FP sits in the hospital bed beside Alice as her parents sit around it, all of them talking and laughing easily.
"We have the next few days off of work but who's going to stay at home when we have to go back?" Her mom asks her dad.
"Well you could take off the first week, I'll take off the second and then we can see how she is after that." Her dad suggests.
"Guys, I'm not broken or in a cast or anything. I just got stabbed. I don't think you need to take two weeks off to take care of me. It's not like I'll be immobile." Alice says.
"Well we know that honey but we just want to make sure we're there in case anything happens. Like if you blow a stitch or something. And you won't be able to reach stuff for a while because it'll hurt to stretch that high, so you'll need someone there."
"So why doesn't FP stay with us for a bit then?" Alice suggests. "I mean it's summer so he won't be missing school or anything, and that way neither of you will have to take off time from work."
"I don't know, honey."
"If it's just reaching for stuff and making sure I don't blow a stitch and bleed to death I'm pretty sure FP can handle that." Alice says before turning to him. "Only if he wants to of course."
Her parents turn to him. "I mean, if it's okay with you two, I'd be more than happy to help." He says. "I'm tall and can reach stuff for her. I can cook, not very well, but I can cook enough to keep her alive." Her parents laugh.
"Alright. But no funny business." Her mom warns.
"Mom!" Alice exclaims.
"What? I'm just warning you two."
"I second that." Her dad says. FP just laughs as Alice rolls her eyes, burying her head in FP's shoulder.
_
"Okay, so when you two wake up we won't be here. If you need anything at all, or if anything happens while we're gone both of our work numbers are on the fridge." Her mom says as Alice and FP get ready for bed. "And feel free to eat whatever you want, just make sure you do eat. Taking all those pain meds on an empty stomach won't feel great."
"I know mom, the doctor told me that. Don't worry, we'll be fine."
"We're just worried about you that's all. I mean this isn't just a flu bug or something, you were stabbed." Her dad says.
"Believe me, I know. But I'm okay, I'm feeling a lot better and the doctor said I'm healing nicely. I'll be good as new before you know it." She says, walking up to her parents and kissing both of their cheeks. "I love you."
"We love you too." Her mom says.
"Goodnight kids." Her dad says as he and her mom walk to their bedroom.
"Night dad, night mom."
"Night Mr and Mrs Smith!" FP calls.
She turns off her bedroom light and closes the door before turning to FP. She leans up on her tippy toes to kiss him before getting into her bed.
He gets in bed beside her and turns on his side to talk to her. "It's kind of nice not having to be quiet when I'm in your bed." He says with a chuckle.
"Yeah it's nice being able to talk without being afraid my parents are going to catch us at any moment."
"And the fact that I don't have to wake up bright and early tomorrow morning and sneak out your window."
"Yeah that's a bonus. I can never fall back asleep after you leave."
"At least you don't have to jump out of a tree."
"Good point." She says with a laugh. "I love you."
"I love you too." He leans over to kiss her and then tucks himself up close to her, wrapping his arms around her, careful not to hurt her. "Night Al."
"Goodnight." She whispers, pulling his arm around her further and making him smile.
They're only asleep for a few hours before he feels Alice stirring in her sleep. He thinks she's just trying to get comfortable or that maybe she's in pain but then she lets out a whimper and starts mumbling things like "stop, no, help me." and he knows she's having a nightmare.
He lightly shakes her, trying to wake her up. "Alice," he whispers, watching as a tear rolls down her cheek and she whimpers again. "baby, wake up." He tries again, shaking her a little harder until her eyes shoot open.
She looks over at him with tear filled eyes, she looks so scared it breaks his heart. "I dreamt about it." She says, voice shaky.
"I know, but it was just a nightmare. You're safe." He tells her, running his fingers through her hair to calm her down. She nods and moves a little closer to him. He wraps his arms around her and kisses her temple. "I won't let anything bad happen to you, no one is going to hurt you again." He promises.
He's going to make sure whoever hurt her gets what they deserve and he's going to make damn sure that Penny get's a taste of her own medicine.
YOU ARE READING
When You Were Mine | Falice
Fanfiction| Completed | "He wanted it back. He wanted it all back. Because truth be told, he missed it. He missed everything they had and did together. He missed her." FP Jones had never been in love before, never even really had feelings for anyone before...
