I feel her moving. She got out of bed and is going to the mirror to fix her hair making herself a new messy bun. She wears some little shorts and an undershirt, I can see all the scars and bruises she has o her body. I see her tensing with every moment she moves on her way back to bed. She's gorgeous!
We hear footsteps on the wall heading to this room. I jump from the bed, I fix myself and I run to sit on the armchair. She does nothing, just stays in the middle of the room waiting to see who's coming.
" Hey! Emily, how are you? Have you slept?" I hear her asking the nurse who told me before that Sky is a keeper.
"Oh my God! Skylar Moon! What the hell are you doing out of your bed! You know very well you have no permission to stand!" the nurse scolds her and turns back to me.
"I told you! " She says preparing to leave after checking on Skylar, but...
" Wait, when did you come? Because I was here all night and I did not see you coming ?? OOOOHHH, I KNOOOOW!...." but Skylar pushes her out before she could say anything else.
"Thanks, Sky! This is much better!"
"Yeah, she's a real gossip girl! I think I know everything that has happened in this hospital since I am here" She stops hearing my phone ringing. I take it but when I see who's calling I put it back.
" Don't you answer?" She says confused by the face I made when I saw the name on the screen. It was my brother. And every time he calls from the emergency number, something is very, very wrong or dangerous.
" No, actually is better if I don't answer! Trust me! I have to go! See you at night." I left without giving her the chance to say anything.
I went how fast I could through the heavy traffic to my residence. I scanned myself to be able to enter and Marcus was already waiting for me.
"Finally! You're here! Listen! Her father went to pay for the treatment today and he found out that it was already paid. He got angry and turned all the hospital upside down to find the one who paid. No one knew anything, but the woman who was there, the woman who took your money, she can recognize you." I see him fidgeting with worry.
" Ok! Calm down! You have my permission to arrange her.." I say, careless .
"Yeah, sure! Thanks, though!"
Next night when I go to Sky at the hospital, her family is all there. I can't pass without her father seeing me. What should I do? I turn around and hide behind a corner. I promised her I 'll be here every night. How can I not keep my promise? That's not possible! I always keep them! Once I promised Jerry that if he ever come late to me, I 'll kill him. And he did come late and I shot him in the head. I kept my promise.
I hear footsteps succeeding from the left side. A doctor is coming. He has the face covered with some kind of mask.
" Excuse me! Can I have a word with you? " He nods yes.
" I want a chemise as yours with the mask too. From where can I take it? " He seems to not agree with me, so I put on the right side of my jacket aside and I let him see my gun. I see him freaking out.
"Of course! Come with me! I'll show you the room !" He gives me the same chemise as his and now I'm free to walk towards her.
I'm going through her family. They look at me, Declan 's a little suspicious, he's looking at me with much attention and a frown. I don't look at either of them. I knocked to enter her room.
The nurse, Emily, is already here. Lucky me that I invented a private greeting with Sky. I walk my hand from my left shoulder to my right shoulder, I punch lightly in the shoulder and lift 2 fingers, the index and middle finger, and the others remained clenched in the fist. She figures out that it's me.
" Send her away and tell her to announce everyone to let you sleep and no one to come into here." I whisper so only she can hear me.
"Hey, Emily! I am super tired and all my body is hurting, could you, please, let me rest and tell all my family to go home?" She begs her nicely. She nods yes and I see her getting out. After Emily talked with them, walked away but Declan entered her room.
" Skylar, are you sure you don't want me to stay with you? I can sleep in this big armchair I brought from home!" He looks at me. Who's this, Skylar?" he says suspiciously.
" Oh, doctor Forks sent him to make sure I'm ok and to supervise these super-smart machines. " She points to medical stuff from all around the room. Declan is getting out and we hear them talking and leaving. Skylar tells me to lock the door, if someone comes, to not be able to enter.
" Come on, Lukas! Take that weird chemise down and come hear to talk or play cards or I don't know, to feel normal. " I hear a happy voice and I see her eyes sparkling of joy.
"I'm coming, sunshine! " As hearing the nickname I gave her, she starts to smile.
" Why are you calling me 'sunshine'?"
"Well, I do have some reasons.." I say seriously forgetting about the chemise and approaching her bed.
" Then tell me, I wanna hear all of them, even with details." She lays in the bed and calls me to join her.
"First, you're cute as fuck and also you shine like the Sun. Second, your hair is so so blonde, I mean, so yellow, and smells extremely good, as the sea. Third, your eyes are so fucking beautiful, they're pure art, I would be able to look at them all day and night and I wouldn' get tired, they're blue as the sky. Fourth..." she interrupts.
" Alright, it's enough! You're talking so nice about me, and you just met me, you know, like yesterday. You make me blush and cry! " She talks with her rosy cheeks.
" AH, come on! I spent some time with you! It was enough for me to be aware that you worth!"
I finally take down the chemise and I sit near her.
" You know, you promised yesterday you'd come to me every night. And till now, you respected your promise. I truly appreciate that!" Her face went from white to rosy immediately.
The night passed exactly like the others. Skylar is so kind regardless of all she's s been through. I don't know how she can do that.
Weeks passed and I almost didn't feel them.
In the days I was solving Mafia's businesses and in the nights I was with her.
Some days ago, Thomas was findings to find out that I paid for her treatment because my brother hesitates to shot that woman.
Why on Earth do I have to do all the dirty work by myself?
Am I the only one who cares about the safety of my hands?!
Tomorrow, she's being discharged from the hospital. She won't stay at her home anymore. What will I do from now on? If she'll live with Declan I have no chance to go anywhere near her and I can't take that. But, I have her phone number now...that 's a plus.
Some minutes after I see my phone lighting. I ran over to see what was that. It is Sky! My heart starts to 'do her cardio exercises in my chest' as she says.
"Hey, L! How are you?" I read the first message blushing.
"Hey, S! I was like waiting for your message I am fine. I just got home from work. I am preparing to come to you. What about you?" I wait patiently with all my heart to see what she answers me.
"Yeah, my family just left and I am waiting for you! " My heart stopped.
" Can I ask you a favor? I understand if you don't want or you can't!" I'm shocked. She never asked me for anything. She always took everything on her own.
" Of course! Anything sunshine!" I almost see her smiling reading 'sunshine' on the phone's screen.
" Can you bring me some nuggets chicken or anything to eat? Please! Because for weeks I 've eaten just hospital food and I can't anymore. I have to take my energy to be able to face what's coming. Please!" She almost begged me through the messages. I haven't eaten either. I'm starving actually and last time I ate was with her, hospital food. Eww.
On my way to the hospital, I stopped at KFS to buy some food and some doses of juice.
After 30 minutes of driving on the full of cars road, I arrived at her. Once entered in her room I saw the walls painted with stars and in the middle, right above her bed...the big and beautiful moon. I was shocked and impressed.
" You know, Sky? I always call you 'sunshine' because your hair is the sun, your eyes build the most beautiful sky I've ever seen and every time someone says something nice about you it starts to rain because you don't think it you worth, but you do! And your lips...your lips are the biggest hills I've ever had to climb to get to the sky. " As I said, her eyes filled with tears.
I let the food down on the table and I go and sit close to her on the bed. I see her with goosebumps on all sides that were not covered with clothes. I move closer. She turns to me and she's staring into my eyes like she's looking right in my soul. I feel like she can read all my feelings, my emotions. I get even closer to her and bend over.
I put my hand on her waist and pull her closer to me so that the space between us no longer ecloses. She closes her eyes and I hugged her. We stay like this some good minutes. She plays with my hair and it feels amazing. I don't know how to hold my hands on her. It's like I'm afraid that if I hug her a little tighter I'll break her and I don' want that. She broke the hug and I feel empty, cold.
She lays on her back and asks me to do the same. We're watching now the painted stars and moon.
"Did you paint all this?" I ask trying to make conversation, but I see her lost in her thoughts.
" Yeah, I did. But, have you never had a hug before?" She asks taking me by surprise. I'm hesitating to answer and she sees that. She turns to me.
" It's ok! I'm asking because you were afraid to hold me. You were afraid to not damage, to hurt me. I am not that fragile and my body doesn't hurt anymore. You don't have to behave with gloves with me. Neither physically nor emotionally. " I admire her confidence, but I know she just tries to show herself strong.
"No, you don't have to be like this around me, Sky. And you know it. Don't try to be someone you are not. Yes! Be strong! Show no emotion! Show no mercy to anyone...But not to me, because I care about how you really feel." I see her relaxing. I can tell she's tired to act as she 's always fine.
"The past few weeks when I stayed in the hospital you promised to come and stay with me every night. And you did, and I thank you for that! I love out from home. And I guess I 'll see you only in school."
Her face became sad as she was talking. She will clearly miss me and either will I. Where will you go? You're just 17..how can you live all by ourselves. ".
"Well, my father has a very big business, like the biggest in this city and we have many family friends. I am sure some of them will be pleased to have me sitting with them for a while."
She sounds a little nostalgic and sad. I don't think she really knows the truth about her father's business and how big it actually is.
" If you want, you can come live with me. It'll be fun, we'll be like 2 roommates." I say hopefully she will say yes. I can see the joy on her face.
" Oh, I can't. I'm sorry, but I can not accept this." Well, I understand. She has her pride and I like that. This last night passed exactly like the others. With us, talking, laughing, and sharing things.
She's right in front of my eyes. She is happy. She is true, natural, honest, and kind. This is the very first time I truly realize I am...uhh...I am...Um,what am I?!.
On, right. I aM In LoVe .
"These feelings are the beginning of the end."