“I don’t know why. I just couldn’t help myself.” I tried to explain to Natalie, but she wouldn’t listen. She started backing away from me saying, “I knew this was a mistake, I should’ve never came to see you.” She turned heading straight for the door, but I screamed, “Wait! Come back, we need to talk about what just happened.” She shook her head and said, “Nothing happened, I came to see you and now I’m leaving. The end. It’s all over.” I said, “But that’s not what happened, please let’s just talk about it.” She slowly walked back to my hospital bed and said, “Fine, start talking.” I said, “It all started after I made the team. You were a cheerleader and I was the QB. We were always together, pregame you always wished me good luck and said, ‘I hope you throw 5 touchdown passes tonight’ and I always said, ‘I hope you fly high enough to see the whole world, but it couldn’t compare to your beauty.’ You would blush and talk about how strong I was, and I would go on about how pretty you were. You encouraged me when I was down you cheered extra for me when I was doing good, you gave me pep talks. You stood on the sidelines waiting for me to give you a hug after every touchdown. After the games the team would go out to eat, but I convinced them to let the cheerleaders go to, just so I could see you. That night though, everything was different. You didn’t give me a pep talk, you didn’t encourage me, you cheer for me, you didn’t give me hugs after touchdowns, and you didn’t see them have to take me ti the hospital. Not having you messed me up, now I have you here, and I made you want to leave again.” I looked away from her I had tears in my eyes she said, “You think I wanted this to happen? I do all those things because I care about you. How do you think it feels to be at your sister’s wedding, and get a call because you best friend is being taken to the hospital. I tried to call you and make sure you were ok, but you didn’t answer. I finally got ahold of your mom and she said, ‘They are going ahead and doing the surgery, but you can come see him as soon as he gets out.’ Right after the wedding was over I got here as fast as I could.” I smiled and said, “Is that why you look so beautiful, this time?” Natalie started to blush but then she said, “You wanted to talk about why you kissed me, not why I’m beautiful.” I said, “I wanted to kiss you because I love you. I couldn’t handle not having you for one day. I tore my ACL because I didn’t have you. Without you I’m just a guy in the hospital, but with you I’m the happiest guy in the hospital.” She took my hand and said, “Do you really mean all that?” I smiled and said, “Haven’t I suffered enough by not having you? I already tore my ACL. If you left again I don’t know what else would happen, but the pain of tearing my ACL doesn’t even start to compare to losing you.” After that she understood how much I really cared about her, and she started to think about how much she cared about me. The good news is my leg might be recovering, but my heart is in the best shape it has ever been in.