Death is peaceful, easy.

Life is painful.

The first thing that I noticed when I woke up was a bright light overheard me; that was making it harder to see anything else around me. I blinked a few times, and accepted the light, as my hearing died down.

I could hear a strange beeping noise; coming from my heart machine. Why the fuck was I on a heart machine for? My accident hadn't been that bloody bad! I rolled my head to the side, and I couldn't help but notice how the movement hurt.

I hissed between my teeth; wondering if I had brain damage from my accident. No, I couldn't have; I'd heard that people couldn't remember that much when it came to brain damage, I'd heard that people couldn't actually remembered what had happened to them…they couldn't remember anything when they woke up.

The wall on my left side was boringly cream, and everything around me told me that I was in hospital. I turned my head back round to the right side, ignoring the pain this time, and saw Rob; sat on a sofa in the corner of the room, with his head down.

He was still wearing the same clothes as before, and he was sleeping. But his eyes started to flutter open now, and as soon as they had opened; his eyes found mine. They widened in shock, before he got up from the sofa.

''You're awake…are you alright?'' He asked me anxiously. I nodded my head, but I was unable to stop the hiss of pain as my head hurt. ''Does your head hurt?'' He asked me; sounding just as worried as before, as he reached my bedside.

''A little,'' I said; sounding gruffly. I cleared my throat awkwardly; feeling a little embarrassed about how sleepy I sounded. How long had I been gone for?

''Right, okay; I'm just going to get someone to come in. I'll be right back, I promise.'' He promised me; kissing my right hand, before walking out of the hospital doors. I watched as a doctor came in with him.

They asked me the normal things, like how I was feeling, and I told him that my head hurt, which he said was normal, and that I'd had a lucky escape after that accident; which I was already so aware how lucky I was; it had been stupid, to not wear a helmet, and rush off so eagerly.

They shone a light in each of my eyes, to make sure my eyes were alright, and he wrote down on a piece of paper on a clipboard about how I was doing.

''I'll come back later and check how you're coming along, okay?'' The Doctor asked me, smiling at me. I nodded, even though it still hurt a little, and returned the smile. He had been a nice doctor; friendly.

Rob took my right hand in his then, entwining our fingers together. ''How much of the accident do you remember?'' He asked me.

''Umm…I remember the bike going from underneath me; I think I turned a little bit too much on that roundabout. And I remember your voice, and then…that's it.'' I explained to him, watching his face as every emotion flashed on his face.

Anger…shock…confusion…happiness…sadness. It made me wonder what he was thinking about exactly. ''Why did you go after her like you did?'' He asked me bewildered; sounding a little angry at my recklessness.

''For you, of course; I couldn't bear to see you so unhappy. She had really upset you, and I know how much you wanted her back.'' I explained my answer as truthfully as it was. He was so sad; he looked as though she had just died or something and I knew he was falling in love with her.

''I was unhappy; she'd just dumped me, but I never wanted her back after that.'' He explained; finding my confused eyes. ''I wanted you, and when you offered to go after her, I was so confused. I just thought that it was because you really wanted me to be with her…not you.'' He admitted sheepishly; looking away again.

He ran his hand through his hair embarrassed, and I reached for him, to try and get him to look at me. His head darted upwards automatically, and he took my other hand in his other hand, and entwined our fingers again.

''I can't believe you just admitted that…to me. I mean….who would have thought it; it's just…me.'' I stated, sighing. His right hand went under my chin, and pulled my face up, so that he was looking at me properly.

''It's not just you Charlie; you fascinate me, you really do; how could you say that?'' He asked me, making me a little confused. So he spelled it out for me instead, then. ''I'm falling for you, Charlie; and you're not boring, or irritating, or anything that bad that you think you are.'' He spelled it out for me, smiling.

My heartbeat accelerated and the machine went wild, making Rob laugh. ''I seem to have an effect on that heart, of yours.'' He commented; chuckling to himself.

I took a deep breath, and waited for my heart to quiet down a little bit, before I replied to that. ''Just a bit,'' I agreed, laughing a little too.

He smiled in response to that; letting his thumb and index finger brush across the bottom of my cheek gently.

''Charlie!'' I looked round to see Rachael running in, pulling Jackson with her-though he was smiling-, and followed by a smiling Tasha and Kirsty. I grimaced as Rachael threw herself and her arms at me; breaking me and Rob's connection a moment ago.

''Steady Rachael,'' Rob commented worried, and I threw him another smile in response, as she was kinda hurting me.

''Oh sorry!'' She exclaimed, pulling away quickly. She rubbed under her eyes quickly, and sniffled; my god, she wasn't crying was she?

''Rachael, are you crying?'' I asked her confused. She had never cried much before; not even when she met Jackson.

''We've had that all the way here.'' Kirsty commented with a roll of her eyes. I nodded, smiling at Kirsty.

''You know what Rachael's like; forever worrying.'' Tasha commented also; rolling her eyes too. I laughed a little then, unable to stop myself, and I noticed Rob smile besides me in response to me laughing.

Even Kirsty, Rachael, and Tasha seemed to have brightened up even more, after hearing me laugh in response to that. Geez, it was as though I'd never laughed before. I cleared my throat then; still feeling slightly groggy from the sleep.

''Where's Kellan and Aston?'' I asked confused. I had thought that they would be here. Jackson was here too, after all.

''Kellan's sleeping; he was here all night, along with Rob. And Aston's at the studio.'' Tasha replied to my question. She looked to Rob then, and became all serious. ''Which reminds me; you'd better have had a few hours kip.'' She warned him.

He smiled in response, and ran his hand through the top of his hair; seeming to be a little embarrassed about her question. ''I had forty winks when Charlie was still asleep.'' He replied as he cleared his throat awkwardly.

''And by forty winks you mean?'' Tasha asked him.

''About an hour,'' He admitted unashamedly. Even I was worried now though; I had to admit that he did look very tired. I just hadn't seen how tired he had looked, because I had been selfishly thinking about my injuries.

''Maybe you should go home; the doctor said I won't be out today, so you're not missing much.'' I told him; squeezing his hand-which was still in mine-in encouragement. He looked as though he was ready for bed, bless him.

''I'm fine here, thank you. Anyway, I'm getting a taxi back home.'' He replied, before kissing my hand affectionately. I giggled, feeling myself turn a bright red, before I noticed that the Girlies were exchanging looks.

''Ur Rob…Jackson…do you mind if we speak to Charlie alone, for a sec please?'' Tasha asked them; exchanging looks for me. I just rolled my eyes at her; knowing what was coming from her next. I'd had it with Michael, all before.

''Sure, okay….I'll be right back.'' Rob promised me, as he got up from the chair, and winked at me mischievously. I giggled again, unable to help myself, as he left the room, with Jackson easily catching up with him.

''So what's going on then?'' Rachael asked first, before Tasha could ask me. I shot Rachael a confused glance.

''I don't know what you mean.''

''Well before you had the bike accident; you were chasing after his ex to fix things, and now…well now you're all over each other.'' Tasha replied for Rachael, making me blush a scarlet color in response to her words.

''We're not all over each other.''

''You're near enough.'' Tasha disagreed, making the girls giggle in response, and me hide more into my hands.

''Okay, so he admitted that he had feelings for me; but that's all.' I told her, shrugging. Her mouth practically fell open in response to the casualness of my voice though.

''That's all?''

''Oh my god, this is brilliant news! We should have a party and celebrate and everything-''

''-We're not going out,'' I interrupted Rachael's babbling on. ''We just admitted that we really like each other; but I don't really know how it's going to go from here…we'll have to see when we get out.'' I explained to them.

They all nodded, still looking as though I'd given them the best news possible. ''Well still that is something.'' Rachael commented; still looking dazzled.

''I know,'' I agreed; unable to get caught up in their own happiness. Because I was happy too-really I was-and they wouldn't understand just how happy I was, despite sounding so casual. I wanted to play it safe still though; just in-case I got hurt, though I didn't think that this was going to happen this time; I had hope.

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