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Love Quotes	By : classic06 Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > Kelly Clarkson Views: 18138 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I do not know Kelly Clarkson. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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“In these times of doing what you’re told,
You keep these feelings, no one knows.
What ever happened to the young man's heart,
Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart.”
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“So where’s your shadow?” Alyssa asked softly
Kelly shifted slightly from where she lay on the sofa, her eyes still closed and her head on her sister’s lap while Alyssa ran a soothing hand through her hair. She had woken up from her nap, still tired but somewhat nauseous at the sight of the empty bed she was laying in, so she decided to continue her nap from the living room where Alyssa and Kate were watching television.
“My shadow?” Kate questioned.
“Jill. I haven’t seen her since I’ve been here. The two of you are normally inseparable.”
“Oh. Yea…that shadow.”
“Everything ok?”
“We’re not really talking anymore,” Kate admitted. “She didn’t really agree with KC and Carrie’s relationship, and pretty much made me choose, and well, obviously, I didn’t choose her.”
“Now when you say ‘we’re not talking’ does that really mean ‘we’, or does that mean you’re ignoring her?”
Kelly’s ears picked up at Kate’s silence.
“She’s the one that’s been calling or texting or whatever it is that you keep ignoring on your cell phone, isn’t she?” Alyssa questioned.
“She started trying to get in touch with me yesterday,” Kate answered, her voice barely above a whisper.
“You know…if you need someone to talk to, I mean, I totally got this big sister thing down by now.”
“I don’t think Kelly would be too happy with you trying to steal her job,” Kate laughed softly.
Kelly smiled.
“Yea, she does love to look out for you. You know, if I had to guess that she’d…if anyone would’ve told me that she’d date a girl one day…I would’ve guessed it’d be you.”
“Gross,” the younger two girls said simultaneously as Kelly quickly sat up right.
“What?” Alyssa laughed. “I mean, y’all have been so close right from the beginning. It’s not like it’s the craziest thought ever.”
“It’s incest,” Kelly replied.
Kate nodded emphatically in agreement.
Alyssa’s eyes moved between the two of them, “You guys do know that y’all aren’t actually sisters, right?”
The blondes looked at her in confusion.
“Never mind,” Alyssa rolled her eyes. “I forget in Kellbell’s world, she actually can choose her family.”
“And what’s wrong with that?” Kelly asked curiously.
“Nothing,” Alyssa smiled, wrapping an arm around her and letting her curl against her side. “As long as you choose to count me among them.”
“Well, duh,” Kelly teased, yawning as she rested her head on her sister’s shoulder.
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Kelly took a deep breath as she stood outside of the hospital door before opening it carefully and peering inside to find Carrie sitting up in bed, flipping through the television channels. She grinned as the country singer’s eyes lit up at the sight of her. “Hey hot stuff.”
“Kell,” Carrie beamed as the Texan walked into the room, closing the door behind her.
Kelly sat on the edge of her bed, quickly leaning to her to place a soft kiss on her lips, “How did you swing for this?”
“I’m a big girl. I can see whomever I want,” she replied, pulling her back to her for another kiss.
Kelly giggled, brushing their noses together before leaning up to kiss her forehead. “I’m just glad I got back in time to be here when the doctor came looking for me.”
“Where’d you go?” Carrie asked, smoothing her fingers across the other girl’s cheek.
“I went home for a bit. I had a miniature breakdown so Alyssa and Kate took me home to get some decent rest, but it’s ok. I’m fine now.”
“I know you are,” Carrie wiggled her eyebrows.
Kelly laughed, “Behave.”
“But baby…” she groaned, tugging her closer by her shirt. “I’m feeling better.”
“I see that. You look great, Care.”
“Yea, they finally started to lay off all the medicine so I feel like I can actually think for the first time since I’ve been here.”
“That’s good. Are you still tired?”
“I just had heart surgery a couple days ago,” Carrie reminded teasingly.
Kelly’s face fell, “Are you…do I get to know…what happened?”
Carrie nodded, pulling on her hips.
“Care…”
“It’s ok,” Carrie assured, helping her onto her lap. She took a deep breath.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Kelly reminded gently. “There’s nothing for you to worry about.”
“I know. I have this…heart defect.”
“And does this defect have a name?” Kelly asked, willing her own heart to stay calm.
“I like to call it Charlie.”
“Care,” Kelly giggled.
“Sorry,” she smiled. “It’s something called Ebstein’s anomaly.”
“And what does Einstein have to do with your heart. I thought he was a math guy.”
“Ebstein,” Carrie corrected. “And it pretty much means that one of the valves in my heart wasn’t working properly. It leaks.”
“Leaks? Like an air conditioner?”
“Not quite. Ok, so you know that there are chambers in the heart, right?”
Kelly nodded.
“Ok, so the way it works is blood flows from the body to either the right or left atrium, depending on where it’s coming from, and then from the atrium to its corresponding ventricle then back out to the body. Following so far?”
Kelly nodded again, watching her closely as she spoke.
“Well, there’s this valve between the atrium and the ventricle that’s supposed to let blood flow into the ventricle and keep it from flowing backwards into the atrium, but the valve on my right atrium and ventricle isn’t doing that. Or, it wasn’t doing that. It was allowing the blood to flow back into the atrium.”
“Does the…atrium have room for that?” Kelly asked, her head starting to spin. She found herself wishing she had paid more attention in biology back when she was in high school.
“It becomes enlarged,” Carrie nodded. “Which sometimes causes the ventricle to be too small to be able to pump enough blood out of the heart to the lungs.”
“And you are one of those sometimes?”
“Were, well…will be were,” her brows furrowed before she shook her head.
“What did the surgeon do?”
“Well, first, he was just going to repair the valve, but he said when he got in there it was beyond repair, so they replaced it, instead.”
Kelly frowned, “If you had said something sooner, would it have been beyond repair?”
“I was taking care of it,” Carrie replied. “I was visiting my doctor. I had all my checkups. We were gonna do the surgery over the Christmas holidays because I should have a big break then, but things just got more worse than we thought they would.”
Kelly nodded as she buried her face in the crook of Carrie’s neck, hugging her tightly.
Carrie rubbed her back comfortingly.
“So how long until your heart’s back to normal?”
“Just have to wait and see. If everything goes like it should, then the atrium and ventricle will return to their proper sizes, and we won’t have to worry about this ever again.”
“Do you have to stay in the hospital until then?” Kelly looked up at her nervously.
“No,” Carrie smiled. “I will be in here for a few more days, though…”
“Why? What’s wrong? Are you feeling ok? Do I need to get a nurse?”
Carrie cut her off with a kiss.
Kelly smiled, nuzzling back into her neck.
“I’m fine. I’ve just been exhibiting some signs of a minor infection. Nothing serious, but I need to finish the round of antibiotics before I can leave.”
“But I get to visit you now, right?” Kelly asked, hugging her tighter.
“I’m not letting you leave my side,” Carrie replied, kissing the top of her head.
“Seriously, Care, what happened?”
“I kept insisting that I wanted to see you. My mom kept insisting that wasn’t going to happen. So I pressed the blue button that I wasn’t supposed to press unless I was dying and a bunch of nurses and doctors ran in, and I insisted to them that I wanted to see you.”
Kelly found herself smiling broadly.
“They listened. Then I told my mom that if she had a problem with you being here that maybe she should go home.”
“She went back to Oklahoma?”
“No, you aren’t that lucky. She’s at my house.”
“Making a mental note to not go to your house any time soon,” Kelly nodded.
Carrie giggled.
“Everything’s going to be ok now,” Kelly sighed in content as Carrie kissed her hair. “I can feel it.”
“If you’ve jinxed us, I swear…”
Kelly laughed, kissing her neck lightly.
Carrie’s hand soothed up her arm, her fingers dancing beneath the short sleeve of her tshirt.
“Ok, so I’m just gonna ask the question on everyone’s mind,” Kelly said, pushing herself up to look at the blonde before her. “When can we have sex without worrying about you dropping dead or anything?”
Carrie laughed loudly, wrapping her in a tight hug.
“I love you,” Kelly breathed against her ear. “I’m gonna always love you, no matter what…God, you scared me so bad, Care.”
“Sh, it’s ok,” Carrie soothed at the feeling of the shorter girl’s tears against her skin. “I love you too, and I’m so sorry for putting you through this. Everything’s ok now, though. I’m ok.”
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