Into Your Arms

Spencer’s POV:
“Cameron you haven’t gone home in five days! You have to go, this is really unhealthy.”
“Zach I can’t, I just can’t. I can’t leave her until she wakes up. She’s my life, I love her.”
“W-wait? Did you just say you love her? Did he just say that or have I, Kendall Durham, gone bonkers?”
“Before she passed out on the beach I told her I loved her. I really meant it.”
“NO WAY! THAT IS TOO CUTE! WHAT DID SHE SAY BACK?”
“She said I love you too. Calm down Michael.”
“Don’t tell me to calm down you guys said I love you! That’s the level like right before marriage.”
“I’m going to get Michael out of here before he wakes up every patient in this freaking wing. Are you sure you don’t want to grab some food with us?”
“Yeah. I’m good.”
“Alright then, later.”
“Bye Zach, Kendall, Nathan, and Michael!”
“BYE!”
I heard all these familiar voices in my head. What kind of a dream was this? I slowly opened my eyes and saw the all too familiar San Diego hospital room. Was I still dreaming?
I looked down at my right arm and noticed my hand being held by somebody. I looked up and saw Cameron sitting right next to my bed, holding my hand. I reached my left hand towards my right arm.
“Ow!” I mumbled after pinching it.
Guess this wasn’t a dream.
Cameron who had been staring at the wall quickly turned towards me.
“Oh my god!” he cried.
He threw his arms around me and kissed me. After he pulled away, I thought deeply, trying to remember what put me in the hospital.
“Cameron, did it really happen? Did he really rape me?” I whispered.
Cameron looked at me with pain in his eyes.
“Yes he did rape you. I’m so sorry Spencer.” He said.
I felt tears roll down my face. My virginity was…gone. It was something so valuable to me and now it just vanished into thin air. How would my family feel about this? Would they know it was Tyler who raped me? Would they make a big deal out of it? I didn’t want them to, I just wanted to forget about Tyler!
Cameron awkwardly hugged me over the bed as I cried. I looked up and saw dark circles around his eyes and his hair up in every single direction. He was in his swimsuit trunks and a t-shirt.
“How long have you been here?” I sniffled.
“Five days.” He yawned.
“Cameron you should’ve gone home! Wait…I’ve been asleep for five days!?!” I cried.
“Yeah…you’re a deep sleeper.” He shrugged.
I laughed lightly and slid towards the left side of my bed. I patted the empty space and Cameron smiled.
“I don’t think that will be enough room for muscles and I.” He smirked.
I stared at him blankly, “W-what?”
“The guys told me what distracted you when we were playing volleyball and you got hit in the face.” He explained as he got into the bed.
I blushed, “Oh my god I’m going to kill them.”
He chuckled, “I think it’s adorable. You’re just adorable.”
He lay down and wrapped his arms around me while I put my head on his chest. I stared at the ceiling with him.
“Anna made me watch Eclipse with her and after I saw Taylor Lautner’s abs I decided you deserve some to look at so I got to it.” He joked.
I laughed hysterically.
“But no honestly, I was bored to death without you here and I had nothing better to do so I went to the gym with my dad.” He continued.
“I’m going to change the ringtone I have on my phone for you to I’m Sexy And I Know It by LMFAO. I think it should be your theme song.” I giggled.
“You think so?” Cameron smiled.
I nodded, “I know so.”
He smiled and kissed my forehead. His eyes almost when back towards the ceiling until something caught his eye. He frowned and looked down at my arms. He ran his fingers up and down my bruised arm and I winced.
“I can’t believe anyone would want to hurt you like this. If Tyler liked you, why would he do that?” Cameron sighed.
I looked at my arms, “Tyler’s heartless...he could hurt his own mother and not care.”
“I was such a bad boyfriend…I should’ve been there.” He mumbled.
I shook my head. I couldn’t believe he was trying to blame this on himself! He didn’t know that was going to happen!
“Cameron nothing is your fault, Tyler would’ve found a way to get to me anyway. You can’t be with me 24/7. He would’ve looked for a time where you weren’t even within a mile of me. I’m lucky you were at least at the beach because if you didn’t find me I probably would’ve been-
“Please don’t say it.” Cameron quickly interrupted.
I looked at him and saw pain on his face.
He sighed, “Sorry Spencer I just, I just can’t even stand the thought of losing you. I’ve been sitting here for five days, waiting for you to just move a finger or blink or just anything to show me you were alive.”
He kissed the top of my head.
“Well I was trying to say that it wasn’t your fault. It’s mine. I dressed in ways that put me at risk of attracting creeps like him.” I continued.
“Maybe you should dress like a nun now.” He winked.
I laughed, “Yeah, no thanks.”
“But you dress fine Spencer, Tyler just saw how amazing you were. He just didn’t know how to treat you.” He whispered.
I scowled and looked back up at the ceiling.
Cameron turned my face back towards his and kissed me before reassuring, “He’s gone now Spencer. He’s in the past. You heard him, he’s going to stay away from you. I’m going to make sure nobody touches you again. I promise.”
He touched my necklace as he said the words ‘I promise’. I couldn’t help but start crying again when I thought of something scary. Cameron pulled my face into his chest and rubbed my back.
“It’s okay angel everything will be fine, I know it will. He’s gone.” Cameron soothed as I uncontrollably sobbed into his shirt.
“B-but, I j-just…Cameron. W-what if I become pregnant? I mean he raped me, I’m lucky I didn’t die! I’m probably going to become pregnant.” I mumbled while wiping away tears and bringing up the awkward topic that had been scaring me.
Cameron squirmed a bit and sighed. He bit his lip as he thought.
“Then I’ll be here for you. Through all of it. I promise to never leave you over something like that, ever.” He insisted.
“Why’d you pause like that?” I asked quietly as he stroked my hair.
“I was thinking about that. About you becoming pregnant…I just don’t want you to suffer. You’re seventeen years old, you’re not ready nor do you want to be a mother yet! I just hope you’re not pregnant. Not for my sake, I don’t care I’ll stick with you through everything. I just don’t want you to become pregnant for your sake, you don’t deserve to lose your life. You don’t Spencer.” He answered.
I nodded as I sniffled. Cameron wiped a tear off my face and smiled. He kissed my forehead before leaning his head against mine. I looked down at his shirt and sighed.
“I can’t believe you spent five days of your summer in a hospital. You only have nine days of summer left!” I cried.
“It’s okay,” he shrugged, “I spent these five days with you and that’s all that matters. Even if you were unconscious I was just glad to have you next to me, not all the way on the other side of the United States. I was hoping I could spend the last nine days of summer with you if you wouldn’t mind.”
I rolled my eyes, “Ughh I have to spend my last nine days of summer with Cameron Michael Quiseng? What torture!”
He laughed, “Oh I know, Spencer Kimberly Hastings, I’m just evil.”
I giggled and kissed him.
I yawned.
Cameron patted my back, “Here I’ll get out of the bed now so you can sleep, you’re still probably tired.”
“No!” I quickly replied.
Cameron stopped pulling the blanket off him and raised an eyebrow at me.
“I-I want you to stay.” I blushed.
“Okay, I can do that.” He laughed pulling me back into his arms.
“You can get some sleep too.” I yawned.
“Yeah I’d like that.” He smiled.
“Cameron?” I whispered.
“Yeah Spencer?”
“I have something to tell you.”
“Hit me.”
“I still love you.” I whispered in his ear before kissing his cheek.
“I still love you too.” He smiled after kissing my forehead.
“Okay…that’s all.” I shrugged.
“Okay Spencer.” He laughed.
“Good night.” I said.
“Actually it’s three in the afternoon.” He stated.
I rolled my eyes and sat up.
“Really Cameron? Really?”
“What?” he asked.
I picked up the pillow on my bed and hit him with it.
He laughed, “Hey that’s not nice!”
“Tough love Mr. Quiseng!” I teased.
Cameron grabbed the other pillow and hit me back.
I dropped my jaw in a teasing manner, “Did you just hit your traumatized girlfriend!?!”
“Why yes, yes I did.” Cameron replied.
I gasped and hit him again with my pillow. I laughed and instead of sleeping we had a pillow fight in which both us fell out of the bed. We ran around the room chasing each others with the pillows.
After a long pillow fight Cameron finally laughed, “Okay you win, you win! No seriously though, I’m exhausted I can’t keep this up.”
I smiled and threw the pillow back on the bed. Cameron did the same before taking my hand. I crawled back into the bed and Cameron came in with me. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek.
“Sweet dreams beautiful.”
“Sweet dreams Cam.” I replied before slowly falling asleep.
I know it may not seem romantic, a beaten, bruised up, recently raped girl falling asleep with her boyfriend in a hospital bed but I found it amazing.
Most guys would’ve left me by then, finding me weird, worried I’d get pregnant and they’d have to deal with it. Cameron however, would never leave me. He stayed with me through thick and thin because he loved me. He really loved me.
It wasn’t hard for me to realize that I loved him too.
That I loved him from Pluto and back.