I looked at her without saying a word. I had nothing to say, not a word of clarification as to why I had my lips perched on his forehead. I froze.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asked again as she walked deeper inside the room. "Aren't you the nurse?" she asked even though she could tell from the uniform I had on. It was obvious I was a nurse.
"I...uhm... I was just..." I stammered and she looked like she wasn't having this whole thing.
"Can you stay away from him first?!" the intensity of her rhetorical question drew me aback and brought me to the realization of my stance.
I looked down at myself and at his face before hurrying up to stand straight.
"I'm...I'm so sorry. I was just out of it for a few minutes!" I finally managed to say as I hurried to the sofa to get the novel.