A Narrow Escape
Oww...my head hurts
I woke up to bright lights, machines beeping and wires connected to me everywhere. My first thought was fuck but my head hurts!! A nurse came bustling in the room and said, "Oh good you're awake. I'll get the doctor."
"Doctor?" I asked "Where am I? What happened?"
"Dr. Nicklin is in with your family but Dr. Stone is here and is eager to do an assessment on you." she said as she walked out of the room. Was anyone going to tell me what the fuck was going on? I wondered.
The door slid open again and a very young looking woman came in greeting me with a warm smile. "Ms. McGuire I'm Dr. Stone. I'm part of the neurology department here at HUP. Are you up for a few tests?"
"I guess so. But first what happened? Was I in an accident? Why does my head feel like there was an explosion in it? Why am I talking so weird?" I asked in what I thought was quick succession.
"Dr. Nicklin will be in to explain all that. Now can you follow this light with just your eyes? Good girl. Stare sraight ahead." she said as she shined the light into my eyes. I could barely even see it hurt so bad to open them.
"Good girl. Squeeze my hands tight as you can. Good. Push down on my hands. Now push up. Good girl."
I was beginning to feel like a dog...'give me your paw...good girl'. I thought to myself.
"Ok now don't let me push your hands away. Good girl. Now don't let me pull them away. Good. Push down on my hands with your legs as hard as you can. Good girl. Turn your head to the left, now the right, up and now down. Good girl. Can you scrunch up your eyes?"
"No it fucking hurts too much. And can you stop with the good girl shit? I'm starting to feel like a poodle or something."
"Sorry about that." She smiled warmly. "Can you tell me what your name is?"
"Anne Marie McGuire"
"And who is the President?"
"Obama"
"And what day of the week is it?"
"Well that depends? Is it before or after midnight?"
"After"
"Then it's Saturday."
"Ok I'm done with my assessment. I'll just talk briefly to Dr. Nicklin and then you can see your family." she stated.
With that she was out the door before I could even open my mouth. I laid my head back and felt pain. I tried reaching back there but with all the tubes and wires I couldn't. I saw an IV line with some fluids being pumped in, a pulse oxygen sensor on my finger, lots of wires connected to my chest...a heart monitor? What in the fuck did I need a heart monitor for? Then I felt something squeezing my arm. A blood pressure cuff. Well that was normal considering I had high blood pressure...my bottom number still rode high even on two blood pressure medicines. I felt myself drifting back into sleep so I let it overtake me.
I don't know how much time passed but I heard the door slide open followed by a couple of gasps and oh my Gods. I opened my eyes to see my sisters Susan and Cathy standing there looking at me in horror crying and right behind them oh my fucking God it was blue eyes!! What was he doing here? I looked at my sisters and said, "Susan? Cathy? What are you doing here? How did you find out I was in the hospital? Blue eyes? You're here? Why?"
"Cause we can't get him to leave that's why he's still here! There's seven other guys covered in tattoos out in the waiting room all anxious to know how you are! Who are these guys Anne?"
Seven others in the waiting room? "Wait, I looked at blue eyes and said, so everyone is out there? Matt, Zacky, Johnny, and even pretty boy? Plus your three bodyguards? What happened to me? I feel like I was hit by a train."
"Don't you remember anything?" he asked me.
I started to think hard. God but that made my head hurt fucking worse. "I remember telling you I was taking my break and going out back. I called my Mom to check on the kids and then...oh yeah. That creep and his friends came up and cornered me. I remember him saying something about teasing him and how I was going to pay for it and then he punched me in the nose, my eye and again across my jaw. I felt my jaw explode and my head snap back and hit the wall. The next thing I remember was falling and then waking up here. What happened in between?" Why did I sound like I was slurring my words and talking all nasally like? I wanted answers God dammit!
"He hit you multiple times breaking your nose and your jaw in two places. They had to wire it shut for fuck's sake. He also bruised several of your ribs. The doctors say that you were lucky none of your ribs were broken. He tried to rape you Anne." he said I started shaking.
"Wait...WHAT? You were there?" her sister Susan said.
"Start explaining mister and don't leave anything out!" Cathy ordered.
Jimmy set about explaining everything to them. The more I heard the more terrified I got. "Oh my God did he rape me?" I asked him. I was visibly shaking now.
"No I was able to pull him off before he had the chance to do anything else to you." he tried to reassure me.
"Well where is your shirt blue eyes?" I asked him. He smiled a small smile. What the fuck is funny about any of this? I silently fumed.
"I took it off to cover you up. Matt and Brian did the same and Zacky's is covered in blood. The hospital gave us these to put on." he said showing me the scrub shirt he was wearing.
"So in other words you saved me blue eyes. You saved me from being raped by that monster! I don't know how to thank you!?" I said in between sobs. I was crying uncontrollably now but I didn't care. I had narrowly escaped being raped tonight!
"You don't need to thank me at all. Any decent human being would've done the same. Please don't cry." he said to me. He saves my life and he's trying to be humble!
My sisters ran over and about tackled poor blue eyes. "Thank you for being there to save our sister." they said "We really appreciate you going above and beyond for her after just meeting her tonight. When we think about what a much more traumatic experience this could've been for her...there are no words."
"Please anyone would've done the same in my position. But if it makes you feel better you're welcome." he said.
He came over to me with this heartbroken look of pity on his face and bent down and whispered in my ear.
"Everything is going to be alright beautiful." he said so convincingly. He took my hand and kissed me tenderly on the forehead. I felt warm all over and safe for the first time since he'd starting telling me the story of what had taken place.
I looked up into his eyes through my swollen tear filled ones and whispered, "Thank you so much blue eyes. I owe you my life." My voice caught as the tears started spilling over again and I caught a look of softening come over his face for a second before the look of pity returned. I didn't want to be pitied! Especially not by him! I was torn as to how I felt at that moment. On the one hand I was beyond grateful that he had been there to save me, while on the other hand I was mortified that he had seen me at the worst possible moment of my life. A moment where I was totally exposed and vunerable. Just then the doctor appeared with a nurse and saved me from my miserable musings.
"Well hello there Ms. McGuire!, he stated cheerfully. Dumb question but how are you feeling?"
"Like a bomb exploded in my head doc. Is there anything you can do to ease the pain?"
He turned towards the nurse and said, "Will you check on the order for the morphine please Cassie? I've ordered you a morphine drip for the evening. That should alleviate the pain and discomfort you are feeling a little and help you sleep. I've also ordered some liquid ibuprophen which will also help with the pain. I need to check your stitches now."
"Whoa wait!! I have stitches? Where? Why?" I screeched out and immediately regretted it! I saw stars and my mouth hurt so fucking bad! "Oww!!" I whined.
Dr. Nicklin frowned at me and said, "Now you're going to have to remember that your jaw has been broken and wired shut dear. Outbursts like that are only going to bring you increased pain and lengthen the healing process. Yes you have 24 stitches to the back of your head from about the middle to just behind your right ear. Most of your cuts and brusing are on your right side which leads us to believe that this is the side you landed on when you fell. In a short while you will be transferred upstairs to your room. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day for you with doctors and someone coming in to explain your oral care and treatment plan so do try and get some rest this evening. Do you have any questions?"
"Dr. Nicklin can the rest of my visitors come back for a short time?" I asked him with pleading eyes.
"Yes they can come back in groups of five. No more than five visitors back here at a time please and please remember that there are other patients here so keep the volume to a minimum." he said sternly.
"I'll go get two of the guys. Jimmy said excitedly. That'll give you and your sisters a chance to talk." he smiled. God he had a gorgeous smile and a nice ass too I noticed as he left the room.
Once my blue eyes was gone from the room my sisters turned on me and Susan said, "Okay now who is that guy and why did he refuse to leave until he saw you?"
"Yes and who are the other 7 out there in the waiting room? We caught some names but other than that we have no idea. Did you really just meet them all tonight?"
"Yes, I said, I just met them all tonight. They came into the bar around 5pm so I got a chance to talk with them before it got busy. You know me...I'm a bartender...I get along well with most people. Besides you know how outgoing I am normally. We just kinda hit it off. Blue eyes is hot isn't he?"
"Yeah he is, Susan said, although I didn't see one that wasn't out there."
"So after only a few hours they're all so concerned about how you are? Like they've known you for years or something? Cathy asked incredulously. I'm in the wrong profession!! We all laughed.
"So do they live in the area or what? Are they from the college campus? Susan asked
"No they're from California and they're here on business although they didn't tell me what sort of business. They're probably like those guys who come in to build those developments of houses. We had a group from Texas a few weeks ago." I said
"So your blue eyes said he was going to ask you out. Are you gonna go out with him?" Cathy asked
"I don't know. I'd like to say yes but I don't know how long they're in town for or what sort of shape I'm going to be in. I can't imagine I'd be a very fun or attractive date looking like I do if your reactions were anything to go by. Unless he's into Frankenstein's bride or something. I chuckled. Do either of you have a mirror?" I asked. Susan pulled a mirror out and I looked in it and shuddered. My face was really horrid looking. My mouth alone was enough to scare anyone off for Christ's sake! The door slid open and blue eyes was back with Zacky and Matt. As hard as they tried to keep it off their faces I could see the horror and disgust. I was hideous looking. Susan and Cathy said they were going to go home and call Mom and let her know what happened and for me to not worry about the kids for the next few days they would be taken care of. I thanked my sisters and Jimmy asked them if they would send in Johnny and Brian. They said yes and after giving me hugs they were gone.
"Doctor?" I asked "Where am I? What happened?"
"Dr. Nicklin is in with your family but Dr. Stone is here and is eager to do an assessment on you." she said as she walked out of the room. Was anyone going to tell me what the fuck was going on? I wondered.
The door slid open again and a very young looking woman came in greeting me with a warm smile. "Ms. McGuire I'm Dr. Stone. I'm part of the neurology department here at HUP. Are you up for a few tests?"
"I guess so. But first what happened? Was I in an accident? Why does my head feel like there was an explosion in it? Why am I talking so weird?" I asked in what I thought was quick succession.
"Dr. Nicklin will be in to explain all that. Now can you follow this light with just your eyes? Good girl. Stare sraight ahead." she said as she shined the light into my eyes. I could barely even see it hurt so bad to open them.
"Good girl. Squeeze my hands tight as you can. Good. Push down on my hands. Now push up. Good girl."
I was beginning to feel like a dog...'give me your paw...good girl'. I thought to myself.
"Ok now don't let me push your hands away. Good girl. Now don't let me pull them away. Good. Push down on my hands with your legs as hard as you can. Good girl. Turn your head to the left, now the right, up and now down. Good girl. Can you scrunch up your eyes?"
"No it fucking hurts too much. And can you stop with the good girl shit? I'm starting to feel like a poodle or something."
"Sorry about that." She smiled warmly. "Can you tell me what your name is?"
"Anne Marie McGuire"
"And who is the President?"
"Obama"
"And what day of the week is it?"
"Well that depends? Is it before or after midnight?"
"After"
"Then it's Saturday."
"Ok I'm done with my assessment. I'll just talk briefly to Dr. Nicklin and then you can see your family." she stated.
With that she was out the door before I could even open my mouth. I laid my head back and felt pain. I tried reaching back there but with all the tubes and wires I couldn't. I saw an IV line with some fluids being pumped in, a pulse oxygen sensor on my finger, lots of wires connected to my chest...a heart monitor? What in the fuck did I need a heart monitor for? Then I felt something squeezing my arm. A blood pressure cuff. Well that was normal considering I had high blood pressure...my bottom number still rode high even on two blood pressure medicines. I felt myself drifting back into sleep so I let it overtake me.
I don't know how much time passed but I heard the door slide open followed by a couple of gasps and oh my Gods. I opened my eyes to see my sisters Susan and Cathy standing there looking at me in horror crying and right behind them oh my fucking God it was blue eyes!! What was he doing here? I looked at my sisters and said, "Susan? Cathy? What are you doing here? How did you find out I was in the hospital? Blue eyes? You're here? Why?"
"Cause we can't get him to leave that's why he's still here! There's seven other guys covered in tattoos out in the waiting room all anxious to know how you are! Who are these guys Anne?"
Seven others in the waiting room? "Wait, I looked at blue eyes and said, so everyone is out there? Matt, Zacky, Johnny, and even pretty boy? Plus your three bodyguards? What happened to me? I feel like I was hit by a train."
"Don't you remember anything?" he asked me.
I started to think hard. God but that made my head hurt fucking worse. "I remember telling you I was taking my break and going out back. I called my Mom to check on the kids and then...oh yeah. That creep and his friends came up and cornered me. I remember him saying something about teasing him and how I was going to pay for it and then he punched me in the nose, my eye and again across my jaw. I felt my jaw explode and my head snap back and hit the wall. The next thing I remember was falling and then waking up here. What happened in between?" Why did I sound like I was slurring my words and talking all nasally like? I wanted answers God dammit!
"He hit you multiple times breaking your nose and your jaw in two places. They had to wire it shut for fuck's sake. He also bruised several of your ribs. The doctors say that you were lucky none of your ribs were broken. He tried to rape you Anne." he said I started shaking.
"Wait...WHAT? You were there?" her sister Susan said.
"Start explaining mister and don't leave anything out!" Cathy ordered.
Jimmy set about explaining everything to them. The more I heard the more terrified I got. "Oh my God did he rape me?" I asked him. I was visibly shaking now.
"No I was able to pull him off before he had the chance to do anything else to you." he tried to reassure me.
"Well where is your shirt blue eyes?" I asked him. He smiled a small smile. What the fuck is funny about any of this? I silently fumed.
"I took it off to cover you up. Matt and Brian did the same and Zacky's is covered in blood. The hospital gave us these to put on." he said showing me the scrub shirt he was wearing.
"So in other words you saved me blue eyes. You saved me from being raped by that monster! I don't know how to thank you!?" I said in between sobs. I was crying uncontrollably now but I didn't care. I had narrowly escaped being raped tonight!
"You don't need to thank me at all. Any decent human being would've done the same. Please don't cry." he said to me. He saves my life and he's trying to be humble!
My sisters ran over and about tackled poor blue eyes. "Thank you for being there to save our sister." they said "We really appreciate you going above and beyond for her after just meeting her tonight. When we think about what a much more traumatic experience this could've been for her...there are no words."
"Please anyone would've done the same in my position. But if it makes you feel better you're welcome." he said.
He came over to me with this heartbroken look of pity on his face and bent down and whispered in my ear.
"Everything is going to be alright beautiful." he said so convincingly. He took my hand and kissed me tenderly on the forehead. I felt warm all over and safe for the first time since he'd starting telling me the story of what had taken place.
I looked up into his eyes through my swollen tear filled ones and whispered, "Thank you so much blue eyes. I owe you my life." My voice caught as the tears started spilling over again and I caught a look of softening come over his face for a second before the look of pity returned. I didn't want to be pitied! Especially not by him! I was torn as to how I felt at that moment. On the one hand I was beyond grateful that he had been there to save me, while on the other hand I was mortified that he had seen me at the worst possible moment of my life. A moment where I was totally exposed and vunerable. Just then the doctor appeared with a nurse and saved me from my miserable musings.
"Well hello there Ms. McGuire!, he stated cheerfully. Dumb question but how are you feeling?"
"Like a bomb exploded in my head doc. Is there anything you can do to ease the pain?"
He turned towards the nurse and said, "Will you check on the order for the morphine please Cassie? I've ordered you a morphine drip for the evening. That should alleviate the pain and discomfort you are feeling a little and help you sleep. I've also ordered some liquid ibuprophen which will also help with the pain. I need to check your stitches now."
"Whoa wait!! I have stitches? Where? Why?" I screeched out and immediately regretted it! I saw stars and my mouth hurt so fucking bad! "Oww!!" I whined.
Dr. Nicklin frowned at me and said, "Now you're going to have to remember that your jaw has been broken and wired shut dear. Outbursts like that are only going to bring you increased pain and lengthen the healing process. Yes you have 24 stitches to the back of your head from about the middle to just behind your right ear. Most of your cuts and brusing are on your right side which leads us to believe that this is the side you landed on when you fell. In a short while you will be transferred upstairs to your room. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day for you with doctors and someone coming in to explain your oral care and treatment plan so do try and get some rest this evening. Do you have any questions?"
"Dr. Nicklin can the rest of my visitors come back for a short time?" I asked him with pleading eyes.
"Yes they can come back in groups of five. No more than five visitors back here at a time please and please remember that there are other patients here so keep the volume to a minimum." he said sternly.
"I'll go get two of the guys. Jimmy said excitedly. That'll give you and your sisters a chance to talk." he smiled. God he had a gorgeous smile and a nice ass too I noticed as he left the room.
Once my blue eyes was gone from the room my sisters turned on me and Susan said, "Okay now who is that guy and why did he refuse to leave until he saw you?"
"Yes and who are the other 7 out there in the waiting room? We caught some names but other than that we have no idea. Did you really just meet them all tonight?"
"Yes, I said, I just met them all tonight. They came into the bar around 5pm so I got a chance to talk with them before it got busy. You know me...I'm a bartender...I get along well with most people. Besides you know how outgoing I am normally. We just kinda hit it off. Blue eyes is hot isn't he?"
"Yeah he is, Susan said, although I didn't see one that wasn't out there."
"So after only a few hours they're all so concerned about how you are? Like they've known you for years or something? Cathy asked incredulously. I'm in the wrong profession!! We all laughed.
"So do they live in the area or what? Are they from the college campus? Susan asked
"No they're from California and they're here on business although they didn't tell me what sort of business. They're probably like those guys who come in to build those developments of houses. We had a group from Texas a few weeks ago." I said
"So your blue eyes said he was going to ask you out. Are you gonna go out with him?" Cathy asked
"I don't know. I'd like to say yes but I don't know how long they're in town for or what sort of shape I'm going to be in. I can't imagine I'd be a very fun or attractive date looking like I do if your reactions were anything to go by. Unless he's into Frankenstein's bride or something. I chuckled. Do either of you have a mirror?" I asked. Susan pulled a mirror out and I looked in it and shuddered. My face was really horrid looking. My mouth alone was enough to scare anyone off for Christ's sake! The door slid open and blue eyes was back with Zacky and Matt. As hard as they tried to keep it off their faces I could see the horror and disgust. I was hideous looking. Susan and Cathy said they were going to go home and call Mom and let her know what happened and for me to not worry about the kids for the next few days they would be taken care of. I thanked my sisters and Jimmy asked them if they would send in Johnny and Brian. They said yes and after giving me hugs they were gone.
4/6/13