The following hours Tony sits by my bed as the feeling slowly gets back into my body, soon I can move my hands and after a while I can open my eyes and finally see the person that has been my rock in this and that I owe so much to.

He is overjoyed and the tears run down both of our faces as he very carefully hugs me as if he fears I could shatter to pieces under his touch. They take away the respirator and I can breathe on my own. That also means Tony can kiss my lips again, which he does and I have been missing so much.

I am happy although I'm still in a lot of pain and awfully tired. Tony is there almost all of my wake time, he washes my face and combs my tangled hair. He even helps me eat and he starts to speak about the future, our future.

"When you are released from hospital we set you up in the guest room of my house, it's on the ground floor and you should be alright because you will still be on crutches. Your hip will need to heel a bit more. I don't think you should walk stairs for the first few weeks, it's too dangerous."

I try to interject but I'm still so weak that I give up after a couple of tries to stop his rambling. We just had one night together and now I'm supposed to move in with him? This is definitely moving too fast for me. I mean, I love Tony but I don't really know him yet and living together sounds pretty intimidating to me but I simply don't have the strength to argue so I leave it.

I am snapped out of these thoughts when I hear Tony clearing his throat. I look up to him smiling. He looks tired and has grown a stubble but boy he is still so hot!

"Gi, I don't know if it's a good time but you have received a letter. It's from Tom. Do you want me to read it to you?." I am shocked first but then motion for him to go on.

He unfolds a crumbled piece of paper that he had pulled out of his back pocket.

'To my dearest Gi,

I am sorry for what I did to you. I am writing to you from a mental institution, they call it a drug rehab centre but in fact its a mental hospital and thats where I probably belong .

You should have let me kill myself but instead you decided to risk your own life, saving mine. And I will be always grateful for this.

Although the bullet released itself by accident I cannot forgive myself that I shot you. Believe me hurting you was the least I wanted to happen and I deserve to die for this alone not speaking of all the other things I put you through.
I will always love you'

Here Tony stops and takes a deep breath and looks at me for my reaction. I hold my gaze down unsure of my facial expression. He resumes reading after a moment.

'The only reason I will try to get better is the fact that you deemed my life worth saving. I hope I can apologise in person at some point in time and you can forgive me.
Yours forever
Tom'

There is a moment of silence then Tony speaks in a low voice. "He must be really in love with you."
I look at his face and see the sad expression in it.

"I don't know Tony, this sounds more like an obsession to me." I shake my head still unable to comprehend all that happened.

"It may sound weird but I can understand how he felt, I don't know what I would have done if I would have lost you." Tony answers avoiding my gaze.

"Is this what I do to people? Drive them insane?" I am tired but I want to know what this is all about.

"No, Baby, no!" He comes close and holds my face in his hands looking deep in my eyes. "But loosing you might do this."

After a moment he adds. "So you haven't answered to my suggestion. What do you say to moving in with me?"

I let myself fall back to the pillow and close my eyes rubbing my forehead because my head aches. "I don't know, Tony. That all comes so quick. I don't even know what we are."

"But Gi, I have been telling you over and o-. " he looks up realising. " oh, uhm, I guess, you didn't hear me then."

He holds my two hands in his and bends down to softly kiss my lips before he takes a deep breath. "Gi, I had feelings for you longer than you know, I wished for nothing more than to be able to call you mine. I have told you this so many times when you were still in a coma, I just assumed you would know, I'm sorry I haven't asked you earlier but I love you, will you be my girlfriend?"

I'm tired and in pain but still I can't stop a huge smile making it's way onto my face. "Yes Tony, I love you, too."

Finally I get a real kiss from him and I realise how much I have missed this but he brakes it after a few moments slightly out of breath, saying "No, Gi, we have to be sensible here, you are still sick and you don't need your heart rate going up again."

I whine and pout a bit but when he starts to stroke my hair and hum to me I fall asleep faster than I wanted

Notes

Now she's awake, let's get on with the story!
Thank you for all your comments. I really considered letting her die but I thought you guys will flip out so ...
you somehow saved a life here. (Is that weird? Yes I think it is;)