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Chapter 23

I sat by his hospital bed, holding onto his hand silently as I watched his chest rise and fall. The fear of losing him could not be greater when I saw how lifeless he looked as he lied there. Although his injury was not life threatening to begin with, the doctor told me he lost a lot of blood which was why he was still unconscious. The doctor said none of his organs were damaged and reassured me that he would be fine once he woke up. I remember nodding gratefully and repeatedly thanking the doc for saving Benson but now I was not so sure. 

For over five hours, he laid there, not showing any signs of waking up. I couldn't help but think, what if he won't wake up? The mere thought of it frightened me into tears. 

"Please open your eyes for me, Benson," I pleaded desperately at his side. My eyes moistened with warm tears and my vision blurred. "Please."  I begged tearfully. The sound of the beeping machines were the only response I received. "Benson..." A tear rolled down my cheek as his name left my lips. "..don't leave me. What am I going to do without you?" I sobbed into my hands. 

"Who are you?" a voice asked softly beside me. 

I looked up from my hands and found a pair of brown orbs staring at me. "Benson!" I cried in both surprise and relief. I wrapped my arms around him, "You're finally awake!!" 

He waited for me to pull away before repeating himself once more. "Excuse me, who are you miss?" There wasn't a single sign of recognition on his face. His eyes were full of confusion and his brows were furrowed.

"B-Benson? Do you not recognize who I am?" I stammer worriedly. "D-don't you know who I am?"

"Who are you?" he repeated again. "Do we know each other? What am I doing here?" He leaned forward to sit up but he winced in pain and laid back down. "What happened to me?"

"Benson.. I-I'm Abbie. You had an accident with these bad people.." I struggled to explain. Did he forget about the COT too? How was I supposed to tell him about that? "The doctor says your injury isn't serious... oh the doctor! Let me go get him!" I got up from the chair and was about to leave when Benson suddenly grabbed onto my hand. I turned to look at him and waited for him to say something but he only smiled. A guilty smile.

"Hey Abbie," he grinned. 

"How could you mess around with me in this kind of situation??" I slapped him on the shoulder as tears of relief came falling down. "I actually thought you lost your memory. I thought you really didn't know who I was. Do you know how scared I was? You scared me!!" I raised my hand to slap him again when he caught it and pulled me close to him. My heart sped up and I held my breath in surprise. "W-what are you doing?" I stuttered. 

He looked me into the eyes, "Abbie, you're the last person I would ever want to forget." My cheeks flushed pink at his words and he began to lean toward me. I naturally closed my eyes as my heart sped up even more. Was he going to do what I thought he was going to do? I could sense him getting closer but then he told me, "Open your eyes."

"I was getting you a tissue because it looks like you got some snot on your nose," he explained, holding it out. 

I stared at the tissue he held out to me in total embarrassment and took it with a murmured thanks.

"Did you think I was going to kiss you?" he laughed. His eyes twinkled in amusement. 

"N-no that wasn't it." I covered my completed tomato red face and backed away from him. "My eyes were j-just tired and I wanted to close them to.. uh, rest them."

"Mhm hm, sure," he grinned. Then he turned serious and asked, "Did you get hurt anywhere?" 

"No I didn't, but you got hurt. It's all my fault. I should've persuaded you faster then you wouldn't have gotten stabbed in the first place."

"Abbie, it's not your fault. Don't blame yourself over this accident," Benson assured, reaching out for my hand. "If anyone is to blame, it's Bobby's and the COT's fault. Not yours." He held onto my hand and used his thumb to rub comforting circles on my palm. 

Someone cleared their throat and we both looked to the door to see who it was.

"Excuse us, we're the..."

/N: I am so so sorry for the super long wait!! I had a tough time thinking of what should happen next- major writer's block T_T If anyone has any ideas, please comment or PM me! I'm desperate!! >_< Hope you like this chapter and please forgive me on the super late update!