(Cody POV)

For the next week I sat beside Melonie's hospital bed trying to cheer her up or at least make her laugh. Visitors popped in and out throughout the day, all bringing flowers or balloons or get well soon cards. Sometimes I would look at her and see the pain in her eyes. It killed me seeing all the hurt and stress that was being put on her, so I looked away. I slept on the couch at night, when I slept at all, and waited for the day that she could get out and go home. Her parents came in one morning and I could tell how much they felt for their beautiful daughter. Melonie's eyes lit up when someone would mention the flashing diamond ring on her finger. She would point at me and smile. That was the only time that I was fully aware that she was the same old Melonie. We would talk when we got a quiet moment alone. Never about what had got us here, because that would bring on too much tension. When the pain got too intense she would cry. I on the other hand would sit there and gently stroake her hand knowing that I could do nothing for her.

(Melonie POV)

It has been a rough couple days for me. The pain, the stress...I seen Cody look at me a couple times and knowing that I couldn't hide the pain that I felt made me feel worse. We talked some, but it wasn't like before.

Me: Hey Baby?

C: Yess?

Me: I want to get out of here so bad!

C: Me too.

Me: Tell me one thing.

C: Anything. *suspicious*

Me: Why is it that sometimes you look at me and then you just look away? *smiling*

C: *looking down* The hurt. Everytime I look in your eyes I see all the pain I've caused and I can't stand it!

Me: It's not your fault baby.

C: YES IT IS! Everyone tells me it isn't, butI know it is. I just need some fresh air. I'll be back in a bit. I love you very much, hunny. *kissing my lips gently but with tension*

Me: Okay. I love you.

That was it, he just walked out the door. I could tell that it hurt him much worse than it hurt me. My hurt was physical, his hurt was emotional. I've felt that hurt before, the kind of hurt that when you look at that special perrson laying there, you know that nothing you can do will help them. I went through years of depression with Josh and if I didn't stop it, it would happen to Cody too. I tried calling his cell phone, but he wouldn't pick up. When he got like this, he would go sit on the beach and put his head in his hands. The doctor came in while he was gone and said that I could leave in the morning. I was so excited! I couldn't wait to tell Cody, that we could finally get out of this sickening place.

(Cody POV)

I bursted through the doors and went straight for the elevator. Once I got inside I layed my head up against the wall. It killed me to see her like that, there was no way I could stand it any longer. I wanted to go back to last week when we were so happy. The morning that I woke up and she was lying there in my arms, in the most perfect condition anyone could posssibly be in. I got out of the main door and I started walking the little park that wasn't too terribly far from the hospital. I sat on a bench and seen a teenage couple walking hand and hand on the sidewalk. I envyed them, when you are young there aren't any complications its simple and carefree. I looked at the swings to see a little girl with her dad pushing her from behind. Her laugh could break hearts and one day her looks would. She looked at her dad like he was a super hero, he was her hero. I wanted that so bad. I sat there on that bench for about another hour watching the people and trying to recollect myself. I finally came to the conclusion that Melonie needed me there with her, like she was there for me. I walked back to her room to see her standing beside her bag packing her things.

Me: Wha-What are you doing?

M: I get to leave first thing in the morning *smiling*

I ran to her and picked her up into my arms. I kissed her like the world was fixing to end, thos was the girl that I loved and now we could start living a normal life again. The rest of the night went slow. We watched a couple movies and she laughed alot, something I was so ready to hear her do. I began to smile a little more and it seemed like the guilty feeling had just melted away. It was finally 10:30, so I sat beside her bed and held her hand until she fell asleep. I crawled back to the sofa and pulled the itchy burgandy blanket over me. Tomarrow marked the beginning of my new life, our new life.