Richie was sitting on the chair in the kitchen. His right arm was lifted and Kate was trying to pull out the bullet from his arm. Before moving to his arm Kate had managed to clear the blood from his face. It was clearer now, thankfully the blood was still fresh and left using only a towel with water. His lips were still swollen but Richie managed to drink some water and eat some bread.
"David hold it open just a little more." Kate told him. He was the only one with medical knowledge who could help her. David was trying to do his best. He couldn't remember when was the last time he touched medical equipment. It was one of his dreams to be a doctor and only the other dream came true, but he wasn't complaining about that.
Kate was holding her tongs and she was trying really hard to find that bullet in Richie's arm. "Aaaah!" Richie almost creamed when she found a muscle she mustn't find. "Sorry, about that. If we were in the hospital you wouldn't feel anything." Kate apologized and looked at him. She could tell by the colour of his face that he was getting better.
"Are you done?" Richie asked under his teeth. The pain he was feeling was so bad that he couldn't even keep his eyes open. Kate was exploring his arm with her tongs. She had find the spot where the bullet was but she couldn't bring it out. Her hands had start shaking. She could feel them getting all sweaty under the gloves she was wearing.
She had done thousants of operations more difficult that this one but she couldn't get this bullet out of his arm. She was getting nervous now. "Kate, i can do that." David spoke up when he saw her. Kate shallowed hard and looked at David and smiled. "No, thank you David. I can do that. I have to do that. It's my fault." Kate looked now at the opened arm that was in front of her.
The bullet was still there waiting for the tongs to got it. And they did a few minutes ago. "That feels good." Richie said a nd shut back on his chair feeling relieved and in pain. Kate placed gently the bullet on the pieve of paper on the table. "That those every 6 hours. Will easy the pain." Kate told him and dissapeared.
Richie looked at David. "There something you don't know man." David started and pured him a glass of fresh water to drink the pills. Richie managed to swallow the pill and the water helped him a lot. "What i don't know?" he looked David in the eyes. That was his surious look and he couldn't fool around with something like this. "We made a deal with Jackson in order to get you back." David said and shut on the chair next to him.
"What kind of deal?" Richie asked him back. "You're leaving tommorow. And in one and a half man we start a 6 weeks tour for the hits album." David told him as quick as he could all that he had missed. "And where am i going? Will Kate be with me too?" Richie asked him a few seconds later. he couldn't tell the words like before but David understood every word. "Nobody knows where you're going Rich, only Jackson. And Kate will not be with you. I'm sorry." David answered and touched his knee. It was the only part of him who didn't cause so much pain.
Richie was looking down on the floor for sevelar minutes. David did on his arm the stitches he needed it. Richie didn't said a word or showed that he was hurted either by what David told or was doing to him. He was just sitting there. He didn't want to leave. And sure, he didn't want to leave her behind to where the Hell he was going. He knew deep inside his mind that she feels responsible of what happend to him. But all that matters to him right now was to hold her.
"Are you done with the stitches Lemma?" he asked at some point. David looked at it one more time and felt nothing but proud of what he had done. "Yeah, you can go. Do you want me to help you stand? You're very wear now and you don't want those stitches to get cut." David answered. But he didn't really wait for his to answer.
He walked on the other side and help his get up from his 'good' hand now. "I know where you want to go." he told him and helped him walk and stopped in front of their bedroom. "I'll close the door on my way out. Take care Rich! I'll come back tommorow to say goodbye." David said and gave him a quick but carefull hug. "Thank you, for taking care of her while i was gone." Richie said when they broke up the hug. "No problem man." David answered back and walked away.
Richie looked at him walking away and looked now at that closed door in front of him. He touched the doorknob with his 'good' hand. He was bracing him himself of what he'll face as soon as he'll open the door. Taking a deep breathe Richie opened the door of their bedroom and saw Kate sitting on his side hugging his pillow. He tryied to smile and it didn't hurt so bad now. In fact it didn't hurt at all.
Kate lifted her head and saw him standing tall in front of her. He had his right arm in a distance from his body, probably David did him the stitches she couldn't finish. She wiped of her tears quickly and answered. "You should had stayied on the kitchen." she was trying hard not to look at him. She ddin't want to remember his face like that. She knew these were the last moments they'll spend together.
Richie walked slowly and shut on the edge of the bed. "You remember one night that we're walking in Sentral Park and it start raining?" he looked at her. She nodded her head. "Do you remember my fall? It was the most epic fall ever! I saw you laughing so hard while i was still lying on the wet ground and i was thinking you will never forget that. Or the other day when we found some pap's taking picutes of us and i was running after them because i didn't want those picutes to go public. Do you remember that?" he asked and looked at her.
"Yes, i remember." she answered at him laughing. That smile Richie thought to himself. That smile she wore made her so special. Least did they know that the most beautiful smile hid behind itself a soul darker than the night, a cry so loud that the devil will be terrified, a plea suppressed deep within her heart to save her from the demons she possessed yet that were not her own. All they ever saw and believed in was that smile that never left her lips no matter what.
"David told me about the deal you made with Jackson." Richie finally spoke. "That's alright i understand." he added and touched her right leg. Richie looked up at her. She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings. She jumped a little when he touched her.
"Can you move a little? That's my side." he told her. Kate did as she was asked not sure of what was on his mind. It took Richie a while to lay on the bed next to her.And when he did he pulled her close to his body. He hugged her with his left hand and kissed her foarhead. "I didn't want to fall in love again or need someone. I really didn't want anything. But, then you appeared that night and start wanting everything."Richie told her and kissed her hand. That was causing her pain and he didn't want that because she was evrything to him.
Kate was doing a great job of not looking at him. A part of her didn't want to see him and the other part of her didn't go to get her eyes of him. "I know why you don't want to look at me. But please let me see you one more time before i leave. I know there will come a day that we can't be together. I'll keep you in my heart and you'll stay there forever." Richie said and felt his own tear rolling down his demaged cheek.
Kate looked up at him. Even though he was all bitten up she always loved the way he was looking at her. She loved everything about him she couldn't recall anything bad about him now. She moved closer and she stayied there. She let him kiss her slowly all afraid that might caused him any kind of pain but it didn't. He couldn't feel anything from his head to toes all he could hear was his heart racing like it was his first kiss. Sure, it wasn't the first but it was defently one of the lasts.
She had realized within seconds of meeting him that he was rare. She had known within hours that he was everything she ever wanted.
"David hold it open just a little more." Kate told him. He was the only one with medical knowledge who could help her. David was trying to do his best. He couldn't remember when was the last time he touched medical equipment. It was one of his dreams to be a doctor and only the other dream came true, but he wasn't complaining about that.
Kate was holding her tongs and she was trying really hard to find that bullet in Richie's arm. "Aaaah!" Richie almost creamed when she found a muscle she mustn't find. "Sorry, about that. If we were in the hospital you wouldn't feel anything." Kate apologized and looked at him. She could tell by the colour of his face that he was getting better.
"Are you done?" Richie asked under his teeth. The pain he was feeling was so bad that he couldn't even keep his eyes open. Kate was exploring his arm with her tongs. She had find the spot where the bullet was but she couldn't bring it out. Her hands had start shaking. She could feel them getting all sweaty under the gloves she was wearing.
She had done thousants of operations more difficult that this one but she couldn't get this bullet out of his arm. She was getting nervous now. "Kate, i can do that." David spoke up when he saw her. Kate shallowed hard and looked at David and smiled. "No, thank you David. I can do that. I have to do that. It's my fault." Kate looked now at the opened arm that was in front of her.
The bullet was still there waiting for the tongs to got it. And they did a few minutes ago. "That feels good." Richie said a nd shut back on his chair feeling relieved and in pain. Kate placed gently the bullet on the pieve of paper on the table. "That those every 6 hours. Will easy the pain." Kate told him and dissapeared.
Richie looked at David. "There something you don't know man." David started and pured him a glass of fresh water to drink the pills. Richie managed to swallow the pill and the water helped him a lot. "What i don't know?" he looked David in the eyes. That was his surious look and he couldn't fool around with something like this. "We made a deal with Jackson in order to get you back." David said and shut on the chair next to him.
"What kind of deal?" Richie asked him back. "You're leaving tommorow. And in one and a half man we start a 6 weeks tour for the hits album." David told him as quick as he could all that he had missed. "And where am i going? Will Kate be with me too?" Richie asked him a few seconds later. he couldn't tell the words like before but David understood every word. "Nobody knows where you're going Rich, only Jackson. And Kate will not be with you. I'm sorry." David answered and touched his knee. It was the only part of him who didn't cause so much pain.
Richie was looking down on the floor for sevelar minutes. David did on his arm the stitches he needed it. Richie didn't said a word or showed that he was hurted either by what David told or was doing to him. He was just sitting there. He didn't want to leave. And sure, he didn't want to leave her behind to where the Hell he was going. He knew deep inside his mind that she feels responsible of what happend to him. But all that matters to him right now was to hold her.
"Are you done with the stitches Lemma?" he asked at some point. David looked at it one more time and felt nothing but proud of what he had done. "Yeah, you can go. Do you want me to help you stand? You're very wear now and you don't want those stitches to get cut." David answered. But he didn't really wait for his to answer.
He walked on the other side and help his get up from his 'good' hand now. "I know where you want to go." he told him and helped him walk and stopped in front of their bedroom. "I'll close the door on my way out. Take care Rich! I'll come back tommorow to say goodbye." David said and gave him a quick but carefull hug. "Thank you, for taking care of her while i was gone." Richie said when they broke up the hug. "No problem man." David answered back and walked away.
Richie looked at him walking away and looked now at that closed door in front of him. He touched the doorknob with his 'good' hand. He was bracing him himself of what he'll face as soon as he'll open the door. Taking a deep breathe Richie opened the door of their bedroom and saw Kate sitting on his side hugging his pillow. He tryied to smile and it didn't hurt so bad now. In fact it didn't hurt at all.
Kate lifted her head and saw him standing tall in front of her. He had his right arm in a distance from his body, probably David did him the stitches she couldn't finish. She wiped of her tears quickly and answered. "You should had stayied on the kitchen." she was trying hard not to look at him. She ddin't want to remember his face like that. She knew these were the last moments they'll spend together.
Richie walked slowly and shut on the edge of the bed. "You remember one night that we're walking in Sentral Park and it start raining?" he looked at her. She nodded her head. "Do you remember my fall? It was the most epic fall ever! I saw you laughing so hard while i was still lying on the wet ground and i was thinking you will never forget that. Or the other day when we found some pap's taking picutes of us and i was running after them because i didn't want those picutes to go public. Do you remember that?" he asked and looked at her.
"Yes, i remember." she answered at him laughing. That smile Richie thought to himself. That smile she wore made her so special. Least did they know that the most beautiful smile hid behind itself a soul darker than the night, a cry so loud that the devil will be terrified, a plea suppressed deep within her heart to save her from the demons she possessed yet that were not her own. All they ever saw and believed in was that smile that never left her lips no matter what.
"David told me about the deal you made with Jackson." Richie finally spoke. "That's alright i understand." he added and touched her right leg. Richie looked up at her. She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings. She jumped a little when he touched her.
"Can you move a little? That's my side." he told her. Kate did as she was asked not sure of what was on his mind. It took Richie a while to lay on the bed next to her.And when he did he pulled her close to his body. He hugged her with his left hand and kissed her foarhead. "I didn't want to fall in love again or need someone. I really didn't want anything. But, then you appeared that night and start wanting everything."Richie told her and kissed her hand. That was causing her pain and he didn't want that because she was evrything to him.
Kate was doing a great job of not looking at him. A part of her didn't want to see him and the other part of her didn't go to get her eyes of him. "I know why you don't want to look at me. But please let me see you one more time before i leave. I know there will come a day that we can't be together. I'll keep you in my heart and you'll stay there forever." Richie said and felt his own tear rolling down his demaged cheek.
Kate looked up at him. Even though he was all bitten up she always loved the way he was looking at her. She loved everything about him she couldn't recall anything bad about him now. She moved closer and she stayied there. She let him kiss her slowly all afraid that might caused him any kind of pain but it didn't. He couldn't feel anything from his head to toes all he could hear was his heart racing like it was his first kiss. Sure, it wasn't the first but it was defently one of the lasts.
She had realized within seconds of meeting him that he was rare. She had known within hours that he was everything she ever wanted.
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Richie opened the door of his hotel room and Jon walked in a little faster than the usual. "Hey, what happend? You said you'll all come in 30 minutes. I'm not ready!" Richie ansewered and closed the door. When Richie walked back to the room he found Jon sitting on a chair with a smile from ear to ear. "What it is Johnny?" Richie knew that look.
"You'll be the first one to know. Dot is pregnant... again!" Richie rolled his eyes. "Really man? That awesome! Congratulations!" Richie ansewered and hugged tight his best friend. "Thank you Rich! I'm sure you and Heather will have many kids too." Jon said when they broke the hug. "Yeah, i hope that too." he answered.
"I asked her to marry me and he said yes." Richie dropped the bomb a few seconds later. "You did what? Are you sure man? You don't know her that well. I know you love her but with Ka..." Jon tryied to finish but Richie jumped. "Please, don't say her name. I haven't hear it since i left New Jersey. I haven't even say it out loud."
Sudenly sadness moved in to Richie's face. "Hey! She was a part of your life, but heather will be your wife someday soon. I know you still feel something for her but you'll never see her again. You know i'm really sorry for that, don't you?" Jon said. "Yeah, man i know." Richie answered and he was still feeling somehting that words couldn't describe.
"Let's see some TV before the rest of the guys some here." Jon said and opened the TV.
BREAKING NEWS.
The well known doctors Timothy and Jackson Jones were had a terrible car accident which costed both of their livies. Like the forencic surgeor mentionted both father and son were killed instantaneously. The only living family member that remains is Jones's daughter Cathrine. Their funeral will take place tommorow at the New York City Marble Cemetery.
Richie jumped. Jon touched his hand. "Let it go Richie." he told him.
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Kate was keeping a distance from the sink and what was on the top of it. She knew very well that this little thing will change his life forever. It's only been a few days since she had buried her father and her brother. She wasn't feeling that sad as she should be. And that was was scaring her the most. She was feeling much different now without them. They had caused many pain to her and the people she loved. So, yes it was way much better without them breathing.
With very small steps Kate managed to arrive at the sink. She took it in her hands and closed her eyes. She was holding it so tight in his hand that broke it. But it didn't care. It was the fourth after all. She stepped on the closed door behind her rolled down.
As soon as she hit the floor she start crying. She knew that this will not change what had happend but she couldn't do anything else. And of course she couldn't change the fact that she's pregnant and the child she's carrying it's Richie's.
These two are going through so much. You take them into one problem, then into ANOTHER problem... hee hee hee. Will be interested to see what happened. Richie and Heather and???
ReplyDeleteWho said life is easy? He he he!! Someday they will find happiness but not for very long, be sure about that. And as far as Heather it's time to be his wife.
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