Hannah
“Oh, how sweet…”
“Look at how he’s holding her…”
“They must really love each other…”
I woke up with a start to the sound of hushed whispers and giggles over my head. Blinking slowly, I became acutely aware of two nurses standing at the foot of the bed, their eyes wide as saucers and their hands clasped as they looked down at me.
“Oh!” one of them gasped, taking a surprised step back when she saw that I was waking up. “We’re so sorry, we didn’t mean to disturb you.” With that, they both scurried out of the room, and I watched them go with a furrowed brow.
I realized then that I was still curled up against Noah’s side with his arm wrapped protectively around me. My face instantly flushed as I realized why the nurses had been fawning over me, and I quickly moved
