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79: Lights.

Three minutes. It's only been three minutes but to Ryder it feels like his entire life had passed him. Here was the cold, non-breathing body of his girlfriend who's life was taken away from overdosing on drugs and alcohol mixing. At a young age, sixteen years old. Ryder couldn't move from his seat and he didn't want to move from his seat. If he moved from this seat... he'd probably end up jumping out the window and kill himself. Just to be with Marley.

He stared at her, waiting for a sign that she might come out of death. But nothing happened.

"Marley." He whispered. He gripped her lifeless hand in her own tight one. "Please Marley..." He looked up to the ceiling. "Hey...Millie? I hope you can hear me."

Ryder sniffed a bit, his voice cracking.

"Millie? I know Marley misses you...she misses you a lot...sadly she drinks and smokes the pain away...I know you miss her," He a few tears slipped from his eyes. "I know you two...just wanna be together...but can...can you send her back? Please?" Ryder pleaded. "Please...give her back? I know you want her to have a life...I promise... I will do everything in my powers...to help Marley...just please Millie," Ryder began sobbing hard. "Send her back. Please send her back!"

He kept repeating those words; Send her back. Over and over again in his sobs. He lowers his head down, tears falling to the floor. He hoped someone could hear him, Millie or not, just anyone.

Marley's Point Of View
(Seconds earlier)

Wow... This is pretty strange to do. I feel like Pocahontas when she's flying down the waterfall, to meet up with her friend when the warriors return from war, and she's just falling down to the water; but acts like she's flying.

Wow, this is a long fall. I've been falling for what felt like ten minutes.

I see all these memories coming back to me. Like earlier when I was walking in the tunnels inside my own head. I heard beautiful music that we sang in Glee Club. I even heard Mr. Schue rapping and seeing him dance to it. To be honest I thought it was cool whenever he rapped for us. And I saw all the fun times we had in Glee Club...Now I was just waiting for the bad memories, bad decisions I made, to show.

Nope. Just more good memories.

I saw there was a light at the bottom below me. A bright like. Wait...Heaven? But I heard a woman's voice from around me. "Marley," I knew who it was.

"Mom?" I called out. "Mom!?"

"Hi honey."

"Mom!? Where are you!?" I cried out, looking for her. "Where are you? Mom!? MOM!?"

"I'm here Marley. I'm always here for you, baby."

"Mom..." I called out. "I'm... I'm sorry."

"It's okay baby." She sounded so honest. "I still love you Marley."

"I.. I love you too, Mom!"

"I'm always here for you Marley. Always." Mom's voice said. That was the last thing I heard from here.

I kept falling down, flying down to the light. I felt warmth. I loved it. And I could see...someone...Ryder? Was that Ryder? How long had he been sitting there? Why was he sad?

As I got closer to the light I saw that Ryder looked up from the chair. His body was changing expressions, like he was becoming excited...

I'm waking up.

No One's POV.

Beep.

Ryder's hears perked up hearing a beep. Maybe he was just hearing things.

Beep.

It's his mind. It's a game.

Beep.

Ryder lifted his head up looking at the heart monitor.

Beep. Beep.

"Marley?" He spoke up.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Marley!?" Ryder's voice perked up again, becoming happy. "Marley?"

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Blue eyes began to appear. Fluttering opened slowly.

Marley POV.

I hit the light...I felt a transformation...there's a bright light above me...but I knot it's not the light of Heaven. I didn't hear angels sing, I heard beeping. I'm back in my own body. I'm alive again. Well I didn't actually die, but I had a feeling that Ryder believed I had died for the past half hour. Wild.

Shit these lights were bright. I had to let my eyes adjust to the lights.

"Marley?"

Ryder.

I shifted my head over a tiny bit. Everything was still a blur but I saw brown Justin Beiber locks that I knew too well. "Ry..." That was all I could say.

"Marley!" His voice cheered. I could tell he was overly joyed with emotions. I felt his lips plant all over my face, making sure to kiss each and every spot of skin on my face. "Marley!" Ryder cooed when he finished. "You're here."

"Wh...ere?"

"You're in a hospital." Ryder said softly. Oh, a hospital? "Do you remember anything?"

I gave a small nod. Damn, I already felt tears in my eyes. "Party...Sia...pills...wine." My mouth was dry. "Water?"

Ryder nodded. He poured a glass of water for me and asked, "Do you need help to sit up?"

I nodded. Once Ryder helped me sit up, gently of course, he handed me the water and I took a drink. I missed water. "Better." I said.

"Good." Ryder said. He scooted in closer to me. He held both of my hands in each of his own and brought my hands up to his mouth and and placed kissed all over my fingers and knuckles. Soft kisses. Back and forth and all over, wanting to take in every piece of exposed skin on my hands. I didn't realized until now how badly I must of hurt him leaving him for half an hour.

After a few more kissed he held my hands a bit tighter and looked at me in the eyes. "I love you."

What the fuck? He loves me?

"I hurt...you." I said. "I left...twice. Lima. Here."

"I know," Ryder told me. "But I've always loved you. I will always love you, my love. When you left Lima I missed but loved you and just now, for three minutes, when you weren't here I still loved you."

"Three...minutes?" I asked. "Not...half...hour?"

"No," Ryder said. "Did it feel like that, Marley?"

I nodded. Wait...how long was I gone? "How..long...here?"

"A week and four days." Ryder said almost instantly. "But it felt so much longer. I hated that."

"Hours...to...me." I responded. He nodded, he understood what I meant. He rubbed my hands against his chin, our skin-to-skin contact sparkling up. I felt his mouth smiling as he kept rubbing my hands against him. His eyes not losing contact with me. I, too, felt myself smiling.

"I love you." He whispered to me.

I wondered... "Where's...Lark?"

I knew he probably didn't want to answer. But, he smiled, and said, "He's at a hotel. I'll call him later." He didn't seem to angry or annoyed at Lark's name. "I'll call Finn and let him know."

"Glee...friends?"

"They know. They'll be so excited to know you're OK." He smiled. "I love you." He leaned in and kissed my cheek.

I smiled back at him. I did...wait. "Bree?"

"She's been hacking into my phone lately. I got something to protect my phone from being hacked and I asked Kitty and Santana to get Bree to back off. She's done, she won't bother us ever again." Ryder explained. "I only have eyes for you."

Our song...no...I cheated on him.

I turned away and faced down below me. Tears falling down.

"Marley?" Ryder became worried. "What's wrong?"

"I... I che... I cheated." I muttered. "I cheated...on...you."

"Shhs," He whispered and sat closer to me. "Let's not talk about that."

But I needed to express it. "I cheated!" blurted out. "On...you...Lark...bar hookups...guys...girls!"

"Girls?" He smirked. "Didn't know you found women attractive."

"Shut up asshole!" I yelled. "I cheated!"

"I know." Ryder told me. "I know. I'm not mad about that...I'm okay...I understand."

"Hmm?" I sobbed.

"I know. In your mind, we were broken up...you were free. I understand. I'm okay with that, I forgive you. We'll get passed that. We'll get passed it all."

I nodded. I knew he'd forgive me. I still felt shitty. I kept sobbing. I felt Ryder sit up and push me to the side and laid next to me in the bed, holding me in his arms for comfort. I missed his arms. I missed him. I missed all of this. Real love, real relationships, real friends. Nice things. I missed it. I missed it all.

I've been a real shitty person.

I'm going to change.

Well... I hope I can change.

Awww! I liked this chapter a lot. :)