“I can’t feel his pulse.” Dr. Gerad announced and Max’s eyes widened.
“What? What do you mean you can’t feel his pulse?” Max asked and Dr. Gerard stuttered as he tried to think of a response.
Max suddenly heard Lily gasping loudly and he turned to her, her hand was on her chest as she gasped.
“Lily.” Max called and moved closer to her, he held her free hand and she looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Her blue eyes glistened as her eyes were so filled with tears.
She gasped again and blinked, the tears fell freely down her cheeks.
Dr. Gerard on the other hand was trying his best to revive Axel, putting him in a car and going to the hospital would be a bad idea, he would be dead before they got to the hospital.
There is still a slight chance of survival.
Lily gasped again as tears streamed down her eyes, she couldn’t explain how she was feeling, she felt it so hard to breathe. She felt her heart aching like it had never done before.
“Lily, you have to calm down and breathe.” Max said and Lily shook her head, she let out a whimper and her hands started to tremble.
She felt guilty also, she started to think it was all her fault. She didn’t stop the bleeding, she didn’t do as she was asked.
She couldn’t call her life with Axel the best one, she can’t say she is happy all the time being around him but one thing she was sure of and could say was that she is nothing without Axel.
She couldn’t imagine a life without Axel, she believed she was nothing without him.
“I can feel a pulse again, he is okay.” Dr. Gerad suddenly announced and Max turned to look at him as he still held Lily.
“He is okay.” Dr Gerad said again. He was trying to get the bullet out of Axel and at the same time, assure Max and Lily that he was fine.
Max turned back to Lily and noticed she wasn’t gasping anymore but she was still crying, she sniffed and he pulled her into a hug.
“It’s okay. He is fine, he is okay.” Max assured her and creased her hair, Lily sniffed and let him embrace her freely, she needed it.
After almost an hour of trying to get the bullet out of Axel and give him the proper care, Dr. Gerard was finally done.
Axel was carried to his room with the help of Max, he was laid carefully on his bed. The doctor assured them that he was fine and he would be back in the day to check up on him, the doctor left and it was Max and Lily left.
Max waited for almost an hour before he decided to leave, he informed Lily to check up on him if anything went wrong or if she needed anything. With that, Max left.
It was Lily all alone again with Axel.
She carefully dragged the single sofa in the room close to the bed. She sat on it and stared at Axel’s pale body. She stared at the syringe in his hand and also his wound.
She exhaled heavily and slowly placed her hand on his opened palm, she placed her head on his bed and shut her eyes. Due to how late it was and how exhausted she was, she fell asleep in minutes.
MORNING
Lily felt fingers massaging her scalp which made her sleep so much better and relaxing. She also felt her hair being creased at the same time.
She enjoyed the feeling, she wasn’t ready to open her eyes yet.
After some minutes, she slowly opened her eyes, she felt her neck hurt a little and she raised her head to see Axel. He was sitting up and staring at her, he was the one playing with her hair.
“Axel.” She called and he raised his brows. Lily stared at his wound and realized the dressing had been changed already. That meant Dr. Gerard had come to check up on him.
“Are you okay?” She asked and looked at his face, he nodded in response and she sighed in relief.
“Sorry.” She mumbled and he held her hand, she stared at him and waited for him to speak, he looked like he had something to say.
“Max told me what you did, you did well.”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t stop the… ”
“You did well, Lily.” He cut her off and she sighed, she nodded at him and he spoke up again.
“Max also told me how you almost had a panic attack when you thought I was dead.” He said and Lily nodded her head a little.
“Well, I need you to make a promise to me.”
“What?” Lily asked.
“Promise me you will never get worried about me, no matter what I am going through, you won’t get worried about me.” Axel said and she drew her brows together in confusion.
“Why? Why won’t I get worried about you?” She asked and Axel leaned forward a little, he was careful not to get his wound opened again.
Leaning forward, he was a little bit closer to her, he held her face with his free hand and stared at her innocent blue eyes. She held his gaze and stared back at him.
“A panic attack is a lot, Lily. I don’t want anything happening to you. No matter what I am going through at any time, I will be fine, you don’t have to worry about me. You don’t ever have to.” Axel said and Lily shook her head a little.
“But I care about you. Being worried about you when something is wrong with you is a feeling I can’t control. I can’t help it. Without something being wrong with you, my heart races around you, I get these feelings I have never experienced before, feelings that leave me confused but I want to keep feeling more of it. Whatever I feel towards you can’t be controlled, Axel, and I wish for it to remain that way.” Lily poured out her heart to him, they were both still staring at each other.
Lily couldn’t tell what was going on in Axel’s head, all he kept doing was staring at her eyes like he was searching for something.
“Don’t just get a panic attack, okay?” Axel spoke up after a long silence and she nodded. He withdrew his hand from her cheek and also pulled away from her.
“Are you feeling better?” Lily asked again and Axel smirked.
“Of course.” He replied and Lily smiled.
“Lilyana.” He added and Lily raised her brows.
“Lilyana?”