How could we say Goodbye?

Chapter 23

This chapter is pretty close to home, or the emotions portrayed are anyways! 

Happy reading :) I really hope you enjoy it Xx

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You opened your eyes slowly; Grant was sat by you, his eyes drained with worry and bloodshot with tears. You panicked at the blinding white around you, and tried to sit up immediately before hands slowed you and you lay back down.

“Hey” Grant said to you calmly. “Its okay, you're in the hospital. How’re you feeling?”

“Really really disorientated… and shattered. What happened? Why am I here?” Grant told you that you blacked out; it all came flooding back to you, Alex, the cuts…

“I want you to know… I didn’t want that. I didn’t want to kiss him…” Grant smiled softly at you with tears in his eyes.

“I know babe, what he did was… disgusting and sick. It was wrong babe. He’s been arrested…” You nod and try to sit up again; your body ached all over.

“Babe, let me help you.” Grant says but you shake your head, sitting up through the crashing thumping in your head.

“…about the picture…”

“Don’t” You whisper, he reaches out to you and you flinch away, tears brimming your eyes at your in voluntary movement.

“Baby, I was shooting a scene, they got the wrong idea I swear! They decided it was better for the script I was following last minute and I asked them to cut it, because I felt it would be wrong… but…” he looks helplessly at the ground “I… I don’t know what more I can say, that’s the truth, I swear.”

You sigh relieved and nod, your vision starts to go blurry again and you start crying.

“Hey, babe? The doctors say you need to take it easy, and that you had quite bad blood loss… they also said you're keeping too many things in… that the stress of everything can get too much and it’s easy for you to have dizzy or fainting spells. You know you can always talk to me babe…”

“I know.” You say as he reaches for your hand, physical contact still scared you, and you pulled away immediately before trying to change the subject at Grants sad and betrayed expression. “How long to I have to be in here?”

“You can come home this evening” Grant replies happily and you sigh in relief. You lift your arms and look at them, four scars on each arm showed as you bit your lip to hold back the tears.

“You can cry you know” He says as you smile sadly and let a tear slide down your cheek.

Grant came and sat next to you on the bed, you let him place an arm round you hesitantly and letting you cry into his shoulder. “I will never, ever, let you get hurt again” he says and you look up at him, before falling asleep into the cuddle.

When you woke up, you opened your eyes to see Grant lying next to you, staring admiringly at you.

You smile softly into his eyes.

“You can come home babe, BUT!” You rolled your eyes as he raised his eyebrows at you “I mean it, DON’T push yourself okay! Jut rest, promise me all your heart?”

He leans down to peck your lips but you just can’t let him, not now. Not so soon after what had… happened. Luckily Grant understands and pulls away “sorry” you whisper to him, looking down and avoiding his gaze.

“No… Im sorry, that was a dick move – won’t happen again, until you’re ready”

You smile thankfully “I don’t think I could go too long without kissing you anyway, so not to worry…” you giggle again as he smiles at you proudly.