A Healing Kiss

Hector General Hospital 3:30 PM

Maria kept impatiently tapping her foot and Drix and floated around in circles in worry. Maria was especially worried. She could still remember what happened vividly.

They were chasing down a simple cold gang with Ozzy and were hot on their tail. Suddenly things turned for the worse and it turned into an all-out shoot out in the street. Bullets were flying left and right, shattering windows and there was nothing but total chaos. All of a sudden a germ began to aim at Maria and she wasn't looking. Ozzy caught sight of and cried out "Maria!". Then a gunshot went off. Next thing Maria knew, Ozzy had collapsed on the ground in a pool of blood.

It should have been her, not him. It should have been her…

"Maria!" Drix yelled to break her from her trance. "The doctor has the news."

Drix and Maria walked over eager to hear any sort of good news about their friend. Although to Maria, Ozzy seemed a little more than a friend. "Jones will be okay, but it nearly got one his vital organs and he lost a lot of blood. He'll need to stay for a few days." The doctor said with a serious tone in his voice. Then Drix asked "Can we see Ozzy?" "Of course. But be brief. He needs his rest." The doctor replied. Maria was first to walk in the room and Ozzy laid in a hospital bed and had bandages around his torso and head. He did hit his head when he fell. Ozzy stirred and slowly opened his eyes. " Where…where am I?" He looked and saw Drix standing by the side of his bed and Maria was seated in a chair right beside him.

"Hey guys,…" Ozzy said weakly.

"Hi Ozzy. You scared us half to death." Drix said. "Sorry 'bout that. I just wanted to protect you, Maria…"

Maria surprised at this response she blushed a little. "Snap out of it Maria,…" She Thought. "Its probably what he says to all the girls."

"Yeah, well you could have just pushed me out of the way. You didn't have to get yourself nearly killed." Maria said. Ozzy gave a half smile. He knew it just one Marias ways of saying 'I'm glad you're okay' and that's all he cared about. "Times up. Sorry you need to Jones rest." A nurse said as she poked her head in and then went back to work. Drix started to reluctantly walk away and turned to see Maria was still sitting next to Ozzy's bed. "Maria are you coming?" Drix asked. "Y-yeah. I'm be there in a minute." Drix went outside and waited for Maria. As Ozzy fell asleep, Maria thought to herself that why did she fall for this guy? With his antics it sometimes drove her up the wall, but its what made him Ozzy. She smiled and gave Ozzy a gentle kiss on the forehead before she left.

The next day, Maria came back and Ozzy wasn't in his room. "Hey Maria…" Maria turned and it was Ozzy. "Jones! What are doing out of bed?" "Doctor checked my vitals this morning and said it was a miracle. I'm much better than I was yesterday and I was almost healed and be ready to check out tomorrow. So I wanted say…thanks for saving my life. I guess we're even now."