Timothy’s P.O.V.

I awoke dizzily in a brightly lit white room. The curtains were draped neatly and the television was on with a very low, monotoned and barely audible level.
Danny sat in the chair next to the window. He was looking out into the bright daylight sky. His face looked very pale and worn in the sunlight. I hadn’t even noticed his very sudden rapid weight loss. He looked so…thin.
The environment I was in finally dawned on me. I was in a hospital bed. I shifted in my bed very loudly, which caused Danny to shoot his head in my direction.
“You’re awake. How are you feeling?” He looked different. Not as cheerful as he normally is. As a matter of fact, he looked very frustrated and obviously tired.
“Uh…” I muttered, “I feel fine…”
He slowly approached my bed and grabbed my hand. “Timothy…I have some good news and bad news. The good news is that Eli made it through her…incident…”
My memory struck me like a lightning bolt. Eli had attempted to commit suicide…That’s what we were here for! Then…Why was I in a hospital bed?
Danny’s facial expression went blank. “And the bad news is…Well…I have actually two things of bad news. First off…You have pneumonia. We just need you to get a shot…The second bad news…” his voice trailed off very sadly and he began to cry. “Eli jumped off of her roof…Her fucking roof. And they won’t let me see her.”
I had to be having a nightmare. There was no way that Danny was serious. I can’t believe Eli tried to commit suicide…I just really couldn’t believe it. Was her life THAT bad that she wanted to end it? I had to talk to her. She worried me sometimes with her constant mood-swings. “Can you see if they would let me see her?”
“Sure. She is in the ‘psycho’ ward. Luckily, all that was broken was her arm. It could have been worse.”
He is right. It could have been worse. She could have actually died.
Danny called in the nurse and she appeared immediately. “Yes? What do you need?”
Something about her seemed very familiar.
“Is there any way I can go see my friend? Please? It is very dire. She means a lot to me and I just really need to talk to her.”
The nurse scanned my face thoroughly. “Alright. I’m glad to take you to her. What is her name and where about in the hospital is she at?”
“Her name is Elida Bellamy. She is in the…um… ‘psycho’ ward.” Danny said, quickly.
“The one who just almost committed suicide?”
Danny’s started tearing up again. “Yeah…”
She helped me out of my bed and walked me to a wheelchair.
When we got to where Eli was at, she was talking to the girl in the room with her.
The girl with Eli was about Eli’s age. Maybe a year older. She had blonde hair and striking icy blue eyes. Her face looked very tired and sad, but somehow, looking at Eli, she looked very happy.
Eli turned her head around as she saw Danny and I enter. “Timothy! Danny!”
Danny wheeled me over to Eli and I hugged her. “Eli,” I said, after releasing her, “I am so glad you are still alive. I can’t believe I almost lost you.”
She looked sorrowfully at me. “Yeah…I know. It won’t happen again…I can promise you that. Um…” she looked over at the girl, “this is my new friend. Her name is Bri.”
“Hello, Bri.” Danny said, examining the girl’s face. “It’s very nice to meet you. I am Danny and this is my fiancé Timothy. I hope that doesn’t bother you.”
Bri shook her head. “That doesn’t bother me at all. I can tell you love each other. I myself am a lesbian, so…It really doesn’t bother me.”
I turned to Eli. She was blushing very bright red.
The nurse tapped Danny’s shoulder. “We need to give Timothy his shot now…”
Danny nodded his head. “Yes. Alright. Timothy, we have to go. We can talk to her after you get your shot.”
“Okay. See you later Breli…I mean…Bri and Eli.”
Eli smiled at watched me be wheeled out the door.
I got back to my room and rolled up my sleeve. “Alright,” I said to the nurse, “I’m ready.”
She chuckled. “Oh…It doesn’t go in your arm.”
“Then where does…it…go…”
Danny roared with laughter. “Oh, you poor thing!!”
My face lit up with red. “My…butt?”
The nurse nodded. “Yeah, I’m sorry. I’m going to give it to you myself.”
Danny shot his head at her. “I’m staying with him. Timothy, I’m going to hold your hand.”
“What?! But-But you hate needles!”
“I’m not getting the shot, so, I should be fine. You just worry about your cute little butt c:.”
There went the blushing again. Ugh. I pulled my pants down and hid my face. This was so embarrassing.
“Timothy?” Danny whispered in my ear, “I can’t wait until you get better. I miss holding you close to me. I miss all of those days where we would walk around and forget about everyone and everything. At least, after this is over, can we go back to those times?”
Tears formed in my eyes. Not from the shot that I was receiving, but from Danny’s words. I missed being with him every second of everyday. All that came to us right now was tragedy. Hopefully all of this would be over soon. We could be the only Danny and Timothy that everyone remembered. It would mean everything to both of us. And honestly, after we were wed, I want a kid. I want to adopt a kid.
The nurse walked out. I pulled my pants back up.
I nodded my head slowly. “I would love that, Daniel.”
He smiled and kissed my face very sweetly. “Thank you, Timothy. I love you so much.”
“To infinity and beyond?”
Danny smiled again with his cute Danny smile. “Yes. Beyond infinity.