met mine. "About why you got married to him." He continued.

I felt my heart skip a beat,and then another. I pulled my gaze away feeling heat crawl up my cheeks.

I was so embarrassed.

"You should have told me." He said after a few seconds. I swallowed hard and then pushed a few strands of hair away from my face,trying hard to fight the tears making its way to my eyes.

"What was I supposed to say?" I raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry Richard, I can't do this anymore. My fathers dying and I'm getting married to Will Olsen to save his life?"

"Anything would have been fine." He dropped both eyebrows. It was surprising he was being so calm.... Will would have snapped by now.

Then I remembered that he wasn't Will.

"Anything would have been better than silence,Roxi." He shook his head. "Anything would have been better than saying that you didn't love me anymore--" He shook his head and then exhaled. "Because I tried to understand." He paused. "I tried to understand how you could unlove me so quickly because I thought--" He paused and then smiled thinly. "I thought that we were forever." His voice broke and I felt tears cloud my vision. I clasped my hands tightly against each other and buried my gaze on what I was doing with my hands. Because I knew how much I had hurt him and at that moment, I couldn't bring myself to look at him.

"I don't-" I swallowed to find my voice. "I don't know what to say,Rick." I said,chocking back a sob.

"You said you wondered what it would be like to leave." He said suddenly, causing me to glance up into his deep blue eyes. But even at that moment, all I saw was Will.