His Little Rose

016 | Just Hold Me

"Please just hold me."

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Roseanne's P.O.V

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I spin around real fast making my hair lightly smack me in the face. Trying to make a dramatic scene here. Ace seems to notice and chuckles at me. 

Shivers run all down my body at his chuckle. 

"Ace." I say, wiping at my eyes. 

I know I look a mess right now. 

"Roseanne." He says.

I feel like he's smirking at me but at the same time he's concerned. 

"What are you doing, here?" I ask. 

"I drove him here." Noah says, sounding out of breath. "He insisted on coming back to the hospital with me. I dropped by McDonald's and he was there. As soon as we got here, he zoomed out of the car. I tried to keep up, but girl you know my asthma is bad." 

I laugh at Noah and smile in his direction. He didn't have to bring Ace with him.

"I figured you would need someone else besides family to cope with. Plus I think we were being a little hard on you. You are young. I say let young people be young and maybe fall in love. But I'm still watching you and him. I don't know if I trust him yet. He makes you happy, so I'll let him stick around. But any dates in the future have to be approved by me. Also I left you a McChicken and a large fries on the counter in the back. I got to go get my asthma pump before I fall out. Behave kids. " Noah says, in a rush as he leaves the room. 

My giggles and laughs fade as I hear the oxygen machine beep. I look back at my brothers bed with a sigh. I'm glad I can't see him like this, I don't know how I would react. I give a small in Ace's direction as I feel him get closer. 

"How are you doing, babe?" Ace asks, moving my hair away from my face.

Instead of me basking in the fact that he has now called me babe twice. I burst out crying again. 

"Oh, Rose." Ace says, kissing me lightly on the forehead. 

"Can you just hold me?" I manage to ask in one sentence but my voice still wobbles. 

"Of course. I got you, my love." Ace says. 

My heart flutters at his words. 

After a while of us standing up, rocking back and forth in a hug, Ace decides to make a move that has me about to confess my need to marry him. 

He picks me up as I hold on to his arm for dear life and puts me on his lap. 

I snuggle up into him and he wraps his arms around me. 

"It's going to be okay. I'm right here. I got you." Ace whispers in my ear.

He leaves a few more kisses on my forehead. 

After a while my sobs turn into sniffs and I start letting out little hiccups. 

My eyes start to close as I feel another small kiss on my forehead and a very faint 'I'm sorry' from Ace. 

He has no reason to be sorry. 

Maybe I didn't even hear him say that. It's probably just all in my head. 

With that last thought I let sleep overtake me.