Disclaimer: I do not own McFly, just the storyline. ;)

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Chapter Twenty Eight

"Rae!? Rae! Oh my goodness, you're awake! Thank God!" Alex gushed as I stirred.

"What? No... Dougie asked me to skip lessons so I'm staying here with him..." I replied, rolling onto my side, still blur from just becoming conscious.

"Err... Rae, what are you talking about? You fainted in front of Dougie, don't you remember?" She looked at me like I'd lost my mind.

"What? No, I did not!" I argued, while rubbing my eyes and trying to get a sense of reality.

"Yes, you did... Remember he sang that song for you and you said hi to him?" She raised an eyebrow, hoping I'd remember.

"No, I don-... Oh... That..." The previous events resurfaced in my mind.

"Ah... So you do remember, don't you?" She looked into my eyes to make sure.

"Yeah, yeah... I do..." I held my head in my hands. "What happened though?"

"I don't know! You suddenly dropped to the ground, Dougie was yelling for help and when I ran over, you were already unconscious."

"So... How long have I been... unconscious?" I raised my head, sad that the dream wasn't reality.

"About a couple of hours or so..." She shrugged.

"And you've been here all along?" I looked at her curiously.

"Of course! You think I'd leave you here without your best friend? It takes a lot to get rid of me, you know."

"Thanks, babe…" I laughed, glad to have her there. "So... Where's..."

"He went out to get some water." She read my mind. I nodded and there was silence for a few seconds.

"He cares a lot about you, you know." Alex spoke after a while. "He was so worried when you fainted. You should've seen his face!"

I couldn't help but laugh when she mimicked his expression of when I fainted. At that moment, Doug came into the room that we were in.

"Hey! You're awake!" He quickly put the glasses of water on a table and rushed to the sofa that I was on.

"Yeah… I didn't die, you know." I joked as he pulled me into his embrace. Oh God, I didn't want to let go of him. He seemed to read my mind as he wrapped his arms tighter around me and I did the same.

"I'll... leave you two alone now. I'll just be outside, yeah." Alex left the room and it was just the two of us. He let go, searched my face and hugged me tightly again.

"I love you, Rae. I've missed you so much. Every single day that we weren't together, I thought about you." He mumbled into my hair. I didn't say anything and just held on to him like my life depended on it. No way was I ever letting him go again.