Back to Reality

~Chapter Twenty-One~

Asher's POV

From my half-sleeping state, I heard a gasp and wretched beeping.

Uggh, I don't want to get up.

As I reached out to shut off my alarm clock, I hit nothing but air.

What?

I heard someone call for a doctor.

My eyes shot open, and I found myself staring into those blue eyes I had been waiting to see for more than a week.

Why is she doing this to me? She is just making it harder for me. I know she is gone, so why visit me like Nathan? It's just cruel.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I ask.

She looks at me, puzzled, "Doing what?" She asked, playing with my hair.

I felt my eyes bulge. "Are you really here?"

She looks at me, lovingly, "Yes, Asher, I chose you."

I sat up and hugged her even closer to me. She was alive! I hadn't lost yet another person I cared so much for . . . yet her comment left me puzzled.

"Sam, I couldn't be happier that you're . . ." I got choked up. This woman makes me act like such a girl! "You know . . . but what did you mean, chose me?"

She leaned closer to me, and I heard a sigh of content. "I had a choice." She said. "I could either choose to go, and be with my parents -- and Nathan -- or I could come back and be with you." She looked into my eyes, "I tried convincing myself that if I left, I would have my parents and Nathan, and that he was just like you . . . but I knew that it wouldn't be the same."

I couldn't believe it. She chose me over her parents. I was thrilled! If I hadn't been so shocked, I would be bouncing off the walls. She had to really care about me to do that.

I realized Sam was looking at me, intently.

"Asher," she said, softly. "I had to realize something before I could come back . . . I love you. That's why I came back. Honestly, I can understand if you don't feel the same . . . but I couldn't bear if---"

I crashed my lips into hers. She loved me back. I didn't need to listen to the rest of her speech because all that really mattered was that she loved me,

and that's all I needed.

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A/N

Question of the chapter:

What kind of music do you listen to?

Idek I'm listening to the radio right now.

I'm a country girl all the way!

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