How Channing Tatum Became My Boyfriend

Chapter Eight

Ryan's POV 

All I could do was cry when Channing told me what happened, he said he hopes that I don't blame him for what happened but to be honest, I do blame him because if I never agreed to go on that stupid date with him then I'd most likely be at home in bed right, not in a bloody hospital bed! 

so I yelled at him "I GOT SHOT!" my face so red with frustration that I probably looked like a freaking tomato, the look in his eyes when I yelled at him was pure sadness and guilt "Please don't blame me" he pleaded, his eyes beginning to water but at this point I didn't care because its his fault and he gonna know it!

"You see Channing you are to blame here, if I had never agreed to go on this date with you then I would have done the show tonight as scheduled and went home and spent time with my family, If I never let down my walls I built to protect myself from heartbreak and gave you a chance then we wouldn't be in this situation, you'd be off somewhere doing whatever it is that you do and I would be at home...But instead I let my walls down for one night thinking that maybe this guy well treat me better and wont hurt me but like always I got fucking hurt I GOT SHOT SO YOU ARE TO BLAME!" 

by the end of my little rant he was full on balling his eyes out while saying "I'm so sorry, Please forgive me!" and all I could think of at the moment was that I need time away from everyone to really think about everything "I need some time" was all I said, he simply nodded and got up to leave but before he left he turned to me and said "I'm really sorry Ryan, I just hope you find it in you to forgive me" with that being said he walked out the door.

Once I was calmed down a bit from the fight I had with Channing I called the nurse in to bring me my stuff, they still had all my shit in holding from before I went into surgery and I was beginning to get impatience because I wanted to get the hell out of this damn hospital. Once the nurse came with all my stuff I practically ripped the bag out of her hands and wiped out my phone and called my agent, after an hour of arguing on the phone we came to an arraignment, the arraignment being the I would terminate my contract with Roundabout effective immediately after the following week of performances, take a plane to London and join the WestEnd company of Wicked and stay there till my mind is cleared then return to New York. 

I called the producers or Anything Goes and told them what happened and that I decided to terminate my contract, they told me that if I was leaving the show permanently then the show was going to close because they could not find a replacement that would bring in the crowd that I would. I informed them that I was going to finish this week of performance and then I was done.

Once the nurse came to check on my vitals I told her that I’m leaving, of course she told me that it wasn’t a good idea where I just got shot and all but I argued back and told her that I have a week of shows to do and I can’t stay in this bed any longer, once she made me sign a AMA form (against medical advice) I was allowed to leave. I hailed a cab while fighting through the paps and went straight home because tomorrow was Monday and I had a busy week ahead of me.

 When I woke up the next morning I seen that I was on the front page of The New York Times yet again, so after I got my coffee I sat down and read what they wrote about me, 

After being shot just last night in the middle of Central Park and having surgery sources report that Broadway legend Ryan Grimshaw is out of the hospital and returning to the Broadway stage to perform tonight's performance of Cole Porters Anything Goes at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Another source says that Ryan is going against medical advice and leaving the hospital earlier then he should, Ryan is one of those people that no matter how hurt the show must go on! We wish Ryan best wishes, good luck  and a great show tonight!

I finished the article and put my coffee mug in the sink while I gathered my stuff for a quick rehearsal this morning to make sure that I still got it before I do tonight's show. When I was dressed and had my water bottle I drove to the rehearsal studio, after saying "Hello" to everyone on the way in I went to up to Susan  our director and told her that all we needed to run through was the dance numbers. 

"Ok everyone, its gonna be a quick rehearsal today all we need to run through is the dance numbers" Susan told us all, we all got into our places, the music started and we performed it the same way as we would every other night on stage. Two hours later we were done for the morning so I decided to go home and get ready for tonight's performance instead of going out to lunch with the rest of the company.