Chapter 15: A Broken Happily Ever After
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Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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A/N: The end has come. After a long and treacherous journey with these two I am sad to say I must bring their journey to an end.
They fell in love.
They got married.
They had a baby.
They got divorced.
And they got a chance to start over.
Thank you for reading.
BTW You will notice that a Rory is mentioned towards the end. It is simply a nickname for Tesoro.
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Mitchie softly squeezed Shane's cold hand before they were taking him to surgery.
She couldn't believe what she was about to do.
But she couldn't help herself.
She had to do a small thing.
To make up for all the pain she caused him.
But she couldn't do much.
The best she could do.
Was lean down.
And softly whisper to him.
A sad, "I love you."
She had always loved him.
Through everything.
She had screwed so much up.
And he had always been there for her.
She didn't deserve him.
Ever.
He was too good for her.
He was too good for her when she was a girl at camp.
And he was a popstar.
He was too good for her when she threw her life in the gutter because of fame.
And he came to her rescue.
He was too good for her when they lost a baby.
When they got married.
When they found a new baby.
And made it their own.
He would always be too good for her.
And if she lost him today.
She would never forgive herself for how badly she mistreated someone who was so good to her.
When she never deserved any of it.
She almost said goodbye.
But she was afraid if she said it again.
It would truly be permanent this time.
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Hours later she was waiting for results.
For them to tell her how it went.
If Shane was still alive.
Or.
Or if he was long gone.
She let out a shaky sigh as she twiddled her thumbs waiting for him.
Eventually someone came out.
Mitchie stood up as they told her.
She covered her mouth holding back tears as they told her.
She shakily sat back down.
She let the tears run.
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She stood in the doorway of Shane's room looking at him.
She slowly made her way over to the bed and sat down in a chair.
He was alive.
She softly grabbed his hand.
She was going to make it up to him.
For all the years she made him miserable.
She swore she would.
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6 months later
Shane sighed fixing his tie.
Another day off to work.
He turned around and smiled a bit seeing the other body asleep in his bed.
Well their bed.
He went over to the bed and sat down.
"Mitch. You have to wake up."
"Mmm... just let me skip today."
He smiled softly stroking her hair back.
"Mitchie. Come on. Your doing so much better. Dr. Clyne said just a few more weekly sessions and soon youll be down to monthly. And Ill drop off Rory at day care and you can pick him up afterwards."
She sighed stretching.
"Mmm I know. Today just feels like a lazy day. But Ill go."
Shane smiled a bit.
"Good. Its nice to see you like this."
She smiled softly at him.
"Mhm. Did you take your meds?"
"Did you?"
"What do you think?"
"And what do you think?"
She sighed.
"Fine. Well both do it. Come on."
She rolled out of bed and made her way to the bathroom.
She came back with two orange bottles.
"A cocktail of heart medication for you Mr. Grey, and my own lovely cocktail of Valproate."
Shane took his pills from her and softly kissed her forehead.
"It pays off in the end Mitch."
She smiled sadly.
"I know Shane."
They were starting over.
Working at happily ever after.
Second chances are a rare thing.
They were both lucky enough to have gotten them.
Mitchie.
She got a second chance with Shane.
To fix her issues.
She was bipolar.
It was the reason for most of their drama.
But she was taking care of it.
Fixing things between them.
Shane.
He got a second chance at life.
He was using it to help Mitchie.
And attempt to make them both happy.
Happily ever after seemed a long ways away for both of them.
But even if it was somewhat broken.
They were going to get a Happily Ever After.
Finally.