The Consequence of a Dream

Ch. 29

Demi's pov

It was around 3 pm when Phoenix woke up hungry. After fixing her something to eat, she's been asleep. I'm not sure if the Advil has something to do with it or if her body's just finally catching up on sleep. But either way, she's slept a lot today.

I check the time on my phone to see it's now 8 pm and I turn my head to Phoenix asleep on the couch. I let out a soft sigh, "Alright it's time for you to sleep in your own bed now. I'm sorry sweetheart, I know it's gonna hurt." I whisper.

I get up and pick Phoenix up as gently and carefully as I can. I carry her to her bedroom and it's not until I set her in her bed when her eyes open.

"I'm just putting you in bed Nix." I say.

I'm met with her tired eyes, "Don't leave." She whispers.

"I'm not going to leave you, I'm going to go get the other pillow in the couch and the blanket." I say.

She gives a small nod and I go grab what I need from the couch. I put the pillow beside hers on the other side of the bed before gently putting the blanket on top of her. I grab the other blanket at the end of the bed and cover her up.

"It's cold." She whispers.

I feel her forehead to feel it still pretty warm. I gave her some Advil just a while ago though so I can't give her more.

"Do you have chills sweetheart?" I ask.

"I don't know." She says quietly.

"I'm going to get you another blanket." I say.

I wait for her little nod before I leave the room. I go to my room and get the blanket off my bed before going back to her bedroom. I put the fuzzy white blanket on top of her before getting in bed beside her, "How's that?" I ask.

She turns her head to me, "It smells like you."

I chuckle, "Is that a good thing or bad thing?"

"Good."

I smile at her, "I love you silly girl."

"I love you too." She says.

"A little bit or a lot?" I tease.

"A lot."

"That's good, because I love you a lot." I say.

She flashes me a small smile and I move the blanket a bit further up to cover her shoulders. Just as I do that Harley jumps onto the bed and lays by her feet.

"Well looks like someone else is ready for sleep to." I say.

"Yeah, she likes her sleep." She says.

She's one lucky dog. She went from a street dog to having someone care about her so much that she refused to let her go. She's got Phoenix in her paw. As much as I really wasn't wanting another dog, I'm not going to lie, I've gotten used to her company. She's a cute and sweet dog.

"When you begin to feel better, we're going to have to get her some toys and everything else she needs like treats and stuff. We'll also need to get you some clothes and things for your room. I know that this isn't much of your style. It's pretty boring in here. This was a guest bedroom, but it'll be your bedroom now. Unless you want a bedroom upstairs." She says.

"I like this room, it's close to yours." She says.

"Then this will be your room. But we'll have to make it more you, I know this room isn't you at all." I say.

"It's ok."

"No, we're gonna make it you." I say.

She's already had one room that wasn't her, I'm not letting her have another. I want her to be happy and she deserves to be happy. She deserves the world and I may not be able to give it to her, but I will give her everything I can.

"When he took Harley to the vet, was she ok?" She asks.

By "he", she means Max. All Phoenix was worried about in the hospital was Harley so I had max just take her to ten vet to get checked up and make sure everything was ok. It was the only way I could settle her nerves down.

"The vet said she was underweight, but that's something we'll be able to fix. We have her on some good dog food that'll help her get to a good weight. But she doesn't have any broken bones or heartworms or anything else. She's healthy other than her weight." I say.

"Promise?" She asks.

"I promise." I say.

She puts her head on my shoulder and I gently run my fingers through her hair, "How long will it hurt for?" She asks quietly.

I take a deep breath at the question. I wish I could take all the pain she's in. I really do.

"I don't know angel. But we're gonna stay in bed until you aren't in pain. I don't want you moving around and irritating down there, because that's what will happen. It'll only hurt more then. I know it's not too fun to lay in bed all day, but until you're better- that's what we need to do." I say.

She rubs her eyes tiredly before lifting her head to look at me, "I feel a little bit better than before."

"I think your medicine may be starting to help. You're slowly starting to heal." I say.

I'm aware this is gonna take time. The damage done to her was a lot more serious than the doctors thought even after checking her. There's so many stitches down there. But she has so many injuries. More than anyone thought.

"Yeah, I guess." She says quietly.

"It'll take some time sweetheart and I know that's not the answer you want to hear, but we've just got to keep it easy for a bit." I say.

Without the tour, I should be able to keep it easy for her for a while. As far as I know, I don't have any plans either. I'm supposed to be on tour so everything was worked around that. But there is no tour for me so I shouldn't have anything on my agenda.

"I know." She whispers.

I keep up with the small talk until I notice her beginning to drift off into sleep. At that point I just run my fingers through her hair gently. The more I do it, the deeper she falls into sleep. Eventually she falls asleep on my shoulder and I kiss the top of her head.

It's crazy how fast life changes. I didn't expect to adopt Phoenix before this tour, but I did and I don't regret it. I love her so much and I care about her so much. Everything happens for a reason, I firmly believe that. Had Madison not found her YouTube channel I wouldn't have gotten Phoenix out of the hell she was in. She wouldn't be in the safe place she's in now.

I don't really know how I plan on telling my family about Phoenix, but right now, it's not a concern for me. My concern is keeping her happy and healthy. That's all I'm worried about. Telling my family I've adopted her can wait. But I'd be surprised if they haven't figured that out yet. Because I left tour with Phoenix, and as far as they know, she's still with me. Who knows maybe they've put the pieces together themself.

I look up at the ceiling for a bit just thinking about it all before I end up falling asleep myself.