I really don't feel as though this chapter is up to par... in fact... I dislike it very much, but I have to put it up because I have taken too much time writing and re-writing it already. I am sorry that I have been gone so long, I've just been busy... the next chapter will most definitly delve into the darkness... this one is just kinda a filler until then.

I love you guys... so... here you go...

Chapter Four

I feel... oh GOD do I feel. I'm cold, hungry, my throat hurts, my chest burns, my heart's pounding, but most of all, I feel a soft hand woven through my own. I may be in pain, but her hand is all I can think about. I know that hand... I've held it on countless occasions. I know everything there is to know about this hand. There's that little scar from the time she fell from my roof, there are those callouses from countless spills on the pavement, there's that little kink in her finger from the time she broke it. This hand has soothed me on countless occasions, and today is no exeption. The pain I feel is overwhelmed by something as simple as the warmth that Lilly'e hand is exuding.

"Miley? Miles... are you awake?" Lilly's frantic voice is calling to me. It is filled with sadness, and a slight glimmer of hope.

I'm so groggy, and it hurts so much, but I finally find the strength to pull out of the darkness. I open my eyes, and everything is foggy... blurry. The lights are blinding, and before I can think about what I'm doing, I move my hands up to cover my eyes... bad move. My arm is painfully, and abruptly jerked back onto the bed by the IV sticking out from the crook in my arm.

"Miley! You're awake! Oh thank god!"

As I am looking around for the source of her voice, I feel the warm hand slip from my hand. I am only upset for a moment because soon, both of her glorious hands are on my cheeks. They are frantically wiping the tears that are slipping from my eyes. Unfortunatley, as soon as I start crying, I can't seem to stop... the tears just keep on flowing down my face as I begin to remember the events that had occured earlier. Such a simple thing, but it caused me, and the people around me so much pain. Everything is clearer now, and I can make out the shape of her face, and soon, she is clear as day. I can see that she has been crying, as her eyes are swollen, her eyes are bloodshot, and there are tear tracks running down her cheeks.

"Oh Miles... you scared me so badly! You stopped breathing, and then your pulse... it slowed, and I couldn't... you didn't... you almost died Miley... you almost died! I don't know what I would have done Miley! I just love you so much, and you are so important to me. I don't know what I would do without you Mi," as I hear those words, the pain recedes There is no hurt anymore... inside or out.

Lilly loves me... she loves me, and she thinks I'm important... I'm important to my girl... this changes everything... everything. I promise... I am going to do my very best to get better for her, and as soon as I get out of here... I will make things right. I finally have a chance with my girl.

[Three days later]

"Wow sugar... that really didn't take long. Your lungs were pretty banged up, so I'm suprised they didn't keep you a whole week just to be sure. I don't know how you managed to get out of here so quickly, but I hope that I don't ever have to see your face in here again, okay pumpkin?" My nurses sweet words don't really soothe me. The only thing that could possibly make me feel better is walking through the doorway right now. Lilly.

"Alright Miles... lets go home."

No guys... this is not the end of it.