The HOSPITAL

Chapter 7 Prince from the middle of nowhere

Rober left Amelia for a moment to prepare dinner for her; before he left the bedroom, he said: 

 "Let me prepare your food and bring it to your room." 

 " You’re not supposed to move much; let me and Nida take care of the kids and everything here," said Robert with great concern: 

 "I want you to get rest and fully recovered.” 

“Just be with our baby Angeline.'' 

 "Don't be over thinking, honey; calm your mind; I'm here."  

 " Stop afraid of anything," repeated Robert. 

 Amelia just nodded weakly, felt tired, and stressed. Her husband could see it and again said to his wife:  

"You take medicine later so that you can sleep peacefully." let me take care of baby Angeline tonight.”  

“Let me prepare milk for her," added him. 

 Robert moved baby Angeline to the baby room. 

That night they had prepared; he wanted his wife Amelia to rest comfortably. After feeding Amelia and helping to clean up the slightly messy room, and giving her fresh nightgowns, Robert took medicine and antibiotics for his wife. And do not forget to kiss Amelia's forehead while turning off the light:  

 "Good night, dear, rest comfortably, sweet dreams."      

  Tonight, it heavily rained again; flowing water as if spilled from the sky. the rain and wind returned to the same as the previous afternoon, plus the sound of thunder and lightning that struck the night. Evan, an eight-year-old boy, Amelia's son, looks restless in his bed. He has a slight fever from playing in the rain this afternoon with his dog, Brownie. His older sister, Louisa, woke up to see him still awake:   

 "I can't sleep; I want to go to Mommy," Evan said sadly. 

 While occasionally sneezing caused by his runny nose and sometimes stuffy.  

"No, Evan, Dad will scold you." 

 " You cannot sleep with mom." 

 " Let mom rest; after all, you have a cold now," Louisa said to her younger brother, who still whining wanted to go to her mother's room.  

"Come on let's take your medicine so you can sleep, and your nose will stop being stuffy," Louisa said quietly. 

 While giving cold medicine to his brother, and helps him to drinking water into his mouth, then the sister told her brother again: 

 "Now sleep, okay? So tomorrow you can get better, then you can go to mom's room," Evan nodded agreed.  

Seeing his sister had gone back to sleep in her bed, Evan, instead of falling asleep even more, woke up scared as lightning struck near the window and a loud bang boomed like crashing into a tree outside the house: 

  "Aww!" Evan screamed in terror. Louisa raised her head with sleepy eyes asks her brother:    

"Evan, why are you still awake, though?"   

 "I'm scared,'' Evan said, scared as he buried his head into the pillow. her sister is getting annoyed: 

 "Oh, Evan, if you keep grinning, making noises like that, I won't be able to sleep."     

" You can sleep with Aunt Nida in her room," Louisa suggested her brother in annoyance. 

"I don't want to," answered the little boy.    

"I can't stand the smell of her ointment."        

"Ew, it stings my nose," Evan said in a disgusted tone.    

"Okay, then go to sleep," said Louisa coaxing her brother.   

 Lightning continued to strike as seen from outside the window, slowly Evan got up from his bed towards the window and peeked out, suddenly the lightning struck very brightly, making the situation outside clearly visible. Evan was speechless to see an equestrian stopped in front of their house; out of nowhere, he came suddenly in front of the house. Evan gaped without saying anything; he peeked curiously:    

 ''Who is that?'' his mind asked.  

The smallmouth of the boy gaped in amazement when he saw a handsome man riding a horse get off his horse walking towards him; he looked down and hid a glimpse of lightning shining around the outside of the house until the man was visible:     

 "Wow, he's like a hero on horseback in a movie," Evan said to himself in amazement. He lifted his head back sneaky, and suddenly, the equestrian disappeared as if swallowed by the earth as well as his horse.   

 "Oh, what did I see?"  Little Evan is confused and cannot believe what he just saw through the window as sleep greeted makes him yawn, and his eyes became heavy, and then little Evan fell fast asleep in his bed.  

   Amelia was fast asleep in her room very soundly, perhaps because of the medicine she was taking or the exhaustion she had felt the past few days as a woman who had just given birth to her baby. Faintly, she heard thunder outside, and the sound of rainwater that was still pouring made the night atmosphere look even more sinister and thick, suddenly. Her nose smelled a familiar smell:       

"Oh, that smell is like I know," thought her. Amelia could smell it while her eyes still closed. She tried to find the origin of the fragrance while sniffing her nose, looking from where the odor was. The scent drew nearer and felt around her the source of the smell. Amelia opened her eyes slowly, and her bedroom was dark; she tried to reach the lampshade next to her, and it has seen in lower light.  

How surprised Amelia was when the light came on; a handsome man sat on the edge of her bed with a distinctive smile that made anyone who looked at him melt, especially women. Amelia squealed as she covered her mouth. Strangely not afraid at all, the presence of the man did not know who he was. Amelia was stunned to see a handsome man who could not describe how gorgeous he was, again she was shocked when the handsome man took Amelia's hand and kissed it gently. Amelia felt floating and flying for a moment. The man began to make a voice and said: "I'm sorry, Amelia, if I have scared you since this afternoon" ooh, his voice was so sweet to the ears, making Amelia even more astonished.    

Amelia tried to control herself as hard as possible, and, finally, she could raise her voice and immediately asked the handsome man in a stifled voice: 

 "Who are you? and where are you from?"   

“Where do you live?” 

“Are you a friend of my husband, Robert?" Amelia asked successively.  

The man smiled very charmingly while putting his index finger to Amelia's lips:     

"Shh., you no need to be panic. I will answer all the questions, calm down. I am not a bad person.” 

 He said again: 

 “Sorry if my presence is not polite the way it is without passing through the living room and knocked the door.”  

 "I do not care where you come from and through which way did you enter my house. I only wanted to know why you came to me. And how do you know me well," asked Amelia in amazement and did not understand?   

 "My name is Arthur, Prince Arthur."   

 "A prince?" Amelia asked, gawking as before.   

Arthur answered by nodding his head with a smile 

.” Oh,” Amelia said as she quickly bowed her head respectfully.  

 "No, Amelia" "You don't have to do that," Arthur said, amused to see the confused Amelia.   

Amelia just realized that Arthur's clothes were not like the clothes of today's young people. His clothes sparkled like a prince's outfit. He looked very handsome and charming.  

 Arthur felt that Amelia looked at him from head to toe strangely and astonishingly, but the admiration was still visible in every gaze of her eyes. Arthur smiled and said:    

"Someone saw my arrival early, but he is fast asleep, and tomorrow he will forget that he saw me in front of his house,"  

"Someone saw you coming?" Amelia asked curiously.  

"Yeah, he's a handsome boy who can't sleep because he's afraid of lightning," Arthur replied, laughing softly: 

  ''Oh, that's Evan, my boy.''   

"Yes, he must be afraid of lightning. Usually, he is terrified, then run and hide in my armpits," Amelia said while laughing.   

 “I have to go, Amelia; your husband will come to enter your bedroom shortly,” said Arthur.  

‘’But he is sleeping and taking care of our baby in another room, and how do you know he will come?” asked Amelia curiously.  

 “Because I know everything, Amelia,” repeated Arthur.  

 As he comes toward Amelia and kisses her forehead softly, Amelia closed her eyes and smelled the fragrance that makes her fly away to a fantasy world. When she opened her eyes again, the prince is gone, and she heard a horse neighing from outside the window. Suddenly the door opens slowly, and Robert enters the room with the baby in his arms. Robert looks confused and asking: 

" I heard you laughing; I am simply curious, who you talk to in these hours? Amelia is replied: "Oh, I was amused when I just remembered something. 

 "I woke up because I needed to use the bathroom," answered Amelia, stammering.