This Is My Stop

I wasn't much of a crier but everything summed up, her being shot, Sophie fighting cancer... I exploded.
While I sat on the waiting room I saw Gerard walking towards me down the hall.
"Hey, what happened?"
"She got shot by a maniac, I don't know..."
"What did the doctors tell you?"
"That I should call up her family because the injury was too bad"
"Does she need blood? Do you know her blood type?"
"Yeah, I already gave blood, she's got my same weird blood type"
"I don't really get how this happened, I dropped her off at her hotel last night she seemed excited to come inside"
"He probably chased her or something, maybe she forgot something and went to the store"
"Did he know him?"
"They think she did, they're waiting for her to wake up. Oh yeah... She had cancer."
"What?!"
"She had cancer in her ovaries a few years ago, they asked for her paperwork back home and it said she had beaten the disease. She had to get checked up occasionally"
"Who knew... She's healthy now? Or... Was she?"
"Yes, she was fine. Just a few sleeping and anxiety pills. Something must've happened to her. She relapsed before coming here"
"What do you mean?"
"She drank chlorine, a psychiatrist talked to her and apparently she had been suicidal"
"She's... Wow... I don't-"
A nurse came out of the operating room, "Frank Iero?"
"Yes, that's me"
"Are you Aubrey's boyfriend?"
"Yes, yes I am."
"Come with me, Dr. Jones wants to speak with you"
I felt my heart sinking, I feared the worst... May be she didn't make it or had permanent damage on her... I signalled Gerard that I would be okay, "Go visit Sophie, I'll text you when I'm coming up"
He nodded and left. The doctor removed bloody gloves from his hands and approached me.
"Mr. Iero, hi, are you Ms. Saenz boyfriend?"
"Yes, what's wrong with her? Is she going to be okay?"
"Well, she's been very lucky. The bullet didn't hit her that hard, apparently she had been wearing a necklace a sort of metal tag"
That was mine, I gave that to Sophie a few weeks ago when she went to Jersey for her art lessons.
"You're saying that stopped the bullet from harming her severely?"
"Yes, the bullet has been removed now, she's fine. She'll just have some pain from the wound. I can't give her certain medication due to her previous disease. Her liver is still recovering slowly"
I couldn't believe it, I was shaking from the shock.
"We'll take her to room 502, you'll be able to visit her in about an hour"
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I made my way to Sophie's room while I waited for Aubrey to be in hers.
The door was slightly open, Gerard was sitting on one side of her bed.
"So are they a couple?"
"Yes they are, our plan worked"
"Was she upset when you left them alone?"
"Yeah but they found comfort on each other"
"Gee..."
"Yes, Sophie?"
"Why are you frowning?"
"Oh, it's nothing... I just had a rough day"
"Here, have Thomas, he comforts me when I have bad days"
I knocked on the door and came in, Gerard had teary eyes. He padded on my shoulder and left the room with Thomas for a minute.
"Frankie!"
"Hi Soph, what's up?"
"Not much I was just talking with Gee, where's Aubrey?"
"Aubrey wasn't feeling too well today, I'll check on her in a few hours"
"Is she sick?"
"Yeah, sort of. It's quite complicated"
I talked with her about random topics and the upcoming party, Gerard walked back in a few minutes later. I let Sophie play with her stuffed giraffe while I pulled him away.
"How is she?"
"She's fine, apparently Sophie gave her my metal tag necklace and that saved her from being injured severely. She'll be fine, she's two floors up I have to go see her in a few minutes"
"I was scared, I couldn't contain myself"
"She'll be fine, we'll have to switch. I'll go see her now and then I'll come here with Sophie so you can be with her"
"Okay, go, I was planning on continuing her drawing lessons"
I walked up to Sophie and kissed her forehead.
"Sophie, I'm going to check in Aubrey, okay? I'll be back in a few hours, Gerard will stay with you"
"Okay, I'll make a picture for her so you can take it to her later"
I smiled at her and ran towards the elevator.
I tried not to lose my cool, I knocked on the door. No one answered.
A nurse was putting medicine on her IV drip.
"Mr. Iero, she's asleep right now."
"Is it okay if stay with her?"
"Sure, you can also try talking to her, they say it really helps them" she said while closing the door.
I walked towards her bed, her lips were cut and had bruises in her arms. She seemed to had fought the guy to be set free.
I grabbed her hand and stared at her. She was very beautiful, her skin was paler than usual, her eyeliner had been a little messed up but she still managed to look nice. I never really noticed how soft her hands felt, her wrist tattoo stood up more than usual because of her pale colour. She had a nice small mole on the left side of her mouth. She looked so peaceful. As tears ran down my face, I started talking to her.
"Hi, Aubrey. I don't know if you'll be able to hear this but I need to get this off my chest. These last few days have been awesome, even though we fought most of the time I really liked spending time with you. I'm so glad I found you... You're amazing with Sophie and are so sweet with everyone. I promise that as long as you're by my side I will protect you. This... I can't believe you have to go through all this shit..." I rubbed her hand, she hadn't moved...
"If you wake up soon I promise I'll give you my all, I'll never spend a minute away for you. Unless I start a new band and have to tour... You know how things are. I like the way your hair falls on her face, the way you fix you're glasses when you're nervous, how you bite your lips when you're nervous or the hay your legs move when you walk. I like how your voice sounds in the morning, how your back curves when you climax, the scent of your skin and every single one of your tattoos, at lest the ones I had the chance to see. I don't want you to leave me, ever."
"I can't believe you tattooed my name on your heart, that's so cheesy"
"Aubrey?!"
"What's up?"
"Aubrey! You're finally awake"
"Yeah... I missed your goofy laugh, Frankenstein"
"That's not the proper way to talk to your husband"
"You'll get used to it"
"Otherwise?"
"Otherwise I'll get your face tattooed on my butt"
"I never got to look at it"
"Well, consider it a bliss, my ass and entire body don't look good with clothes. It gets worse without them"
We spent the entire evening talking about what had just happened last night and that morning. Police officers came inside.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Saenz, Mr. Iero"
"Good afternoon, officer" she said while I shook hands with them
"We wanted to ask you a couple of questions regarding this morning's incident. Would you mind giving us a minute, Mr. Iero?"
I approached Aubrey and kissed her cheek, "I'll be downstairs with Sophie, Gerard will be up in a minute."
She nodded as I left the room.

Notes

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