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hospital now. Describe her.”
    “Uh, plump, reddish-brown hair—”
    “Bright pink lipstick?”
    I laughed softly. “Yeah.”
    “Yep, that’s her. If you’d had chocolate she might have let you guys go right in.”
    “Sheesh, what is it with you women and chocolate?”
    Dawn laughed. “What is it with you not liking chocolate?”
    I shrugged to myself. “I don’t know.”
    “So what do you think about Gage? I don’t want to pry if you don’t want to talk about it, but I just thought I’d ask…”
    “Even though the evening hasn’t exactly been ideal, I do really like him, Dawn. He’s just… I don’t know. There’s something about him that I just really like. I don’t know what that is exactly. Maybe it’s because he’s easy to talk to. Oh gosh, and he’s got the cutest dimple on his cheek,” I found myself saying. It kind of surprised me because I sounded so immature. Wow , I sounded like my sister.
    “Ooh, I know,” she agreed , and I could tell she was practically squealing with excitement that I was divulging such information. “What do you think about the rest of him? Physically I mean.”
    I thought for just a second. “Well, he’s in great shape. I coul d tell that just by hugging him—”
    “You already hugged him—?”
    “ And even though I was trying not to look at his injury, I couldn’t help but notice his hands and arms. Very nice. And his smile—”
    I looked up when I noticed someone stop right in front of me.
    “What about his smile?” Dawn asked eagerly.
    “Uh…it’s right in front of me,” I murmured . “Gotta go .”
    I hung up the phone as Gage dropped into the seat next to me.
    “You’re not able to go yet?” I asked him.
    “Nope. Doc wants to talk to you first. He’ll be out in a minute.”
    “W hy does he need to talk to me ?”
    “Oh, he realized he had a chance with you when you wouldn’t kiss me.”
    I eyed him carefully to see if he was joking, but he didn’t seem to be.
    “Well did you tell him I’m not interested?”
    “Was I supposed to?”
    “Uh, yeah,” I replied, as if to say “duh.”
    “Oh. Well here he comes now. Do you want me to tell him you changed your mind about kissing me?”
    I chuckled uncomfortably. “Is that the only thing that will resolve this?”
    “Y eah, probably.”
    He had a funny look to him and I got a sneaking suspicion. I moved closer to him and put my hand against his neck so I could look into his eyes. “Gage?”
    “Yeah?” he replied softly.
    “Are you medicated right now?”
    He was still for a second and then he lightly laughed, and that’s when Dr. Farrell appeared in front of us. Out of pure insecurity I looped my arm through Gage’s good arm when we stood.
    The doctor cleared his throat slightly. “E h, it’s Ellie, correct ?” he asked me specifically.
    My heart got nervous for a moment, unsure if Gage had just been pulling my leg or not. For extra measure, I decided to hold Gage’s hand when I nodded.
    “ I put about thirty stitches in him—ten on the inside, twenty-some on top—so he’s going to be pretty sore for a while. Especially with that tetanus shot in his other shoulder. He is on some pain medication at the moment , so don’t let him make any life-altering de cisions right now ,” he smiled. “Other than that , here’s a prescription for the pain, and try not to let him do too much with that arm for a while until it starts to heal.” He handed me the paper fo r the prescription and added, “The stitches can be removed in seven to ten days. The ones inside will dissolve of course, but the ones on top will need to come out. So…do you have any questions?”
    I did, but I wasn’t sure if I could remember what they were. His accent was swirling around in my head and I didn’t like how he was looking at me. Gage had made me paranoid. “Uh, he can play baseball, right? He starts a summer league thing next week.”
    “Yes, we talked about that. His forearm might be sore