Kind Hearted (Patrick Kane)

27- Forever Yours

Patrick

"Baby, please talk to me" I beg as I follow Tori around the hospital. She might be small but she was moving pretty quickly.

"I have nothing to say to you" she claims.

"Just hear me out" I beg. "You always say that there's more to someone's story than what you know and I want to tell you my side. You promised to always listen. Please" I beg and she stops. She turns to me and I swallow hard. Now that I had her attention I wasn't sure what to say.

It might have slipped that I told the doctor that I was paying for all of the unpaid medical expenses that Andy might have after insurance. And she wasn't mad at me, per say. But defiantly wasn't the happiest right now either.

"I just don't get why you went behind my back and did this" she admits.

"I'm just trying to help" I insist.

"We're not some poor scrubs who don't know how to figure things out. I had it handled" she claims.

"I don't want you to handle it. I don't want you worried about anything besides the health of your father. I know you worked your ass off to take care of your dad. I know you want to give him back everything he did for you and more. You want to be to him what he was to you. But he needed that surgery and you shouldn't have to worry about anything besides helping him recover" I defend.

"I don't want you doing me any favors" she claims.

"It's not a favor... its a kindness" I say and she stops being so frantic. I see her eyes calm down and he lets out a long sigh. "There was no other reason that I did this besides the fact that you and your father are great people. Some of my favorite people in the world and I wanted to help out in any way possible. And I'm not you, I don't know what to say or do in situations like this, but I do know that if there's any way I could help I should do it. You always say that if I'm in the position to help I should. And I am, this is my way of helping. I'm not doing this because you helped me out when I needed it and I'm repaying you. I'm not doing this because you're my girlfriend and it's something I should do. I'm doing this because it's the right thing to do.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you first. But you wanted to be with your dad and I knew that this is something that I needed to do. So I let you be with your father when he needed you most then talked to the doctor" I explain.

"Thank you" she says softly.

"For what" I ask.

"For what you're doing. I know I'm stubborn about things like this but you didn't use that as a excuse to help me out. I really appreciate what you're doing for me and my dad, even though I'm not a fan of it" she says.

"Are you still mad at me" I ask and she smiles.

"I can never be mad at you" she claims.

"Oh I'm sure you can" I laugh.

"Yeah. You're probably right. But I wasn't mad at you and I'm not mad at you" she assures me.

"Good. Because I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you" I admit.

"I'm forever yours" she promises.

After we get that whole situation figured out we go in to visit Andy. He was starting to wake up and he was a little out of it. But the doctors said the surgery was a success and his arteries were cleared. His high blood pressure was still to be monitored closely and he was still on high restrictions. But he should be feeling better and once he leaves here he can live a happy and healthy life.

"Hey big man" I say as I walk into his hospital room.

"If it isn't the wonder kid himself" he smiles.

"How are you doing" I wonder as I sit in the chair next to Tori.

"Better now. I felt like I had a heart attack" he jokes and I laugh.

"Dad" Tori shuns.

"Don't worry, I feel fine. I'm on so many drugs I could have a horses heart and I wouldn't even notice" he claims.

"That's good" I nod.

"Have you been taking good care of my baby girl" he asks and I smile as I look down at her.

"She has never needed me to take care of her. And I have a feeling she never will" I admit.

"Alright. Then Tori, have you been taking good care of my little boy" Andy asks I start to crack up.

"You know we're 24 right" she asks and he shrugs.

"I don't know the protocol of conversation after life saving heart surgery" he defends.

"How about dinner. What do you want to eat" she asks.

"None of this food. It's terrible" he claims.

"Chicken and rice it is" she says getting up from her seat. She reluctantly lets go of the hand I was holding and turns to me. "Make sure he doesn't do anything stupid" she begs.

"I got you" I smile and she smiles back.

She leaves me and Andy alone and we talk for a while. And once he was sure Tori wouldn't be back he finally asks.

"The doctor said he overheard you and Victoria in a pretty deep conversation earlier. Is everything okay" he questions.

"Yeah. She wasn't happy with me but we talked it out" I admit.

"Can I ask what happened" he wonders.

"She was upset with me because I am going to cover all the costs for your surgery and recovery. I didn't talk to her about it first it but she was with you most of the night and I didn't want her worried about money. She takes care of everything else it just took some time for me to assure her that it's okay if I took care of this" I explain.

"Oh Patrick, you didn't have to do that" he insists.

"But I wanted to. You and Tori are some of the best things to ever happen to me. You guys help me so much and you do it out of the kindness of your heart. And I wanted to do this for so many reasons, and all of them having to do with keeping around one of the coolest dudes I've ever met" I explain.

"You're an incredible guy. I hope you know that" he smiles.

"Thanks to you and Tori, I have an idea" I smirk.