Dear Patrick (FOB/Patrick Stump FanFic)

Chapter 15

December 24, 2010

If you could stop something from happening, would you? If you could cure your loved one, would you? If you could change anything at all, would you? I would. I would in a heart beat.

I sat down next to her in the hospital bed, combing my fingers through her hair. She hadn't responded to me. She hadn't said a word to anyone but the doctor. "When are you going to speak to me?" I inquired with tears streaming down my face. She just looked at me and then to the door. "Y-You want me to leave?"

"Y-Yes..." She whispered, her eyes still looking anywhere but me.

"I'm not leaving you," I stated bitterly, "I love you too much!" I kissed her forehead, trying to force a smile. How could I still love her? She cheated. She lied. She manipulated me. How?

"I don't want you to see me like this..." She heaved a sigh of pain and looked down, "Please." She pleaded, her eyes becoming wet from the tears.

"I don't mind seeing you this way and do you want to know why?" I smiled softly at her.

"Why?"

"Because you're still beautiful," I kissed her chapped lips, cupping the side of her face. She heaved a sigh and nodded. She was sick. She was tired. She was giving up so easily and quickly at that.

She didn't want to live this way, yet I was keeping her from happiness. Only thinking about myself.

What kind of boyfriend am I?