Never let you go

Chapter 13

Grey:

Tell her not to worry Sam because I'm not going anywhere. Not if I have anything to say about it. Those are the words that Sam comes back to me with after her visit with Hunter. My heart swells with each word. He doesn't want to go either. Knowing that he is going to fight to stay makes me feel so much better about this situation, but there is still that fear deep inside me that I could lose him. I won't feel better until Hunter's mom is on a plane back to Virginia by herself.

It's early Saturday morning and I decided to go for a run. It's the first time I have gone running since the accident and I actually feel nervous. I keep seeing flashbacks of Hunter lying in the street but I need to conquer this fear. I can't let it control me. Hunter's alive. I have no reason to be nervous. I'm going running early though because this way there will be hardly anyone out at this hour and there will be less of a chance that I'll be knocked into the street again. I also just needed to get out of the house. I'm growing restless as I count down the hours until I can see Hunter.

It's particularly cold today and as I run instead of welcoming the cold air into my lungs like I normally do I'm thinking about how I can't wait for spring. This cold weather is getting old and I'm ready for warm weather once again. I run 6 miles today and I know immediately that I'm going to be sore tomorrow since I haven't been running in over a week but it's ok. It was worth it. Once I'm done with my run I head over to my mixed martial arts lesson instead of going home. I moved my lesson up a couple hours so that I could drop by with lunch for Hunter later. Mark was very understanding of course and was more than willing to shift around his schedule for me.

When he sees me enter the gym a small smile forms on his face but I can see concern in his eyes. I know he's worried about me. And Hunter.

"Hey Grey" he says as he pulls me into a hug.

"Hey Mark" I say back offering him a small smile.

"So how is he?" he asks.

"He's doing alright. The doctors say he's going to make a full recovery physically."

"And what about his memory?"

"They said that could take more time but there is a possibility that he might never get his memory back." Once again the words are painful for me to say. I hate even having to think about the possibility that he might never get his memory back.

"I'm sorry Grey" he tells me and I can tell he really means it. I'm like a little sister to him so I can imagine this is killing him. "How are you doing?" he asks gently.

"I'm doing okay" I say as I take in a deep breath. "It's a lot to deal with but I'm handling it."

He nods gently and stares at me for a few moments and I wonder what he's thinking but before I can ask he says "So are you ready to kick a little ass today?"

I smile. "You have no idea."

My lesson goes really well, if you don't count the fact that I caught an elbow to the face at the beginning because I wasn't entirely focused. My mind was with Hunter but after that happened I made sure that my focus was here otherwise I'd end up getting really hurt. Mark felt horrible especially since he didn't really even mean to hit me with his elbow. When he hit me I landed flat on my back and my vision blurred a little. I'm not going to lie it hurt like a bitch but I got up and finished my lesson. I'd survived worse but I was definitely going to have a nice bruise on my face. Great I thought to myself, I'm definitely going to win Hunter back by having a giant bruise covering my face. Oh well, maybe I'll be able to cover it up with make-up.

After my lesson I head home to change and take a shower. Today while I'm getting ready I actually take the time to really make myself presentable. I don't go too over the top but I actually put a little effort into my hair and I put on a little make-up but unfortunately nothing can cover up the bruise that is already forming on my face. I even take my time to choose an outfit. I want to look nice for Hunter so I end up choosing a pair of dark blue skinny jeans that make my ass look really good and royal blue v-neck long sleeved shirt that really makes my eyes pop.