All of a sudden Mary screamed in pain and grabbed her head.

"Mary!" Joey exclaimed, fear in his eyes. Letting out another scream Mary buried her face in his chest. She started hyperventilating.

"Mary, you have to try to calm down." Joey said holding her tight to him.

"B...But it h..hurts s..so m..much." she whimpered out.

Joey felt wetness on his shirt. He pulled back a little to see Mary had her eyes closed and blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. He wiped her mouth with his figure then he looked at her. She still had her eyes closed and she was breathing normally. She was asleep but she was whispering.

"Oh, Joey," she whispered, "please make the pain go away." She looked at him with pained eyes.

"I'm gonna make it go away," he said kissing her on the lips, "I promise."

She watched as he got the phone and dialed 911. "911 whats your emergency?" a lady asked over the phone.

"My girlfriend is very sick, I need help." Joey said putting his cheek on top of Mary's head.

He told the lady everything that happed and the address. She said they would be there as soon as possible. He sat on the floor rocking Mary back and forth, whispering to her.

"It's ok baby," he whispered softly, "help is coming."

She fell asleep after awhile and the ambulance showed up. The paramedics rushed in and gently put Mary on the stretcher. Joey road in the ambulance with her, not wanting to let her out of his site. When she had to go to the emergency room he waited in the waiting room. Joey stared at the floor not wanting to look up until Mary's doctor came out. After about 2 hours, Joey heard a voice.

"Mr. Parker?" Joey looked up to see Mary's smiling doctor.

"Hows Mary?" Joey said jumping up from his chair, "is she ok?"

"Miss Santiago had a hookworm eating at her stomach but not to worry," he said with a bigger smile, "we have successfully removed and killed it. "If you would like to see her, she is in room 212."

"Thank you." Joe said as he walked down the hospital hallway. He stopped right in front of room 212.

He opened the door to see Mary sitting up in the bed, looking at him. She was smiling. To him it was the smile of an angel. His angel. He ran over and embraced her.

"Mary!" he said as he kissed her happily, "I promise I won't let anything hurt you ever again."

She giggled and laid her head on his chest, listening to his steady heart beat. "It's a promise." she whispered as she lulled to sleep.

THE END