If It Makes You Happy

Chapter 14

I was forced to leave Camila's hospital room by the doctor and I wasn't too thrilled about it. Normani had to take me out of the room. She brought me to Maia's hospital room and Normani told me that I had to be quiet since Maia was sleeping.

"Is my Maia like Camz?" I asked Normani.

"I don't think so. It depends on what you mean" Normani said.

"Camz won't wake up. I think she's playing a game but I don't like it" I said.

"Oh... no Maia is going to wake up. She's just tired from her surgery" Normani said.

"What about Camz?" I asked.

"Uh... I'm not about that. She will wake up when she feels like it" Normani said.

"That's not nice" I said.

"It's not really her fault Lauren. It's her brain's fault" Normani said.

"I don't like it" I said.

"Maybe it's better this way for all of us" Normani said.

Maia began to stir and I grabbed Maia's hand.

"I think I should go. Just text me when you need me" Normani said.

"Okay," I said as Normani left the hospital room.

Maia opened her eyes and looked into my green eyes. I felt Maia squeeze my hand as she smiled at me.

"Hello sleepyhead" I said.

"Hey Laur" Maia said wincing when she moved.

"Does it hurt?" I asked.

"A little but not too much" Maia said.

"I saw the dragons but you didn't feel well" I said.

"I'm sorry but we will watch it again. I promise" Maia said.

"We can watch it now, right?" I asked.

"No, not right now we can just spend time together" Maia said.

"Okay, if that's what you want" I said.

Maia scrunched up her eyes in confusion. "Lauren, what do you mean by that?" Maia asked.

"If that's what you want to do" I said.

"We don't have to spend time together if you don't want to. I didn't mean to make it sound like you had to do it" Maia said.

"You won't get mad?" I asked.

"No, why would I be mad?" Maia asked.

"You might get mad and punish me like Camz did" I said.

"Listen, I would never hurt you Lauren" Maia said.

"I know but everyone gets mad sometimes" I said.

"Hey, I promise I would never do what she did to you" Maia said.

"Okay," I said.

"You can sit up here with me if you want" Maia said.

I got up from my seat and lay down next to Maia in her hospital bed. I did my best to not sit on any of the stuff that was hooked up to her.

"I'm not hurting you, am I?" I asked when I wrapped my arms around Maia.

"No, you're fine" Maia said resting her head on my chest.

"So, what we do now?" I asked.

"We could watch TV" Maia said pointing to the remote controller and I reached over to grab it.