"I'll leave you two to talk and go do something," he says, clearly uncomfortable with where this conversation is leading.
He walks around my bed, drops a soft kiss against Sophia's head and then leaves the room.
Sophia watches me expectantly, waiting for me to tell her what happened and I huff, shaking my head.
Moving my arms up the bed so that my palms lay flat against the mattress beneath me, I wince as I push myself up into a seated position, ignoring the twinge of pain that shoots through my midsection.
I carefully move one of my hands behind me to adjust the pillows and then I lean back against them, taking some of the weight off of my hands.
Sophia jumps up from her chair, grabbing onto my shoulders.
"Jesus, Jay. What are you doing?"
"It's okay," I tell her, resting back against the pillows. "I've managed to move just fine already today, and it barely hurts."
"Does anyone know?" she asks, slowly releasing her hold on my shoulders as if she's unsure if I need her help and support.
"It doesn't matter. I'm fine."
"Okay, if you say so, you grumpy arsehole."
"I'm sorry," I mutter, shaking my head in disappointment at myself. "I didn't mean to snap. I'm just stressed out and frustrated."
"And that's exactly why you're going to tell me what's going on. What happened with you and Jess?"
"In all honesty, I'm not exactly sure, but she's definitely pissed off with me. I've been a terrible fucking brother to her, and I've hurt her feelings. I think she just snapped after holding it all in for too long, and before I could apologise, or try to get a better understanding on what it is that I've done wrong, she left."
"Jaylen, that's nonsense. You're an amazing brother to her, and you've always been the person that's there for us, whenever we'veneeded you. You're the most selfless person I know. You've literally put your life on hold to take care of me for the past however many years."
"That's the point, Soph. Jess basically told me last night that it's as if I'm never there for her because I've always had to be there for you instead, and honestly, after spending all night thinking about it, I can understand why she'd feel like that."
Sophia watches me for a few moments and I watch her face drop as the realisation of my words sink into her mind.
"Oh," she says quietly.
"I feel terrible, and I feel like I've let her down."
"Jaylen, it's not like you could control that. You were appointed as my bodyguard, it's basically a job for you. We just made it so that it was an enjoyable job, instead of a boring one that you'd hate doing. I'll talk to Jess later when she comes round for our weekly movie night, but trust me, I think she's maybe just got a build-up of emotions at the moment with everything that's gone on recently, and she probably just lashed out."
"Yeah, maybe," I sigh. "Do you know who Scott is?"
She frowns and shakes her head.
"Jess mentioned something about some guy called Scott. She said he was right about me not caring for her in the way that I should, or something along those lines."
"Well, again, I'll try and find out, but you need to stop worrying about other things, Jay. Your main focus needs to be getting better and healing properly. Look after yourself for once and try to stop worrying about everyone else."
I tilt my head and shoot her an incredulous look.
"You realise that's literally impossible, right? I'm the nosiest person ever. I have to know everything about everyone, otherwise I feel like I'm missing out. Besides, I need to worry about other things now that I'm awake. With Jericho out of the picture, and Dom taking over, I need to make sure I keep up to date with everything so that when I get out of the hospital, I know what I need to do."
She scoffs and shakes her head.
"Seriously? You've been in a coma for a month Jaylen, and you've only just started being able to move half your body. Stop thinking about everything that's going on outside this room."
"It's hard for me to do that."
"Yeah, well whilst Leo's helping Dominic with everything, take some time to relax and shut your mind off, find a hobby or something."
