Run Away for my Baby

Chapter Fourteen

My eyes opened slowly, my head felt heavy and all I wanted to do is go back to sleep. The bright light of the room made my head throb. I groaned at the feeling.

"Anna? Are you waking up?" my favourite voice asked worriedly.

"Josh..." I groaned tiredly.

"Yes Baby?" he replied, I felt him grab my hand.

"Where am I?"

"You collapsed in the street Baby, you've been in the hospital for the last three days," he kissed my forehead. I had missed him so much.

"What are you doing here?" I was confused as to why he was in the hospital with me, in my room.

"I was there when you collapsed, I wanted to be here with you. I've missed you so much Anna, I miss falling asleep with you every night and watching TV, taking Lux out walks with you, she misses you too. I even miss arguing with you."

"I missed you too Josh," I told him truthfully. But why did he divorce me if he still wanted to be with me? "Why did you divorce me?"

He sighed deeply as he thought for a few moments, collecting himself together. "Because I thought that was what you wanted, Baby. I thought you wanted to be with Brody. I let you go because I thought that was what you wanted."

I groaned loudly, "That's what I wanted before spending Christmas with you and our families. I didn't realise I felt this way about you until then. Why would I have sex with you if I didn't want to be with you?" I sighed. "I only wanted love, why couldn't you give that to me?" I shouted at him from the bed a lay in at the hospital.

"I do give it to you Anna, every single day, I give you love. You just don't see it, your dad broke you more than you think. You don't know what real love is," he argued back. "You can't tell that I love you. Divorcing you four months ago was a mistake... I've wanted you for years Anna but you were always too young."

"What!"

"I only wanted you for myself, so I tried to put you off of boys as much as possible. I messed up so much concerning you. I only really realised it when I lost you that I'm in love with you Anna, I always have been but it took me a while to realise it."

I launched myself at him and kissed him passionately. The boy I hated for years was the one boy who understood me the most and who loved me the most. It just so happens that I loved him back.

"I hate you a lot, Josh," I said once I pulled away from him. "But I love you more." I kissed him again with a smile on my face. "And I know I've got daddy issues but you've helped me overcome a lot of them."

I wiped the tears off my cheeks that had fallen without me knowing. I then reached over to Josh and held his hand tightly in my own. "Will you marry me again, properly this time?" Josh asked sincerely. His question had shocked me but I knew what the answer would be.