Switched (Jeremy Shada Fanfic)

~Chapter 14~

I'm really sorry for not updating lately but a lot of things have been happening and I just don't have the time.

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JEREMY'S POV

My fingers trembled under the thin covers of my hospital bed as Brady walked closer and closer, shaking his head almost as if he was taunting me.

"You really thought you would get away with this didn't you, Shada." He smiled evilly. I shook my head, my eyes widening as he stopped at the side of the bed.

"No? Then why'd you do it? Huh? Too scared to answer?" He laughed with venom.

"Jeremy didn't do anything, Brady! Why are you here?" Gracelyn shouted from her bed.

"What am I doing here?" He whipped around to face her. "You think I would let this skunk bag kiss my girl and get away with it?"

Gracelyn's face fell as she realized what a poor decision she made. "He didn't kiss me." She said firmly, staring directly into his eyes.

"Oh, so I guess that whole news article was a prank? I guess those pictures were photo-shopped? I guess you really care about me?" His massive body towered over her small and fragile one.

"I do care about you!" Her eyes filled with tears as she heard the words being spoken. When she spoke those five words, my heart shattered. The kiss meant nothing.

"Really? Then tell me what happened. If he didn't kiss you, what happened?"

Gracelyn's face lowered to her hands. She licked her lips and fidgeted with her fingernails. I knew that she didn't want to tell him.

"I kissed him." She breathed.

"What was that?" Brady's face got even closer to hers.

"I kissed him, alright?" She sighed.

Brady backed away as if he had been slapped. He pressed his lips tightly together and shook his head. "Of course,"

He swiftly turned around and stomped angrily to the door.

"Brady, wait! It's not what it seems! Let me explain!" Gracelyn pleaded with him. I watched in horror as he whipped around, his face even more angry.

"It was a kiss, Gracelyn. There isn't anything that needs to be explained. And you know, I never liked you either anyway. Your little friend over here was right. You know my ex? Yeah, she got jealous and now she wants me back. I don't need you anymore. You and Jeremy can have your own little fantasy, because I don't care anymore. You are nothing to me now." Gracelyn's face completely broke down. Brady turned on his heel and walked out of the door.

I stared with pity at her beautiful, tear-stroken face. Part of me was happy that they broke up, but most of me couldn't bear to see her distraught.

"Gracelyn, I-"

"No. It's fine. You don't have to say anything." She wiped the tears that were still coming fast from her face.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault. I'm so sorry." I looked at her.

"It's not your fault, Jeremy. Really. It's fine. I-I don't need him." She totally lost it again at the last words. I felt so sad. Seeing her cry really made me sad. I beckoned her over to my bed. She didn't have the tubes in her arm anymore and she silently climbed into my bed and cried into my shoulder. I rubbed her back as she held tightly onto my robe, sobbing silently into the soft fabric.

"It's ok. I'm here." I soothed quietly into her hair. I brushed the small fly-aways with my fingers. I pulled the blanket up around her shaking body, holding her close to me. She began sobbing even harder and I pulled her close, comforting the violent shaking.

"It's alright. Everything will be alright. I'm here for you." I whispered into her hair. She took a few more shaking breaths before looking up at me. I smiled sadly down at her wet face.

"Thank you," She whispered, leaning against my chest. I could still feel her shaking slightly, and I wrapped my arms even tighter around her waist. After a while, her breathing slowed and her chest rose and fell softly. I looked down at her small sleeping figure in my arms.

"Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you, over again, don't make me change my mind or I won't live to see another day, I swear it's true, because a girl like you is impossible to find, you're impossible to find," I softly sang one of my favorite songs by Secondhand Serenade.

"This is not what I intended. I always swore to you I'd never fall apart. You always thought that I was stronger. I may have failed but I loved you from the start, so hold your breath because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you," I continued serenading her in her sleep, brushing the hair out of her face.

"Because a girl like you is impossible to find, you're impossible to find...." I sang almost silently before drifting off into a soundless sleep.

GRACELYN'S POV

I listened to Jeremy sing, his voice smooth like honey. I pretended to sleep, slowing my breathing and closing my eyes.

I swallowed a lump in my throat as he sang the line, "I may have failed but I loved you from the start,"

Maybe he did feel the same. I guess I was so confused about guys that I confused my feelings for Jeremy with my feelings for Brady. Hearing Jeremy sing that song made me realize that it was him that I loved all along. Not Brady, but Jeremy. And I was so caught up in my seventh grade crush that I couldn't see clearly what was happening right in front of me.

I smiled softly to myself when he drifted to sleep. My head rose and fell with his warm chest. I slowly looked up to see his perfect face. His long lashes brushing his cheek as he breathed, his small lips parted slightly with his breathing, the way his eyebrows would crinkle every so often as if he was thinking hard.

I bit my lip and looked over his face again. Slowly, I reached my neck up until my lips brushed slowly with his. I pulled back and sighed. Suddenly, I felt his arms tighten around me, his face cuddling into my hair, almost as if he could sense that I had kissed him. I smiled slightly and rested my head back against his chest, snuggling into his warmth.

"You're impossible to find," I breathed before I too fell into a wonderful dream land of sleep with my one and only true love.

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So sorry for the short chapter.

ATTENTION:

Because it is the end of the school year, more projects and assignments are coming up and I need to keep my grades up before summer. I will continue writing during my free time, but I WILL NOT BE UPDATING UNTIL AFTER JUNE 7

((((((( I WILL NOT BE UPDATING UNTIL AFTER JUNE 7 )))))) i will continue to write so that I have stuff to update when school is over but IM NOT UPDATING OK??!?!?!?!?

Alright. Goodbye my lovely readers. Until June... I bid you farewell.

thanks so much for reading!

The song is called Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade by the way. I will post a link on the side bar.

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