A Dream Chp: 8 Forgiveness
#8 of A Dream
Chp: 8 Forgiveness
Folvos's POV
"No running in the corridors!" I hear someone say 'nicely' to me after I've taken off towards Rose's room. I slow down to a power walk as I move through the seemingly endless white corridors that all hospitals have, I see her room approaching fast and I brace myself for anything I could see. A million thoughts start to go through my head. 'Would she remember me?' 'Would she want to see me?' 'Will she look the same?' 'Will she still act the same?' I push these thoughts from my head and I just open the door slowly, there sitting on a hospital bed is Rose. She was looking out the window as rays of sunlight streamed in and onto her fur. She looked happy sitting there looking out the window and I just stared at her through the crack in the doorway I'd made, I pushed the door open a bit more and she turned her head as she heard a creak. "Rose?" I tentatively spoke, hoping that if it was a dream I wouldn't wake up. When she saw me she looked me over for a second before I could see the light bulb in her head go off, "Folvos?!" she exclaimed, "Where am I?" "You are in a hospital, you've been in a coma for about 6 months Rose." I said to her. She looks at me wide eyed then looked around the room again.
Slowly I walked up to the seat beside her bed and reached out gently to try and hold her paw. "They weren't sure if you would wake up, you didn't hit your head but a lot of other things were hit pretty hard." I told her and felt my paw brush against hers, she looked into my eyes and then moved her paw away. "Folvos..." she starts "Rose, its ok, I'm here for you." I say and reach for her paw again only to have it moved again and her to roll to face away from me. "Folvos, I did something I regret, I didn't mean too and now I feel like you'll hate me if I tell you. That's why I ran, I didn't want to tell you what had happened, I didn't want to see how it'd hurt you." She says with her voice wavering throughout. "Rose, whatever it is you can tell me, we can talk about it." I plead trying to get her to tell me so we can talk it out. "Folvos, at the party John tried to kiss me..." "And?" I ask inquisitively "and I didn't stop him." She is almost crying by the end of that sentence. I stand up and walk over to her without saying a word. Wordlessly I walk around her bed to face her, I see her eyes shut so she hadn't seen me walk in front of her and I wrap my arms around her awkwardly. Her eyes open and she gasps a little, "What are you doing? You're supposed to be angry with me." She asked a little shocked I was hugging her after she'd told me she'd kissed another person. "You said you regret it didn't you? Believe me, after not being able to hear your voice for six months, not being able to hug you for six months or anything I'm just glad you're back. We all make mistakes, some we only make once and I know that this is one of those. Am I a bit sad that it happened yes, but if I'm completely honest I'm just glad that you are awake again." I tell her softly like a mother would do if they were comforting a child.
Slowly her tears stop flowing and she just looks up into my eyes, "Folvos, This is wrong, you should be angry at me, I betrayed you." At this point I've had enough, "Rose," I say, I move my arm up and bring my forearm up to her hand, I take her paw and move it over my forearms fur. I feel her paw-pads brush over the scars, "Not knowing can be a fate worse than death," I hear her gasp but I keep going. "Not knowing if the person you love is going to live or die is a fate worse than death, yes I'm disappointed in what you said but I'm more over enjoyed that you are still alive to care at the moment. Right now I just want to enjoy being with the person I can forgive for that." After I've finished my short speech I look her in the eyes and lean down slightly to hug her, her paw still running over my forearm. I kiss her cheek gently and she looks like she's just woken up from a trance, slowly and gently she brings her arms up, running her paws over my back and up to my ears. Slowly and gently she starts to scratch just behind my ears. Immediately I start to move into her paw, my tail starts to wag faster and she giggles a little bit at my antics. I open my eyes slowly and lean down to kiss her softly, I feel her lips press against mine and I hope it never ends.
Unfortunately we still need to breathe, so we pull apart after a little bit and she looks deeply into my eyes. As if she is trying to see what I'm thinking and what I'm feeling. Honestly I know that I just wanted to be there with her, to enjoy being with her again. "I missed you." I say as I look into her eyes. "I know you did," She replies "I'm kind of tired, is it ok if I just go to sleep?" "Yes, I know that you may be tired, and I'll be here for you when you get out." I sit down into the chair and hold her paw in mine as she starts to fall asleep.