LadyDove09

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She thought about the problem of him getting upstairs and chewed her lip. "ok, totally weird offer, but I have a ground floor apartment. You are welcome to crash there for a while." She said with a small shrug. Their entire friendship was strange, so this seemed to fit in. "I mean it's not huge, and the cat might try to smother you in your sleep, but it's not too bad."

She shrugged when he asked if she was planning on sleeping at the hospital. "I did until about 3 this morning last night, so I figured better safe than sorry." She said reaching for his hand. "Did you want me to run out and grab some new movies after we eat? There is no telling when they will release you tomorrow so you might need something to do."

She handled the delivery and returned to her chair next to his bed. "I have no idea what you like and don't so I ordered a little of everything. Chicken, Pork, beef, veggies, rice It's all here. Oh and I don't know about you, but I can't use chopsticks to save my life, so I had them send forks too." She started pulling out the cartons. "Just let me know what you are in the mood for." She handed him a plastic fork, and paper wrapped chop sticks.

When they had both been served she settled back in the chair folding her legs underneath her so she was sitting cross legged. "So aside from the doctors driving you crazy, how was your day?"

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"Glad you're home now what food did you get?" She laughed and rolled her eyes. "Ahhh I see how it is, it's not my smiling face you enjoy, but the food I bring to the table." She teased as she glanced at her watch. "Chinese should be here soon. I ordered it while I was on my way over here."

She sat down and leaned back in the chair. "You can always tell the doctors to fuck off. Or... there is another option" She said getting comfortable. Today, she had dressed even more casually than the night before, but she figured she was going to be spending a good portion of her night sleeping in the chair tonight, and wanted to be comfortable. She had settled on a pair of black leggings and an over sized H.F.D. t-shirt.

"You can always sign out A.M.A. Against medical advice" She explained. "Basically it means you promise you, or anyone who knows you can't sue if you go home and die in your own bed. Although I would figure that they should probably let you out tomorrow. They only wanted to observe for head injuries right?"

She turned her head as the door opened and a different nurse from the one last night showed the Chinese delivery guy in. She hopped up out of her chair to handle the transaction. Once he was tipped and sent on his way she turned back to James. "Dinner is served"

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After he fell asleep, she wrote a note and left it for him. "James, Sorry I had to run for a little while. I have to go into work, but I will be back as soon as I get off work. Call if you need anything. -Sam"

Fortunately today, things were calming down. Today was not nearly as busy as the last several days had been. She could think of nothing more than getting back to the hospital. She hated that she had to leave for work today. Marc had been teasing her mercilessly ever since one of the ER nurses had spread the gossip that she had been upstairs until the wee hours of the morning. She rolled her eyes and tossed a package of gauze at his head telling him to shut up. Her shift finished uneventfully, but she still felt an urge to hurry back to the hospital.

She called in an order of Chinese food on the way to the hospital, she knew that he probably hadn't eaten again today since the food was horribly disgusting. It should arrive shortly after she did. She parked in the garage again, dashing across the street. Traffic around the medical center was always insane, she should probably consider herself lucky that she didn't end up in the room next to his.

She made her way to his door knocking gently. "Honey, I'm hooooooome" She joked as she poked her head in the room first before walking in. She grabbed the chair and moved it back near the bed, and sat down. "How are you feeling today?" She wanted to know.

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She jumped a little as she felt his hand grasping hers. She saw the fear in his eyes. She had not expected him to react so strongly. He let go of her hand suddenly, and she felt his withdrawal.

She reached out and touched his arm to get his attention. When he looked at her she smiled. "I am not going anywhere. I will stay as long as you need me."

She sat there her hand on his arm. "I promise." Her voice was soft. She never made promises. Her motto was I don't break promises, so I don't make them, I make plans.

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She listened to him and cocked her head to the side a little as he mentioned having reasons to be alone. She could understand that to a point. He had lost a lot from just the little he told her that would make anyone not want to be around others.

"We all have our secrets." She said quietly sitting down again. She watched his face as she spoke again. "I can go if you want. I mean if you really want to be alone, I can go."

She hoped he would tell her to stay. She was no stranger to loneliness. It was a horrible feeling, but if it was a choice he made, she couldn't force them to be friends.

She reached up and pulled her hair out of the pony tail just to start finger combing it and putting it back in place. Her face pointed towards the floor as she nervously played with her hair.

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"Sam why did you visit me? Out of everyone in this hospital why me?"

Sam stiffened slightly. She really had no idea how to answer the question, she had been asking herself this question all night. "Oh uhm, that is a good question." She said stalling while she gathered her thoughts. She took a minute but finally met his eyes. "I wondered myself why, but the more I thought about it, the clearer the answer." She said standing up to pace a little. She was uncomfortable, she wished she were one of those people who could spout off a cute funny answer and just leave it at that.

She paced back and forth at the foot of his bed mentally trying to find a way to answer the question without sounding creepy and stalkerish. "Your eyes." She said finally. She had stopped pacing but was still agitated. "I know it sounds weird, but your eyes." She moved close to him once again, but did not touch him this time. "I met you this morning, and saw sadness in your eyes. Then I asked about emergency contacts, and saw it in your eyes, that you truly had no one. Most people will think of a friend, or co-worker, or even a neighbor, but not you."

She tucks her hands into her back pockets and shifts her weight. There was so much more she wanted to say, but as the words ran through her head, she clenched her jaw to keep them from escaping her lips. " I mean, I guess I probably shouldn't have come, but no one should have to feel that alone ya know?"

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Sam finished making his plate. She had cut two pieces of pizza into pieces for him. She carefully set it in front of him and handed him a fork. She smiled when he thanked her. It made her happy that he seemed to be enjoying her company as well. "I am happy to do it." She said as she went from messing with the food to plug in the DVD player. "I am really glad I came by tonight."

She busied herself getting things ready to watch a movie. She knew it was getting late, and she should head home, but she did not want to leave yet. She was determined to stay as long as possible. "What do you want to watch?" She asked reaching for the stack of movies. "We have an action movie, not sure it has a plot, just lots of blowing stuff up." She held up the first movie and gave a smile. She went through the movies letting him know a little bit of what they were about.

She figured she would stay with him, watching the movie until he fell asleep for the night, she didn't want him to be alone any longer than possible, she just wished she didn't have to work ih the morning.

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My internet is in and out. So I am going to try to write on my phone.