~Disclaimer: I don't own these sweet and innocent characters that we've all come to shape and mold like clay... but, as always, they don't belong to me. Just have fun reading and enjoy the moment.

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Gabrielle woke up with a groan and the pounding of her headache. She squinted her light sensitive eyes around the room, seeing two dark figures. One of them said something and grabbed her hand, giving it a squeeze.

"Gabrielle, are you alright? Can you speak?" asked the second figure.

She squeezed her eyes shut and opened the widely, hoping she could see better. "Yeah... I think. Where am I?"

"In the hospital, Elle."

That voice. Only one person called her Elle. "Damien?" She asked, shock hindering her voice.

He squeezed her hand again, "I heard you had quite an accident,"

She released her hand from his, "What are you doing here? Why are you here?"

"Because I missed you, baby. I know we've had some rough times, but I thought about it over Christmas and the New Years... and well, I want to make it up to you."

Gabrielle couldn't find the words. She was too shocked, too confused, and in too much pain.

"Gabrielle, do you remember what happened?" asked the doctor in front of her.

She shook her head clear, wanting to forget that Damien was there. "Uh, I remember that I fell into a frozen lake..." she paused, looking for more memory, but there was none. "I can't remember what happened afterwards or how I got here."

"It's okay, Elle. I'll take care of you now. I already signed the papers to release you and come home with me." Damien took her hand in his again and rubbed it. He diverted his denim blues eyes to her bright ones, but she didn't return the glance. "Elle, are you alright?"

"She's probably still a little light headed, Damien. She did have a small concussion. But she should be able to leave within the next 2-3 hours. You can wait in here or go down to the lobby at any time." With that said, the doctor scribbled one last thing on his clipboard and headed out the door.

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Sage awoke when his whole body shivered. He opened his wide eyes, noticing that he had kicked all his covers off. He quickly grabbed them and pulled them to his chin, wondering how he had fallen asleep. Then he remembered. He sat up like a spring and fled out his bedroom door.

Ryo was just sitting at the kitchen table when Sage came storming in.

"What happened? Where's Gabrielle?"

"We had to take her to the hospital, she got cut up pretty bad and we found out that she had a small concussion. Cye and Kento already went-"

"Take me there, Ryo! Please!" Sage was jittering around, grabbing his coat and throwing on some shoes.

"Sage, I was going to say that Cye and Kento already left to go and get her. We don't-"

"I don't CARE! I want to go there and get her myself! Why didn't anyone wake me up?!" Sage yelled back, already furious. "If you don't take me, then I'm going by myself."

Ryo sighed. Even though he didn't want to go to the hospital and pick up Sage's 'precious' Gabrielle, he did care enough and realize that Sage was in no shape or form to even touch the wheel. "Alright. Are you ready to go?"

Sage nodded and speed-walked outside, heading towards the car.

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Ryo cautiously pulled into a parking space at the hospital, tired of driving in the snow and ice. But Sage was already out the door before Ryo put it in park.

"Chill out, Sage. It's not like she's going anywhere." Ryo called to Sage, who was 20 steps in front of him.

Sage didn't reply. He was already mad at Ryo for what hell he and Kento caused last night, but now he was fuming. If Ryo said one more thing to him, Sage decided that he was going to blow up.

They got inside and Sage asked the front desk what room she was in. But the nurse declared that she was already signed out.

"Did you see her leave?" Sage asked impatiently, tapping his foot on the ground.

"Well, no, I have no idea. I know she was in room 112, but-" She didn't need to say anymore before Sage headed towards the hallway. Ryo reluctantly followed.

Cye was the first to notice Sage and Ryo coming their way. He nudged Kento. "Should we tell him what's going on or just let him go inside?"

Kento bit his lip, shrugging his shoulders, "Don't ask me. He's probably already pissed off 'cause we didn't wake him up when we left. And now..."

"Is she in there? Is she alright?" Sage asked as he came up to them, his eyes darting back and forth between the two.

"Uh," Cye cleared his throat. "Yeah, she's perfectly fine, but the doctor said we should give her time-"

"Fuck the doctor, I want to see her," Sage grabbed the door handle and pushed the door open. But his eyes confused him. There were two people in the room. Gabrielle was sitting on the bed, awake but bandaged, and the other one was a man with tousled brown hair. He didn't look familiar. "Gabrielle?" his voice cracked.

Gabrielle whipped her head around, eyes locking with his. But her look of relief did a immediate 180 to fear when Damien stood up.

"What's going on?" Sage asked, quietly. His eyes nervously shifted back and forth between Gabrielle's and the unfamiliar man.

"I'm Damien, Gabrielle's boyfriend. Who are you?"

Sage felt his heart rip in half. He caught his breath and took a step backwards. His eyes burned and all the hair on his arms stood straight up, "Gabrielle... is this true?"

Damien looked down at Gabrielle, twitching his eye, "Who is this kid?"

Gabrielle couldn't speak. She was torn. Her and Damien had been together for three long years until another girl got in the picture. She remembered their nasty break up. He had hurt her and she didn't think he cared. That's when she decided to get a new job, a new life. She remembered all the promotions she got and all the new friends she made. She remembered the Christmas party she was invited to. She remembered Sage.

"What's going on, Gabrielle?" Damien asked again, "Talk! I know you can talk!"

Gabrielle swallowed hard, "No."

"What did you say?" Damien spit out.

"I said no, it's not true." She stated, looking dead into Damien's eyes. "You and I are over. It was over five months ago, Damien."

"Just because I go out and treat my cousin's friend-"

"You cheated on me!" She cried back, "We're OVER!" she started to climb out of her bed but Damien pulled her back down.

"You're not going anywhere."

Sage saw the fear in Gabrielle's eyes. "Don't touch her-"

"Don't talk to me, you blonde-"

"Damien, STOP!" Gabrielle yelled, jumping up from her bed and moving towards Sage. Her face showed her pain as she moved, but she suppressed it. "Sage is my boyfriend now."

Damien stretched his jaw and bit his lip. "Alright, whatever." Damien coughed and walked out the room, purposely bumping into Sage on the way out.

Gabrielle smiled and jumped into Sage's arms, kissing his cheek and lips widely. "I'm so glad you came!"

Sage pushed Gabrielle down, "So can you explain what that was all about?"

Gabrielle shook her head, "It's nothing. He's my ex."

Sage turned his stern glare into a warm smile, "Good," he swooped her up into his arms and hugged her. "But I hope you're not lying."

"Sage, don't say that. I will always be with you."

Sage froze. Those were the last words of Rowen's angel.

Gabrielle stared into Sage's blank eyes, "Sage, are you alright?"

Sage took a broken sigh, blinking a few times and clearing his small tears. "Yeah. Let's go home."

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Author's Note:: Well, I lied. NOW there are 2 more chapters. I was going to make this one longer, but I know some people don't like long chapters and don't have enough time... so, yeah. Anyways, thanks EVERYONE whose reviewed, these keep me confident and keep me LOVING you guys! Madd props!