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CHAPTER 29
So, I went to bed and got a good night’s sleep! I was dreaming about a lot of good things! From Dr. Portland to the times that Jared & I had together, my dreams that night were definitely fulfilled!
As I woke the next morning, I had a bit of a headache. I knew that I hadn’t had that much to drink, but couldn’t figure out why I was having a headache, then I remembered all of the action that had been happening on Facebook, and I wanted to see if I had anymore messages. I quickly looked at my phone and saw that I had a notification from Facebook that I had received another message from Ryan! Yay!
I raced to the computer and logged on. I was so excited and it showed because I typed my password wrong 4 times and then realized that it was my email that was wrong. I hate when that happens. I noticed that he sent me a response last night like 15 minutes after I had sent him that message. Damn! I was hoping that it wouldn’t have been last night, that it would’ve been this morning.
But before reading what he said, I remembered that Jared had sent me another message last night and I never responded to it. That also meant that I was going to! I always had to have the last word in, whether it was a fight with a friend or my parents, I always had to get the last word it. I know, it was a little childish, but what can I say? Ha! So I sent Jared this:
Alright! You’re welcome && anytime!!
Now, it was to see what Ryan had sent me:
Hey there!
I am glad that you finally responded. I was getting a little uneasy when it took you some time to get back with me. I was afraid maybe I had scared you.
Well, I am glad that you’re just as happy as I am that I found you on here too! Most of my hunches are right.. and this one was no other exception. Lol. So, I was right about you being gay. How convenient!
Well, let me just say this… I think that your ex was a very lucky guy because he got to spend all of his time with you. I did notice you that night and thought to myself, “Wow! He could be a lot of fun!” Then when you turned out to be a little bit on the witty and arrogant side, I wasn’t sure what to think, but then quickly noticed you were just trying to irritate me, and it worked! That was also another instance when I thought to myself that I could definitely be friends with you.. and maybe something more.
Well, I realize it’s late and such, I should be going to bed. I also have to work all day tomorrow at the hospital. So, text me!
HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! That was the only thing that I could be thinking about right now. He wanted to get with me, he gave me my number, AND he thought I was arrogant. I will give him all of those, and I was acting arrogant that night, but it was just to piss him off, like he said. So it worked and I had laid an unexpected trap that I didn’t know I was laying and had no intentions of laying. So I texted him!
A couple more weeks had went by and the snow and such was gone and it was back to school for everybody! It’s such a depressing time to go back to school when you’re off for two weeks for Christmas break, go to school for 5 weeks and then off again for another 2 weeks. You just can’t get back in the groove of going to school again. Things with me and Jared were pretty much nonexistent. It was a little sad at first, but then I was starting to get over him with each text Ryan and I sent back a forth.
Ryan and I had some very interesting text conversations. We talked about anything and everything. I learned that he was a straight A student in high school, graduated with honors in college. His favorite food was Italian, color green, vacation spot was anywhere with a beach, ultimate vacation destination was London, and not really a pet lover, other than his Pug named Steve! I did make fun of him for having a Pug, but he did send me a few pictures of him and he was kind of cute. Kind of!
It was the Wednesday before Spring Break, and that also meant it was time for the State Championship Basketball Tournament! I was a big fan of basketball, I didn’t play in high school, but I was more of a fan of the girls team than the boys. The boys team just downright sucked all the time I was in high school, but the girls made it to state all four years when I was in high school and won state two of those years. They were the defending state champions and things were looking good again, so I was more than ready to cheer them on! My little cousin was also on the team, so that meant that all of my family would be going to watch the team play, so dad and Sharon flew down for the long weekend and would be taking me and Dawson back with him to Chicago for Spring Break. I kind of wanted to go somewhere on a vacation, but thought I’d have more than enough time away from home once summer got here, because I has already had 4 vacations planned right now, and this was only March!
The weekend was over before I knew it and all of the people in my town were ecstatic! The girls had won state again!! So I was also in a chipper mood for the flight back to Chicago. I had told Ryan that I was coming up there and we made plans to go to dinner one night and hang out some more. I knew Dawson would be all about it, but I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to tell my dad about me new friendship/relationship. Ryan & I hadn’t made anything official, but it was definitely going good!
Once we landed in Chicago, we all turned our phones back on and dad saw that there was an emergency at the hospital. He gave us the option of going with Sharon or with him; Dawson and I chose to go to the hospital with him. I think it kind of annoyed dad and upset Sharon, but I didn’t care. I still wasn’t much of a fan of her since all that shit went down over Christmas Break with me and Spencer and her. So whatever. I didn’t care.
En route to the hospital, I texted Ryan and told him that I was on my way there and told him what dad had told us, and Ryan knew what was going on and said that it was possibly bad, but would have to wait to explain it to me once I got there.
It was late Sunday night and most of the time the hospital is really quiet and calm on the weekends and there is only a skeleton crew of doctors, nurses, and techs working, and once I found out who was working, I decided that I would make my “rounds” and go say hello to each of the doctors and nurses that I personally knew and the ones that I knew that liked me. All of dad’s friends were all about me! They absolutely loved me and I couldn’t blame them! Ha.
The doctors that I mainly wanted to see were some of dad’s best friends and they were the ones who were invited that New Year’s Eve night to dad’s house for the party, so most of them knew Dawson too! So, it wasn’t completely uncomfortable for him to be there with me either. We had been at the hospital for almost an hour and that’s when I finally made my way to the Emergency Room to find Ryan! Found him! He came over and talked to us and I introduced him to Dawson. Dawson’s mouth was watering and his eyes were glazed, but it wasn’t nothing a step on the foot couldn’t take care of!
Ryan told us what was going on. Something had happened with some of the staff members upstairs and they weren’t sure what was going on with them. I was only half paying attention, so I didn’t really care either! I learned that Ryan only had about 30 more minutes on his shift and the doctor that was to replace him was just now showing up. So that meant he could leave in about 20 minutes. I had Ryan page dad and once he called I asked how much longer he was going to be, he informed me he wasn’t sure; anywhere from an hour to 4 hours. So, I told him that Dawson & I would be going to dinner with some of the doctors in the ER and some of them that were on call. He asked if I would bring him something back. I obliged!
That week was heavenly! Not to mention that it went by WAY too fast! Before I knew it, it was Sunday morning and it was time to go back home. I was disappointed, but knew I was this much closer to graduation! Dylan was in Chicago for the week, so Dawson and he got to spend some time together, and that meant that I got to spend that much more time with Ryan. We hung out at his apartment watching movies, sitting in the hot tub, going shopping, eating out! I was really falling for him and I hoped that he was doing the same. On Friday night, I had to tell him goodbye, because he was leaving town for business early the next morning and wouldn’t be back in Chicago until I was already back home. That was the first night that we kissed. It was electrifying!