Life With Falling Gravity

~Chapter 5~

~Chapter 5~

It is now early morning of day 4, They took Arina out of her medical enduced coma on day 2, but her pain was still bad that they doped her up pretty well.

Even though i paid for the best room in the hospital for her, with a balcony and all; i still could'nt wait till she was well enough to take her out of here.

in fact, i couldnt wait to even talk to her, you know, with less meds so she could remember me.

"Don," Rhett said pulling me from my thoughts. "You think she will be cool with all of this?"

"I dont know to be honest, but what other choice does she have? she cant afford to stay here. she needs support. doctors dont do that, they wont look at her as a friend or even as a person for that matter." i explained leaning on the railing of the balcony."Are the other's here?"

"Yea, just grabbing some coffee, they will be in soon. how is she?" Rhett asked.

"She's still dopped up but when she wakes i will try and talk to her again. i did before but she was so out of it, to her its like our conversation never happened."

i then saw the others walking in and taking a seat and standing at the end of her bed, so i slid the sliding door open and walked in.

"guys," i began, "i dont think we should tell her who we really are."

they all looked at me so concerned and confused beyond beliefe and said

"What?" in unison.

"Look... i really like her, and if there is even the slightest chance that i really am gana give her and i a chance, i need to know who she truly is, i dont want her to just see me either as a player or as dollar signs. i want to get to know her WITHOUT my fame in the way. i feel like she will warm up to us more comfortably if we ignore the fame for a while." i explained.

they all looked at each other and started talking chaoticly, where i couldnt make out anything from any one of them.

"Wait a minute, what about the shows? we cant just cancel them!" Ambrose shouted.

"Look, we can tell her that we are in a band, but she just doesnt need to know who we really are. we can tell her that i come from a wealthy family, which isnt a lie, and i paid for our luxuries, which also isnt a lie. we can tell her our names, just nothing about the actual band, and dont tell her about my full real name. from now on just call me Don, not Donivan." i explained.

they eventually all agreed, they just wanted her to heal without stress, and they knew the less they focused on, the more it may make things less stressful.

About 15 minutes later, i set my phone near her, and played calming music from it to ease her, even in her dreams.

i remained holding her hand.

just a few moments later, i heard her begin to moan under her breath. still holding her hand, i popped up from my chair in excitement.

"Arina can you hear me?" i began, "If you're still in pain dont say anything, dont even move, but if you can hear me, just squeeze my hand."

and she did just that, she squeezed and my heart flew.

"Wh-where am i?" she asked with a husky voice.

"You're in the hospital hun, two men attacked you, but Nico and I got to you in time to stop them before they did anything else." i assured her.

"Water please." she asked.

Makihe handed me a cup of water with a straw from the side table.

"i have the straw right here. Here, i put my finger infront of the straw so you wont poke yourself." i said to her.

She took a sip. took a second, and then took a longer sip.

she touched my arm and said "thank you." i couldnt help but give a small smile. her touch put me off guard.

"what did you mean when you said, you guys got to me before the guys could do anything more? ...did they...?" her voice became shaky.

"no, they didnt r**e you. they tried, they never got the chance, you dont have to worry about that, ok?" i rubbed her knuckles with my thumb to reasure her she was safe.

She then took a deep breath.

she put her other hand ontop of my hand and said, "thank you so much. I dont know how to thank you. i wish i knew you guys before all of this happened".

but little did she know, she did know me.

"there will be plenty of time for that later." Rhett blurted out, Ambrose elbowed him in his ribbs. we just looked at him stirnly.

"What does that mean?" she asked confused.

"Sorry hun, that was Rhett, we also have Ambrose, Nico, Makihe, and i am Don. i was going to talk to you about that later when you felt up to it, but seeing how Rhett spoiled things, seems like i should just tell you now. The doctor knows us very well, and knows how well educated we are; particularly me and Nico. He told us that you dont have anyone to take care of you, and that your recovery time will be quite long. He also said that you cant afford to stay, so we volunteerd to take care of you until you are well enough to see clearly again. we have a private doctor that comes with us wherever we go, so you will never be alone. and if you are worried, we are not creepers or anything. we just want to make sure you recover 100%. we are all very sorry for everything that has happened to you, we just want to make things better for you." i explained.

She then took a deep breath, as if she was taking in all of my words, and then exhailed.

"you know what?" she began. "....I trust you guys."

"you do?" we all said in unison.

"Yeah. i mean, if you guys were creeps, you would have joined those assholes. if you didnt care about my well being, you wouldnt have saved me at all. and if you guys didnt care about my out come, you wouldnt have agreed to helping me, and you definitly would not have been here holding my hand everytime i woke up. Do i like trusting people? hell no. do i like depending or relying on people? Psh! I rely on myself. but my doctor already explained my condition when i was loopy, and explained about my eyes, and i know without help, i wont be able to heal the way i need to." she explained. " and you're right, i dont have anyone to help me. the only one i have is my mother but she is very sick, and is in a 24 hour care facility."

We were all so very surprised that she was so understanding.

"ok, great. and i'm sorry about your mom, and not to change the subject but how is your head?" i asked her.

"feels like i got into a bar fight with big foot. can someone ask the doctor for some meds please?"

"Yeah i will." as i rose up from my chair she held my hand tighter, and placed her other hand just above my wrist.

"not you Doni. can you actually stay until i fall back to sleep?" she begged. my heart lifted by her request.

"of course i will stay."

"yea he's been by your side since day one, he never leaves your side, he even rode with you in the ambulence." Rhett blurted out again. Ambrose then hit him harder in the ribs.

"really?" she asked. Even with the blindfold over her eyes you can still see her blush wash over her face.

"Nico, can you go and fetch the doctor for her?" i asked him ignoring her question.

a few minutes later Nico came walking in with a nurse, and she added some liquid into Arina's IV

"ok dear, this will help with your pain, but its going to make you very sleepy." the nurse said and then walked out.

Not long after, Arina fell back to sleep, still holding my hand.

i smiled.