Hi everyone, I forgot to tell everyone this when I first put up my Fanfiction. In this Fanfiction Claudia did not hire Ian Devlin to kill Sonny - Jerry did and he is now dead. If I change my mind and decide to incorporate it into the story I will let everyone know.

My bare skin roasted in the warmth of the sun. Sweat drenched my forehead and my eyes were on fire. I had the most amazing and wonderful night of my life and now I was being overcome by a force greater and stronger than love or life. The leukemia symptoms were starting to erupt in my body. Sonny and I had made love last night and now it was morning. I had been looking forward to waking up in his arms, but I wasn't looking forward to waking up like this. My body was tingling and I was so hot. My eyes burned so much I didn't have the strength to open them. I could feel Sonny asleep next to me; holding me in his arms, but I doubt he had any idea I was getting sicker and weaker, with every breath that I took. I definitely had a fever and my body was growing extremely tired and weak. I could barely move to wake Sonny up. I couldn't tap him and I couldn't open my eyes to look at him or open my mouth to speak and wake him up. But, I had to try anyway. "Sonny," I whispered, sickly, "Sonny?" I felt Sonny shaking himself awake and I managed to open my eyes; just barely. Sonny's cold hands brushed my blazing-hot forehead and he jolted up.

"Hey, hey, Claudia you're burning up," he exclaimed. Sonny jetted out of bed and got dressed in under sixty seconds. He ran into my bathroom and managed to come out with a wet cloth and a thermometer. He placed the wet cloth on my forehead and I shivered. "Hey, it's gonna be okay," he reassured me. He took my temperature and I was at one hundred and two degrees. Sonny managed to sit on the bed and get me in his arms, so he was holding me. "I'm gonna take good care of you," he promised me. I nodded my head back at him.

"I'm sorry," I apologized to him.

"For what?" He asked surprised.

"For getting sick on you," I admitted to him. He knew what I meant when I said that to him. "Sonny?" He looked at me, awaiting what I was going to tell him. "You are a miracle to me. A miracle and a gift, sent to me from heaven, like my own personal guardian angel. I won't let go, I'll never let go… I promise." Sonny smiled at me and tears brimmed his eyes. He kissed my forehead and rocked me to sleep.

When I awoke I was in the hospital hooked up to IV's and machinery. Sonny was sitting by my side when I woke up and he smiled at me. By then my fever had gone down and I was medicated to make sure it stayed down. I saw Robin talking to Dr. Brown outside and I knew that I was getting worse. Things were getting bad and my body was slowly slipping away. It was probably time to start treatment. I propped myself up on the bed and turned my head to Sonny. "Everything is going to be fine," he tried reassuring me again. I sighed and closed my eyes, shaking the thought of death out of my head.

"I know, I know, you are always saying that and I believe you I do, there's just that small part of me that still believes that I'm going to die," I confessed to him.

Sonny shook his head, sighed, then said, "Well tell that small part of you to stop believing that because you are not going to die, you promised, and there is no way, you are going to break that promise…" Sonny couldn't even finish. He got all choked up and grabbed my hand. Robin walked in the door right after that and Sonny cleared his throat and wiped the tears away from his eyes.

"Hi, how are you feeling?" She asked me.

"I've been better, but according to the circumstances it could be worse," I explained to her. She looked at Sonny for a moment; wondering what went on before she walked inside.

"Sonny can I talk to you outside?" She asked. I was puzzled for a moment and I wondered what was going on and if things were already as bad as possible and then that small part of me began to think that I was beginning to die and there was nothing anybody could do to save me. I looked down and saw my good luck charm around my neck and I gripped onto it. Robin noticed my frightened expression right after Sonny agreed to talk outside with her. "Don't worry," she reassure me, "it's nothing bad, I promise you." They left to talk outside and now I was quite curious to what the hell was going on.

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Robin walked out into the hallway and Sonny followed her. "What's the matter?" Sonny asked her; curious.

"I know this is a lot to ask of you, but I can tell you care deeply for her. Things are starting to take a turn for the worst and I don't think she should be living alone and I think she should move in with you. You know I wouldn't be asking you of this I really didn't think it was necessary," Robin made clear. She paused for a moment trying to read Sonny's expression.

"It's no problem. I can have all of her stuff moved in by the end of the afternoon," Sonny clarified. Robin cleared her throat… there was more.

"Sonny, I'm asking this so soon, because her symptoms are becoming extremely deadly. With the headaches she's had and now the fever, these symptoms alone can kill her if doctors are not notified immediately afterwards," she explained some more.

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Sonny and Robin walked back into my hospital room. I jumped back up in my bed and glanced up at them both. "What is going on?" I asked them; waiting for one of them to tell me.

"I want to start treatment," Robin stated, "I am going to start you off with chemo and we will see if anything else needs to be done. Another thing, I just wanted to make sure it was okay with Sonny first, but I think it would be better if it happened now rather then later and you move in with Sonny. I really do not want you to be living alone and I feel that Sonny would be your best option. If that is alright with you?" I stared at Robin for a few seconds and then looked at Sonny who barely smiled at me.

"It's fine," I whispered, ever so lightly. I slid back down into bed and then Robin left. Sonny walked toward me and sat down beside me. I began to cry and I was trying real hard to hold back my tears. "Sonny, I… I… I…" I was trying to tell Sonny that I loved him, but the words could not get out of my mouth. I couldn't tell him, not now, not yet. I wanted to tell him when this was all over. It would give me something to look forward to… something to live for… and it would be a complete miracle if I were to live and if he were to love me as well.