AN: I'm so so sorry for how long these updates have been taking, but I've been struggling with school workload and severe writer's block. That being said, I hope you enjoy the chapter and thank you for being patient.
James's POV
I woke up confused and completely unaware of where I was after hearing a horrified shriek from down the hall. Wait… I lied. I just remembered I stayed at the Utonium house last night since Buttercup was still injured. I looked at my clock and realized it was only three in the morning. Who the hell was screaming at this hour?
I got up and walked out of the guest room to see if anyone else heard it and it turns out I wasn't quite insane yet and everyone heard the scream as well.
"What the hell was that?" My question was answered by the sound of sobbing coming from Buttercup's room. Butch looked to all of us, a concerned look on his face.
"I'll talk to her."
Buttercup's POV
I shot awake, screaming as I woke up from a nightmare. It was just like what happened at the "birthday party", but halfway through the dream, Henry was replaced with Butch. I started to cry, remembering everything that happened, but it hurt so much worse picturing him as Butch.
It didn't take too long for the very man in my nightmare to walk into my room. It was irrational and I knew it, but I couldn't help the fear and helplessness that washed over me as I saw him. I scrambled back towards the head of my bed and he froze before walking closer.
"Stop! Leave me alone!" I was close to begging him to leave my room, but he didn't really get it.
"Buttercup calm down. It's just me." He walked closer and before I could get further away from him, he sat in my bed and pulled me into his chest.
Panic began to set in and I couldn't control my breathing at all. Tears started to roll quickly down my face and I couldn't hold back the horrified shrieks.
"Stop! Get off of me! Don't touch me! Get the fuck off!" He only held me tighter and grabbed my face to turn it towards him.
"Buttercup Chill out it was a dream! It's just me!" I desperately tried to escape his hold, falling further into a panic.
"No it's not! Get the fuck off of me! Don't touch me! Go away! Don't fucking touch me Henry!" He still refused to let go of me even when I started to flail in his arms.
"Who the hell is Henry?" At the name I screamed as loud as possible and punched at his chest as hard as I could.
"Don't touch me! Just don't fucking touch me! Get off! Get off!" I began to sob loudly as he pulled me closer.
"She said to get off of her! Give her some space!" James took to my defense and Butch finally let me go. As soon as Butch backed off, I fell off the other side of my bed and continued crying to myself.
"Buttercup… What's wrong? What's going on here?" Bubbles walked up to me, but before she could put a hand on my shoulder, I flinched away. Thankfully, she backed off, but kept her gaze on me.
"I-I had a nightmare about something that ha-happened…" Blossom and Kit also took a position in front of me.
"Do you want to talk about it? Maybe it would help if you got it off your chest." I shook my head and covered my face with my hands.
"No I just wanna be alone!" They flinched away and Kit gave me a knowing look.
"Guys can I talk to her alone?" I looked up to them with pleading eyes because if anyone could help me here, it would be Kit.
Everyone reluctantly left the room and rested my face back in my hands.
"Did you have a dream about the thing?" I could only nod and allow a sad smile since she understood.
"Did you want to talk about it with me?" I thought on it, but closed my eyes and let more tears fall. I felt bad, but I shook my head, denying her an explanation.
"I'm sorry I can't." I squeaked out, feeling guilty for holding out on her. She offered me an understanding smile.
"It's okay, I understand. You don't have to talk about it now, but you can't hold it in. When you think you're ready to talk, I'm here for you." I closed my eyes and nodded gratefully.
"Thank you…" She nodded and left me to myself.
I crawled back into my bed and grabbed by blankie from under my pillow. I tried, but I was too scared to go back to sleep.
There was only one thing I could think to do. I quietly walked to Blossom's room. The door cracked as I lightly pushed it. It felt extremely childish, but I stood beside her bed with my blankie and called her name so that I sounded like a frightened child.
Her pink eyes groggily opened, but shot all the way open when she recognized me in her room.
"What's wrong, Buttercup?" I whimpered and my face lightly flushed.
"Can I sleep with you?" Her confused look softened and she shifted to one side of her bed so I could have the other.
"Of course you can. How are your shark bites feeling?" I looked down in surprise. In all my panic, I had forgotten that I even had these.
"I mean they still obviously hurt, but I don't think they're infected or anything." I crawled into her bed with her and she reached towards my bandaged arm. She paused right before she touched me as if asking permission and with only a little hesitation and mental preparation, I nodded.
She gently undid the bandages to check on my bites and cringed as she saw them.
"Well they aren't infected…" she pulled out a first aid kit and handed me three pills, following to pull out an antibiotic and clean bandages. "Take these while I re bandage your arm, they're painkillers." I nodded and swallowed the small pills dry.
"Thanks Bloss." My voice was just above a whisper and she turned her attention back to me as she finished with her doctor stuff.
"It's no problem at all Buttercup." She laid down on her side of the bed and I cautiously got under the covers on my side.
Butch's POV
I walked back to my room, but I didn't walk in until I threw a nasty glare at James. He was the one who told me to get off of my girl. It wasn't hard to see how attracted to her he was.
The worst part though was that he was right. I should have just let her go when she started screaming, but I just felt like I needed to be there for her. She used to feel so comfortable when I held her close and now it seemed to scare her… She was fine with me touching her yesterday at the beach so why did she seem so scared of being touched this morning?
Ugh who knows, maybe I'll ask at a decent hour.
Kitty's POV
I sighed as I walked back to Bradley's and my room. I just know what she had a nightmare about… I wish Butch would just understand that girls don't just get over that kinda stuff. I wish he would realize he can't just say that it's all over now. I crawled back into bed with Bradley and turned to look him in the eye.
"I'm really worried about her." Bradley sent me an understanding smile.
"I am too, but she just needs time. She needs time to think and she needs time to cope. Go to sleep Kitty, you need it." I nodded in defeat and closed my eyes.
Buttercup's POV
I woke up for the second time today and luckily it wasn't from a nightmare. I silently slipped out of the bed and walked out of Blossom's room, only to run into James.
"Oh… Hey James." He offered a concerned smile.
"Hey Buttercup. How are you feeling? What happened this morning?" I immediately avoided eye contact and looked towards the ground.
"I'm fine and it was just a nightmare, nothing too important." He gently touched my chin to make me face him.
"It is important because it obviously made you upset. Do you want to talk about it?" The concern in his eyes made me feel comfortable, but how could I just tell him?
"I-I um… I'm not sure I should talk about it. I'm sorry I just can't." I cursed myself for sounding so weak again, but I was honestly trying to forget the dream.
"Don't worry about it. If you ever need anything or want to get anything off your chest, I'm here." He offered a smile and as he got up I realized I didn't want him to go.
"James wait!" Before I even realized what I was doing, I kissed him. He froze at first, but slowly he let his hands rest on my waist. After a few seconds I pulled away with a light flush on my face.
"I-I'm sorry. I don't know why I just did that." I knew exactly why I did that, but I didn't want to freak the guy out and more so didn't want to put him on Butch's hit list.
"It's okay Buttercup. I'm not upset at all. Actually I kinda liked it…" He looked up to me with a look that could only be described as adorable. "Can I kiss you again?" I could not find it in me to deny him that so I nodded my head. I was glad to see that he wasn't going to rush anything with me. He rested his hands on my jawline and my waist and leaned in slowly until his lips met mine. The kiss was gentle and comforting. Right now I needed that.
A warm feeling spread through my chest and I suddenly felt very comfortable with him. I let one of my hands rest on his chest and let the other hold onto his shoulder. He let his arms relax once he realized I was okay and bit my bottom lip lightly. I opened my mouth and he let his tongue run lightly over mine while pulling me closer to him, but not on top of him.
I couldn't help the happiness I felt, but it didn't last long since someone flung the door open. We quickly pulled away from each other and turned towards the door to see a very shocked Butch.
His surprise quickly turned to anger as he glared at James.
"Get the hell off of my girl! I'll beat the shit out of you asshole!" He had his large fists clenched at his sides as he stormed towards us.
"Butch leave him alone!" He then turned towards me, a furious look on his face.
"What the hell is up with you? You scream at me not to touch you this morning and then when I come in to apologize, I see you making out with another guy?" When he got close enough for me to feel his breath on my face, I couldn't stop myself from flinching away. Butch's angry look faded and turned to one of horror.
"Buttercup? Are you scared of me?" I swallowed the lump in my throat and opened my mouth, only for another lump to form. I looked away from his intense green eyes and he backed off a little.
"Why are you scared of me?" I could hear the hurt in his voice and it made me feel awful. He never really did anything. I knew it was a dream, but I couldn't help but to feel horrified when he got too close.
"It's not your fault I'm sorry." My voice cracked a little and I cringed at how I possibly made him feel worse.
"How is it not my fault? How can you be scared of me and it's not my fault? If this is about earlier I'm sorry! I'm sorry if I scared you. I was really just trying to help…" I looked back up towards him and tried to see anything except the Butch I saw in my dream, but I could almost still see the evil grin on his face.
"No… It's not that… exactly. I'm sorry I just really can't talk about it, can you guys please leave?" My voice came out shaky and I mentally slapped myself for being so weak. I was better than this!
As soon as the two boys left the room, I curled back into a ball and hid under my covers.
James's POV
I awkwardly walked out of the room with Butch and honestly, I was surprised that he hadn't killed me yet. I tried to avoid eye contact at all costs, but when he said nothing at all, my curiosity got the best of me. I looked up VERY slowly and was shocked to see him not seething with anger, but looking absolutely lost and miserable.
"Hey man, you okay?" Butch let out a defeated sigh and looked back to me.
"I guess I fucked up and you were there for her. I guess you win man. Yeah it fucking sucks for me, but I just want her to be happy and at this point I guess I make her the opposite of happy… I'm probably gonna head out now. Good luck to ya man." I froze in shock as he gave me a friendly...ish slap on the back on his way out the door, sadly waving to the rest of the gang as he left.
"What happened up there?" Blossom questioned me as she saw the look on Butch's face.
"Ummm… She flinched away from him and he got really upset about it." Bubbles scrunched up her nose in thought at the revelation.
"What the hell did she dream about? It has to have something to do with her dream." All I could do was shrug in confusion.
"I don't think she wants to talk about it. At all." Kitty nodded in agreement at my statement before adding onto it herself.
"Yeah. All she told me was that it had something to do with what she did in her challenge a few days ago." Everyone got a thoughtful look on their face before Blossom spoke up.
"Speaking of challenges… did anyone check up on her shark bites? I'm kinda worried that they'll get infected." I looked to the side as well as everyone else and shook my head. I thought of something, but I probably shouldn't say it… but I probably will anyways.
"I'll go check on shark bait and see if-" That earned me many glares and frustrated groans.
"What the fuck James! This is not the time for Nemo references! She could actually be really sick and you call her shark bait?" Don't do it James. Don't fucking do it.
"Hoo ah ah." Another round of groans followed and I smiled sheepishly.
"Dammit James just go upstairs and bring her down here!" I quickly made my way up to Buttercup's room and knocked on the door as to not scare her.
"Come in." I could hear that her voice was muffled so she was probably under the covers. I walked in to see my suspicions were correct and stood beside her bed.
"Hey Buttercup. Your sisters wanted to check up on your shark bites." She poked her head above the blankets and crawled out to shakily stand up. I quickly caught her before she could fall and supported her, knowing already that she wouldn't want me to carry her down the stairs.
"Thanks J." I smiled at the nickname and looked down at her.
"Oh so I'm at a nickname status? Does that mean I get to make you a nickname?" She looked back up to me and playfully rolled her eyes.
"You can do whatever your heart desires." I could hear the laughter in her voice and was glad to see her coming out of her shell. We made it down the stairs and Blossom ran over to fret over her.
"BC! How are you feeling? Come with me to the lab. I'll check you out and we can decide from there if we need to bring you to a hospital or not." The redhead was touching her cheek as if she was horrified of losing her. Honestly the sight was really cute.
"Bloss I'm fine I don't need to go to a hospital." I could see the fear in her sister's eyes and I could tell she knew it was just Buttercup being stubborn.
"Just let me check you out because you could get really sick Buttercup." The beauty next to me sighed in defeat and I let her go to walk with her sister.
Buttercup's POV
I let Blossom support me as we walked down to the lab and sat on the table in the middle of the room.
"You know Bloss, you should stop caring so much about me…" She looked at me in absolute shock.
"Buttercup, you're my little sister! We've had our differences, but I'm never going to stop caring about you! Why would you even say that?" She looked close to tears and I felt horrible for what I was about to tell her.
"You know I'm going to die by the end of this summer. It's better if you just don't care. I don't want you to be too hurt when it happens." Her eyes looked at me with a horrified look and this time she didn't hold her tears back.
"How could you say that? What's wrong with you? You used to never give up! You used to never accept defeat! What happened Buttercup?" I looked down to the ground.
"You're a smart girl Blossom. You know what's going on. I can tell. Now tell me. Do you seriously think he's actually going to let us both go? Do you seriously think my life is going to go back to normal after this? Do you seriously believe for a second that he's going to let me get out of this alive?" My older sister allowed the tears to fall and I wrapped my arms around her to give her a shoulder to cry on.
"I don't want to lose you! If anyone can make it through this, you can! Please Buttercup! Please don't say things like that because no matter what you say Bubbles and I are never going to stop loving you and we're never going to stop caring!" I closed my eyes and took a shaky breath and let her cry into my shoulder. She didn't understand, I didn't want to leave them either.
"Sorry Bloss. I'll try my best to get through this. I promise." A few tears fell down my cheeks, but I quickly wiped them away. She pulled away and wiped her cheeks before helping me back onto the table.
"Let's check you out." I nodded and let her take off my bandages. I stared at her as she cringed at the sight of my bites. "Buttercup, this is fucking crazy! I didn't realize they were this bad!" I looked down at them myself and realized there was a few places where the bone was visible.
"Oh wow. That is pretty bad." She shook her head in disbelief and looked back up to me.
"You need to go to the hospital Cup! These are really bad!" At that I hopped off the table and almost fell over from the pain in my leg. I allowed a small scream, but limped to the other side of the table.
"I'm not going back there! They'll try to cut my leg off! And my arm! If you don't want me to die, you won't bring me to the fucking hospital!" She looked at me in disbelief.
"Buttercup! I can see the bone in your arms and leg! You could die if I don't bring you to the hospital!" I shook my head rapidly and got ready to make a break for it.
"Blossom I cannot go to a hospital if they're going to cut my leg or arm off!" Her disbelief soon turned to concern.
"If I ask how they deal with shark bites and they don't say they'll cut off anything will you go? Please." I held her stare for a while, but when she said please in her concerned sister voice, I couldn't help but to give in.
"Fine. But only if they aren't going to remove anything!" She pulled out her phone and called the hospital.
Blossom's POV
"Hello, this is Townsville hospital, how can we help you?" I looked up at my sister before asking the question.
"Hi, how do you guys deal with shark attack victims?" The line was quiet for a moment before I got a response.
"I'm going to have to transfer you to a doctor to answer that question. Please hold for a moment." Elevator music played for a short while before a doctor picked up the call.
"Hello, how may I help you?" I took a deep breath before repeating my question.
"Hi, how do you guys deal with shark bites?" I waited for his answer anxiously.
"How bad of a shark bite are we talking about?" I looked back to my sister's shoulder and cringed.
"Like… to the bone, but not through it." The line was quiet and I prayed that he wouldn't say he would cut it off.
"Oh… that's… really bad. We would probably have to put the person to sleep before cleaning the wound and surgery would probably be necessary to put everything back together. Obviously we would need to use stitches as well, but it's definitely treatable unless it becomes infected. If it gets heavily infected it would need to be cut off." I couldn't help but to smile at the news.
"Okay thank you! I'll be bringing her in soon." I looked to Buttercup as I hung up the phone. "Come on. Let's get you dressed and ready to go. They're not going to cut anything off unless you don't go and let it get really infected." Just as I expected, she pouted and let me help her up the stairs.
Buttercup's POV
After getting dressed and ready to leave, Blossom led me out to the car and everyone was standing there to wish me luck with the stupid hospital. The drive seemed longer than it actually since I was pouting and refusing to talk the whole time. Luckily I managed to grab the stupid challenge off my dresser before leaving so I figured now was a really good time to read it.
"Hello again Buttercup. It's really unfortunate that you saved that kid yesterday since I intended to get you killed and make you look stupid for swimming out so far. My traitorous son just had to save you even though you guys aren't together anymore. So dear, here's your challenge: You have to get back together with Butch and you can't tell him that the challenge told you to do so. You better hope he's willing to take you back after this morning."
I stared at the paper in disbelief. He was getting into my love life now? My thoughts immediately jumped to James and I groaned in frustration, completely forgetting that Blossom was right next to me.
"What's wrong?" I looked up to her then back down to my letter.
"I can't exactly tell, but this is fucking with my love life now!" She sent me a sympathetic side glance before turning back towards the road.
"I'm sorry BC… I know we haven't exactly made this whole thing easy for you. Is there anything I can do to help?" I rested my head on the airbag and whined again.
"Not really, unless you can convince James that I'm not a bitch after today." She sighed as we pulled into the parking garage.
"Well now I'm curious about what you have to do." She helped me out of the car and she walked me into the emergency room. After signing in, we sat in the waiting room and I decided to text Butch.
Me: I'm really sorry about this morning :( it was nothing against you, I just had a really bad nightmare with you in it and it just freaked me out.
It took Butch a few minutes to respond, but he did eventually.
Butch: cool but aren't you with James now?
Me: no! I'm sorry about that… I was just looking for some form of comfort and he was there. I'm sorry Butch, I miss you :'(
Butch: you're literally so confusing. Can you make up your mind?
Me: Butch please… I really do miss you and I really am sorry about this morning.
Butch: fine. I'll come over, but I'm expecting an explanation as soon as I get there.
Me: you might wanna come to the hospital instead, but I promise I'll explain everything to you as soon as I can.
Butch: why are you at the hospital? Are you ok?
Me: Yeah, Blossom just wanted me to come for my shark bites bc apparently they looked really bad.
Butch: Ok, I'm omw now. See you later.
As I was about to respond, a nurse called me back and Blossom helped me up so we could walk back to a room I was assigned. She stopped us at room 385 and Blossom helped me onto the bed thing.
"The Doctor will be with you shortly." The woman walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Butch's POV
I sighed as I put my phone in my pocket and started to walk out the door. Before I could actually leave, I was stopped by my older brother.
"Where are you going?" I looked up to him.
"Buttercup asked to talk to me so I'm on my way to the hospital." Brick furrowed his brows and gave me a questioning look.
"She's in the hospital?" I nodded with a chuckle.
"Isn't she always? She got attacked by sharks yesterday and Blossom probably forced her to go to the hospital this morning." The redhead chuckled along with me and slapped me on the back.
"Well good luck bro. Have fun."
Buttercup's POV
It wasn't too long of a wait before the doctor walked in and cringed at my condition.
"Well I'm pretty sure I have an idea, but what seems to be the problem today?" I raised a brow at the fact that he even asked, but I figured it was protocol and Blossom would be mad if I did anything but answer the question.
"I got bit. By a few sharks. All over the place." I tried to keep the bite out of my voice, but I just wanted to get this over with and get back home. He nodded and gently grabbed my arms and legs to examine the extent of the damage or whatever.
"So I'm not going to lie to you. These are pretty bad, but they're nothing to lose a limb over since they're not infected. We're probably going to need to make sure they're clean and then perform an operation to fix all the torn muscles and ligaments. It should only take a few hours and we would just keep you for the day to make sure everything's fine." I looked to Blossom for her to speak instead of me because even though I liked to act independent, I hated doing doctor and hospital stuff by myself.
"Ok that sounds good. Do you need me to leave?" The doctor smiles and shook his head.
"I'll get an anesthesiologist and you can stay with her until she's asleep." Blossom nodded and I smiled at the fact that my sister could stay with me for longer. We both nodded and thanked the man as he walked out.
Butch's POV
I got to the hospital after a few hours of just chilling with my brothers. I wasn't in a huge rush to see Buttercup at the moment considering how confusing she's been lately. I parked my car and was confused when I saw Blossom sitting in the waiting room, a concerned look on her face.
"Blossom? What's wrong? Where's Buttercup?" Her head snapped up and she looked surprised to see me.
"Butch? What are you doing here?" I felt some annoyance that she didn't answer any of my questions, but I wasn't here to be a dick.
"Buttercup asked me to come so she could talk to me. Now can you please tell me where she is?" She looked down and then back at me.
"She's getting operated on right now. They should've been done an hour ago… I mean I guess I can see why it would take this long, but I'm still worried about her." I could tell that Blossom was a few sentences from crying and worrying herself to death so I sat down next to her and gave her a comforting hug.
"She's going to be okay Blossom. Calm down. I'm sure they'll be out any second to say we can visit her." Almost as if I'm cue, the doctor came out with an amused look on his face.
"I guessing you two are here for miss Utonium? You can come back and see her, but she's still a little… out of it." I smiled to the redhead and we both walked back to see Buttercup. As soon as we walked in she shrieked in happiness.
"Oh my gosh! I missed you guys so much!" Blossom giggled and gave her sister a gentle hug before turning to me.
"If she wanted to talk to you, I'll give you two some space." I nodded my thanks and walked up to my ex girlfriend's bed to talk.
"You wanted to talk?" I decided to get straight to the point, hoping she could form cohesive thoughts.
"Yes! I was scared you weren't gonna want to talk to me! I wanted to tell you that I miss you and I'm sorry for this morning and I still love you and I just had a bad dream where you were the dude who raped me and I didn't mean to make you upset and I didn't mean to kiss James and I miss you and I don't want to just be friends anymore because I miss what we had before everything and I miss you Dammit!" I looked at her in shock and shook my head.
"Buttercup you're delusional. You don't know what you're talking about. We can have this conversation when you aren't on meds." I started to leave, but I stopped and turned around when I heard a crash behind me. The drugged up girl had tried to get up and fell out of her bed.
"No! I know what I'm talking about! Don't leave Butch we can talk about this now! Please!" She looked close to tears and I walked back to help her back in bed.
"I said we could talk about this la-"
"I don't want to talk about it later! I want to know if you'll take me back. I want to know what's going to happen next for once! Damnit Butch I don't have to be completely sober to know that I love you and that I miss you! Please just… can we please talk about this now?" I flinched back at the fact that she cut me off and the desperation in her voice.
"Buttercup I don't know… You didn't even want to be near me this morning. Maybe you were on the right track about not being in a relationship until the challenges are over." Her jaw clenched and I was surprised to see her holding back tears.
"Please. I'm sorry for what I said, but when I came here I realized how much I really missed you by my side. I realized how good you were to me save for the last day of our last relationship and I really miss you. I know I've been kind of a bitch but it's not because I don't like you, It's because of all this bullshit I've been doing. I'm sorry I've just been… scared… and stressed out and I shouldn't have taken it out on you, but I don't know how I'm gonna be able to do this without you." I looked at her and brushed away some of the tears that fell down her face.
"Buttercup you gotta believe I miss you too, but I don't want to get back together under some drug induced obligation you feel because you missed me a little bit before you had to get surgery. Listen. I still love you, but I'll wait until you can tell me the same thing sober before we get back together." A look of frustration came over her face.
"Butch I am sober enough! Ask me anything about us and I can answer it!" I sighed in defeat and decided it couldn't hurt to ask her a few questions.
"Ok fine. I'll ask you three questions and if you can answer all three correctly, we'll get back together right now." Happiness and hope shined in her eyes and I couldn't help but to smile.
"Okay! Ask anything!" I stared into her eager eyes as I thought up the first question.
"How did we meet again after my brothers and I retired from evil?" I held eye contact and she scrunched her nose in concentration.
"It's still kinda hazy, but that's only because I almost died. I saw you again when I woke up in the hospital after the drug challenge." I nodded in confirmation and thought of the next question. I was honestly surprised she answered that correctly considering she was currently humming the tune to a catchy song on the radio.
"What song did I make you dance to in the gym room at my house?" To my absolute amusement she started to sing the song Pony and started to dance a little. Her voice was slurred in one of the cutest ways possible and I couldn't stop myself from admiring her. Even with her arms, legs, and shoulders bandaged she was still gorgeous and she was still having a fun time. It sounded horrible, but she looked her happiest while she was hopped up on drugs. It almost made me want to use again, but I knew she would be disappointed.
I snapped out of my trance as she fell off the bed because she tried to stand up and finish her little performance.
"Ow!" I rushed over to help her back on her bed and she hugged me before I could let go. "I really, really miss you." I took in a deep breath and kissed her forehead before gently setting her down.
"Buttercup…" I saw her start to tear up a little and her shining green eyes met mine.
"You don't want me back anymore… I get it. I really do. I've been confusing and bitchy and I completely understand why you wouldn't want me back." I shook my head rapidly as I saw her fighting back tears with obvious difficulty.
"B that's not it! You know I love you, I just don't want to make your life more difficult than it already is. You obviously have some feelings for James and you don't need any love triangle drama!" She shook her head and grabbed my hand with her shaking ones.
"Butch please! I don't care about the drama! I love you and I want to be with YOU!" I sighed and helped her to lay back down before brushing some hair from her face. My hand rested on her cheek and I smiled softly as our eyes met again. I finally gave in and leaned forward to place a gentle kiss on her lips.
"Okay B. But I think we should take it slow. Now rest up. I love you." She smiled brightly and leaned up to kiss me one more time before I left.
HIM's POV
If I had any hair I would be pulling it out right now. I couldn't believe that she could pull of so many of these challenges while she was in the hospital. It didn't even make sense! SHE WAS STILL LOOPED OUT ON ANESTHESIA AND SHE MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE! She can't last too much longer…
A/N: Okay I am so so sorry about how long this update took. I've been so caught up with AP tests, SATs, college applications, scholarship applications, sports, and regular schoolwork and I've had almost no time or energy to write at all. I'll try my best to update as fast as possible but I'm not sure how fast that will be. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.