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“I’m so sorry, which hospital?”
“Uh, MGH,” I said. I think that was what the person on the other end of the phone had said.
“Okay, let’s go. I’ll call you a car and we can go together. You shouldn’t be alone right now.” I blinked at them, unable to process their words. They basically picked me up and shoved me outside and onto the street and then into the backseat of a car. The nurse from the hospital hadn’t said how serious Emma’s injuries were. Why hadn’t she said how serious the injuries were?! What the fuck was wrong with Emma?
Sofia got me into the hospital and shoved me down the hall and found out where Emma was.
“Emma!” I screamed when I saw her lying in a hospital bed. Her eyes were closed and she looked so pale. She was in a little curtained-off area in the ER, but the other sections were empty. I threw myself onto the available space on the bed. Her hair was a mess and she was so very still.
“Oh my god, Emma, you have to wake up. You have to. You have to wake up so I can tell you that I love you.” I knew now. This was the moment. When I’d been in that car and driving to the hospital, everything had fallen into place. It was so obvious, later I would be pissed at myself for ever doubting it. Right now, I was still flipping out and begging her to open her eyes so I could see if they were shading toward blue or green today.
“Ow,” she said with a groan, as her eyes opened. Blue. They were so blue.
“Fuck, you’re not dead,” I said, instantly bursting into tears again. “You can never die, I won’t let you.” I wanted to hold her so tight and never let her go, but that probably wouldn’t be pleasant for her right now. Later, after she healed from whatever had happened. She would heal. I would do whatever it took to help her.
“Okay,” she said in a rough voice with a smile. “When did you get here?”
“Just now. What happened, Em?” She sighed and cringed, as if it hurt.
“Ugh. There was a bunch of wind and one of those huge construction signs flew into the windshield of the car I was in and we ended up crashing. That’s what I get for being lazy and not wanting to walk to campus. The driver is okay, I think, but it was really bad there for a little while. I was so scared and all I could think about was coming back to you. I love you so much, Callyn, all I wanted was to get to you.”
I guess she hadn’t heard my declaration of a few moments ago so it was time to make it again, this time so she could hear me. It was time for us.
I took a breath. “I love you, Emma. I do. I know now. I promise. This is it. You’re it. You’re everything to me, always have been.” I wanted to stroke her hair and hold her, but I didn’t know the extent of her injuries, so I didn’t want to hurt her.
Her smile was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen in my life. It made my heart want to burst in my chest. At least we were already in the hospital.
“You don’t know how long I’ve waited to hear you say that.” She lifted one arm and wiped away some tears from my face.
“Are you okay?” I asked, taking more stock of her. Her face was unblemished, but there was an IV in her arm. I tried not to think through all the terrible injuries she could possibly have suffered.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Sort of. Just a broken leg, probably, and maybe some other stuff. I have to go for tests, so I’m just waiting for them to take me. I was knocked out for a little bit there, so I probably have a concussion.” I squeezed her hand and brought to my lips, kissing it. I was afraid to touch her anywhere else. I couldn’t imagine causing her any more pain.
“But you’re going to be okay?” I said, and she nodded, but winced.
“Ouch, why did I do that?” She tried to lift her hand to touch the back of her head, but then she winced again.
“Everything hurts, Cal.”
“I’m going to take care of you,” I said. I had no idea what that would entail, but if she needed a fucking kidney, I would grab a scalpel and cut it out of me for her right now.
“Did someone call you?” Emma asked, and I told her about Sofia, who was absent. I guess they’d stepped out to give us privacy.
“What a way to start a new job, huh?” I said, and she laughed then winced.
“Maybe a cracked rib or two,” she said.
“Okay, you keep adding injuries and I’m getting concerned. Let’s call a nurse so I can get the full details on my busted wife.” The word was so natural now, so easy. She agreed and I hit the call button. A very nice nurse in scrubs with llamas on them came in and gave me the litany of Emma’s injuries and her possible injuries. It was nice that we were legally married because I might not have gotten that info otherwise. I also realized that as her wife, it was my duty to call her parents and tell them what had happened.
Another nurse arrived to take Emma down to get a bunch of scans and x-rays taken to ascertain the extent of what happened, so I said I would let her do that and call her parents.
“Are you going to tell them?” she asked.
“Do you want me to?” She thought about that for a second.
“Sure, fuck it. Tell them. Tell them we’re in love and we eloped after you tell them the other stuff. I mean, can they be mad that we’re married after you tell them I’ve been in an accident?” She had an excellent point. It would probably go right over their heads.
“Okay, will do,” I said, and leaned down to give her a good luck kiss. “I love you.”
