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Chapter 6: You're not alone.
Two weeks later at the rehab center
Freddie was lying in a hospital bed a few days after the accident, a little after he woke up from the coma, when he heard noises outside his room. He turned his head to see an older woman screaming and crying, obviously being pulled back by a bigger man who looked devastated as well.
"NOOO, you can't dot his, let me see him! I need to see my baby!"
The doctor looked at her sadly "He's gone ma'am, we did everything we could to keep him alive but his body just couldn't handle the injuries."
The woman screamed again and fell to the ground, while the other man sat down beside her. Freddie felt a tear roll down his cheek as he turned his head away, the sounds still ringing in his ears
Freddie woke up with a cry and rubbed his eyes before looking around and taking a deep breath "I wish that scream would stop haunting me, this is hard enough as it is."
The boy's parents blamed him at first, until they heard the police report and the witnesses at the trial, after which they came up and apologized to him. It didn't stop him from blaming himself however, and it didn't stop Sam and Carly for treating him like it was his fault. He got up and walked over to the bathroom, splashing some water on his face and letting his mind wander to the blonde that's had his heart for as long as he could remember..
At Sam's house at the same time
Sam groaned and sat up in frustration, she'd been trying to sleep for the last 3 hours but the things that Alyssa had said were continuously running through her head.
He's going through the toughest fight of his life, not only does he have to go through drinking withdrawals but he has to face the demons he has from the accident.
You have two choices, pretend this isn't happening and go on with life the way you have...or make up for not being there before by being there now. He needs the help and support now more then ever.
I'll tell you something, it takes a lot of love for someone for a person to willingly go through what he is, ask yourself if it's for you and your son, or just himself.
Sam sighed and stood up, she knew Alyssa was right but couldn't figure out how to help him. She looked over at her night table and smiled, seeing the picture of her, Freddie and Ayden taken just a few days before the accident. "What do you say to someone that you let down like that?" she asked herself and shook her head before laying back down and falling into a restless sleep.
She was woken up a few hours later by Ayden bouncing on her bed talking excitedly "Mommy! Aunty Carly and Unca Gibby are here."
Sam yawned and sat up "Thanks Buddy, head downstairs and I'll be there in a few minutes to make something to eat."
Ayden nodded and gave her a kiss on the cheek happily and hugging her before running back downstairs. She laughed as she heard him declare loudly that she would be right down.
She looked down and shrugged throwing one of Freddie's old shirts that he'd left there on and headed downstairs. "Hey Carls, what's up?"
Carly turned to look at her and raised an eyebrow at what she was wearing "Just wanted to see if you were still alive, you haven't been over in a few days."
Sam smirked "I thought you'd be happy, your ham has never been safer."
Carly laughed "Well yeah, but I was just worried I guess."
Sam smiled a bit "I was going to call you actually, I wanted to know if you could watch Ayden for a bit?"
Gibby sat down beside Carly "Don't see why not. Where are you goin?"
Sam sat down across from them "I'm going to see someone. Who's name starts with Fre and ends with Dee."
Gibby and Carly looked at her for a minute before realization hit "Ooh, well in that case he can come with us now."
Ayden didn't take long to get ready once he heard he was spending the day with Carly and Gibby and they were out the door in about 10 minutes.
Sam went and got dressed and then pulled out her cell, dialing a familiar number "Aly? I think I'm going to go see him today...yes I remember, I'll be sure to let him know...ok I'll tell you what happens."
She hung up the phone and slipped out the door, locking it behind her. She decided to walk to the center instead of taking the bus so she had time to figure out what she was going to say to him, though even as she got to the block and stood in front of the building she had no idea what she was going to do.
"Come on Puckett, just walk through the doors and ask to see Freddie. You can do this." she mumbled to herself, and then walked through the double doors and to the desk. "Excuse me?"
The secretary looked up and smiled "How can I help you dear?"
Sam hesitated and considered leaving, but said "I'd like to see Freddie Benson please?"
The secretary looked at her book and nodded "Of course, you can go out there and we'll get him."
Sam looked over to where she was pointing and say the yard. She headed outside, muttering a quick thank you.
She waited outside for a few minutes and had convinced herself this was a bad idea and was turning around to go back inside and head home when her eyes connected with his, those eyes that were clear for the first time in over a year "Sam? What are you doing here?"
Muahahaha! I'm not gonna tell you her answer right now, you gotta wait till the next chapter. Just for some fun let me know what you think she'll say and I may put your idea in. Reviews make me happy of course.