Fine...Let's do this again

Focusing on the blonde’s hand squeezing yours, you once again pulled yourself back. But opening your eyes you quickly realized you weren’t in the ambulance any longer. Instead you found yourself in a hospital gown hooked up to all the beepy machines you remembered from episodes of scrubs. Turning you also realized the blonde was gone, replaced by your mom Lilly.

Her eyes pensively glued to the ground, her mind clearly tied up in a storm of anxiety.

Squeezing her hand back you caught her off-guard.

“Hey, wake up water Lilly dreamy time is over”

You whispered mocking her wake-up call from your youth.

Without skipping a beat, she buried you with a bear hug and decorated your face with kisses.

“It’s good to have you back baby roo-roo”

She whispered back kissing your ear. “Now stay here I’m going to go get a doctor”

“Shucks guess running that marathon is off the table” you quipped gesturing to all the tubes, wires and machines as Lilly waltzed out of the room. Alone you decided to take stock of your senses and make sure they were all back.

Starting slow you grabbed the plastic bed-frame

Touch check.

Next you took a whiff of the air

Stale and bleachy

Smell check.

Looking at the bedside table, you grabbed the TV remote and gave it a lick.

Gagging you checked taste off.

Tossing the remote back onto the table, you noticed the pitcher and glass of water next to where the remote was sitting.

Sight iffy or would that be brain you thought to yourself.

Echoing down the hall you could hear the click-clack of a pair of high-heels followed shortly by the same click-clack only a bit softer. The unmistakable sound of your moms.

Also hearing check.

As the heels came to a stop, you saw Brie standing in the doorway, even from here you could see the tears welled up in her eyes. They were only held back by her unrelenting dedication to appearing mayoral. But that was quickly dropped as she joined Lilly in giving you another mamma bear hug.

Reciprocating their love, you gripped them both tightly as your mind lingered on tonight’s events. While you had no clue if you would have kicked the bucket you were positive staying in that darkness would not have been good. Burying your head between Brie and Lilly you quickly stopped caring and focused on the warmth and love emanating from them.

You loved them both so damn much.

Brie broke off the hug first but not before secretly wiping her smeared make-up off on your hospital gown. A move she practiced countless times before at every school play, birthday party and graduation. Taking Lilly with her, the pair moved aside as the doctor who had been awkwardly standing back approached you.

While she flipped through your chart, you saw big butt blonde in the hallway thinking back to your remarks during the ambulance ride you knew you had to go apologize. Trying to stand up, you were rapidly blocked by the doctor

“Please sir, sit down we’re still not sure if you are well enough to get up”

“But I have to go apologize to…”

The doctor placed both hands on your shoulders and pushed you back down into bed as big butt blonde walked away.

Sighing you submitted to the doctor’s orders as he began his tests. Just as you thought you missed your only chance to apologize you saw Brie slip out the door giving you a sly wink as she did.

“Fuckin’ ace mom”

You thought to yourself.