She's Back (on hold)

Chapter 17

(Author's note: Hey guys I want to apologize for the silentness of my account or whatever you call it, I'm sorry I havent uploaded lately, this week was our exam week and of course I made a promise to myself that I must study first and upload this Friday (which is now) so I can concentrate on my studies (specially math), anyway and now I AM OFFICIALLY EXAM FREE!! YAY!) So I hope you enjoy this Chap ^_^)

Before I even could utter a word, he collapsed into my arms. I was caught off gaurd by Chad's heavy body. He was dripping wet for sure and I smell the faint smell of blood in the air.

"What's going on, Britney?" Sasha asked as she appeared right behind me. I turned around to found her surprised and scared expression and with her body still wrapped inside the thick comforter.

"Please help me lift him up," I pleaded as I struggled to support half of Chad. Sasha abruptly scurried off to Chad's other side and supported him. I sighed in relief as Chad's wieght began to become a bit lgihter. I was now able to breath evenly. Then without further hesitation we made him lie down our sofa and thought on what to do about Chad.

"So this is Chad? What happened to him?" Sasha asked.

"I wish I knew. I have a feeling he got beat up," I said.

"Well that's obvious enough. I'll go get him a warm towel while you try to wake him," Sasha said as she headed for our closet.

I studied Chad with cautious eyes and saw his face. Clearly someone had punched him in the eye. There were deep dark purple circles around his face and his clothes looked like somebody had slashed it with a razor or something there were cuts which were dripping with blood, in his knees, thighs, cheek and his arms. I could tell that he was shivering. I hurriedly got my comforter and laid it on top of him. As soon as I tucked it in he suddenly grabbed my hand and placed it beside his left cheek.

"Chad..." it was his name that only left my mouth. My thoughts were jumbled. I was scared, worried and surprised for whatever reason. His soft eyes lingered on my face. No matter how many bruises or slashes he had he would always look hot.

"Britney, I'm glad I found you," Chad muttered half exhausted.

"Chad what happened to you?" I asked as I felt my eyes began to water up then in a mili second tears began to pour down my face.

"No, don't cry....I'll explain everything to you tomorrow, but for now let's both get some rest," and with that he slowly wiped the tears that were pouring down my cheeks and I could see that he was in agonizing pain but his eyes were also happy to see me. As requested I let him sleep. Sasha never came back for the warm towel and I was practically determined to never leave Chad and his clearly beaten up state. Instead I held his hands and placed it in his chest so I could tell if he was still breathing or not.

I awoke and instantly had a stiff back and neck. I was still in a sitting position and I could feel Chad's chest going up and down. I smiled lightly ,despite my aching body, knowing that Chad was still breathing. I got up and stretched then I looked at Chad who was still snoring lightly. Suddenly Sasha appeared with her wet hair wrapped in a towel and was dressed fully clothed in jeans and a smiple tee.

"I'm guessing you're not going to school?" Sasha asked as she eyed Chad.

"Nope, just tell them that I have some business to attend to," I said.

"Yup I got it. Um, is there anything that I can buy for um...Chad?" Sasha asked.

"Umm a couple of painkillers you know those kind of things," I said.

Sasha nodded and grabbed her bag and headed out. I didn't blame her kind of acting uneasy around a beaten up guy inside our room but hey I was really appreacting her trying to help. I needed it. As soon as I heard a loud coughing erupted from Chad my hand went to Chad's back and tried to straighten him into a seating position. He was still slightly shivering and greedily hugged my comforter around his body. He looked cute but the situation we are in now was not cute matter.

"Chad do you need a glass of water?" I felt stupid for asking this question. He nodded and I hurried over to the kitchen to get a glass of water. I handed it to Chad as I arrived at our occupied sofa. He drank it down like it was his first time in a week to drink.

"Thanks I really needed that," relief washed over me when I heard how normal-ish he sounded. I sat beside him put my knees on my sofa and hugged them."So are you going to tell me what happened?" I asked. He looked at me with pained eyes I saw him cringe for a second and I really had no clue to what happened to him. Why was he beaten up this badly? And more importantly how did he find out where I was?

Chad's POV

She gave me a look of confusion as I moved away from her and was leaning in the arm rest on the edge of the sofa far away from her. I didn't want her to catch the cold I was having.

"What's wrong?" Britney asked warily as she moved closer to me. I shook my head and hugged the comforter around me hard.

"I don't want you to catch the cold," I said.

"Oh, that's okay. Chad, you have to tell me what happened," Britney said as her beatiful face had a tragic and pained expression. I felt guilty knowing that it was probably me who made her feel and look this way. Wouldn't the world be better off without me? I began to tell her everything that happened when I tried to escape for hundreds of times. It took me a while to find out where she was leaving but I was determined to find it. Finally I was at the airport that had the plane that was leaving and going to Bruggendale I packed lightly since I didn't want to carry heavy bags. I arrived shortly thereafter, I arrived Bruggendale last night and was beaten up by Britney's supossedly body guards. It almost seemed impossible to beat them, but I knew I had to do it. I couldn't stand not seeing Britney's face. I wanted to be with her forever. I gathered up my stregth and used everything that I got. Bruises started appearing in my faces and my wounds were already dripping with blood. I could taste blood in lips as I heard the smacking sound of my opponents fist hit my cheek. It started to rain but that didn't stop me. I knew I would have a cold but I would not rest until I saw Britney. It didn't matter to me that my bag was left somewhere I didn't know I just had to make sure that all the blood that was spoiled wouldn't be wasted. Then after a long walk and a bit of taxi riding I arrived at Britney's place. I saw her face and I instantly thought I was in heaven and I sudenly collapsed in my arms. So I ended up staying in their room for the whole night waking up to a sick feeling in my stomacj and suddenly a huge wave of coughing errupted. I told Britey the whole thing and watched her on how her reaction would me. I wacthed her expression changed every second. Then she suddenly hugged me and didn't even care that I had a cold. Finally, I knew what I needed to do.

Back to Britney's POV

I hugged him tightly not caring if I would catch a cold or not. He suffered this much for me? I was touched by this and was simply flattering myself.

"Britney I want to ask you something?," Chad began to say and I swore I saw him gulp down and stared at the ceiling and after a minute he looked me in the eye."Sure," I replied.

"What if we were to ran away just the two of us living on our own," Chad said. I stopped my train of thought and stared at him with wide eyes. Run away...the thought seemed tempting but I still had to deal with the horrible consequences that might affect Chad or any of my friends again, however how can I refuse the love of my life to this offer? If I said no then it would seem like his horrible and painful trip towards here were pointless but what if I would say yes...?