Without You

Part 40 "She was beautiful"

"I wasn't thinking," she whispers.

"Well, you not thinking could have gotten you killed," I watch her flawless face.

"What would I've done then, baby?" I question her as my vision blurs.

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*AUBREY'S POV*

I turn my head towards him and I see a sad, pained expression on his face and tears gathering in his eyes.

I feel a tear slip down my face at how sad he looks.

I pull him close to me and he hesitates not one bit to grab my body and hug it to him like his life depends on it.

"I don't know what I would do if you were to leave me," he lays his forehead on mine as he brings his hand up to stroke the side of my face with his thumb.

"Don't think about things like that," I try and get those thoughts out of his head.

He pulls away and looks directly in my eyes.

"And if you think for even one second that you are ever eating alone again, you've got another thing coming," he says seriously.

I sit up in my bed and with the look Luke sends me from his chair, I lower myself back down into a laying position.

The door opens to the room and I hear people rush in.

Olivia is the first to reach me and when she does, she sends herself onto the bed and hugging me.

"Easy there, honey," the doctor enters, "she's very weak right now and we wouldn't want any broken bones from hugs," he chuckles.

"I'm so sorry," Olivia cries and I look at her confusedly.

"Why?" I ask softly, still getting used to my weakened voice due to my still slightly swollen throat.

"You asked me what was in it and I didn't tell you all of it," she wipes a tear off her cheek, "the doctor said you could've died."

"You didn't know," I assure her before smiling, "and I'm okay now."

I say hi to everyone and then look around trying to find my mom.

When I don't find her, Luke notices.

"What's wrong?" He runs his hand down my arm in a comforting manner.

"Where's my mom?" I ask and Luke glances at his dad who looks back at him.

"We tried to get ahold of her but she won't answer her phone," James explains and I feel a pang of hurt hit my chest.

Twenty minutes of watching Luke and Eli talk about things they need to take out of my kitchen so I won't 'have another heart attack' as Eli put it, my mother comes rushing into the room.

She sees me sitting up in my bed and she lets out a breath of relief.
"Whew, it doesn't look too serious," she dabs invisible sweat off her forehead with a napkin and Luke scoffs.

I can tell Luke is holding himself back from yelling at her just by the way he's got his jaw clenched and the bouncing of his leg.

"Ma'am?" The Doctor follows her in and she turns and looks at him.

"Yes?"

"Are you the mother of Aubrey?" He questions and she nods.

"Okay," he says before he begins to explain everything that happened.

"Allergic reaction?" My mother asks, "I didn't know she had any allergies."

"Ma'am it wasn't a simple allergic reaction, it was anaphylaxis which is much stronger and much more dangerous." The doctor explains with a frustrated look on his face.