You're My Forever

Naitlyn One-Shot

AN: Setting for most of this chapter is: Seattle Grace Hospital, you should all know this :] It's the hospital where Grey's Anatomy takes place, for those of you who don't know.

It was the first night that she would be able to get four hours of sleep. She had just gotten out of the shower and into her cozy tour-bus bed when her cell phone started to ring at two-thirty in the morning. She growled and picked up her phone.

"What?!"

"Caitlyn, it's Shane."

Despite Shane's on-and-off relationship with Caitlyn's best friend, Mitchie, they were really good friends, Shane and Caitlyn. In fact, they had been best friends since kindergarden. However, one important piece of information here would be that Shane never, ever, ever calls Caitlyn by her full name. Shane only used her full name in serious situations, like when Caitlyn's dad died when they were seven or when Shane's dog got ran over.

Caitlyn gulped nervously.

"What happened, Shane? Where are you? Is anyone hurt?" She asked suddenly wide-awake.

Shane started explaining to her the details of the accident, but it was all fuzzy to Caitlyn. She just wanted to know if her boyfriend and her boyfriend's brothers were okay.

"Are Nate and Jason okay?"

Caitlyn jumped off the bed before he could answer and woke up her bandmates and best friends, Mitchie and Ella. Caitlyn, after finally getting the girls up with words like 'car accident' and the names of their own boyfriends, put her cell phone on speaker.

"I like how you automatically assume I'm fine. Well, Jason has a broken leg and a concussion. Doctors say he'll be all right though. He wasn't the one driving."

Caitlyn watched Ella sigh with relief.

"What about Nate?" Caitlyn said and her heart fluttered at the mention of her boyfriend.

Shane didn't say anything for a couple of minutes, leaving Caitlyn go automatically assume the worst.

"Shane," Caitlyn's voice cracked, "tell me he's not.. he can't be…"

She couldn't bring herself to speak, let alone think, about the possibility that Nate was dead.

"He's not dead.." Caitlyn sighed with relief, "but he's in a coma." Shane spoke softly, hoping not to destroy his brother's girlfriend with the news.

Caitlyn started crying immediately and Mitchie quickly took the phone away from her as Ella attempted to calm Caitlyn.

Caitlyn couldn't help but playback the last time Nate and her had spoken. She closed her eyes as her memory came back to her.

Flashback:

"You know what, you can do whatever the hell you want, then Nate." Caitlyn yelled.

"Well, it'll be better than having a nagging girlfriend!" Nate yelled back.

Caitlyn said nothing but let the tears fall down her face. She held the phone with a shaky hand.

"Caity…" He whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean—"

"When people are arguing they usually say stuff they do mean." Caitlyn snapped.

"Caitlyn, I do want you to be my girlfriend. I didn't actually mean it, I promise."

Caitlyn rolled her eyes at this, "Whatever. I gotta go. Love you."

With that, she promptly hung up on him.

End flashback

"Caitlyn," someone said softly, forcing Caitlyn out of her daydream.

She opened her eyes and looked at Mitchie.

"They're at Seattle Grace Hospital. We're about an hour away." Mitchie said.

Caitlyn nodded, just to let Mitchie know she heard her. She couldn't speak even if she wanted to.

1 hour and 30 minutes later..

Caitlyn rushed into the hospital, her bandmates following behind her, in her pajamas. She knew that if Nate were watching her right now that he'd be making fun of how ridiculous she looked.

Caitlyn quickly looked around for Shane, but didn't find him. She turned around to tell her bandmates this, but they had already gotten a doctor to stop and talk to them.

"I'm sorry, but I don't think we can release information on celebrity patients."

Caitlyn sighed and took of her hat and sunglasses.

"Look, I'm Caitlyn Gellar and these are my bandmates Mitchie and Ella. You might know us as the band called Everlife." Caitlyn whispered.

The doctor looked confused at first but then squealed, "OMG. I can't believe it! Connect Three and now Everlife!"

"Shhh!" Mitchie, Ella, and Caitlyn said.

"Oh, my bad. Sorry. Look, it's my first day as an intern so I need to go, but I can take you to Dr. Grey—"

"Actually, I think my cousin works here. Her name is Izzie Stevens." Caitlyn interrupted.

The intern's eyes widened and said, "OMG. Okay, just follow me."

Mitchie and Ella took off their hats and sunglasses that hid them from the paparazzi as they followed the intern no one caught her name. They were surprised when no children came running up to them, but then again it was around four-something when they arrived.

"Dr. Stevens, you have a couple of visitors." The intern said as she approached Caitlyn's cousin.

"Look, just tell them I'll be—Caitlyn!"

Caitlyn tried to smile as she hugged her cousin, but just couldn't do it.

"How's my favorite rockstar?" Izzie teased.

"I'm fine, but my boyfriend was in a car accident and brought here so I need to know what room—"

"Izzie, do you have the test back for—" a man approached Izzie.

"Not now, Alex. My cousin is here!" Izzie said excitedly.

"Cousin? Didn't know you had a cousin." Alex said while looking at Caitlyn.

"She came to our wedding, jerk." Izzie laughed.

Caitlyn glanced at Mitchie and Ella. They were getting just as itchy to see the boys as she was.

"Umm.. Izzie, we're here to see our boyfriends. They were in a car accident."

"Oh, sorry. I got distracted. Okay, what are their names?" Izzie asked, apologetically.

"Nate, Jason, and Shane Grey." Mitchie said, joining the conversation.

Alex's eyes widened, "So you're the girlfriends. Hmm. Haven't gotten two of 'em to shut up for the past thirty minutes."

Caitlyn watched as Ella and Mitchie blushed.

"So, what rooms are they in?" Mitchie asked.

"Jason and Share are in the same room, room 218. Nate is in the ICU and in room 712." Alex supplied.

"Thanks!" The girls said and turned around to walk away.

"We can take you there if you want." Izzie said.

Caitlyn sighed and smiled gratefully, "That'd be great."

Caitlyn never left Nate's side, despite Ella, Mitchie, Shane, and Jason's

attempts to get her out of the room.

"She hasn't left since we got here over seven hours ago." Mitchie said as they walked away from Nate's room, unfortunately loud enough for a young girl to hear.

"Mommy, mommy! Look it's Mitchie and Ella from Everlife and Connect Three!" The girl said excitedly.

Her mother just laughed and said, "Oh, wow. It is them. Come on, honey. We're late for preschool."

The young girl sighed as her mother dragged her away from her favorite bands. Mitchie just smiled and she gripped Shane's hand a little tighter.

"You think her cousin could get her out of the room?" Ella suggested.

"Maybe." Mitchie said and spotted Izzie at the nurse's station having a conversation with another doctor.

"She looks busy right now, so we probably shouldn't bother her." Shane said as they all looked at Izzie.

"Yeah." Ella said.

They all walked down the hallway looking and feeling depressed for Caitlyn and for Nate. Needless to say, certain doctors noticed this.

15 minutes later.

"So, what do you thinks going to happen to Nate?" Izzie asked Alex as they sat down their lunch next to Meredith, Christina, Derek, and Lexie.

"I don't know, Iz. I don't think he's going to make it. The accident was rough." Alex replied as he picked up his cheeseburger.

"Who's Nate?" Meredith asked as she ate her lunch.

"You know that band, Connect Three?" Izzie asked as she took a bite of her salad.

Lexie gasped, "Connect Three is here?"

They all stared at her. She blushed and said, "What? They're hot."

"They're also various ages and are taken, Lexie." Derek spoke after taking a sip of soda.

Lexie just rolled her eyes and said, "Isn't your cousin here, Izzie?"

"Yeah, her boyfriend is the youngest in a coma." Izzie said sadly and looked down.

"Wow, that sucks." Christina replied.

Everyone rolled his or her eyes. Jason, Shane, Mitchie, and Ella sat down at a table near the doctors.

"Hey guys. Where's Caitlyn?" Izzie asked, although she knew exactly where her cousin was.

"She's with Nate." Mitchie replied sadly.

"Still?"

"Yeah, she hasn't left his side since we got here." Ella said, apparently upset.

Jason grabbed her hand and she smiled sadly.

Caitlyn listened to the constant beep of the monitor. She couldn't bring herself to leave his side, afraid that if she left him that he would leave her. Forever. And she couldn't bear that thought.

So, she held his hand and talked to him. She knew that her friends were worried about her, but this was Nate. Nate. The same Nate that had always been there for her, the same Nate that held her hand through her father's funeral almost ten years ago, and the very same Nate that she loved with everything she had.

She finally passed out at Nate's bedside at about noon. She dreamed about him and only him.

She woke up to a weird noise. It wasn't anything like the constant beep.

"Nate?" Caitlyn questioned as she woke up.

Her eyes widened when she saw that he was crashing.

"HELP! Somebody!" Caitlyn yelled as she tightened her grip on Nate.

Nurses rushed into the room and forced Caitlyn out. She was crying hard and couldn't see anything.

Fortunately, Shane had grabbed her before she could fall and she clung onto him.

"What happened?" Shane asked.

"I was just sleeping and then he started.. and I couldn't.." Caitlyn replied, her sobs cutting her off.

They watched as doctors tried to save Nate's life.

Several minutes later, Dr. Derek Shepard came out of the room. Caitlyn stopped breathing for a moment as the doctor spoke.

"It was touch and go for a while, but Nate's stable.. for now."

Caitlyn let out a breath of air. She could breathe; Nate was still here. For now.

Caitlyn wondered around the hospital, desperate for a distraction.. anything that would get her mind of off death. She shivered just at the word.

She had tried listening to her iPod, but that didn't work out because she put it on shuffle and eventually it came to one of Connect Three's songs and she just couldn't take it.

Her friends had left her alone, for the most part. They knew how she got when someone she loved was in between life and death. However, since they knew her so well, they made her eat at least a bowl of soup.

Sighing as she turned the corner, she accidentally ran into someone.

"I'm so sorry." Caitlyn mumbled, not actually feeling anything.

"You're Caitlyn Gellar!" a girl said excitedly.

Caitlyn looked up and noticed a young girl, about the age of six, smiling brightly at her.

Caitlyn smiled and said, "I sure am."

"I'm Hailey!" the girl said happily.

"That's such a pretty name." Caitlyn said truthfully.

Hailey blushed, "Thanks," she looked around shyly then looked up at Caitlyn, "I lost my mom. Can you help me find her?"

Caitlyn found herself nodding at Hailey and took the young girl's hand.

"Sure. Now, what's your mom's name?"

"Her name is Emma."

Caitlyn smiled and said, "That's my mom's name too"

Hailey's face brightened as she giggled. Caitlyn couldn't help but find herself smiling right back. The girls walked around the hospital, attempting to find a Nurse's station.

"Caitlyn?"

Caitlyn turned around and saw Ella, Mitchie, Jason, and Shane heading towards her.

"Hey, how would you like to meet the rest of Everlife and part of Connect Three?"

Hailey giggled and said, "That'd be freaking awesome!"

Caitlyn laughed and turned to face her friends. Hailey mimicked her action and gasped at whom she saw.

"Hey guys. This is Hailey. She's a big fan of ours." Caitlyn introduced.

Hailey smiled and said, "Hi!"

Mitchie and Ella giggled and awed at the little girl, whereas Jason and Shane just smiled at her.

"You're adorable!" Ella gushed.

Hailey blushed and smiled, "Thank you, I love your music!"

Mitchie awed and said, "Thank you, Hailey. We love meeting our fans."

Hailey smiled then turned to Shane and Jason.

She looked confused and whispered, "Isn't there supposed to be another boy?"

They all laughed, just because she was so adorable.

"Yeah, our brother Nate is kind of sick right now so we're visiting him."

Hailey's mouth formed a 'O' and smiled.

"Tell him I hope he feels better!" She said then quickly added, "Please!"

"Will do, Hailey." Jason said and bent down to offer the little girl a hug.

Hailey squealed and hugged him.

"Hailey!"

Hailey, and everyone else, looked to find a woman in scrubs.

"Aunt Rachel! Where's my mommy?" Hailey said, near tears.

The nurse looked at the teenagers and motioned for the young girl to come with her.

"You can come see her, Hailey." The nurse said and grabbed the girl's hand.

"Bye Mitchie, Ella, Caitlyn, Jason, Shane!" Hailey said.

"Bye Hailey!" Caitlyn replied, whereas everyone else just waved.

Hailey smiled and walked away with her aunt. Caitlyn sighed and turned to her friends.

"So, what's up?" Caitlyn said attempting to make conversation that doesn't revolve around leaving the hospital.

"Caitlyn, don't you think that it's time to go—"

At that moment, Dr. Izzy Stephens walked up to the group out of breath.

"Caitlyn, it's Nate. He's—" she paused to take a quick breath, "awake."

Caitlyn literarily ran into Nate's hallway, quickly avoiding anyone in the hallway. She was exhausted, weather she was going to admit it or not. She took a deep breath and opened the door to Nate's room.

"So.. you might want to take a break for a while.." Dr. Shepard joked.

Nate smiled at his doctor and was just about to ask where his brothers were when he noticed Caitlyn.

"Caitlyn.." he breathed softly.

Caitlyn couldn't believe it. This was what she had prayed for, ever since she got to the hospital nearly 12 hours ago. She blinked just to make sure Nate was actually awake. She smiled when she opened her eyes again to see him smiling at her.

She walked over to him, only briefly glancing at Dr. Shepard.

Caitlyn smiled and cupped Nate's face with her hand.

"Hi." She whispered.

"Hi." He whispered back.

Derek Shepard looked at the young couple and smiled to himself. Without saying a word, he exited the young rockstar's hospital room.

"When did you wake up?" Caitlyn asked and gently caressed his face with her fingers.

Nate closed his eyes at her touch and replied, "Just a few minutes ago, actually."

Caitlyn just nodded and tears formed in her eyes. He opened his eyes, as if he knew she was about to cry. Her shoulders started to shake and tears made their way down her tired face.

"Caity.." Nate whispered and lifted up his left hand to wipe away her tears.

"You can't do that to me. You can't just…" Caitlyn muttered and sobs escaped her throat.

Nate felt his own tears almost escape his eyes, but he held them back and pulled Caitlyn into the small bed with him. She almost protested but he silenced her with a kiss.

"I'm not going anywhere, okay? I promise. I can't leave you, I won't leave you. Ever." Nate said looking directly into Caitlyn's blurry eyes.

Caitlyn hiccupped and said, "You can't promise me that. You could get shot, or stabbed or even blown up!"

Nate sighed and said, "You're right, I can't promise you that. I can promise you one thing though."

Caitlyn raised an eyebrow, "Really? What?"

Nate smiled and kissed her nose, "Look in the box."

She reached for the box he pointed to on the nightstand and opened it. She gasped when she saw the ring.

"I can promise you that I will love you forever, Caitlyn Gellar." He whispered, so softly he thought she wouldn't hear him.

He knew she heard him when tears rolled down her face.

"I can't really get down on one knee but…" He paused and looked in Caitlyn's eyes, "Caitlyn Gellar, will you marry me?"

Before he knew it, her lips were on his in an earth-shattering kiss.

Mitchie, Ella, Jason, and Shane had quickly followed Caitlyn to Nate's room. By the time they got there, Caitlyn was caressing Nate's cheek. They heard every word that she said.

"You can't do that to me. You can't just…"

Mitchie felt her own tears fall down her cheeks and Shane pulled her into a hug. Ella held onto Jason but listened intently to Caitlyn and Nate's conversation.

"I'm not going anywhere, okay? I promise. I can't leave you, I won't leave you. Ever."

That made Mitchie and Ella cry even harder, but the tears were tears of happiness. Nate had made it, despite that all odds were against him. The gang heard Caitlyn hiccup and say something heartbreaking, "You can't promise me that. You could get shot, or stabbed, or even blown up!"

Even Shane and Jason felt their own tears beginning to fall down their cheeks at Nate's response.

"You're right, I can't promise you that. I can promise you one thing though."

The girls turned around to watch the scene in their boyfriend's arms. They awed softly when Nate kissed Caitlyn's nose. They watched as Caitlyn reached for a box.

"Is that…?" Mitchie exclaimed softly.

"Yeah. We were coming to surprise her, you, and Ella." Shane replied softly.

They heard Caitlyn gasp as she saw the ring.