Just like the star

7. The return with sadness

January 18_19

The heat started to seep away from my body as the car's hot air was leaving through the vents. I stopped trying to grab the keys, and grasped my forearm to contain shivers that were starting to erupt on my skin, Justin's hand on my shoulder was hot to the touch like ember on fire, and i found myself leaning into his hold, to be wrapped in those warm arms.

    He hadn't seemed to notice my likeness to his touch, but my coldness.

     "Well seems you have a choice... You can either let me drive so you get the car warm again or you can deal with the alternative and walk home while i keep your keys for you," he shook the keys to accent the deal,  i glance from him to the keys debating whether i would be fast enough to catch it by surprise. Probably not.

    "Fine," i said sharply and he grinned, and waved his hand for me to get out. I winced, before crawing over to the passenger seat. He came in the driver seat just as i was snapping the seat buckle again, a look of worried was sure on my face i wasn't happy because of my grandfather illness. He smirked again, before hesitating to turn the car on again.

     "I don't know the direction of your house will you show me?" He asked

      "Yes," i said and he smiled. I glanced over at justin, his eyes was nonchalantly gived on the road, i noticed the way the rain drops had made his hair wet and curled in smaller, tighter curls than dry its black strands going even darker at moisture.

   When we got home diana was standing at the door, she got into the car and justin drove us off to the hospital.Grandma was sitting in casuality crying i sat beside her while justin and diana stood beside us. We waited for about one mintues before the door came to see us.

     "How is he?" Grandma asked in tears.

     "Stable, we think he had a stroke, a mild stroke, we'd like to keep him here for a while under observation. We'll do some test all being well he can go home, in a couple of weeks or so, he will need a bit of looking after, because he had an amnesia and may not even remember anything, but we promise to do our best." The doctor said about leaving us.

   "Can we see him." Grandma asked

  "The nurse will show you the way," the doctor replied as he walked down the corridor.

  My grand father was lying in a bed surrounded by array of monitors and drips there was a tube in his nose and another in his arm. His hair was gold against the white of the pilliow. There was a wide strip of. plaster across his fore head, and a dark grey bruise round his eyes. He was asleep breathing deeply, regularly, his eyes was opened.

   "Who are you," he murmured as Grandma sat closer to him, i was standing beside Grandma while diana ans justin where on the other side. I looked at grandpa he was frightened, and agitated too.

    "Its me, your wife you had an accident, you're in a hospital," grandma cried holding his hand.

      "Its alright." I said helping grandma stand up while diana assisted her to the car. And justin followed them. I was alone with grandpa now i sat beside him, holding his hand i noticed it was cold.

     " Grandpa, please get well soon," i cried watching his eyes closing slowly

      "Don't worry, he will get better soon," justin said, slowly. That was when i noticed he was standing beside me.

     The rain didn't stop, everyone sat quietly in the car until we got home that day, we went out of the car, heading inside the house, Diana assisted grandma to her room, justin sat down on the couch in the sitting room, while i walked up the stairs to my room. When i came down the stairs after some minutes justin was no longer sitting on the couch again, i peeped through the window i saw him sitting on the swing, his black hair curling in a wilt that looked natural.

     "What are you doing out here, in the rain," I asked, as i walked toward where he was sitting.

    "Nothing, just feel like, staying here ," he scoffed.

   "See you are already feeling cold," i said

    " How do you know?" He smiled wildly.

     "Because I've been watching you,  since through there?" I replied, with my hand indicating my window upstairs.

    He smiled again, cleared his throat covering it up as a faint cough.

    "Let's go inside," i murmured

   "Oh... Its fine, i choose to sit here anyway," he stammered out.

     "Come, lets go inside," i insisted. As we walked toward the door.

     The fire crackled from the living room next to the kitchen, soft music played on the stereo system. Wonder why diana turned on the music, it was grandma favourite song that was playing.

    "Wow, such soft music, i love them," he smiled. He looked me in the eyes, his warm eyes shinning as he smiled.I smiled back; As i watched him took off his boots and carefully placed them by the door, before he walked into the living room.

   "Sit down," i gestured over to the set of chairs that was in the living room he sat down, i went to the kitchen to meet diana, she left me in the kitchen as i poured some hot tea from the kettle to the mug. I went into the living room gave the mug to justin.

     "Thanks," he said trying to blow the hot tea.

     "Will you stay for dinner?" I asked as i checked my cellphone instinctively.

       "sure!" He replied