So it wasn't as quick as any of us would have liked, but with working a new fulltime job, I didn't find much time!
However, in saying that, I loved writing this chapter and I know the majority of you were waiting on what finally happens in this one!
Here's a little teaser to tide you over until I manage to respond to all your lovely reviews!!
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Chapter 16 - Reawakening
I wasn’t entirely sure what to do with myself.
It really wasn’t any different from all the other times I’d
been with Edward while Ben was in the room, but the knowledge that he’d be
awake soon made everything change somehow. Everything within me was fluttering
and taking flight, simultaneously making me feel terrified and nauseous all at
once.
I leaned my lower back on the window ledge and watched
quietly as Ben checked over Edward’s ever-changing notes before placing them
back in the holder at the end of his bed. I concentrated on levelling my
breathing as he then did his routine check of all the machines Edward was
hooked up to, even going as far as to feel his pulse himself, his fingers
pushing gently into the pallid skin of Edward’s wrist.
It wasn’t until anytime either me, Ben or one of the nurses
was within touching distance of him that I realised just how much his skin had
changed colour since his admittance. The disease that had been raging through
his system had made him sickly and pale, his skin cold fiery-hot and then cold
to the touch, a stark contrast in itself.
“His pulse is stronger than it was even twenty minutes ago.
He should be waking up on his own very soon.”
“Wi-” my voice caught in the back of my throat, and I
cleared it to start again. “Will you need to be here for it?”
“No, but I will come and check on him again when he does. He
has no breathing apparatus or feeding tubes that need to be removed so he
shouldn’t be uncomfortable or in pain when he wakes.”
Somehow that thought terrified me more, as if Ben being in
the room meant I had some sort of buffer, someone to take charge of the
conversation, someone else to focus my attention on instead of the great big
pink and green spotted elephant sitting patiently in the corner.
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