New York Royalty ~Shawn Peter Raul Mendes~

49 -"I. . .I love you."

•Ashley's POV•
I hear muffled voices. I can't really process what they're saying. I flutter my eyes open. Little by little the voices become clearer.

"Look, shes waking up." I hear someone say next to me.

I open and close my eyes and when my vision clears, I see Liz standing next to me.

"Good morning sleepy head." She says as she smooths my forehead.

I look around and see balloons and flowers everywhere. I try to sit up but I can't because a pain shoots up in me.

"Woah there. Don't get up so fast." Another person says next to me.

I look and see Cam stand up from the his chair. He comes up next to me on the other side.

"Where is everyone?" I ask, my voice sounding raspy.

"Oh they went out to get some food. They should be coming back right now." Liz says.

I nod my head. Soon after, my dad and Dylan step in with Mr. Mendes, Tom and Jasper behind them. They look over at me and set their food down quickly.

"You're awake! Finally!" Dylan says as he walks up to me.

Cam moves and goes over to Liz. My dad follows after Dylan. They both hug me and I hug them back.

"We're so happy you woke up." Dylan says.

"How long have I been out?" I ask.

"2 months." I hear someone say.

Both Dylan and my dad move and I see the one person I've been waiting to see. Except . . . he doesn't seem to happy to see me.

"Shawn! Come here." I tell him.

He walks up to me but he doesn't lean down to hug me or anything.

"Shawn, what's wrong?" I ask.

He doesn't say anything. I look at Liz and Cam and they just keep smiling at me. I look at everyone else and they're also just smiling at me.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"Shawn baby, is she awake?" A girl's voice speaks.

I look at the door and see . . .

"Cristina?" I say.

"Hey, you're awake. Thank god." She says.

"What are you doing here? Shawn, what's going on?" I ask him.

He looks down at me and gives me a straight face before he looks at Cristina and smiles.

"Well, while you were asleep, I realized that I did love Cristina. I just couldn't find it. That is until you were gone." He says, not looking away from her.

"What? Yo-you love her?" I stutter out.

He nods. I feel myself on the verge of tears. I look at Liz and she just seems like she doesn't care.

"Liz, how could you let this happen?" I ask.

"Babe I'm bored. Let's go home." She tells Cam, ignoring me.

Cam nods and they both walk out of the room along with Tom and Jasper behind them. Mr. Mendes walks up to the end of my bed.

"You see, Ashley. I told you that he was gonna end up with Cristina. He never loved you. He never even liked you. You no longer have him. How does it feel?" He tells me.