The next morning, the Doctor wakes us up. I notice the black eye on Derek's face. He doesn’t seem to mind. He smiles at me gently. Derek traces his finger around the outline of my face.
"I'm sorry I failed at protecting you. If I hadn't been so busy sulking we wouldn't have gotten separated."
"Derek don't..."
"Shhh....no don't. If I had thought about my actions, we would have been linked together and never been separated. Now, you have a black eye on your beautiful face and you've already been through enough."
"Not to interrupt but I need to check him out and Meril is wanting to see you." the doctor says.
I glance over at him and give him a small smile. "Sure, no problem. Good luck, Derek." I give him a kiss on the tip of his nose and head over to see Meril.
He looks horrible but he’
