Chad

Okay, so being in the hospital wasn't that bad. In fact, it was a lot like being at the studio. People were waiting on me hand and foot, but the best thing about it was that there were no Randoms. This had to be the best vacation ever.

But why was I there? Wasn't I supposed to be at the studio? Wouldn't I have visits from the cast of Mackenzie Falls telling me to get better soon because the show couldn't go on without me? Something wasn't right here. Yeah, my fans sent me flowers when they heard, but my friends should be here. Or were they my friends?

My heart skipped a beat for a second. It felt weird. I felt like there was something exciting I was waiting for. Every time I thought about people coming to see me that happened. Maybe I was hoping that my parents would come. They wouldn't, I knew that, but it was fine to hope, right? They would probably just send me some kind of gift with a card that had "hugs and kisses" on the bottom above their names.

"Chad, we have some excellent news." Dr. Hershing said, coming into my room. He had on his long white coat thing and was holding a clipboard. It looked like he was reading something and he was happy about it.

"There's nothing wrong with me and I can leave?" I asked. I did like being waited on, but I wanted to get…where did I want to get? I wanted to go somewhere, but I couldn't remember where. I know that I didn't want to go home. Home would be worse than being in the hospital. I couldn't put my finger on it, though.

Dr. Hershing laughed. "There is nothing wrong with you, but you can't leave yet. We're trying to call your parents. If they call you, let us know. You can leave as soon as we talk to some of your family. But, the good news is that we know what happened to you."

I'd been worried about what happened to me, because of all the memory loss. That was one of the first questions they asked me. Did I have any memory loss? Of course, I said no. That would make them check out so many more things in my head. I was happy to be learning exactly what happened to me.

"We found the medication you took in your system. You asked for some medicine for a headache, and you got what you thought was ibuprofen. It was actually a vicodin; a strong one at that. It caused you to get dizzy and fall into the pool." he said.

"What pool? My pool?" I asked.

"No…uh…" Dr. Hershing looked through a couple of his papers. "Oh, here it is. An apartment complex, downtown. A Sonny Munroe told us all of this."

Sonny… I thought.

"She's in the intensive care section of our hospital. Don't worry about her right now-"

"Don't worry about Sonny!" I yelled. I had no idea where that came from, but my heart was beating as though it was going to explode. I was afraid of something.

"Right now. You need to worry on getting your strength back up. When Sonny is better you can go see her. I think you're able to stand and walk around, but not until tomorrow." Dr. Hershing said.

"What's wrong with Sonny? Why is she here?" I asked.

"Well, she saved you. If it weren't for Sonny, you would be dead right now. There was also someone else involved in saving you, but we still have no idea who it was. They brought both you and Sonny here." he told me.

"How did she save me?" I asked.

"According to her, when you fell in she went after you. She said she had a hard time getting you back up, and it eventually caused her to pass out in the water. That's why she doesn't know who brought you or her in."

"Is she okay? What's wrong with her?" I asked.

"Well, she's okay now. Although you lost your memory, Sonny didn't. It hasn't done anything severe. She wasn't under the water long, apparently, because her brain is perfectly functioning. You were under longer than her which explains the memory loss." he said.

Hearing all of this was starting to make me remember what happened. We were supposed to go on a world tour, I remembered. I couldn't remember why we didn't go, but we were on some sort of…well, mission, for lack of a better word. I'd had a headache and she gave me medicine. I guess she wasn't paying attention to what she gave me.

That explains why my headache went away so fast. I'd gotten up and went outside where Sonny said she was going to go. I was searching for her, and I did feel a little dizzy but I'd thought that it was from moving around too much after waking. I went to the pool, and I did find Sonny. I was walking to her when I fell in.

I was trying to swim, but I had no idea what direction I was going. The medication messed with my sense of direction, and everywhere I looked I just saw water. I hadn't had time to grab a breath of air before going under so I'd passed out fast. The next thing I knew, I was here.

I had to go see her sometime soon. There was no way they were going to let me out of my room in my condition. Not until at least tomorrow, anyway. I needed to see her now. She knew everything that we had been doing, and I couldn't remember.

I knew what I had to do. I was going to go to sleep for now, or maybe watch some TV until tonight. I would have to sneak out past the nurses and say I was going to get something out of the vending machine. Knowing the nurses (who loved me, by the way) here, they would give me a little money for something.

After that, I had no idea where I was going to go. I would make my way to the cafeteria and hopefully there would be some sort of map leading me to intensive care. After that, I had the simple task of finding where Sonny's room was. I didn't know how long I would get to stay with her, or even if she would be awake.

"Okay. Will you let me know when I can see her? I think I'm going to go to sleep. Thanks, Doc." I said.

"Let the nurses or me know if you need anything. I'll see you later." he said and left the room.

I wasn't very tired, so I watched some TV. I was flipping through the channels and found So Random! on. I had a room all to myself, so if I watched it, no one would know that I did. The real reason I watched it was because I was worried about Sonny. I didn't know why, but I was. I guess I was more tired than I thought because soon I was dreaming.

In the dream, I was seeing things from above, watching the events take place around me. There was a man and a woman screaming at each other. Suddenly, I was stuck in the man's body and facing the woman. She was angry, and she looked away for a minute. When she did, there was a sparkle in her eyes that reminded me of Sonny.

She looked back at me and said, "I hate you."

My heart broke. I knew it wasn't Sonny, but I could hear those words in Sonny's voice. She hated me. What was happening to me? Why did I suddenly care what Sonny thought? She was my enemy, and I was hers. I shouldn't care what she thought.

The woman turned to walk away, but I grabbed her arm. I wasn't in control of myself, so I had no idea what was going to happen. The woman turned and glared at me. I put my other arm around her and pulled her to me, and then I kissed her.

At first she tensed up, and then her muscles practically melted in my arms. Her hands found the back of my head and twisted in my hair. She wanted this man to kiss her, she would never admit it though. When I broke the kiss to look down at her, she frowned, and then pulled herself straight back to me.

She only kissed me one more time and then she broke away. A look of realization came to her face, and then she ran off. I let her go. I knew how she felt because I felt it, too. What we'd done wasn't right. It wasn't proper, and we could get in trouble. But, even though it wasn't right, it felt right. It was perfect. Amazing.

The sudden quietness of the room woke me up. There was a little girl standing next to my bed. She'd taken my remote and turned off the TV. She was about eight or nine. She had curly, brown hair and brown eyes to match. She was wearing a pink and black shirt with monkeys on it and some jeans. I could tell that she was trying to be quiet and when she saw me her eyes widened. She was shocked that I'd woken up, but then she looked sad.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up. I'm gonna go get my mom." she said.

"No, it's fine. What's your name?" I asked.

"Katrina. My mom is a nurse here. She asked me to come in here and turn off the TV because she knew you were asleep. I did because I…well, I knew you were in here and I love your show." she explained.

I liked this girl already. "So, you know that I'm Chad Dylan Cooper. It's fine. If you have and paper and a pen I can sign something for you."

"Okay, I'll go get some from my mom." she said, face lit up with a smile.

"Could you do me a favor?" I asked before she left.

"Sure." she said, the same smile on her face. She was excited to be getting something from me, which was the perfect excuse I needed.

"Would you ask your mom if I can walk around with you for a while? I'm really tired of just laying here." I explained.

She nodded and ran off. This was going to be easy if her mom let me. Knowing how little kids' moms were always trying to do things for their kids, she would probably let me do this. Her little girl would be so happy.

Katrina came bouncing in. "My mom said that you can come with me to the cafeteria to get her a little something to eat, but then we have to come straight back. Is that okay?"

"Sure. Let's go." I said. I hopped out of bed and took her hand. She may have been young, but she wasn't so young that she still thought that boys were gross. When I took her hand she blushed, and turned her face to try and hide it. I was going to work this to my advantage. "Do you like coming to work with your mom?"

"It's fun sometimes. Like when someone like you comes here. That's a lot of fun, but when I just sit there while my mom deals with old people, I wanna kill myself." she said. I laughed. Little kids always said they wanted to kill themselves when they had to do something boring or something involving cleaning.

"People like me come here often?" I asked. She thought hard for a second and finally looked at me again.

"Not really. The only other famous person here was Julia Roberts. *author note-I totally love Julia Roberts, so I don't mean anything bad* She was cool, but she never walked around with me like you are. But she also had a sprained ankle." she told me.

We were almost to the cafeteria, and I did notice the map on the wall pointing out where everything was. I found that the intensive care center was two halls down from the cafeteria. Once I got to the cafeteria I would have to take a right and then keep going until I reached two double doors. I didn't know if they were locked or not, but I was going to try to go through them.

"Well, then I'm glad I got to take a walk with you." More than she would ever know. This statement made the girl blush again, but this time she didn't turn away. Looked like someone was learning how to flirt at a young age. Since she was, I was going to try to get her to be the one to suggest walking a little bit longer.

We got into the cafeteria and she said, "I'll be right back. I need to go get my something really fast. Do you want anything?"

"No, I'm good for now. If you haven't noticed, my throat is hurting. I'll just wait for you." I replied.

She nodded and ran to the cafeteria line. She said something to the worker there and they went into action getting food items and putting them into a tray. I decided to take a peek out of the cafeteria door while she was doing so. From here, I could see the double doors I needed to go through, and no pad lock.

I couldn't help but try to remember what had been going on these past few days. There were places where I could remember a certain place or person, but I had no idea how I'd gotten there or who they were. I did remember being in Sonny's living room once. I'd been wet, most likely from the rain.

Katrina came back before I could think of anything else and wrapped her arm through mine. She was going to be a teenage girl who was labeled as "the flirt". I'd known a few of those girls, myself, and I'd noticed that behind the over-confident skin they were wearing, they were really just trying to find a way to make people like them.

"So, I had an idea. How about we keep walking for a little while longer, and then we go back? You probably don't want to have to keep laying down so long, and this will let you stay out longer." she said.

"Sounds like a plan." I said. We started walking straight ahead. "I like your shirt." Flattery would totally get a girl like this. Although I'd gotten her to keep walking, I had to keep it going so that she wouldn't say anything while I was seeing Sonny.

"Thank you. My grandma picked it out for me." As soon as she said it she winced. I pretended like I didn't notice. She was really trying to impress me. By this time, we'd made it to the double doors, and I pushed them open. "Uh…actually, I'm not supposed to go in there."

"Well, I don't think that it's such a big deal. Not if your with someone older than you, don't you think?" I asked. That was the wrong thing to say. Apparently, she didn't like it when people who were older than her treated her like a little kid. Her lips set in a hard line and she glared at me.

"We're going back. I'm not allowed in there and if I'm not, then you aren't." she said.

I was almost in the doors. There was no way I could back out now. I didn't know what to do. Then I noticed a stick on the wall. I didn't know what it was used for, but it looked like something to hold up curtains. I grabbed it and pointed it toward her. I was going to have to play little kid games with her for this to work.

"Look, I'm a ninja." I said. She was still mad. She set down the food she had for her mom and grabbed her end of the stick. "So, you're a ninja, too?" That, turns out, was the right thing to say because she almost fell on the ground laughing.

"Go…" she said, still laughing. "Go…on. I'll stay…here and…keep watch."

I took this as a chance to run. It turned out that it wasn't that hard to find Sonny because there were only ten rooms. I only had to check three before I found her room. She was laying on her bed, reading a book.

"Sonny!" I said.

"Chad, there you are. Are you okay?" she asked.

"I think so. Everything except my memory is intact. Why was I at your house?" I asked.

"Well, you had to meet me at the flower shop and then we went back to my place, remember? I fell asleep and when I woke up you were asleep." she replied.

"I don't remember. Start out at the beginning of everything. I'm so confused." I asked.

"Well, we were supposed to go on a world tour…" That was how she started out her long speech. She told me about everything we had been through. The garden, the restaurant, the fairies, and the explanation of supernatural things. I thought she was playing a joke on me at first, but some of the things she said sparked memories.

Soon, I remembered everything. It was weird knowing that I'd forgotten all those important things that had happened to me. How could someone forget that kind of stuff? I would bet that if I'd been trying to forget them and I fell in the pool, I would come out remembering everything. I thought I'd inherited Sonny's bad luck, but now it was confirmed.

Sonny's doctor came in then. He was surprised to see me, but he really didn't do anything about it.

"It's actually a good thing that you're here. You can both know that in the morning you will be released. Sonny, your tests all came back fine and your mom will be here to pick you up in the morning. Chad, we got a hold of your parents and they're letting you stay with Sonny. So, you'll be going with Sonny in the morning." he explained.

"But for now, you need to go back to your own room." he added. "Get some rest before the morning."

I said goodbye to Sonny and came back out. Katrina was where I left her, but she was sleeping on the ground. I picked her up and managed to scoop up her moms food, too. I brought her to the nurse's station and set her in a chair. Her mom was there, and she decided to chew me out.

"What happened? Why were you two gone so long?" she asked.

I thought quick and said, "Sonny's doctor was in the cafeteria with her test results and he talked with me to let me know that I'm leaving tomorrow."

Katrina woke up while I was talking and said, "You're leaving tomorrow?"

Something about that face made me sad so I gave her my phone number. "Anytime you want to talk, you just call. Sometimes I won't be able to talk, but I'll try my best." I told her. I gave her my other phone number, of course. It would be crazy to give her the one that I use because then she would give the number to all of her friends, and I would have to deal with a bunch of little kids all day.

I went back into my room and relaxed for a little while. My nurse brought me some more food, which I ate little of. My throat still hurt. I guess my body felt well enough after the food to give me some relief, because I was soon sleeping.

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I hope you liked this chapter. I know it was a lot of rambling in places, but I've been sleeping a lot and really tired. I will update ASAP. I have to give the ninja credit to my sister, Caroline, because earlier she really did point a stick at me and say she was a ninja, then I took the other end and she asked if I was a ninja, too. Well, don't forget to review! =]