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~ Chapter Seventeen ~

Chad looked down at the pale girl and all the tubes that surrounded her, affectionately smoothing her hair, repeating the words 'wake up' over and over again, hoping that something would work.

"Chad?" He turned around and tried to smile at Connie, Sonny's mum.

"You should go home." She whispered, moving over to her daughters side,

"I don't feel like it." He muttered,

"You need to sleep."

"Not until she wakes up and I know that she is going to be okay." He whispered, tears falling down his face as he grabbed onto Sonny's hand and squeezed it,

"She has to be okay." He muttered to himself, Connie nodded in understanding, slowly giving up on trying to make him leave her daughters side. She smiled at the boy when she saw just how much he loved her daughter, he was nothing like the Hollywood bad boy everyone painted him out to be, the one she was dreading her daughter bringing home.

"She is going to be fine, she's strong and she is going to pull through this." She assured him, reaching out to put a hand on top of his and smiling at him.

"She has you." She whispered, he smiled up at her and nodded,

"She will always have me." Connie grinned at him and then touched her daughters cold cheek, she hated seeing her daughter like this but she knew if Chad had anything to do with it, Sonny would be back to her old self in no time. She loved him too much to wrap herself in a shell.

"I-I was going to propose to her..." He muttered, blushing a dark shade of red as he pulled the ring out of his pocket and handed it to Connie.

"Do you think she will like it?" Connie stared down at the ring, tears forming in her eyes as she stared down at it, she knew her daughter was going to love the ring.

"It's perfect." She whispered, looking at the yellow sapphire ring she held in her hand, smiling at the beautiful inscription.

"I thought she would like the yellow because it's always the colour I think of when I think about her. She brightens up my day, and of course her name..." He laughed a little and Connie nodded,

"Did she ever tell you how she got called Sonny?" Connie asked him as she took a seat and held Sonny's hand in her own, Chad shook his head and looked up at the woman he got on so well with.

"When she was younger she would always smile, no matter what, there was always a smile on her face. Then she went through the phase of wearing nothing but the colour yellow and her dad called her his Sunny Allison just once and she told everyone her name was Sonny after that – she loved it because her dad had given it to her. She certainly lived up to the nickname." They both laughed and nodded, she had lived up to it, Chad couldn't imagine her without a smile on his face which was why watching her there right now was breaking his heart, tearing it into tiny pieces just like he had felt the first time he had seen her cry.

"I never thought I could actually fall in love with someone until she came alone." He smiled a little and then shook his head,

"She changed me for the better, she made me remember what I used to be like before all the fame. She made me realize that I didn't have to be a bad boy for publicity."

"She loves you so much, whenever she gets back from your house or a date with you, she is always grinning – she's always been a happy girl but I have never seen her this happy when she is with you."

"I don't think I have ever been happier either." He smiled lovingly down at the girl,

"I am going to phone her dad and let him know what's going on, he is terrified, he even considered flying over here on a private jet we don't have." She laughed and touched Chad lightly on the shoulder when she walked past.

"You're going to be okay, I know you are." He whispered to his girlfriend as he brought her hand to his lips and kissed it gently. Dropping his head down onto the bed, he closed his eyes and thought about the perfect way to propose once she was okay again.

A/N: Review and let me know you're perfect idea of how Chad should propose to Sonny! It has to be super romantic! Come on, let me know your ideas, now.

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