24.

                                    

                                          
Ryker's POV
I woke up before Amira did. I glanced down at the sleeping girl next to me and smiled. She had snuggled deeper into my side subconsciously while she slept. She looked so beautiful with her scruffy bed hair. Her pouty lips were slightly parted, her breath coming out in small puffs. 
I leaned over and kissed the top of her head. The movement didn't hurt too bad which meant I must've been given some more morphine. I glanced at my iv and noticed it looked fuller than before. Madison must've changed it at some point during the night.
At this point I really had to pee. I move to get out of bed and Amira stirs. She rolls over and throws her arm across my torso. She slings one of her legs over mine, pinning them to the mattress. 
God she's adorable. I barely know this girl and I'm already whipped. I shake my head at the thought. "Amira, my sweet girl, I've got to get up. I promise I'll come back but you need to let me up.", I whisper softly to her. 
She groans softly, expressing her dislike at the idea. I laugh quietly,"Please, angel". She makes no move to get off of me. I shake her shoulder lightly and she rolls away from me with a groan. She moves far enough away that the arm I had wrapped around her is freed. 
I take a deep breath and prepare for the pain that will follow when I sit up. I slowly raise my back from the bed, being careful to use my arms rather than my core to lift myself. I am still, surprisingly, in minimal pain. 
I slowly stand using the pole attached to my iv for balance. I keep my hand around it, pulling it along with me as I move to the door. Fortunately it has wheels and requires minimal force, otherwise I would be in trouble. 
I open the door to find downstairs empty. I peer into the only room that has an open door and see Madison sprawled out on the king size bed inside. 
I walk across the room and into the bathroom. I look into the mirror and exhausted bloodshot eyes meet mine. White scars litter my chest and a bandage covers the lower left part of my torso. My black sweatpants look dirty and I suddenly want a shower. I sigh in annoyance as I recall from previous experience that I can't shower with fresh stitches because they can't get wet.
I run my fingers through my hair before turning away from the mirror. I do my business and leave the bathroom, still dragging my stupid iv. I walk into Madison's room and open the top drawer of the dresser. Pulling out one of my black v-neck undershirts, I unfold it.
What Madison didn't realize is that she had actually crashed in the bedroom that I normally sleep in. I glance back at the doctor one last time. I don't want to wake her, but I can't walk around shirtless either... I raise my arms to pull on the shirt and feel only a slight twinge of discomfort from my side.
The only problem comes when I get the shirt on. I hadn't taken into account that the shirt could not get around the iv. The tube was stuck through the arm of my shirt and down into the torso. 
I mumble a curse as I try to fix it. All I managed to do is knock over the stand, which falls to the floor with a loud crash. I freeze and turn my head slowly to peer at the Madison. She raises her her head slowly and blinks her eyes furiously, attempting to rid the sleep from them.
She scans the room warily until she notices me and my overturned iv. "My bad", I sheepishly reply to her confused look. 
"Ryker? What are you doing?", she asks sleepily. "I was trying to get some clean clothes on and I forgot about my iv..", I trail off.
"Give me a minute to wake up and I can take out the iv. You're done with any medicine that can't be taken orally now.", she replied, yawning and propping herself up on her elbow. 
"When you get up and ready, I'm ready to have the iv taken out.", I tell her, as I give up and peel the shirt back off.
 "Go back to the med bay for now. I'll meet you in there in a bit.", she dismisses me. 
I leave with a nod and head back to my angel. I quietly open the door, hoping that I won't wake Amira. 
I look down at my beautiful girl as I walk across the room to her.I lay back down, pulling the sheets back over me. "Amira, angel, I'm back.", I tell her softly. She rolls over and cuddles into my side. 
I smile at her actions and start playing with her hair. 
About ten minutes later, Madison opens the door and walks in. She appears more lively now. Madison walks over to the cabinets and starts rummaging around for supplies. 
After she has grabbed a few things, she washes her hands and makes her way over to me. 
She messes with something almost like a valve on the iv tube before loosening the tape holding the needle in place on my hand. 
Madison slowly slides the needle out of my hand and places gauze over the site. She puts pressure on it and holds it in place to stop the bleeding.
I look down at Amira who is beginning to wake. The first thing she does is look up to me with her beautiful blue eyes. My expression immediately softens as she does. 
"Good morning, Sweet girl. How did you sleep?", I ask her with a smile.
"Good", she drowsily replies as she smiles back at me.
 As Madison stops putting pressure on my hand and releases it, her movement catches Amira's attention. She flinches and tenses before she turns her head and notices who it is. 
Madison places a band aid to cover the wound left by the needle as Amira's racing heart begins to slow to its normal pace. I frown and place my now free hand around the back of her neck as if to pull her closer to me.
"Amira, I need to check the wounds on your forearms. Can you sit up so that I can get to them?", Madison requests. "Of course", replies Amira, as she moves away from me, much to my displeasure. I don't like how cold the bed feels now as she moves to the edge for Madison to inspect her injuries.
Madison unrolls her bandages and peers down at her cuts. "It looks like you're healing pretty well. It won't be too long until I can take these stitches out.", she says cheerily. 
She rewraps Amira's arms in fresh bandages and exits quickly, throwing away the old ones away on her way out. 
Amira returns to my side and snuggles in. I happily return my arms to their original positions around her body. 
"Would you like to get up and get breakfast with me in a bit?", I ask her. 
"Of course", she replies quickly. 
"Okay. I want to stay like this for now though", I tell her.
"Me too"
She snuggles deeper into me and I smile as I kiss the top of her head.
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