Page 208 of I Never Stopped Loving You

The nurse only nods before returning her attention to the machine I’m hooked up to. She swaps out an empty bag for a weird, yellow-tinted one. I guess that’s where the term banana bag comes from.

“I didn’t think I’d be seeing you again so soon,” she teases. Yep, she remembers me.

She gives me a sweet smile before glancing over at Willow, who’s arguing in a hushed tone with Jeremy in the corner.

“She’s sweet,” the nurse whispers to me.

I smile and nod to her before looking over at my little rabbit. She has one hand on her hip and the other is pointing a finger at Jeremy like she’s scolding him for something.

“She hasn’t left your side since you were brought in. You can tell from the way she looks at you that she truly loves you,” the nurse says before patting me on the shoulder and walking toward the door.

“So, is he going to be okay?” Jeremy asks the nurse before glancing over at me.

“He will be, as long as you behave and stop trying to make him laugh,” she jokingly reprimands him, causing him to blush.

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Good boy,” she teases before walking out the door.

Jeremy’s cheeks turn red as he looks wide-eyed at Willow. She busts out laughing, and it’s taking everything in me not to laugh as well. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say ‘good boy’ to Jeremy, but apparently he liked it.

“I’m going to go call Jenna and see where the food is,” he starts to say before the door suddenly opens again.

“No worries. I’m here,” Jenna declares as she walks in holding up the two grease-stained, brown paper bags.

The scent of cheeseburgers fills the room, and my stomach groans from the delicious smell.

“Fuck, that smells good. Sorry, Cuz,” Jeremy says not hiding his smirk.

I wave them off before lying back in the bed and closing my eyes. My mouth is watering from the smell, and it’s killing me not to have a single bite. Fuck. Three weeks with no solid food is going to kill me.

“Hey. I promise as soon as you can eat solid food again, we’re going to go out,” Willow says before kissing me, the taste of a burger is still on her lips. I practically moan from the taste.

I grab the pad of paper off the side table and quickly scribble a word.

Where?

“World’s End, of course. I think we need to keep going through the rest of the burgers so that we can try them all.”

“Oh, I want to go,” Jeremy says as he pulls over a chair for Jenna and then another for himself before sitting down.

“We can double date again. That was fun,” Jenna says before taking a bite of her burger.

You guys are killing me.

I quickly scribbled down my complaint before tossing the pad of paper down onto the bed so they can read it. Jeremy laughs and Jenna shrugs, but I can tell Willow is the only one who actually feels bad.

“I’m sorry. Want me to go on a liquid diet with you?” she asks, but I just shake my head no.

“Did the doctor say when we can break you out of here?” Jeremy asks.

A drop of ketchup falls from the back of the burger and lands on his jeans. He curses as he looks for a napkin, but Jenna’s already there wiping up his mess. They’re cute together. Hopefully, he doesn’t fuck this one up. I’d hate to even be associated with him if he pisses her off. She’s feisty.

“The doctor said as long as all the tests come back good, it’ll most likely be a week,” Willow answers. I wasn’t even aware of the timeline.

“Damn. Are you going to stay here still?” he asks.

“Yep. I told you guys, I’m not leaving his side.”