Chapter 3

Chad never left Sonny's side. He stayed in the room all the time, only leaving to go and get stuff to eat. The only reason why he even ate was because Sonny's nurse, Abbie, forced him to. Half the time, she was shoving him out the door and down the elevator with him protesting the whole way.

This morning had been a lot different than the other two days that Sonny has been in the hospital. The doctors told Chad today that they were going to take Sonny off of the ventilator and have her wake up. They warned him though, that they still don't know if there is any brain damage and that still is a possibility.

Right now all they were doing was waiting. Chad sat next to Sonny's bed on the cot, watching an episode of Mackenzie Falls.

"Are you still watching that?" Abbie said, coming back in the room.

"It's just for Sonny," Chad said, glancing back up at the TV. Any other time, he would be enjoying seeing himself act on screen, but today was different. He was paying more attention to Sonny, wanting to see her when she finally wakes up.

Abbie watched Chad for a while. She had never seen in the last five years of being a nurse anyone like Chad. Even couples that were married for all most fifty years, never had slept on a uncomfortable cot for two days. "You are in love with her, aren't you?" Abbie asked, causing Chad to choke on his tongue.

"What? No! We're just friends," Chad said, grabbing hold of Sonny's hand.

"Man, I wish that I had a friend like you," Abbie said, checking on Sonny's blood pressure.

"It's complicated," Chad said. The last few days, had brought up a lot of different feeling that Chad had tried to bury down. Sure, he thought that Sonny was cute when they first had met. Sure, sometimes she would come into his dreams at night, making him wake in a cold sweat. But he was not in love with her. And even if he was, it's not like he would admit it.

Chad glanced back down watching Sonny when . . . "Abbie, her eye just opened!" Chad said, standing up quickly.

"She's waking up. Alison? Can you hear me?" Abbie said. "Alison, if you can hear me move one of your hands."

Chad watched, but both of Sonny's hands were still.

"What does that mean?"

"Hold on, just give her another minute. Alison, try and move one of your hands for me," Abbie tried again.

"Why don't you try Sonny? That's what everyone calls her," Chad said.

"Sonny, if you can hear me, move one of your hands," Abbie tried again.

Chad gasped as Sonny's right hand, extended out its fingers. Chad beamed up at Abbie. "That is a really good sign. Keep talking to her, I'm just going to go out and get her doctor." she said, and then headed out of the room.

"Hey, Sonny. It's Chad. You have to get better, I am starting to miss our daily fights together," Chad said. He tried not to squeal with delight as he felt Sonny tighten her grip on his hand.

"So, I see that she's finally waking up," Sonny's doctor, Dr. Flowers, said as she entered the room.

Chad couldn't hide the smile on his face as he saw that both of Sonny's eyes were now opened, and she was taking in what was around her.

"Glad to have you back, Sonshine," Chad said, kissing the hand that he was holding.

"Who are you, and what have you done with the real Chad?" a voice rasped. It took Chad a second to realize that Sonny was the person that said that.

'It's me, Sonny. The real me," Chad said, smiling at her.

"Chad here hasn't left your side," Abbie said, causing Sonny to finally notice that there were other people in the room.

"What happened? Where am I?" Sonny said, looking at Chad.

"Chad, do you want to tell her?" Abbie asked him.

"Yeah, I'll tell her. Sonny, you're in a hospital. For the last two days you have been here on a ventilator." Chad explained.

"Two days? What happened? Where's mom?" Sonny said, franticly looking around the room for her mother.

Chad took a deep breath before saying, "Sonny, you collapsed in the parking lot of Condor Studios two days ago. Your heart beat had picked up and they had to shock it three times before it would come down. Your mother called me after getting a call herself from the ER, she is snowed in. Wisconsin has about twenty-four inches of snow on the ground right now, and she doesn't know when she will be able to get out here."

Sonny took all of this in, and Chad could see her eyes start to fill with tears. "Chad, I'm scared." a few tears slipped down onto her cheeks.

"I know, Sonshine. But I'm not going anywhere," Chad said, sitting down next to her on the bed.

"Ok, Sonny. I am going to ask you a few questions and I want you to answer them for me. They are not going to be that hard. You understand?" Dr. Flowers asked her. Sonny shook her head yes.

"Can you tell me what year it is?"

"It's 2010."

"What about the month?"

"April."

"Ok, Name three people that you work with everyday."

"Tawni, Nico, and Grady."

"Can you tell me your full name?"

"Alison Lynn Munroe"

"And tell me who this guy is sitting next to you," Dr. Flowers said, motioning to Chad.

"That's Chad Dylan Cooper."

"Good, that's really great, Sonny."

"So, what does that mean?" Chad asked.

"That means, that there is no memory loss."

"So, can you tell me what is wrong with me?" Sonny asked.

"I will tell you that after you get some sleep. Until the drugs are fully out of your system, your short-term memory will be kind of slow. So try to get some rest and I will be back in a few hours." With that she was out of the door.

"Now, both of you should get some rest," Abbie said, leaving with the doctor.

Chad tried to stand up and move over to the cot but was forced back on the bed by Sonny. "Don't leave me," Sonny said, sounding like a small child.

"Sonny, I'm not going anywhere. I'll be just right over here," Chad said, motioning to the cot that sat next to her bed.

"Don't leave me," Sonny said, again.

"I'll tell you what. Why don't I lay down with you and until you fall asleep? How does that sound? " Chad said, as Sonny nodded her head.

Chad laid down next to Sonny on the bed. It was a really tight fit seeing that the beds were made for only one person. Sonny snuggled into Chad's chest grasping hold of his shirt, like he was going to disappear if she didn't.

A few hours later when Abbie came back into the room she laughed at the sight she saw. Chad laid in a very uncomfortable position sound asleep, with Sonny snuggled close to his chest. He had both of his arms wrapped around her, and if either moved, one would probably end up on the floor.

"And he says that he's not in love with her. I guess that means I'm going to be the queen of England," Abbie said, chuckling to herself.


A/N: Tell me what ya think of it...This is starting to become on of my favorite stories that I'm writing. Danielle