Doctor & Nurse

Chapter 24

When I open the room, the room is spinning, the door to the apartment is busted open, kicked off the hinges. I'm no longer lying on the floor, now I'm laying on the couch. My eyes scan the room, looking for Tobias, Christina, or Will. My eyes are drawn to the pacing man. Tobias, he is pacing back and forth in front of the TV. I continue to watch him for a minute, wondering, if he will notice, I am awake. He doesn't, he continues to pull at his hair in frustration. "Tobias, you are going to put a hole in the floor, if you continue to pace like that." My voice breaks him out of his thoughts. He turns toward me like he doesn't believe that I am speaking to him, a look of disbelief etches across his face as my voice connects to his ears. "Tobias," I whisper. A smile spreads across his lips, as his eyes light up, as he looks at me like it is the first time that he has taken a breath since I fainted. His eyes are glassy from either crying or on the verge of tears, his voice hoarse with a serious edge, "You are awake, thank goodness! Are you okay? What the hell happened? We should go to the hospital."

I hold up a finger at him as I try to contain a smile as I say, "Hold on, please, one question at a time."

"Fine! How are you feeling?" He asks seriously, as he moves closer to me, sitting on the edge of the couch as I answer, "I feel a little better than before, I still have a little bit of a headache." Tobias grimaces at my statement as he asks, "What happened?" I can see his mind going into doctor mode, trying to figure out what happened, trying to solve the medical mystery that is sitting in front of him.

"I had a horrible migraine. I felt dizzy, light-headed, and the next thing, I remember, is trying to answer the door, you were knocking on it, and I couldn't. I remember landing on the floor, and my vision going black. I must have passed out." I whisper as tears fill my eyes, wondering what the hell is wrong with me.

"We should go to the hospital, Tris," Tobias says, concern evident in his voice.

"No, No. I don't want to. Please don't make me go. I have my own personal doctor here with me." I say as I try to lighten the mood.

"Your own personal doctor who doesn't know what the hell is wrong with you. I'm a surgeon, not an internal medicine doctor. Please, Tris, something is wrong with you. This is the second time in the past few weeks that you have passed out. I worried about you." Tobias sighs.

"Please, I have faith in you. I am fine. It is just a stupid headache. I know you won't let anything bad happen to me." I smile at him.

Tobias shakes his head at me as he says, "You make me do everything against my better judgment, you know that right?" I don't answer him as he carries me to my bed, then crawls into bed with me, pulling me into his chest. I fall back to sleep listening to his heartbeat against my ear.

Time Skip

Tobias hovers over me, the next few days. He doesn't let me out of his sight. He even takes time off from work against my wishes, and by the end of the week, I'm starting to feel cramped in the apartment. Tobias brings me over to his condo for a change in scenery, but it does little good for my mood. I want to go out and be with people. I feel like I am on house arrest with his hovering nature. Tobias is also being restrictive with what I eat, and it is pissing me off. I know he is trying to protect me, but how can he protect me from my own body? As the days go on my cabin fever becomes worse. I have already cleaned the house twice in one week. I want to go for a run or something. I want to go outside. I am itching to leave this place.

A warm tropical breeze with a hint of rain in the air hits my nose. I open the front window wider to look at the orange maple tree on the lawn, and soon raindrops begin to dot the sidewalk as a memory reappears in my mind. When I was young; my mom and I loved to go outside on warm autumn days like this, and we would dance in the rain.