chapter 52

“I was unconscious for two weeks?” Alexander was astonished, but I ignored his question because I just needed to tell him about my feelings in case this was all temporary.

“And seeing how you would never wake up, I was lonely and scared, and I thought about all the times we had spent together, and I realized that I had fallen in love with you, but I didn’t know why I couldn’t say it, and then I regretted it and-,”

Dry lips blocked the rest of my words from coming out. I didn’t hesitate to kiss back. It was amazing! I didn’t care that his lips were parched or that he hadn’t brushed his teeth in two weeks. I only watched him kissing me back, something he could do because he was awake!

We slowly drifted apart.

“Hi,” I whispered, afraid I would start rambling again.

“Hi.” He said back to me. We stared deeply at each other, cataloging our features as if afraid we would forget with time.

“I missed you.”

“I missed you too.”

I smiled widely, the first smile I had given in two weeks, and leane