I don't know

Chapter 11

                You were stuck.

                Stuck between conscious and unconscious; you couldn’t really see anything, it was all hazy, but you could hear almost everything. You had heard doctors, John, but still no Luke. Maybe, he didn’t know. From what you had heard between doctors and John you were a medically induced coma to give your body time to heal; once they saw progress they would bring you out of it, but you were still in critical condition and it could be awhile.

                John stayed by your bed almost constantly, holding your hand, talking to you, reading to you; he was very sweet. You still weren’t able to overhear anything about your baby though, that worried you.

                After about a week Luke finally came.

                “John, do you mind if I have a moment alone with her?” Luke’s voice was raspy like he had been crying.

                “No, sure go ahead, I’m going to go and grab a snack from the cafeteria; would you like anything?’

                “I’m fine, thanks”

                Luke sat down next to you, not saying anything, just staring. He reached over and brushed the hair out your face.

                “Oh Sarah, my dear, sweet Sarah,” he started getting choked up, “this is all my fault…I’m so sorry.” He put his head down on the bed and took your hand sobbing.

                “I’ve been such a jerk Sarah, but, it’s only because I love you. I love you so much it hurts; so much that I was trying to protect our friendship after the best night of my life…and I totally messed that up. I should’ve just told you how I felt from the beginning. I’ve been in love with you for years Sarah. You’re my everything. I’m so sorry. You have to get better though so I can tell you all this. Please Sarah, come back to me.” He was still crying but he stayed silent holding your hand.

                After about fifteen minutes he got up to leave; he turned back to look at you once more “I love you Sarah.”  Just as he turned away to walk out he was met by John in the door way.

                “You what?”

                “Umm…”

                “What did you say to my fiancé Luke?” John sounded mean and angry; a side you had never heard or seen.

                “I said I loved her, because I do, and I am in love with her.” Luke turned to walk out but John put a hand up blocking the way.

                “If she makes it out of this, you better stay away from her.”

                “Yeah that’s not going to happen, I’ve tried being away from her and it didn’t work, I’m gonna tell her exactly how I feel once she wakes up, then we can let her decide.” At least Luke wasn’t being cocky and insisting he was going to win; he was going to give you the chance to pick for yourself.

                “I can’t let that happen Luke,” John lunged for him and pinned Luke against the wall.  He started hitting Luke. He knew how much Luke meant to you, why would he do this?

                Luke wasn’t even fighting back; he was just putting his hands up as guard. Luke knew that John meant something to you and didn’t want to hurt you. You loved Luke for his caring nature like that, it had always been one of your favorite things about him.