Where am I?
I was awake, but I hadn't opened my eyes yet in fear of where I was. I knew immediately that I wasn't home. I heard strange beeping and I had a weird feeling in my hand and my nose.
I slowly opened my eyes but there was only darkness.
I felt a pressure on my right side and it felt like breathing on my arm. I moved my head to the side, felt soft hair against my cheek and smelled the very familiar scent of green apple shampoo.
Brooke. Wherever I was, my Brooke was with me.
I tried to move my left hand to wake her, but when I did, it yanked against something causing a pain in the top of my hand. I hissed in pain and heard Brooke moan sleepily. She was moving around and soon a dim light came from a lamp that was on a table to my right.
I looked down and I saw my beautiful wife looking up at me with tears in her eyes. "Jimmy!" she called out as she threw her arms around me.
I groaned with the impact but I smiled. I still didn't know where I was, but it was ok if Brooke was with me.
She pulled away from me and clumsily got off the narrow bed we had been sharing. "I'm sorry, Jimmy. Did I hurt you?" Brooke asked me, wringing her hands together which is something she only did when she was nervous or shy.
I sighed and laid my head back on the pillow. "No, baby. But where am I?"
I heard a strange sound and I looked over at her to see that she had pulled a chair over to sit next to me. She placed her tiny hand on top of mine and I could see the tattoo of my name on her ring finger.
Brooke looked me in the eyes. "You're in the hospital Jimmy."
I moved my head around and took in the machines to my left and the light brown walls around me. There was a small cot in one of the corners which I figured was there for Brooke, but knowing her, I knew she had decided to sleep by me instead. I looked down at my hand and saw the IV I had accidently yanked earlier, so that meant that the strange feeling in my nose was the oxygen tube. My God was that the most uncomfortable thing ever!
I turned my head back to Brooke and saw her looking at me with tears in her eyes again. What had happened to me? Brooke never cried. She was the strongest person I knew.
I turned my hand over and gave hers a squeeze. "Why am I here, Duckie? What happened?"
"You don't remember?" she asked and I shook my head. "Well, after the barbeque, we got into a huge fight about your drinking with your heart condition. You were being unreasonable and I...I left."
Brooke drooped her head and I saw her shoulders start to shake. I squeezed her hand again. "I remember that," I said. "I got so mad that I went to Brian's house. I had a lot to drink over there too and then it just...goes black."
She looked up at me with tears streaming down her face. "I shouldn't have left, Jimmy! I'm so sorry! You could have died and it's all my fault!"
My eyes got wide. I could have died? What the fuck was she talking about. "Brooke, why am I here? What happened at Brian's?"
She started to wipe at her eyes with her free hand. "You blacked out. Your heart couldn't take anymore, Jimmy. When they got you here, it actually did stop, but they managed to revive you." Brooke stood so she could sit next to me on the edge of the bed. "I almost lost you."
I closed my eyes and sighed. I had died? Why had I been so stupid? I had not only one baby on the way, but two and I had almost jeapordized all of that.
I had been drinking a lot since I had learned we were having twins. I was scared that I wouldn't be a good enough father. I could barely take care of myself, for fuck's sake! If it wasn't for my friends and Brooke, I wasn't sure where I'd be today. I mean I had lived in a laundry mat for six months. If I couldn't take care of myself, how was I supposed to take care of two babies?
But I had never thought it would kill me. I had always known about my condition but I hadn't cared. I was a rockstar and partying was what I did.
I had a family on the way now, though. I couldn't do this anymore now that I knew I was in real danger of dying. I couldn't leave Brooke with two kids to raise by herself.
I felt a cool hand on my forehead and I opened my eyes slightly due to the fact that they were so heavy. I smiled when I saw her looking down at me and with the light behind her, she looked like my personal red-headed angel.
"Do you want to go back to sleep, Jimmy?" she asked. "I know the meds they have you on will make you drowsy."
I nodded slowly. I was already slipping into sleep. "I love you," I said before I fully closed my eyes and dreamed about my family.
I was getting so tired of this fucking hospital room. It had been three days since I had been brought in and I was ready to leave. I didn't have all of my strength back, but I was still as restless as ever.
I was finally leaving today and I was pacing around the room waiting for Brian to get here and take me home. Brooke was sitting on the hospital bed watching me with a smile on her face.
"Will you calm down, baby?" she said. "He'll be here soon. And besides, we still have to talk to Doctor Harrison before you can leave."
I stopped and looked at her leaning back on her hand with her legs crossed. She hadn't left my side once since I had been here and I loved her for that. Brooke was dedicated to me and i to her. I promised myself I would never hurt or leave her.
I moved over to her and kissed her. I pulled her into a standing position and I kissed her hard. I loved her and our unborn children more than anything. I moved my hand down to rest on her stomach that was poking out very slightly.
I knew she was worried about how she would look after carrying twins, but I would still love her no matter what. She was my best friend, my wife, my Brooke.
"Hey, leave that for home, you two," I heard Brian say from behind me. Me and Brooke both looked at the doorway where our closest friend was leaning.
Michelle was standing next to him and she was smiling at me. She moved around Brian to hug me. "I'm so glad you're getting to go home, Jimbo. I know you've been so restless here."
Brooke came up behind me and put her hand on my arm. "I'm glad too. I'm really starting to hate this room."
Brian stood up straight and walked into the room with us. "What are you going to do when you get home Jim-jam?" he asked me.
"I'm probably going to sleep like a fucking rock in my very comfortable bed," I said yawning. "This medicine the doc has me on is knocking me on my ass. I'm barely awake at all these days."
I saw the doctor come into the room behind Brian and nodded at me to let me know that he had heard what I had just said. "Your body will eventually get used to it, James," he said. "But for now, I suggest you take it easy and absolutely no alcohol until I give you the OK. Even then you're going to have to watch home much you drink."
Brooke nodded. "We'll watch him, Doc, but can we go home now?"
He looked at each of us. "Have you filled out the forms that needed to be done?"
"Yes," Brooke said. "We filled them out earlier we were just waiting for you."
The doctor nodded. "Then you're good to go."
I sighed with relief and all but ran out of that room, pulling Brooke behind me. Brian drove us home and Brooke was snuggled up to my side in the backseat the entire way there. She was constantly touching me these last few days, but I wasn't complaining. I knew it was because she had almost lost me.
Once we got to our house, Michelle and Brian stayed in the car and said goodbye as we got out. "We'll all meet up later to celebrate you coming home, Jimbo," Brian said.
I nodded as I closed the door and followed my wife up the walkway. Inside the house, we were both attacked by Titan who had missed his mama so much. I may own him too, but Brooke would always be his master.
I immediately made my way up the stairs to our bedroom and collapsed onto the bed. Soon, I heard Brooke come into the room and she laid next to me and rested her head on my shoulder.
I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her closer to me. "I love you, Brooke Sullivan," I said as I started to close my eyes.
I heard "I love you too, Jimmy Sullivan" before I was fully asleep.

Notes

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