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We fell into a kind of pattern the next two days I didn’t want Jet to have to be at the hospital the entire ti hours were over, and I stayed with Asa I would go back in the rab breakfast and then spend the bulk of the day keeping vigil over e in his condition, which everyone tried to convince ht it He was still unconscious, still needed a ventilator to breathe, and there was noon any of the scans of his brain

Jet was a chariped that he had come all this way to sleep alone in a sketchy hotel and drink awful hospital coffee by the gallons If I hadn’t already loved him, this would have sealed the deal He was just rock solid, and the only entertain the nurses, all of theer techs, try to get his attention He was quickly beco the star of the intensive care unit At one point, he decided to singhe could think of--"Little Birdie," "I A Grace"--it was like a private little concert, and by the tile female orked in the intensive care unit was as in love with him as I was

It was the day before he had to leave and ere both tired and starting to think things with Asa were at a standstill I could tell Jet felt bad that he had to go, that he orried aboutme alone made him nervous I had to promise to call if Asa turned a corner either way, and he insisted that if I was going to be there for another week, I should bring in reinforce his life on hold forhaul, that I wished he was going back on tour knowing I would be fine I wished that Asa would wake up and things would just go back to nor to happen, I just tried to reassure hi would be fine either way, and that I would still be here when the tour was over

I was talking to Asa in a low voice, telling him all about the crew back in D-town, about Rule and Shaw and their crazy love story I told him all about Cora and hoild she was, how fun and unpredictable she was I told hiuy had the best friends that anyone could ask for, but mostly I told him all about Jet I told him about how talented he was, how kind he was, how I had loved hie I told him all about the rocky road I had traveled to finally reach hi to be ame I talked and talked and so hireat my life was, even if he had stuers started to twitch

At first I thought I was just i, but then they did it again and I looked up, and eyes thatback at me

I freaked out and had every nurse on the floor rushing in to poke and prod at him I was systematically shoved out of the hile people ed at all his tubes and wires They were droopy and unfocused, but those whiskey-colored eyes stayed locked onto be okay When Jet showed up, I was an incoherent mess All I could really explain was that Asa had opened his eyes and that his fingers had moved, and that all the n It was such a good sign, in fact, that the staff insisted I finally go to the hotel for the night since this was a huge hurdle cleared I initially didn’t want to go, in case he woke up again and are, but it was Jet’s last night and he was going to be gone for a solid two es and phone sex only went so far

Jet gotlot, I didn’t even notice when he went the opposite direction of the hotel I was lost in thought, and so elated that Asa had at least opened his eyes, that I paid zero attention until he pulled up in front of the Brown Hotel He was taking us to the nicest, ant and expensive hotel in town My shorts and boots, and his combat boots and Lacuna Coil T-shirt were not appropriate wear for this old and expensive place, but he didn’t see here?"

"It’s et to spend with you for the next two ue and he clearly already had a reservation We checked in with the guy behind the counter sneering at us the entire time That seemed to amuse Jet to no end, so I just kept my mouth shut and let him haul our stuff up to the fancy roo in a real bed with sheets that I knew for a fact were clean turnedhim naked on top of them

"Oh, Jet, this is just"

Where I hadn’t wanted to get down on one knee on dirty carpet, he didn’t have the saasped a little when I turned around and found him on his knees in front ofthat was as unique as he was It was platinu topaz, surrounded by a bunch of tiny canary yellow dia like it and had no idea where he had found so like that here

"I told you I wanted to put a big-ass rock on your finger before I left"

I took the ring with shaking fingers "It’s so pretty Where on earth did you find it?"

"Rowdy I told hi that matched your eyes and send ht the sucker My boy has good taste and you have beautiful eyes"

"He does I love it I love you"

"I just wanted you to know that you weren’t alone when I left Thison and just looked at hiht jeans, all those things that made him Jet onderful and unique With him I could always just be ift no one but hiive , I had his love, and I had him, and there was only one way I could think of to thank him and show hiirl to just be with him forever He didn’t knohat to do when I tackled hi him all over on the plush carpet of the fancy hotel room Well, he didn’t knohat to do for a second, but this was Jet after all, and he caught on real quickly; ere bound to set the place on fire in no ti toto try to not lose control while she systematically stripped me of my T-shirt and pants Granted, we both probably had a lot of pent-up sexual frustration to work out, but I think there was soer thatme all kinds of naked and under her

Not that I was co I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome to my journey back to her All I wanted was for her to know she wasn’t alone, that I cared about her, and wanted to work on us being together Now I had her forever and there was noto run froot We were just two people ere ether and that was all there was to it

I wanted to spend the night with her in a fancy place, show her that even though it was rushed and ere probably too new and too young to really talk about forever, that Itonice to hold on to if things with her brother nosedived Only she had turned the tables on , and noas on the floor with her on top of reat place to be, but it defeated the purpose of what I was trying to do for her I was getting ready to tell her that, to roll her over and pick her up and carry her to that -sized bed that took up the ht, she did what I had been dying for her to do all along, put that sassy uess she wasn’t scared or hesitant about it anymore