Hi, here is the introduction to my new book. Unfortunately there are no devvy parts today but it will get to those parts pretty soon. Hope you enjoy and that there aren't too much typos.
Showing posts with label Forever First Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forever First Love. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Chapter 2 - Forever First Love
Chapter 2
Chloe
I
can’t believe how quick the last 3 years had gone. One more exam and I was a
fully-fledged nurse and Matt would have his degree in business and finance. We
could then finally begin our lives together for real.
“Good luck babes, you go and knock
them dead,” Matt stated as he placed a firm kiss on my lips. “I can’t wait
until you are qualified and you can be my very own dirty nurse.”
“One more exam and this nurse will
show you how good her bedside manner is,” I replied whilst giving his bum a
firm squeeze.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Chapter 3 - Forever First Love
Chapter 3
Chloe
When Mr and Mrs Hopkins returned it was my turn. I slowly walked down the hall and froze outside the ICU door. Carly grabbed hold of my hand and gave it a little squeeze. Quietly and slowly I pushed the heavy grey door open, and before me lay Matt, hooked up to that many machines it was hard to make him out. I pulled up beside him and carefully picked up his hand and brought it towards my lips. “Don’t you worry about this. I need you to rest now because when you wake up we have a hell of a fight on our hands,” I sobbed whilst kissing his hand. “It’s going to be hard work, but I’m with you every step of the way. We’ll beat this, just you wait and see.” After a couple more minutes the doctor told us we needed to leave because Matt needed rest.
When Mr and Mrs Hopkins returned it was my turn. I slowly walked down the hall and froze outside the ICU door. Carly grabbed hold of my hand and gave it a little squeeze. Quietly and slowly I pushed the heavy grey door open, and before me lay Matt, hooked up to that many machines it was hard to make him out. I pulled up beside him and carefully picked up his hand and brought it towards my lips. “Don’t you worry about this. I need you to rest now because when you wake up we have a hell of a fight on our hands,” I sobbed whilst kissing his hand. “It’s going to be hard work, but I’m with you every step of the way. We’ll beat this, just you wait and see.” After a couple more minutes the doctor told us we needed to leave because Matt needed rest.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Chapter 4 - Forever First Love
Chapter
4
Matt
I
didn’t sleep well that night, my mind
was constantly going over whether I could make Chloe go through the torment of living her life with
a useless cripple. I loved her more than I could imagine ever loving
anyone else. If I decided to let her go, it would break my heart, but I knew I needed to make a decision sooner rather than
later, and not for me, but for Chloe.
Around 10am two members of the nursing staff walked
in and told me they were going to give me a bed
wash and generally clean me up. So far other than my bowel management this was
by far the most degrading aspect of my disability and one that I was in no rush for anyone else to witness.
The curtain had been half pulled
around me to prevent anyone who walked into my room from seeing me immediately.
I was laid naked on the bed whilst one of the nurses was emptying my catheter
and the other one was cleaning around my penis.
Just at that minute I heard a
rustling at the curtains and very quietly Chloe appeared around the side. “It’s
only me,” she said quietly in a very hesitant voice.
“Great, good timing,” replied one of
the nurses. “You can watch what we do so you can help him in the future.”
“Er… erm, ok,” stuttered
Chloe.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Chapter 5 - Forever First Love
Chapter 5
2 years later
Chloe
I’d finally got into the swing of reality as I returned from my world trip. After I’d returned I couldn’t face returning to live in my own town, because the likelihood would be that I’d bump into Matt on a daily basis and I still wasn’t quite ready for that. The last thing I had heard about Matt was from my mum around 11 months ago when he had been discharged from rehab and had moved home with his mum and dad around the corner from my parents. My mum felt the need to fill me in with way too many details and at that point I told her I no longer wanted to hear about Matt until it was something serious to do with his health. So now I was living around 30 minutes away just outside Leeds city centre with my good friend Carly.
Chloe
I’d finally got into the swing of reality as I returned from my world trip. After I’d returned I couldn’t face returning to live in my own town, because the likelihood would be that I’d bump into Matt on a daily basis and I still wasn’t quite ready for that. The last thing I had heard about Matt was from my mum around 11 months ago when he had been discharged from rehab and had moved home with his mum and dad around the corner from my parents. My mum felt the need to fill me in with way too many details and at that point I told her I no longer wanted to hear about Matt until it was something serious to do with his health. So now I was living around 30 minutes away just outside Leeds city centre with my good friend Carly.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Chaper 6 - Forever First Love
Chapter 6
Matt
I rolled into my old bedroom at my parents’ house and sighed. The room reminded me of so many happy times as a kid and I couldn’t help but smile. On my wall there was a collage of photos throughout my school and college years and Chloe was on nearly every single one. I rolled closer and took a closer look. One photo that brought back strong memories was a photo of a group of us camping in Chloe’s back garden. Instantly I was thrown back to that night.
Three tents were pitched around the outside of the garden and in the middle we all sat on the cold, damp ground with a bottle in the middle ready to play spin the bottle. We’d played the game for a little while, but now the cider we had been discretely drinking was starting to reach our heads and we were all feeling over confident. “Ok, next two people it lands on need to have a full blown snog that lasts for a minute,” said Anthony, a lad from school, in a cocky voice.
“Ok, it’s my turn to spin the bottle,” demanded Carly. She spun the bottle and before I knew it, it had landed on me.
“Ok big lad, your turn to spin it to find out who you are going to snog,” stated Chloe’s cousin Darryl. I looked around and I knew instantly where I wanted it to land. I was known as one of the popular lads in my year and all the girls sat around were posing waiting for it to land on one of them. However, not one of those is where I wanted it to land. Laid on her belly next to me was Chloe who was resting her face in her hands. She was wearing a football T-shirt and shorts and had her hair scraped back into a pony. “Come on Matt,” Chloe moaned. “We haven’t got all day.”
Matt
I rolled into my old bedroom at my parents’ house and sighed. The room reminded me of so many happy times as a kid and I couldn’t help but smile. On my wall there was a collage of photos throughout my school and college years and Chloe was on nearly every single one. I rolled closer and took a closer look. One photo that brought back strong memories was a photo of a group of us camping in Chloe’s back garden. Instantly I was thrown back to that night.
Three tents were pitched around the outside of the garden and in the middle we all sat on the cold, damp ground with a bottle in the middle ready to play spin the bottle. We’d played the game for a little while, but now the cider we had been discretely drinking was starting to reach our heads and we were all feeling over confident. “Ok, next two people it lands on need to have a full blown snog that lasts for a minute,” said Anthony, a lad from school, in a cocky voice.
“Ok, it’s my turn to spin the bottle,” demanded Carly. She spun the bottle and before I knew it, it had landed on me.
“Ok big lad, your turn to spin it to find out who you are going to snog,” stated Chloe’s cousin Darryl. I looked around and I knew instantly where I wanted it to land. I was known as one of the popular lads in my year and all the girls sat around were posing waiting for it to land on one of them. However, not one of those is where I wanted it to land. Laid on her belly next to me was Chloe who was resting her face in her hands. She was wearing a football T-shirt and shorts and had her hair scraped back into a pony. “Come on Matt,” Chloe moaned. “We haven’t got all day.”
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Chapter 7 - Forever First Love
Chapter 7
Chloe
After the
wedding I’d received one or two text messages off Matt but that was all. I’d
hoped our friendship would rekindle into best friends again, but that didn’t seem to be
happening anytime soon.
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