Every Little Part of Me

Chapter 17

"Maxon, you need to relax, she's going to fine."

"But Mom, I'm just worried"

I heard muffled conversation and as I opened my eyes the light was blinding. I instantly had a throbbing headache and I reached up to rub my temples but that made it worse

"America." Maxon said calmly but it was still too loud

"Shh. Too loud." I whispered

"America, darling, how are you?" Amberly asked

"Bad." I squeezed my eyes shut really tight "My head hurts so bad and the lights are too bright."

"Baby, the lights are off. It's just the sun light."

"Maxon, can you shut the blinds?" Amberly asked and he got up to shut them "Better?"

"A little." I said and slowly opened my eyes again

"Okay, I have to go to a few meetings. I'm just very glad that you're okay." Amberly said, gave my hand a squeeze, then left.

I turned my head to face the ceiling and winced

"Yeah, don't do that, darling. You have stitches" Maxon said and gave me a kiss on the cheek

"Why?" I looked around and realized that I was in the hospital wing

"You don't remember?" Maxon asked

"No." I said and frowned

"What is the last thing you remember?" He asked

"Eating breakfast." I said

"You don't remember, when we um... you know had..." I looked at him confused "Never mind." He said and retreated back into thought

"Wait." I giggled "Yeah, I remember."

"Oh thank god." He said and let out a sigh of relief and smiled, "Do you remember looking at the stars?"

"Please whisper, Maxon. No, I don't remember the stars. I remember saying goodbye to May. Am I forgetting something big?"

"Not really, what happened was shortly after that." He said and sat on the edge of my hospital bed. He told me the story. He was pushed into a saferoom, screaming my name the whole time. the next time he saw me was in here, the hospital wing, with Aspen. Aspen found me on the ground outside. The rebel that had me fled after I hit the ground. When Aspen found me, my head was split and he thought I bled out. I definitely would've if he didn't reach me when he did. They had to put staples in my head then had to stitch me up. On top of that, I have a very severe concussion. I'm not allowed to leave my bed for a week and no working or events for a week and a half. Maxon had to cancel my plans with Kenna.

"I'm not allowed to leave my bed for a week?" I asked. Maxon shook his head "What am I supposed to do?" I yelled. That hurt, I started whispering "I can't read books, play music, have conversations. I'm going to go insane." I let out a loud sigh "Maxon, my head hurts so bad."

"I'm sure it does, honey. It will get better. I can keep you company. And we can cuddle all day. And you can sleep as late as you want." He told me and gave me a kiss

"That sounds nice." I gave him a weak smile

"I know right." He laughed

"But what about your work? You can't just drop everything for me."

"I can work in my room. Or your room. Wherever you are staying." He said and gave me a hug "I'm going to get you some pain medication." He got up and left. A minute later he came back with a small cup of juice and two pills. "You can take pills, right?"

"Yeah." I said and he handed me the pills and the cup and I took the medication. He threw the cup out for me.

"Dr. Ashlar said you can go upstairs now. Can you walk?" He asked. I tried to stand up but got light headed and sat back down "I'll carry you." He said and carried me bridal style. I laid my head on his chest and closed my eyes. When we got to my room he gently placed me on my bed and went to close the curtains. "You okay, baby?"

"Can I get into pjs?"

"Yes. Where are they?"

"In my closet, on one side there is a shoe rack but on the opposite side there is a set of drawers. they're in one of those."

"Okay." he gave me a kiss then went to my closet. He came back with lingerie "This work?" He joked

"Good try. I have staples and stitches in my head. Now is not the time."

"I know. I was just joking." He came back out with a night gown. I sat up and tried to undo the buttons on my dress "Let me help you." He came over and took off the dress then helped me into the night gown

"Thank you." I said and gave him a small smile

"You're welcome." He took my dress and put it over the back of a chair "Do you want me to stay for a while?"

"Please."

"Okay." He took off his suit jacket and shoes and laid down next to me. I snuggled into him. He wrapped both arms around me and held me close. He started to think out loud

"Maxon," I said

"Yeah?"

"Stop talking." I whispered and kissed his chin

"Sorry, darling." He whispered back and bent down to kiss me

I slowly drifted off to sleep