Golden Dragon

Chapter 6 Acceptance

I woke up the next day at the crack of dawn, still feeling like top grade s**t. The nurse just came in to give me my pain meds and check my vitals. Felix left out to go take a nap, a shower, and get something to eat.

Man, I wish I could have something to eat. I haven’t eaten anything since dinner the night before, I didn’t get a chance to eat breakfast or lunch yesterday. I asked the nurse if I could have some food or snack, and she told me she would check with the doctor.

Now, I am waiting for the doctor to come and check on me to see how my healing is coming along.

I hear a light knock on the door. I told whomever to come in. My voice is still a little raspy from when they had the breathing tube down my throat. But Doctor Winn told me that it is normal for my throat to be sore and raspy for a couple of days after tube removal.

Dr. Winn steps into the room with a gentle smile and asks me how I am feeling today?

I told him I felt like crap but better than yesterday, he chuckled and told me that it was to be expected.

He picks up my chart and looks it over and checks my vitals after he checks my injuries and tells me I am healing along very nicely and at a faster pace than he excepted.

He gave me the green light to be able to eat but told me he just wants me on soft foods for now and he estimated that I should only be in here for 3 weeks instead of the initial 5 to 6 weeks he predicted.

He jotted down some notes and told me he would be back in a little later to check on me, and he was going to put in the order for me to get breakfast.

I told him goodbye and laid back down that interaction took a lot out of me. It was about 10:30 when I woke back up, and the nurse came back to check my vitals and bring me breakfast. Yay, food!!!, I pretty much inhaled the food she gave me it was bland as hell, but as hungry as I was, I would have eaten anything. After I was done eating, the nurse came back to take me off one of the IV bags and give me a dose of pain meds.

I laid back down for a little bit but before I could drift back off I heard a commotion outside my room and in walked Ryan, Darren and Daimon I knew if they were all here Tiny is not far behind.

Ryan came over and gave me a pat on my head like normal, He has been doing that to me, and Tiny, since he grew taller than us, I find it endearing. Tiny hates it with a passion. He hands me a stuffed animal he got from the giftshop that says get well soon, he walks to the corner of the room plops is butt in the chair that is there. After he takes his seat, the twins come up next and give me a light hug on from each side. Damion hands me a card and balloons, and Darren hands me flowers and balloons. I take a good look at the balloons, and they are pink and say it’s a girl.

I looked at the twins that make themselves comfortable on the couch and read the balloons out loud, giving them a puzzled look. They both started busting out laughing, telling me that they were out of get well soon balloons at the gift shop, so they got these because they are pink and girls like pink. Just as I was about to tell them that I don’t like pink, Tiny came barging in the room dragging her brother John in behind her. Then it hit me, the best smell I have ever smelt in my life. The smell was like a mix of fresh baked cookies and campfire, my favorite smells in the whole world, well that and pizza. I see Tiny smiling as she drags her brother over to the bed. She bends down and gives a hug and kiss on the cheek.

That’s when reality hit me. The smell was coming from John he is my mate. I don’t know what to say or do. I have had a crush on John since Tiny first dragged me home with her. I feel so lucky he is the sweetest person I know, not to mention he looked like a Greek god.

That is one of the many reasons Becca did not like me. She had her heart set on John, but he never paid her any attention. It didn’t help that Tiny hated her. At one point in time, she tried to get close to Tiny, even me. I talked Tatiana into giving her a chance, and it was all just a poly to get to John. It all came out in the open when John came to the school to bell my stubborn friend out of trouble. Becca tried addressing him by his first name and touching him in front of everyone. John yelled at her in front of the whole school and told her he didn’t give a damn about who she was she did not know him, and they were not friends she is only to address him by his title and nothing else. The only people that were allowed to address by him name were his family, me, and my brother. He also made the point to say he heard about her spreading rumors about how they are secretly together and wanted to set the record straight in front of everyone. That he was in no way, shape, or form with her or will ever be with her his is waiting for his mate, and if he hears her spreading rumors again, there will be consequences. Just as he finished yelling at her, Tiny walked in, and all hell broke loose. She heard everything her brother said and not only called out Becca on her bullshit but punched her in the face for trying to use us to get to her brother.

Someone clearing their throat pulls me out of my train of thought, I look over and see my bestie smirking at me. I look over at John who is still frozen like a statue it would be quite funny if I wasn’t a nervous wreck, what if he didn’t want me and right on queue is if she can read were my mind is going Tiny linked me which startled me a little cause she doesn’t do it too often. Tiny always had the ability to link any supernatural creatures. It's one of her wolfs special gifts. Imagine everyones surprise when we figure out she could do that.

She told me to shut the negative thoughts down, and I have nothing to worry about. She is happy for me, and her brother will give me all the love I deserve, and I would make a lovely queen. All I could do was smile. The goddess really blessed me when they put Tatiana in my life.

Tatiana had to practically drag her other brothers out of the room to give me and John some alone time to talk.

When they left, John finally came to his senses. All I could do was smile at his blushing and tell him to come sit next to me so we could talk. He finally started to move to come sit and somehow managed to trip. I could help but laugh, but that did nothing but send me into a coughing fit. When he went to help me and get me some water, he tripped again spilled the water everywhere.

After he cleaned the water up, we were able to sit down and talk. He told me that he was beyond happy that I was his destined mate and how he developed a crush on me over the last year. I couldn’t be any happier. We chatted some more, and he explained how he had to take Tiny to their grandmother Phillis and grandpa Charlie’s. He told me he will be staying for a week to get Tiny settled, and then he will be back, and when he does, he will not be leaving my side any time soon.