Devastating Secret™

Return to the Living

Eva waved him off as she sat up gingerly "I forgot too."

"Should I get Maureen?"

"Just tell me if it's bad," Eva told him as she turned around.

"It looks a little red, I'll get Maureen," Noah said and was out of the room before she could protest.

Noah returned with the doctor in tow. "What happened?" Maureen asked as she scrutinized Eva's wound. "It was fine a few minutes ago." She muttered to herself. "Did you put any pressure on it?"

"Um," Eva whispered as her cheeks flamed.

When Maureen turned to Noah, he had his hands in pockets staring red-faced at the ceiling.

"I see," Maureen said with a smile, figuring it out. "Well just a little info for the both of you, you can't any sort of pressure on it for the next month or two. Got it."

They both nodded in agreement still not looking in Maureen's direction. After she left Eva cried "Just great, now she's going to tell everyone!"

"Two months. I gotta wait two months!" Noah complained.

"You wasted eighteen months, I think you'll survive two more!" Eva complained bitterly.

"I wasn't sleeping next to you for those months." Noah rebutted. "I was hoping not to go back to that."

"We all can't have everything we want." Eva teased.

"You have to sleep on your stomach right." He stated suddenly.

"Yes," Eva confirmed cautiously. "Why?"

"No reason." Noah responded cheerily.

"Uh, you can be such a pig sometimes!"

"As long as I'm wallowing in your mud baby, I'm fine with that. Oink, oink." Noah teased as he winked at her.

"Get out!" Eva shrieked and tossed her pillow at him.

"I'm going, I'm going. I'm gonna cry wee, wee, wee all the way home!" Noah laughed as shut the door behind him.

He was still laughing when a voice said. "I thought I'd never hear that again."

"Uncle Wayland!" Noah exclaimed. "I was just teasing Eva."

"She's fine then."

"Stitches are out. She should be out of the hospital by tomorrow." Noah informed him.

"That's good." Wayland said. "Then you can get back to work then."

"No, I'm not going back until she's on her feet." Noah declared.

"She's on her feet now." Wayland stated as he peeked behind him.

"The doctor said she couldn't put pressure on it for another month or ..."

"No, Noah I mean Eva's on her feet right now!" Wayland repeated turning Noah around so that he could see through the Plexiglas.

"What the hell?" Noah cried as he watched her take a shaking step.

Noah barged into the room cursing "What the hell are you doing?"

"Heading to the bathroom." Eva declared simply. "I'm tired of sponge baths and I want to wash my hair."

"You know I'm all for the sponge baths." Noah teased as he wrapped his hands around her waist to steady her. "I can hook you up right now if you like."

"Not on your life dear husband," Eva replied. "But once I'm stronger, I'll be giving you a sponge bath." Eva purred.

"I'm going to hold you to that promise wife."