8. Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven
Jaylen
I 'm not sure what I expected to happen when Sophia came back to my room with Rory, but it certainly wasn't for them two to have a full-blown conversation about our family and the organisation we're a part of.
If I was able to intervene, I would've because I wanted Rory's attention.
I wanted to be the one having meaningless conversations with her and getting to know things about her, like the fact that she speaks her mind and isn't afraid of offending anyone.
Although in all honesty, whilst she was distracted by Sophia, it gave me plenty of time to watch her, so I can't really complain.
She was standing next to me for a solid few minutes and my eyes scanned every single inch of her multiple times, tracing each little detail of her face and solidifying them into my brain.
The golden hue in her brown eyes, the dimple in her cheeks when she smiles or purses her lips, and the smattering of freckles across her nose are just a few of the many things that my eyes captured in the space of time that she was stood beside me.
I listened intently to every word that she said, mesmerised with the way her words flowed so smoothly out of her mouth .
Hearing her opinions on the organisation and listening to the underlying disgust in her voice every time she said the word Mafia has me questioning things inside my chaotic mind as I watch her disappear from my room, leaving me alone with my cousin who's also watching after her.
She seems to know a thing or two about how the Mafia works, and although most people probably do, the way she spoke about it, and the crease that formed on her forehead the longer she and Sophia spoke about it makes me think that she knows more than the average person would.
I suppose that's a good thing, in a way, because she's looking after me and is going to be surrounded by my family during the time that she's caring for me, but I'm also pretty sure it's a bad thing, especially with her view on people involved in the Mafia.
Maybe her being appointed as my nurse is some sort of twisted fate.
Maybe this is going to be like one of the romance books that Auntie Lou, Sophia, and Jess read.
I'm starting to think being in that accident and ending up badly injured may not have been such a bad thing.
This whole incident might even turn into some sort of blessing.
"You running away with your thoughts?"
Sophia's amused tone snaps me out of my thoughts and my eyes swing over to where she's seated.
"You're either being a total man right now and thinking something inappropriate and disgusting, or you've tapped into your sweet, romantic side and are thinking about how perfect she is for you," she says, giggling beside me when I roll my eyes.
"Cat got your tongue? "
I internally scoff and shake my head at her, even if what she said was slightly amusing.
She gasps beside me and jumps from her seat, literally causing my heart to jump and my monitor to miss a beat from the incessant rhythm it's had for the past few weeks.
"Holy shit!" she shouts, her wide eyes staring directly at me as her hand reaches towards the control hooked onto the side of my bed.
She glances away from me for a split second so that she can look at the control in her hand and then she presses the big circular button in the middle.
A beeping noise sounds from beside me and then a few seconds later, a tall, dark-haired man strides into the room, clad in a navy-blue shirt, grey suit trousers and a matching grey tie beneath a white lab coat.
"Is everything okay, Miss King?" he asks, watching as Sophia stands beside me, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
"He moved," she whispers, not taking her eyes off of me even as Kaleb steps into the room, places two drinks on the table and then wraps his arms loosely around her, kissing the top of her head.
"As I told you earlier with the situation we had with Nurse Daniels, he's getting is bodily movements back after being asleep for so long."
"But he turned his head. It was as if he very slowly shook his head in response to me making a snarky comment that he'd usually make himself."
The doctor's brows raise, and his gaze moves from Sophia to me.
"Has he done anything else?"
"Well, beside blinking in answer to my questions, no. Not until just before I pressed the buzzer. That was when he moved his head," Sophia rushes out, watching the doctor with a hopeful expression. "That's good, right?"
The doctor nods and steps towards me as he pulls a pen from his pocket.
"Jaylen, can you feel this?" he asks, moving the pen onto my skin and pressing it gently against my arm.
I blink once in response.
"That's him saying yes," Sophia tells him. "One blink for yes, and two blinks for no."
"Okay, that's good. How about this?"
He presses the pen into the palm of my hand and I blink again when I feel the pressure from the metal casing of the pen.
"Okay, I want you to try and hold the pen for me. Just focus on your hand and the pressure from the pen against your skin. Try to imagine your fingers curling inwards, closing around the pen."
I close my eyes and do as he says, focusing on what I can feel and trying to conjure up a picture of the scene taking place inside my head.
"Markus, look," Sophia whispers.
I open my eyes to see all three of them gaping at me.
"That's really good work, Jaylen. It's incredible in all honesty. If you keep progressing at this rate, you'll be back to your normal self in no time."
"That's great news!" Sophia shouts, pulling away from Kaleb and coming over to squeeze my arm.
My stomach churns with nerves as I drown out the sound of them talking whilst the doctor writes in my notes .
As much as I'm excited to recover and get back to normal, I can't help but feel a small niggle of disappointment at the thought of no longer seeing Rory.
I want to be able to spend time with her as I slowly recover. I selfishly want to take advantage of the fact she's having to work with me and will therefore have to speak to me and spend time with me.
Hopefully, even once I'm able to talk and move, I'll need to be kept in the hospital for a little while so that I can get to know her.
I want to learn her likes and dislikes, where she's from, what hobbies she has, why she became a nurse and just about a million other things.
She intrigues me, and that's shocking because people don't usually intrigue me.
If anything, I tend to do anything I can to avoid people, apart from the fair few that I love or am forced to tolerate, namely, Kaleb.