Disclaimer: See last chapter
~ Chapter Thirteen ~
She felt like she was falling.
And there was nobody there to catch her.
She looked around for him, but he was nowhere to be seen.
She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact when her body hit the ground.
Waiting for her bones to shatter,
Shatter just like her heart did when Uncle Jack did that to her.
She bit down on her lower lip, tears running down her pale cheeks.
She just wanted to be happy.
She just wanted to be Sonny again.
She wanted to smile, laugh, argue, flirt, mess around...
She wanted to be normal.
She felt semi-normal when she was with Chad, he made her feel a little like Sonny again.
He held her in his strong arms and kissed her gently and told her that it would be okay.
She felt safe with him.
But now he wasn't here to save her and she was still falling, waiting for the ground.
She wanted to scream out for him but she couldn't find the energy to do anything.
She looked around one more time for him, only seeing the blank canvas that covered her.
She closed her eyes again and pictured his face.
He made her happy.
He made her feel like she could be Sonny one day.
He made her safe.
He stopped the nightmares.
She loved him more than anything else.
But she wasn't sure if she loved him enough to stay alive.
Maybe she wanted to die.
Maybe she was supposed to leave him.
Maybe it was time to die.
And then she hit the ground.
- - - - - -
Chad looked around for her, he couldn't find her anywhere.
He wanted to grab her and hold her in his arms forever.
He wanted to kiss her and tell her that nobody would ever hurt her again.
He wanted to shout out to the whole world that he, Chad Dylan Cooper, was in love with Sonny Munroe.
Sure, he thought he liked her but last night, as she told him what had happened to her, when she cried as he held her, he knew for a fact that he was deeply and truly in love with her.
Chad Dylan Cooper does not let just anyone cry on his brand new, expensive shirt.
Just her, just Sonny.
He could feel his heart beat faster when he heard his name, a small whimper that he knew couldn't have come from the bright, perky girl he loved so much.
He wanted to wake up, he wanted to wipe away the tears that would be falling down her face right now.
But something held him there, in the dream that was quickly becoming a nightmare.
And then he saw her.
Falling.
Falling hard and fast.
He ran to her, he had to get there in time.
But then her tiny body hit the floor just before he got there.
Tears ran down his face as he screamed her name.
Because he knew that he had let her down.
He couldn't save her.
But as he looked down at her shattered body, he wondered -
Did she even want to be saved?
A/N: Just a short, dream sequence chapter that is a massive set up for things to come. If you want more today, just drop me a review and I will do my best to get out of packing! (Something I will use any excuse to get out of.)