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SATURDAY; PART TWO

SONNY'S POV

Besides myself, I had never had anyone close to me on the verge of dying. I didn't know how to feel or what to do. I found this out less than a week ago, but it didn't seem to matter. Not while he was laying in critical condition, waiting for the rest of his life to be sucked from his fragile body.

We all arrived at the hospital in record speed, breaking about fifteen laws on our way. But none of us cared. We were breathless, tired, worried beyond belief. But none of us cared. All we could think about was our friend who we couldn't now imagine living without; the one who might make that impossibility a reality.

Our worrying made us different people. Grady snapped at the woman working at the check in desk. He went off on her for asking us to have a seat and wait for further news. "How dare she tell me what to fucking do!" he reasoned. Except none of it made any sense. Tawni was silent, not uttering one word since we left Nico's. Nico didn't crack one joke. He just sat there, looking down at his feet.

His dad walked by occasionally, but none of us knew what to say or if to say anything at all. We didn't. The look in his dad's eyes. They were filled with complete agonizing pain. The kind you couldn't escape from, no matter what you did or what others tried to do for you. The kind of pain you feel when your child is being taken from you.

We sat there waiting for two hours, not speaking or moving. We were all numb, trying to block out the overwhelming ache from taking over.

"Are you here for Chad Dylan Cooper?" I slowly looked up. There was an older woman standing in front of us, with a name tag that read Carla and a small smile on her lips. It seemed so wrong. Why was she smiling? How was there anything to be smiling about right now?

I was about to tell her so, when Nico spoke up with a short, "Yes." None of us wanted to ask if we could see him. We were too afraid of the answer. But we got one anyway.

"Mr Cooper is stable. He can have visitors now, but only one at a time," Carla told us, that damn smile still playing on her lips. I clenched my fists and turned away from her, squeezing my eyes tight.

"Uh, do you mind if I go first guys?" I heard Tawni ask from the seat across from mine.

"I know we wern't exactly friends but, I just wanna apologize" No one said anything and a few seconds later I heard her get up from her seat and shuffle along the floor farther into the hospital.

During the next hour, everyone went back to see him. One by one, people would go back silent and return as if their silence had magnified. I didn't want to think about who they saw when they went back there. Was Chad still Chad? So instead, I thought about last Monday. I thought about being stuck in that classroom.

I never thought that would happen or never wanted it to but thank god it did. Or he could of been laying there alone.

I felt a nudge on my shoulder and looked up to see Nico standing in front of me. "You want to go see him? Let Sam go last, yeah?" I looked over to Sam, his head buried in his knees, salty tears collecting on the washed-out denim of his jeans. I nodded, knowing that Sam should be the last one to see her.

Pushing up from my seat, I could feel my entire body tense up. I had told Sam to tell Chad that I couldn't handle seeing him in the hospital so that I could surprise him. But it was so true and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was scared. Would I really be able to handle seeing Chad like this? Would he look worse than he did last night?

I reached room 241, the room I dreaded entering. I wrapped my hand around the metal doorknob but immediately removed it as if it was scalding hot. I leant forward and rested my head against the door. I closed my eyes and blocked out all thought.

And that's when I realized what was scaring me most. It was time; it was not having enough of it. I didn't ever want to run out of time. So I opened my eyes and returned my hand to its position on the doorknob. I took one last deep breath and pushed the heavy, white door open.

I was greeted by a crowd of wires running every which way, connecting to machines doing everything and anything to give the guy attached to them as much time as possible. Everything was about time. More time to learn, to smile, to love. With more time, Chad could've done so much more and with more time, I could've loved him.

But I couldn't love him now; not when he was being supported by artificial life. he was breathing heavily, his lungs working in time with the machines that were picking up the extra slack that his body could no longer handle.

I stood at the end of his bed and watched him, His eyes were closed but I knew he was awake. he was lazily tapping his fingers on the side of his bed and humming a soft tune that I couldn't recognize. he looked completely at peace.

"Chad?"I whispered, walking closer to his side and making my presence known. His cracked lips lifted into a soft smile and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Sonny," he said simply, his voice coming out as no more than a raspy breath. I did my best to put a smile matching his on my face as I sat down on the chair placed next to his bed. he closed his eyes again as I lowered into the cushion and I just sat there, unsure of what to do.

After a few minutes of silence, I heard Chad's raspy voice again. "Sonny?" he asked. "Can you do me a favor?"

"Anything," I responded automatically, knowing that it was true.

"Never give up" He whispered.

"Keep acting, keep giving it your all. Because you're going places and I don't wan't you to fall, because I wan't to be there to catch you, I wan;t to be there every step of the way and even If i'm six feet under, I will be there. I'll be right behind you"

This was it.

The tears I tried so hard to suck in were running freely down my face, I didn''t know if I'd ever act again, I didn't know If I'd ever get through this.

"You don't deserve this" I didn;t know wether my words were even audible.

He nodded back and produced a lop sided smile. He then lifted his finger, indicating for me to come closer. As I did, he lifted his whole hand and rested it on my cheek. He brushed his thumb along my jaw and as I looked into his eyes, something in me snapped. I could feel my throat get scratchy and my vision started to blur. This was it. I knew that my time with him was almost up. I moved closer and softly kissed his lips and then his forehead. "I could've loved you," I choked out.

"I know. And you're gonna find that love sometime. Not with me, but with someone who can and will be with you for the rest of your long life," he smiled, somehow so sure of his conclusion. And I chose to believe him because there was nothing else I could do.

"I'm going to miss you, Chad. So freaking much," I sighed, afraid of how I would be able to handle the next few weeks.

"You'll be fine without me, I promise," he said back, barely audible.

"You always were" I nodded and placed one last kiss on his forehead, trying to convince myself that Chad was right. But I knew that my time was up. I couldn't keep Sam from his best friend anymore, no matter how much I wanted to glue myself to the seat I was sitting in.

"I love you Chad dylan Cooper, and that's the last thing I ever thought I'd say" I broke out in a small chuckle as he smirked

"Well played Monroe, well played" He nodded, smirking.

I got up and headed for the door. Just as I opened it, I heard the soft murmur of Chad's voice. "Goodbye, Sonny monroe." I could tell he was smiling. I turned around a fraction of an inch to face her just a little more. It was a genuine smile.

Something you don't often see from Chad. Something I think I've never seen. And It was gorgeous.

"Goodbye, Cooper" And with that, I walked out of his hospital room for the last time. Slowly, I walked back to the waiting room where I knew everyone else was. When I got there, I saw Chad's dad, sitting with Sam. They all looked up when they heard me enter the room. I just simply nodded and headed back to my seat.

Holding in the loud sobs that had echoed through the hospital on the way back here, The two of them walked together to Chad's room.

I knew he didn't have much time left, but I just didn't want to believe it. So I sat perfectly still in my chair trying to block out any and all feeling for the next hour while Sam and Chad;s dad were In His room.

Soon after that hour had passed, I heard distant frantic beeping of a machine as well as doctor's feet shuffling all over the hallways. I knew what it meant. But then Sam walked into the room, tears streaming down his face, and his eyes conveying everything I already knew.

He was gone.

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