Save Me by Alexandra Page

Author:Alexandra Page [Page, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pronoun
Published: 2017-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

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I make it to the hospital almost an hour later, but I’m still a mess. I probably shouldn’t have had those two big cups of coffee on an empty stomach. I’m shaking like a leaf, but it was the only way I was gonna make it here. I run in the cafeteria, and grab some peanut butter crackers and a water to hopefully dilute all the caffeine.

I’m washing down the last cracker when I make it to Nik’s room. With all my chewing and swallowing I didn’t hear the voices before rushing inside. I stop short and plaster on my crazy Ellie smile when I see both Dr. T. and Dr. Mason sitting on Nik’s bed. He’s in the recliner.

The ever-polite Dr. T. nods deeply towards me. “Miss Cochran. So nice to see you.”

Dr. Mason smiles warmly. “Hello, Ellie.”

I keep smiling like the crazy person I am, and nod vigorously at them. “Good morning. I’m sorry I interrupted, please continue.” I scurry over to stand by Nik, smiling down at him for a second then try to focus on his doctors. I’m gonna ignore the concerned look Nik shot me. I’m still so frazzled I just stand there worrying the hem of my T-shirt hoping I can stay calm. Instead, I zone out. If the doctors are speaking I can’t understand them. I only hear mumbling, which makes sense to me because they’re nothing but dark blurs to my eyes.

If they’re hard to see, they should be hard to hear, right?

I feel a big warm hand gently take hold of one of mine and tug at it. When my eyes focus I see a worried pair of beautiful blue ones looking at me.

“There you are. You left me for a bit,” Nik says softly.

Something tells me he’s not talking about last night. I look around the room, and see that we’re alone and I immediately know what I did.

God, why am I so screwed up?

I pull my hand from his, and cover my face as I begin to break down. He gently grabs my arm, and pulls my hand away from my face.

Damn him, and his long ass arms.

“Ellie, look at me. It’s okay,” he whispers.

I shake my head. “No, it’s not,” I choke, sounding like a distraught toddler.

He releases me, and slowly lowers the footrest of his chair. Once he has his feet on the floor he reaches back up for my hand, and attempts to pull me around to his left side.

“Nik? What are you—”

“I want to hold you. Sit down,” he tells me, pulling me towards him.

“I can’t. I’ll hurt you,” I sputter, and try to get away from him.

I want out of here. I can’t stand him seeing me like this.

His grip tightens, but not painfully, and he turns those killer eyes on me. “Please don’t run from me, Ellie. I swear if you leave I will follow you. Are you gonna make me hobble after you knowing how painful it’ll be for me?” he asks, with a pleading look.

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