I'm yours

Part 25

The first thing that Beth did in the morning was smiling. That wonderful scent that was coming from the person next to her made her day from the start. She opened her eyes and realized she was in her bed. When did they even go to bed?
 The sunrays from the outside spared no one. As she inhaled some air into her lungs and stretched her sore body, a sudden cramp in her right calf made her bite her lip and roll in the bed. Only a small roll on the left made her fall out of the bed because, no matter the size of the bed, she always slept on the edge of it. On top of that, her back hurt, probably from the last night, and she just let out a tiny little ‘Ow’ from her mouth, covered with sheets she pulled from the bed. “Is this your usual waking routine?” Beth heard a question in an amusing tone and sighed. “Well… yeah, most of them. Don’t tell me you saw that?”, “I won’t.”, “Shit…” Beth murmured and sat up, looking at her surroundings. Sebastian was on her left. She could only see a silhouette of him because that was the only thing her goddamned sight let her.
While sitting on the floor and silently staring at the floor, thinking of nothing, Beth heard her man’s laugh becoming louder and louder. ‘My man… My man. Yes, he is mine’ the thought of him belonging to her now conversely made her happy. Like a child. It also sounded good. “Yes, I stare at the floor in the morning.” She explained and shrugged her shoulders as Sebastian sighed. “Are there any-”, “Any stupid stuff I do? You have no idea.”, “Any more interesting facts I don’t know about?” Sebastian finished his interrupted question. “…Yes, loads of them.”, “Can’t wait to find out.” Beth smiled at him and stood up, throwing sheets on the bed and heading to the bathroom. “I’m going to have a shower.” She said, looking confused at her surroundings. Was everything always so… fogged?

Even though the water she showered with wasn’t quite boiling, it still managed to fog up the mirror in the bathroom. In order to see at least something, Beth wiped the mirror with the towel, but it still didn’t come off. Ignoring it for now, she put on clothes, combed her long hair and went to the living room.
“Sebastian?” she called out for him because he didn’t seem to be in the living room, or at the table. “Yes?” he answered in a suspicious tone, as if he found it weird to be called for.
“Where are you?” Beth went to the kitchen, but he wasn’t there. “Right in front of you…” he did sound a little worried now. Beth narrowed her eyes toward the light from the balcony as she saw him slowly approaching her. “Oh…” she said, thinking how she didn’t see him there. “Have you seen my glasses? I don’t remember where I put them.”, “They’re next to the remote.”, “Thank you.” She slowly tapped with her hand on the table because she really couldn’t recognize objects. As soon as she put them on, she had to rub her eyes; the fact that she saw the same with and without the glasses on started to scare her a little. She rushed to the bathroom to see herself in the mirror and only few inches separated her from the object. Nothing. No changes at all. As she was slowly backing from the mirror, she heard Sebastian coming into the bathroom and quickly turned to him, giving him the frighten look. “Beth? What’s-” he didn’t even finish his question when she hugged him tightly, pressing her head onto his shoulder. He didn’t ask anything, but only hugged her back.

“This is really serious, Ms Brant.” Dr. Helberg, Beth’s ophthalmologist, said with a serious tone, looking from Beth to Sebastian. Sebastian was standing next to Beth, holding her hand to let her know that he was there. “How serious?”, “Let’s just say that you’d be blind for the rest of your life if you came any other day.” Beth’s mouth slightly opened after she heard that, but she closed them and cleared her throat when it started clenching. “You only need to say yes for me to prepare the operation room and have you operated immediately or…”, “Then yes, of course.” Sebastian answered before the doctor even finished the question. “But,” he continued, “the chances for the operation to be a complete success are 70%. It’s either a perfectly healthy sight or sight with some difficulties. In worst case, complete blindness.”
Sebastian drove Beth to her ophthalmologist right after the incident in the morning. When the doctor did the check up, Beth was told she had a rarely genetic sickness she got from her ancestors and she was already in 3rd stadium of danger. Only an emergent operation could help, which happened. It lasted 3 hours, plus the time for Beth to wake up and stabilize. While the operation was in process, Sebastian waited in the waiting room, nervously twitching his foot up and down. After the operation, when Beth was moved to the recovery room, Sebastian was allowed to be with her, so he sat next to her bed, waited for her to wake up and watched her sleeping. He held her hand for the whole time he was there, except when he had to fill in the papers for Beth.
When she woke up, the nurse put eye pads and bandages over her eyes, while the doctor gave instructions to them.