**Nate**
"You should get some rest, Nate. I can stay with him for a while." Aspen spoke softly, placing her hand on my shoulder for support as I sat in the chair at Nero's bedside.
"Why won't he wake up?" I cried out, frustrated that he was still in a coma after 3 days.
If it was anyone else in here with me, I wouldn't be whining like this. But it was Aspen. She knew me better on the inside than I knew myself. She allowed me to express whatever I felt and never judged me, offering support wherever she could. I was beyond exhausted, only sleeping in between nurse or doctor visits as they kept coming in to check on him, replace the IV bag or change his sheets. My stomach grumbled at me loud enough to tell me that I needed to eat, but I had only been eating whatever people had brou
