The Heart Mender

Chapter 18: Twin Flames

Justin's POV:
I was finally getting out of this place.
The Nurse was going over the discharge paperwork with me, but I couldn't pay attention.
I kept interrupting her.
"I never want to eat Jello ever the fuck again."
She just stopped for a moment.
Gave me an odd look and continued on with her monotonous drabble.
"And I never want to pee in a jug again either."
This time she didn't even look at me.
Her eyes went straight to Hailey.
Like Hailey was in charge or something.
She kinda was though.
I looked back at Hails,and yep...
She gave me that
"Pay the fuck attention look or I'll beat your ass" look.
I turned back around and tried to behave.
"Sorry Nurse Marie. You all saved my life. And I'm grateful. It's just this discharge shit is boring. Can't you just tell WebMD over there. She's gonna ride my ass anyway?"
She started jabbering away in French.
Clearly having enough of my interruptions.
"I don't U N D E R S T A N D you.
Can you use basic French or English?
Nurse Marie how am I supposed to know how to take care of myself when your going 90 miles an hour in advanced French?"
And then she walked out of the room.
As you can see, Nurse Marie and I had developed a love/hate relationship.
I loved to annoy her.
I was secretly gonna miss her.

Hailey's POV:
Justin can be insufferable at times.
This being one of those times.
I got up to chase the poor Nurse down.
I stopped next to Justin first.
I leaned down close to his right ear.
"No more sponge baths for you.
You just can't behave yourself.
Now I have to go sweet talk the discharge instructions out of her."
I squeezed his thigh as I walked out.
I heard him snicker and mumble:
"Ok WebMD, go get your fix of boring ass medical knowledge.
I'll just be here not eating this lime jello.
Fuck... I'm gonna probably eat it out of boredom anyway."
Like I said, he was insufferable.

Justin's POV:
Hailey worked her magic and got the discharge paperwork done.
I just had to sign on the dotted line.
We made it out of Paris without any fans or paparazzi getting wind.
Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to fly quite yet.
I was still grounded to good ol France.
Dr.D didn't want to risk my health.
I had to give my brain and lungs time to heal.
Scooter had found a place in the countryside of Gordes.
It was a six hour drive from Paris.
My Mom,Dad,and Allison were already there making sure the place was set up for me.
So it was just Scooter, Hails, The body guards, and me taking the drive.
I even convinced them to do a McDonald's run.
I got a chocolate milkshake, quarter pounder,and french fries.
And yesss I made a joke about eating french fries in France.
You would've too.
The food was like heaven.
After eating jello and apple sauce for so long, this felt like fine dining.
I even ate half of Hailey's double cheeseburger.
But to be fair, she drank half of my milkshake.
It was a peaceful drive.
I used Hailey as a pillow.
And we played "I, Spy" for a while.
Until the headaches started up again.
They ruined everything.
Dr.D said they would come and go for a while, until my brain healed.
They were just so fucking painful.
Like sharp pins and needles.
All I could do was close my eyes and cry.
Thank God for Hails.
She would force me to take my pain medication and hold me until I fell asleep.
I ended up sleeping for most of the drive.

Hailey's POV:
Watching Justin finally succumb to sleep after another headache attack.
I could finally take a deep breath.
Scooter and I just both looked at each other.
We both understood how hard it was to watch someone we loved suffer so much.
"Scooter, I feel so helpless. When he's in pain like that, I just feel so scared for him.
I'm afraid that he's never going to fully recover."
I wrapped my arms tighter around Justin's sleeping frame.
"Hailey, we just got to try and make him feel as normal as possible.
Hopefully this time in the countryside helps.
I've set up for the Doctors to come to him.
We hired a Nurse to stay on the property.
He just needs time to heal.
Dr.Dubois said a minimum of three weeks before he can fly home.
We'll all get through this.
But your right, It breaks my heart to watch him suffer.
I don't know what we'd do without you.
Your his calm in the storm.
Thank you."
Scooter was right. We just had to make Justin feel as normal as possible.
And be there for him.
"Scooter, I love him."
He gave me a small smile.
"Like I said, Thank you Hailey.
He loves you too."