“Is that coffee?” I ask.
“Of sorts. I wasn’t kidding when I said I wanted to move you, so that I could get some better coffee.” He smirks.
I take the coffee from him and take a sip. “Ugh, it tastes like shit, but I’m so caffeine deprived that I’d take anything right now.”
Theo pulls his phone out and presses it to his ear. “Hey, Lilly’s awake.” He grins. “Yeah, it is great. Listen can you stop at Costa and get her a moccachino?” There’s a pause. “Great. Thanks.” He hangs up and turns to face me.
“You’re the best.”
“Don’t forget it, sugar.” He smirks.
There’s a knock on the door and then a tall, older guy in a white coat walks in. “Good morning Miss Parker. I’m Dr. Davies, your attending doctor.” He smiles warmly.
“Hey.” I smile back at him.
“How are you feeling today?”
“My chest and my head hurts, but other than that I’m not too bad.” I tell him. Beside the fact that I have more plaster on me than the average wall.
“Okay. You suffered several broken ribs and a punctured lung, as well as a open fracture to your collar bone. It’s actually not severe, but very painful, due to you breathing.” He explains. “I operated to repair some internal bleeding. You also suffered a head trauma which caused swelling on your brain, and a fractured skull.” He goes through a list of injuries, and I swear my eyebrows must get higher the more he talks. “We induced a coma to give your brain a chance to heal. Your speech seems fine, so that’s good, but we don’t know whether there may be short term effects. Potentially you may have problems co-ordinating, or remembering certain things. We just have to take each day as it comes. At this stage I’m very happy with your progress. Dr Ryker, your orthopaedic surgeon will want to speak with you about your ankle and collar bone. Both will need further surgeries.”
“Okay, thanks.” I say numbly. Fuck! That sounds so much worse than I thought.
“I’ll be back tomorrow.” He smiles quickly and then leaves.
I turn to Theo. “That’s some serious shit.”
He frowns. “You technically died, Lilly, so yes, that’s some serious shit.”
Shit. Like actually died? I try to play it cool. “I told you, it takes more than that to off me.” The frown doesn’t leave his face. I sigh. “Come here.” I pat the spot on the bed next to me. He obediently sits with his body facing me.
I reach out and runs my fingers over his beard. “I’m fine. Don’t dwell on these things. Just be grateful for what is.”
He opens his mouth to respond just as there’s a knock at the door. Jesus, it’s like Piccadilly bloody circus in here. The door opens to reveal Molly’s smiling face.
“Oh my god.” Molly squeals as she rushes to hug me.
“Molly, not so much with the squeezing.” I wince.
“Shit, sorry. Are you okay?”
“Yeah.” I say through gritted teeth.
“I’m so happy you’re awake.”
“Thanks.” I spot Hugo talking quietly to Theo. He’s holding a cup holder with Costa cups in it. “Is that proper coffee?” I ask, looking past her.
“Oh, yeah. Here.” She moves across the room and takes a cup out of the holder. She passes the cardboard cup to me. I take a sip.
“Oh god, so good.” I sigh. “All I need now is a shower and all will be well.”
“I don’t think you’re allowed to stand up yet.” Molly says.
“Hey, I’ll give you a sponge bath if you want Lilly.” Hugo grins at me. Theo punches him in the arm. “Ow!”
“Arsehole.” Molly grumbles.
“Or better yet, can I just watch whilst that hot nurse gives you a sponge bath.” He wiggles his eyebrows.
I sigh. Theo growls. “He never learns.” Molly says exasperated.
Molly drops into the chair next to my bed and kicks her feet up on the mattress. Her long legs are clad in skin tight jeans.
“Oh, love the shoes.” She’s wearing bright pink heels.
“Thanks. They’re Jimmy’s. I’ll break them in for you and then you can have them.” She winks, knowing full well my weakness for shoes.
“It’ll be a while.” I grumble. “This sucks.” I point at my stupid cast.
“Near death experience, and you’re whining about your inability to wear heels.” She grins.
“Uh, yeah.”
She shakes her head and laughs. Theo meets my gaze from across the room, a wry smile pulling at his lips. He really is working the homeless look right now. How does he manage to look hot with that much facial hair? I’m really not a beard girl. Hell, I think it’s just him.