Dream Lovers (Part IV)

The next morning, Mat gets up early and goes to Hannah's room. He knocks on the door and an older woman opens it. At first he is confused but realizes that it must be Hannah's mother. He smiles at her and says," Good morning ma'am. I just came by to see how Hannah is doing. I am the one who she ran into last night. She opens the door so Hannah could see who it was and Hannah smiles and says," Let him in, mom. Don't make him stand out in the hallway."
As he enters the room, he sees an older man standing next to Hannah's bed. He extends his hand to him and says," How do you do, Sir. I'm Mathew Sanders. You must be Hannah's father." Her father takes his hand and defensively says," The accident last night was unavoidable. I hope that you don't hold my daughter responsible." Mat smiles at him and glances toward Hannah and replies, " I wouldn't think of blaming Hannah for what happened last night. It was no one's fault, as you said, it was unavoidable. I just came to see how she is doing, that's all." Mr. Stevens gives a smile of relief and says, " I am glad to hear you say that,son. All she needs is for someone to file a lawsuit against her car insurance. She would be dropped and lose her policy." Mat replies," Don't worry, Sir. I wouldn't think of doing something like that. I can't blame her for what happened. If I had to blame anyone it would have to be the little dog that ran out in front of her." He turns and walks up to Hannah's bed and puts his hand down on hers and asks," How are you doing today? Have you still got a headache?" She smiles up at him and replies,
" I'm doing okay. How are you?" He holds the top of his head and replies, " I still have a slight headache, besides that, I am fine."
She shakes her head at him and says," I guess that I still have a trace of a headache." Her mother stands up and says,
" Have you heard from a doctor yet?" Hannah shakes her head in a no motion and replies," No ma'am, he'll show up sooner or later." Her mother pushes the call button and waits for a response. A few seconds later a voice comes on the speaker and says,
" Can I help you?" She replies," I would like to know why a doctor hasn't come to see my daughter yet. What is the problem?" The nurse answers back," He is looking at the results of the test that were done last night, as we speak ma'am. As soon as he is through, he will be in to see your daughter."
A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Her mother opens it to find a doctor standing there. She steps out of the way and allows him to enter the room. Everyone steps back so the doctor can stand next to the bed. He steps up and smiles down at her and then turns and looks at her parents and Mat. As soon as he sees that Mat is in hospital clothes he asks,
" Are you Mathew Sanders? I went by his room and no one was there." Mat replied,
" That's me, Doctor." The doctor smiled and replied, " That's good. I can tell you both at the same time." He looks back and forth at both of them and says," Except for a few minor bumps and bruises, you both seem to be fine. I examined both of your x-rays and can't see any abnormalities. Neither of you has any sign of internal bleeding. I can safely say that you both will make a complete recovery." Mrs. Stevens asks,
" She and this young man both say that they have a headache. Are you sure that there is nothing wrong?" He smiles at her and replies," Your brain is not used to being jarred in a sudden impact like these two had last night. There isn't much cushion in the head for such things. They are both suffering from a mild concussion. All they need is a little bed rest and a couple of aspirin and the headaches will go away. I assure you that they are both healing as we speak." She smiles and says," Thank you, doctor. I am happy to hear that. Her father and I were worried sick about her and I am sure this young man's parents are worried, too." He turns to walk away and replied,
" Your welcome ma'am. I wish that all my patients were as lucky as these two were. I heard that it was quite a wreck." He walks out the door. As soon as he walks out he sticks his head back in and says," Mr. Sanders, I think your parents are looking for you." Mat smiles at him and starts walking toward the door. " Thanks doc."
He waves good-bye to Hannah and walks out to see his parents in the hallway.
He waves and walks toward them. His mother sees him and rushes to him. She puts her arms around him and hugs. His father pats him on his shoulder and asks," Are you all right, son?" Mat smiles as his mother continues to hug and replies," Yes Sir, I'm fine. The doctor just told me that all Hannah and I have are minor concussions. We are going to be fine." " That's good, son. You had your mom and me worried." " Sorry, dad. I didn't mean to scare you and mom."
His mother finally stops hugging him and pats the side of his face and starts crying. Mat pats her on the back and asks,
" Why are you crying, mom. I told you that I was okay." She chokes back her tears and replies," We saw the cars. You and that young lady could have been killed. We almost lost you ,son." He hugs her and replies," Quit crying, I'm right here. There is no reason to cry." He turns with her and walks them to his room. A while later, he takes them to meet Hannah and her parents.