Fresh Start, New Beginnings

Chaper 41

Abigail's POV

Fear filled my body as I opened my eyes and realised my surroundings have changed. I was now surrounded by white walls and what looked to be an IV fluid drip "Freya" I call out, it's then I saw Ryan look up from the bed quickly.

"She's safe, Leroy is with her" Ryan spoke softly and with a slight caution in his voice.

"What happened?" I wonder as I looked down and see a needle in the back of my hand "Why am I here?"

"You were bleeding internally, they had to operate" I hadn't noticed the pain in my stomach until Ryan mentioned it, he looked a little upset as he explained.

"Do they know what caused it?" I was so confused by this point, but nothing could prepare me for what he said next.

"A baby" my mouth gaped wide, I couldn't speak "You were pregnant" I just stared at him for a few moments.

"Pregnant?" I repeated "Wha...H...huh" I was speechless "Wait what do you mean was?" I managed, Ryan looked down at the floor and inhaled deeply.

"The pregnancy was ectopic" he explained "The baby was growing in the Fallopian tube and it ruptured, causing the bleed. They had to operate to remove the damaged tube"

Suddenly it hit me, how much did they remove? What did this mean? Would I still be able to have kids? All these questions whizzed around in my head while I continued to stare quietly. He must have guessed what I was thinking.

"Don't worry though, the Dr said we can still have kids" Ryan's eyes widened when he said it and I guessed he didn't mean to say it out loud.

"We?" I look into his eyes and he smiles.

"Yep" he raised his eyebrows "That's what I said"

"I thought you said you weren't ready to think about having kids yet?" He sits back in the chair and continues to look at me, I can see the sincerity in his eyes.

"Yeah I know but that was before this happened, I thought I was going to lose you and it scared me to death. Then the more I thought about it the more I realised the thought of you being pregnant didn't freak me out as much as I thought it would" he grabbed my hand "I'm not saying I want to go and start trying for a baby tomorrow or next year even..." I smile at him as he starts to mumble, he is nervous "Ok I am going to throw this up there, when I came to the hospital with you in the ambulance I was scared that I wouldn't be able to find out anything from the Drs. So I told them you was my wife"

I laugh a little without meaning to, it wasn't in a nasty way. If I was honest I was a little overwhelmed "I never want to be in a position like that again, we live in a completely different world to other people. Our normality is waking up in one country and going to sleep in another. You spend most of your time on set and I am on the road. We spend time together every moment we can, you join me on tour, or I come and see you in Georgia and when we are both in LA I practically live at your house...technically this relationship shouldn't work but for some reason it does, I'm not sure what's changed but I feel like..." Ryan had started to mumble again a little but I didn't mind "What I mean is...?"

"We have taken our relationship to the next level without even realising it" I finally get what he is trying to say, he nods and smiles. I watch him take a small box out of his pocket, and gasp.

"I wasn't going to do this yet, in fact I saw this last week and got it with the intention of giving it to you after we had been together a year. But seeing you like that today made me realise just how important you are and how much I need you" I frown as he drops to one knee "I love you so much and want to show you how serious I am about you...Abigail Jenson, will you complete my life and marry me, so I never have to lie to another doctor about you being my wife again" he opens the box to reveal a beautiful diamond ring. I can't help but laugh at his cheeky proposal "An answer would be great" he grins, tears have filled my eyes by this point.

"Ok so I am not completely sure if that was a marriage proposal or a business proposition" I laugh with a lump in my throat "But I do know that there is nothing I want more than to spend the rest of my life with you, yes of course I'll marry you" my hand is shaking as Ryan slips the ring on my wedding finger.

"You do know what this means now right?" Ryan has a mischievous look on his face "It means the whole world has to finally acknowledge the fact that you're mine" he gently kisses my hand "And you will be mine forever"

"I have been yours for a lot longer than most people realise" I exhale, I know Ryan is thinking the same thing as me when I say this...suddenly my thoughts take me back to the night I first met Ryan at an awards ceremony...the night I realised my marriage to Nick was over for good...the night me and Ryan first kissed.

"Your marriage to Nick was over a long time before the first time we met" Ryan obviously remembered that night as well "You did nothing wrong that night, yes you came back to my room with all intentions of something happening, but you stopped it before it did, you didn't cheat..."

"I didn't end up sitting at the same table as you, at the charity event by accident did I?" I knew exactly what Ryan was going to say.

"No, when I heard you were going to be there I realised it was my last shot" Ryan exhaled deeply "I couldn't let you slip through my fingers again, I guessed if it wasn't meant to be then at least I had given it my best..."

"So you knew exactly what you wanted before we had even got to the show" I look at Ryan.

"Yep and i dont feel bad about it either, in fact I wouldnt have felt bad even if we had spent the night together while you were still married...Abi i wanted you, i wanted you then just as much as I do now" Ryan had always made it clear he wanted more from that night, in fact he even went as far to say that he would have gladly stolen me away from Nick if I would have let him.

I smile, even though I still feel guilty about almost sleeping with Ryan while I was still married to Nick, I don't regret it at all. If anything I regret not acting on my feelings for him sooner.

I shook off the negative feelings instantly, I had spent too much of my life trying to make a marraige work that was destined to fail...Ryan had just asked me to be his wife and nothing was going to bring me down...For once in my entire life I was somewhere I wanted to be, not because of work or because it would make fans happy, but because it was what I wanted, he was what I wanted and I didn't care who knew about it.

Ryan Tedder was my Fresh Start and New Beginning...

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A/N

This will be the final chapter of this story. Thank you to everyone who has read and voted.

I will be posting a sequel very soon...so please read it..much love Nikki xxx