#heartmatch by C.K. Alber

Author:C.K. Alber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Romance, Young Adult, Tenn Romance, Young Love, Short Love stories, Short teen love stories, Short Young Adult, Short Young Adult Romance, Teen and Young Adult Romance, Teen and Young Adult, Contemporary and Young Adult Romance, Contemporary and Young Adult, Contemporary Teen Romance, Teen Love, Short Teen Love, Short Teen Romance, YA Contemporary Romance, YA Romance, Mixed Romance, Mixed YA Romance, Mixed Teen Romance, Mixed Contemporary YA Romance, Mixed Contemporary Teen Romance, Mixed Young Love Romance, Short Mixed YA Romance, Short Mixed Teen Romance, Short Mixed YA
Publisher: C.K.Alber
Published: 2018-02-07T16:00:00+00:00

FEBRUARY 12

Sunday

A shiver rippled over Samantha’s skin. A feeling of panic and helplessness overwhelmed her after awakening from a nightmare that still lay at the edge of her memory. Crowds of people milling around in a vapor. Her dad calling out her name and extending his hand for help. Her inability to reach him from the constraints of her wheelchair.

She glanced around her room as near total darkness surrounded her. The early morning din in the hallway as nurses prepared to leave their night shifts eased her mind. Glass containers clinked on moveable trays rolling down the hallway. The low hum of a vacuum came from somewhere in the distance and the smell of pancakes wafted through the air.

I’m not alone.

She reached for her phone. She’d left the cell charging against Nurse Elizabeth’s advice. “No electronic devices near your bed.” And Elizabeth gave that same constant reminder every evening, before tuck-in time. The evening before, after a call to her dad, she’d hidden her cell under the pillow.

She pushed contacts and then favorites to bring up her dad’s name. She pressed Facetime.

Daddy, please answer. I need to see you.

“Hey there precious.”

Shoot, he’s still in bed. I forgot Seattle time. An hour behind.

“Everything okay?” He yawned and scrubbed his head.

“I had a bad dream, daddy.”

“About me?” He pinched his cheek then grinned at her. “See Sammy, I’m fine.”

“Want me to call you back after you get up?”

“Absolutely not.” She watched as he pulled the covers up to his chin and snuggled in, holding the phone in front of him. “Tell me about your dream.”

“I couldn’t get out of my wheelchair and—”

“Sweetheart, look me in the eye.” His phone narrowed in to expose one sea-green eye then her dad winked. “I’ll be with you Tuesday. Relax. Nothing’s going to happen to me.” He moved his cell back to arm’s length.

Don’t cry.

Samantha inhaled and released her breath slowly. “I’m scared, daddy.”

“I know you are my precious. I would be too if I were in that same hospital.”

Samantha lifted her mask off. A sob caught in her throat.

“No, I mean—you’re in the best hospital in the world. It’s the wait that makes you more frightened, right?”

Samantha didn’t respond. She looked down and fingered the photos on her quilt.

“Your mom and I will be right next to you throughout everything, even recovery.” He smiled. “And guess what?”

Her gaze lifted. “What?”

“I’m taking two months off after you have your surgery.” His deep smile lifted her spirits. “You will beg me to get out of your sight after spending that much with me.”

She grinned and put her mask back in place.

“That’s my girl.” He scratched his cheek. “What time will mom come back this morning?”

“After breakfast and my bath.”

“Does Nurse Elizabeth stay the night?”

“No, she doesn’t. She’s already here this morning though. She peeked in and blew a kiss before I called you.”

Samantha wanted to keep his face in front of her all day. She relaxed as her fear began to dissolve.

“Is snow on the ground yet?”

She glanced outside.

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