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Micha

The hospital lights are bright and the air is a little cold, but Ella’s war The doctor doped me up with a sedative to ease the pain and then I lay down on the bed, waiting for thements of the branch out of my wound

I was scared shitless when I crashed into that tree, worried I was going to die and leave Ella behind with no one But now, I’ood

Ethan peers over narly looking"

I shove him out of the way and pull Ella down beside irl, colances at soht be better off trying to shut your eyes," she tells me

I shake my head from side to side "No way, all I want to do is stare at you all day"

She snorts a laugh and then s, before you say so"

I searchstashed away inside "I’ll be fine" I reach over withhold of it, I pull her over toward me so she falls onto the bed

"Micha," she says, her green eyes so wide I can see my reflection in thelance fro but blurry shapes "I think we’re good" I ivesaway

"How about you rest your head in o to sleep"

"But what if I wake up and you’re not here?" I ask, sounding like a little baby, but not giving a shit

She presses her lips together and sighs "I’ anywhere"

"You promise?"

"I promise"

She sits up and I rest h my hair I hold onto her as I drift into unconsciousness