Untying a knot (falling in love): MATURE CONTENT

b o n d i n g c l o s e r

m i l l i e

I woke up in a warm bed snuggled up against someone's body. My eyes felt heavy and stung as I slowly opened them seeing white.

The sound of a monitor beeping rung in my ears as I realised I was in a hospital room.
I looked to my side seeing Emily asleep in the bed lower than me.

She was asleep In the visitors bed which made sense but why was I in a patients bed with someone?

Then I glanced to the someone next to me seeing Luke. My breath was hitched in my throat as I stared at the sleeping man next to me.

He had a bandage around his head, darkish purple bruises across his face. He was all wired up to the monitors next to him.

I let out a faint sigh shuffling close to him, breathing in his comforting scent. I lied on my side. This had all happened because of one person. Just One person. And that one person was me.

I hated that I let this happen. I honestly couldn't believe myself. Why did I have to be like this.

My eyes began to sting as I felt the water start to build up at my waterline. I sucked in my air trying not to cry but it failed as tears started to stream down my face.

I hiccupped a sob as I covered my face. "I'm so sorry Luke" I whispered, my eyes continuing to leak.

I felt an arm wrap around me as I was pulled towards Luke. "Sorry for what?" Luke let out in a groggy voice.

I slowly took my hands away from my face not knowing what to say.

"I..e-everything.." I quietly said letting tears fall.

"I-I'm so Sorry t-this had to happen to y-you Luke" I sobbed. I felt absolutely weak and pathetic, but I couldn't help it.

"Hey, Millie. Don't cry. It's all okay. You don't need to be sorry about anything, nothings your fault. Okay?" Luke said rubbing my back.

"O-Okay" I said.

"Listen to me. Millie I care about you so much and I think your already aware about that. Your my first priority and you don't deserve to be dragged through hell like your parents do to you" Luke said cupping his hands around my face.

"B-but maybe I do.." I said quietly looking into Luke's brown eyes.

"No millie you don't. You've done nothing to ever deserve this. Since the day I met you you've been an absolute angel. Seriously. The world needs more people like you. And cause I care about you so much I wasn't letting you go just like that, without putting up a fight" Luke responded, his eyes instantly lighting up.

"A-and that's exactly what you did..and now look at you" I said touching Luke's face. I didn't know what I was doing at this point.

"It doesn't matter. It was worth it. I would do anything for you. I'll be honest with you" Luke said bringing his hands away from my face and lifting my left hand instead, holding it up to the light.

"I don't believe in marriage. And that's cause I never had a plan to marry anyone cause I didn't have anyone. But i wanted to save you. I couldn't stand you being hurt any longer. And this is probably the only marriage I'll ever believe in" Luke said looking at the ring on my finger.

He carried on speaking, "because I'm your husband for 12 months. We could at least take advantage of this time and maybe..create a closer bond? I'm not sure, I don't know. Just anything to make these 12 months bearable. I just want to be there for you and look after you. You've been put through enough. So don't ever feel bad about anything, okay?".

I sighed. What did I ever do go deserve this man? He was such a great person, he knew exactly how to make me feel better.

I curled my fingers around the hand Luke was holding and brang it down, putting both my arms around Luke's neck. I buried my face into his chest as I listened to his heart beat.

"I understand. You don't know how thankful I am for you" I said with my tear stained face.

"It's okay you haven't got to be thankful. I'm just doing what you deserve. I'm thankful for you in my life" Luke said returning the hug.

I smiled against Luke sighing again. "As your going to take on the responsibility of being a husband to me then I'm taking on the responsibility of being your wife. So please don't hide anything if your down or need to talk. I'm always here" I said.

"Okay I won't then. But same goes for you, Mrs Blake" Luke said laughing lightly.

I rolled my eyes smiling.

"Yeah, whatever".