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~ Chapter Sixteen ~
Chad looked up finally, not bothering to wipe the tears that had been falling down his face for what seemed like an eternity. He bit down hard on his lower lip, shaking his head before standing up.
His whole body shook beneath him as he slowly walked back into the hospital. He felt as though his heart had been torn into pieces as he went back to the room he had run out of before.
He could feel his heart beating faster and faster when he saw the bed that she had been occupying when she was covered in blood was now empty, he wondered how long he had been gone. He stepped back, sliding against the wall when his back hit it. He put his head in his hands as more tears dripped down his face, his hands shook as he thought about Sonny.
She couldn't be dead, that beautiful girl who always had a huge smile on her face, she could not be laying there, still and... gone.
"Mr Cooper?" He looked up to see a doctor standing over him,
"We didn't know where you had gone but Miss Munroe just got out of surgery... I can take you to her room if you want?" Chad quickly stood up, staring at the man in front of him and shook his head, his eyes wide with the realization that she could be okay – she could live through this.
"Y-y..." He nodded, knowing that words weren't going to be able to come to him. He wanted to wrap his arms around the older man, trying his best to resist. He followed him, neither of them saying a word.
"She's in an induced coma at the moment, we had to take her into surgery after we got her heart beating again to stop the internal bleeding." Chad nodded as he walked slowly into the room, he couldn't believe that the girl on that bed was his Sonny.
"How long?" He whispered,
"She should start to wake up tomorrow, we will decide whether or not she is in too much pain then." The doctor said as he put a hand on Chad's shoulder and smiled at him,
"She's going to be okay."
"Physically." Chad muttered to himself, how could Sonny get through the sudden attack? He hadn't been there for her when she needed him the most, he promised himself that he was never going to leave her side again. Never.
He watched the doctor leave before he walked over to her, biting down on his lip as tears ran down his face. He stared at her deathly pale face, lightly touching the huge bruises that nearly covered what he could see of her skin.
He sighed and then closed his eyes, sitting down and taking her hand in his. He moved his other hand into his pocket, pulling out the photograph that he always took with him everywhere.
He stared down at it, that wonderful smile that always brightened his day. He shook his head and lightly traced those little dimples that always appeared on her face when she smiled. He looked at his arm that was draped over her shoulders, and her head rested on his shoulder.
He sighed and put it back in his pocket, staring at her face once more.
"You're going to be okay." He whispered to her,
"I know that you're strong and I know that you will make it through this big mess, and I am never going to leave your side. I am going to make sure that you are never going to let anyone hurt you ever again." He moved some hair gently out of her eyes, and smiled at her.
"I should never have been late, I am so sorry for that. I never meant it.. I had to wait for someone to bring me these things that I was going to give you and it took me so long to look through the whole box they brought me... I had to make sure it was perfect because tonight was supposed to be perfect..." He frowned and then moved his hand into his jacket pocket, bringing out a small box.
He grinned as he opened it slowly, ignoring the tears that were falling down his face. He was supposed to give it to her tonight,
"I had it engraved... I am going to give it to you when you get better.." He smiled and then traced his fingers over the small words,
You opened my eyes and made me believe in love.