"Quake"Page 3!!!

He fell back to sleep, when he woke again, it was to the shaking of yet another strong aftershock. He was starting to worry, the aftershocks seemed to be getting worse, that was not a good sign. He started worrying about Steph again too, was she alright? Had she wakened from the sedative yet? Was she panicking over this aftershock too? His mind was racing and it started to overwhelm him, he was still very weak, his mind racing at such a fast speed was making him dizzy, plus his arm was really starting to hurt. He reached up with his good arm and turned the pain killer, on his IV, up a notch, he almost immediately felt the difference, but it caused him to fall back to sleep.

Steph woke with a scream, the room was shaking all around her, she was panicking again, but this time she was worried about Wil, she was afraid something would happen to him during these aftershocks, which she was starting to think were pre-shocks to a bigger quake, because they seemed to be getting worse. She sat up, not wanting to get out of the bed until the shaking stopped, but as soon as it did, she would be headed for Wil's room. After what seemed like forever, the shaking stopped, she got up and headed straight for Wil's room, there were pieces of ceiling everywhere, she started to worry that some would have fallen on Wil, she began to walk faster.

Once she reached his room, relief flooded her, he appeared to be fine, but he was asleep again. She walked in, there were a few small pieces of ceiling on the bed, but that was all. She absently brushed them off, as she looked at his face, God he took her breath away, she still couldn't believe how incredibly handsome he was. To find a man that handsome and that intelligent, she truly felt lucky and she did not want to lose him for anything. She bent and kissed him, taking his whole mouth with hers, running her tongue over his bottom lip, he responded with a moan and opened his lips, granting her access. She was happy that he responded, even though he did not wake. She caressed his tongue with hers, drinking deeply, tasting him, which right now tasted a little like medicine, but she didn't care. She continued to kiss him, wishing he could put his arms around her, but with one broken and the other with IV's and such in it, he could not. She finally pulled away and sat in the chair, holding his hand, she loved his hands, they were the most beautiful hands she had ever seen on a man, soft, tender, yet strong, with long, slender fingers. She had to stop thinking about that, she was driving herself crazy.

Steph decided to go back to her room, Wil was still sleeping and she was feeling sleepy herself. She bent and gave Wil another kiss, which was tender and sweet, he knew how to kiss her, even when he was asleep. She sighed, she wanted to spend the rest of her life with this man. She then left to get some sleep, not wanting to, but needing to. She would worry the whole time she was gone, but she was just too sleepy.

A short time after Steph left, the nurse came in, she was new and she had not tended to Dezmond before, but when she saw him, her heart skipped a beat, he was so handsome,she had never dealt with a handsome patient before, she didn't know if she could do it and stay in control. Nurse Josey went to the bed and checked his IV's, everything seemed fine, she checked to see if his wound on his leg was Ok. It looked bad, she grimaced at it, thinking that such a hideous thing should not be on such beautiful legs. Oh, she was starting to lose it, she was wanting this man and her desire to kiss him increased. So she took the opportunity of being alone with him and he being asleep. She bent over him, looking at those incredible lips, and that most beautiful face, then capturing his mouth with hers, devouring it and plunging her tongue into it, without waiting for permission, he returned the kiss with equal fervor, thinking it was Steph.

Nurse Josey continued to kiss him for some time, making the kiss deeper and more passionate, then finally pulled away, knowing if she stayed any longer, she would be missed. She staggered out of the room, the kiss had been so incredible, it made her knee's weak. She continued on with her tasks, but knew she would be back to see him again. There was on doubt in her mind, she had to kiss him again.

Steph was wakened by the room shaking again, but this time it was far worse. This is the 'Big One', she thought. Things were falling everywhere, she could see the wall starting to buckle. She got out of the bed and into the hall, just as the wall gave way. She was breathing hard at the near miss, her adrenaline was flowing, that had been too close. No place was safe though, she had trouble keeping her feet, the floor was shaking so bad, pieces of the ceiling was falling all around her. Down the hall, a big beam came crashing down. She suddenly didn't know what to do, she was becoming disoriented, she had not even thought of Dezmond at the moment. She crouched down on the floor and put her hands over her head, this seemed to be lasting forever. She could feel the small cuts on her face, from the flying glass, starting to burn and some of the blood was running down her cheek.

Dezmond started to wake at the shaking, but a large piece of ceiling fell on his head, knocking him unconscious, another piece fell on his chest, breaking several ribs and puncturing a lung, he was having difficulty breathing, luckily the oxygen tubes were still in his nose, which helped some. As soon as the shaking finally stopped, Nurse Josey came in to check him, she saw what had happened and went for help, it would take someone stronger to get the debris off of him. She returned with an orderly and the doctor, they got the debris off him and the doctor started to examine him, he said."Nurse Josey, please go tell them to prepare an operating room, he has a collapsed lung and a serious head injury." "Yes doctor." Was all that Josey said, but she looked at him with sadness and worry on her face, she couldn't believe this was happening.

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