Of Bullies and Nerds

He Loves, He Loves Me Not

       Waking up to the same hospital room can be quite scary. It can feel like déjavu and want to crawl back and hide forever. I had the joy of experiencing this. Let me just say, not a fan of it.
I looked to my left and saw Brody asleep with his head on the bed and his back arched over from the chair. That couldn't have been comfortable. He had my hand wrapped around his and I felt comfort. I squeezed his and and he woke up. He looked very dazed and had bags under his eyes. When he saw me, it was like they were gone as quickly as they came.
"Thank God, you're okay." He said with tears pricking his eyes. I didn't know he could cry, especially for me.
"I'm fine, but what happened?"
"This young man saved your life, honestly you two are like the couple who save each other." Doctor Par's voice said. "Your father is at home catching some sleep. I'll call him once I'm done checking up on you. So how do you feel, you gave us a big scare."
"I feel fine, my back is sore."
"That's typical. Now, I have good new and bad news. Which would you like first?"
"Bad news first."
"You back gave out. This is not surprising since you've had so many medical attention there. Some stress caused it to give away and because of the pressure you slipped out of conscious. We had to do emergency surgery to help with the tension. The good news is that I expected this to happen a long time ago. Which means you are a strong fighter and the side affects shouldn't bother you that much. Just keep the stress down and keep seeing your therapist once a month for four years." I nodded and thanked him. I turned to Brody and laughed.
"What are you so giggly about?"
"Just what doctor par said, about us being the couple who saved each other."
"I haut called 9-1-1 and told them what I thought was wrong."
"Yeah and I just gave you cpr," I said with upmost sarcasm. "Brody, you told them about my medical history, and because f that they knew exactly what had to be done, I might be dead if you hadn't acted so quickly." He chuckled and sat back down.
"So how do you feel?"
"Ok, I mean I've been better," we laughed and I continued. "How about you?"
"Honestly, scared out of my mind. I thought I was going to lose you." I looked at him with compassion and smiled. I took his hand in mine and squeezed it.
"You'll never lose me," I said with a tear trickling down. I yawned and sat up. Which actually hurt a lot. "What time is it?"
"Eleven o'clock in the morning." He said looking at his phone. My eyes widened at the news.
"What? Brody please tell me you took a break from these twelve hours?"
"Yeah totally," he said with a smile. Such a bad liar.
"Brody," I whined. "You didn't have to,"
"I know, but you would've done the same right?" I nodded obviously defeated.
"So about last night, what you said."
"Jennifer, don't do this, you don't need more stress."
"I was going to say-"
"Jen!" My name was called out before I finish. Brody turned and there Andrew was. He rushed to my side and hugged me tight. "Oh my gosh, please tell me you're fine," I laughed at his overprotectiveness.
"I'm fine, doc said I'll be released tomorrow morning."
"Oh, thank God, don't scare me like that!" He said.
"I'll try not,"
"Well, I'll leave you two alone." Brody said. He got up and left us alone.
"I have something to tell you." He said. I gestured for him to keep talking. "When I saw you and Brody go on that non-date, I was jealous. I think seeing him with you finally made me realize that, I'm in love with you. I probably always have been but I was too blind to see that. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I asked your dad and he said it would be fine if you wanted to go on a date." I stared at him blankly. He and Brody both liked me. This is just like those love triangles I've read about.
Well except for the fact that we are not vampires and werewolves. I looked at him about to say something when someone cleared their throat. Saved by the cough! Turns out it was my dad.
"Hey sweetie,"
"Hey," I replied.
"How you feeling?"
"Ok," this time it was Andrew who left us alone.
"So where's Brody?"
"He left when Andrew came. It wasn't his fault you know."
"Oh, I know, he saved your life and I give him props."
"So if he were to ask you to date me what would you say?"
"Probably yes after I saw how he could take care of you. He asked if you wanted to date him didn't he?"
"Why do you ask that?"
"Because I'm your father it's my job to know who likes my daughter. So who are you going to choose?"
"I don't know!" I sighed in exasperation.
"Well, just pray about it and ask God for wisdom."
"Thanks daddy," I said and smiled. The two guys came back in and we all talk for a while until I insisted that Brody goes home and takes a couple of hours and same wig Andrew. They obeyed reluctantly and went home. Tomorrow I get to go home, and hopefully get a good night sleep.
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"You can't love her," Andrews voice broke through the dreams.
"Why not?"
"Because I love her."
"Well I love her too and well, let's face it I don't stand a chance."
"That's right, you know why? Because she can never love a bully like you."
"well I may be a bully, but-" he stopped mid sentence and it was silent. I heard a mocking laugh.
"That's right you don't have a comeback." There was no reply. "Alright, I'm going to get something to eat. Later, Brody, oh and try not to feel too disappointed."
"Do I even want to know what you were going to say?" I asked turning to Brody. He looked stunned that I spoke and laughed.
"You little sneaky, and it wasn't that bad. I was just going to call him stuck up nerd."
"Why didn't you, you used to always say that to him." He chuckled a little and smiled at me.
"Because I fell in love with a nerd." He stated. Those words made my heart melt and do flips.
But then again, Andrew loved me too. This is going to be a hard decision.