Chapter 29: In Which They Hear News

The next time Ashton was pulled out of the darkness, the first thing he heard was the annoying beeping of the heart monitor and the back of his head throbbed in pain. He felt awful. He felt disoriented. He felt agitated. These feelings were partially forgotten when he squinted his eyes open and shut to get rid of the black dots clouding his vision and the first sight he was met with was ethereal. His girl was sleeping with her head on his right arm, her plump red lips partially agape giving her a babyish look as her cheek squicked against his arm with her long hair sprawled half on the hospital bed and half down. She looked beautiful but she had clear dried tear steaks that could be seen on her soft skin and she looked like she was having a troubled sleep considering the way her brows knitted. He felt bad being the reason for her tears so many times now. He looked down to his left side and sure enough, it was bandaged up and an IV ran through his left arm. His side hurt now th