I went and did some of the other chores they had lined up for me, I had Tom on the brain the entire time. I went by his room and peaked in, he was still awake, I walked in and asked if he was okay, he said he was just a bit hungry is all.
"I plan to get a pizza for lunch do you like pepperoni and bacon?"
"Yes Billy I do, but I can't eat your pizza."
"You and I will share one, what do you want to drink with that?"
"A soda would be great, can I give you some money for all of this?"
"Nope my treat, it will be about a half hour and I will come and have dinner with you if that is okay?"
"Yes of course Billy, glad to have you come and talk with me, I can't seem to sleep, the pain is driving me crazy. And No I do not want any more pain meds."
"Okay Tom see you in about half an hour."
I went and ordered us a large pie, they would have it here in fifteen minutes, Kelly came by and asked why a large and I told her about Tom that I had bathed. She smiled at me and walked away, once the pizza was here I went to Tom's room.
He had dozed off but woke when I walked in, I shut the door and pulled his curtain, I sat on the bed beside him. He and I talked while we ate, he was a firefighter he had gotten hurt falling thru the floor of a burnt out building. They were not sure he would ever walk again, but they still held out hope.
The other guys had come to see him but they all had families with small children so they could not spend a lot of time with him. He and I talked about all kinds of things, he told me of his parents and how they were older and did not drive so he did not want to worry them.
I suggested a phone call to let them know he was fine, and for them not to worry, he told me he did not have a cell phone so he could not exactly go to the closest pay phone.
"Tom I will bring you my phone and you can call everyone you need too."
He started to tear up, I moved in closer and held him to me, he hugged me tightly.
"Thank you Billy."
I laid him back and we finished off the pizza, once done I cleaned up and tucked him back in, I could tell he loved the attention. I leaned in and hugged him he kind of moaned as I did this, I ran my hand on the side of his face, I so wanted to kiss this man.