He's Moving In // Braddison

Fifteen.

~ addison pov

Day 12. Yup, Day 12 of Bryce being in a coma. He had another surgery last night to lower the swelling in his brain. His surgeons believed that there was a huge probably of him waking up today.. which meant I wasn't going anywhere. If he was to wake up, I wanted to be right by his side when he did.

By my side, I had Lisa who had been here all day. Mads and Jaden had just walked in with dinner.. Griffin, Josh and Dixie walking in right behind them. We were all able to spend dinner together, all of them also impatiently waiting for Bryce to wake up. The day was ending and time wasn't slowing down.. come on Bryce, we are all waiting for you.

As it hit 9pm, the nurse came in to remind us of the limit in visitors. At night, only two visitors were allowed.. which was always me and one other person accompanying me. Nobody had scheduled themselves to sleep over tonight because Bryce was supposed to be awake by now.. but Mads decided she would stay, telling me she would never leave me alone.

I thanked her before we both had to say our goodbyes to everyone. "I can drop stuff off for you?" Jaden offered, but Mads shook her head, telling him that it was only one night. "Okay, i'll pick you up tomorrow morning.." he said, kissing her forehead before hugging me goodbye.

We hugged Lisa and my father as well, both of them having to go home. "If he wakes up, please call me.." Lisa asked of me. I nodded, even though I was beginning to lose hope. We had waiting for him all day.. how was it that he still wasn't awake? But I didn't show my doubts to Lisa, she needed everyone to be strong for her. So I promised her I would, telling her to be alert all night.. even though I probably wouldn't be calling tonight..

As everyone left, Mads and I cuddled on the couch, watching Netflix on my laptop. Some Vampire Diaries was exactly what I needed right now. Maybe having to hear us argue about whether Damon or Stefan was better, was exactly what Bryce needed to hear to finally wake up.

I was team Damon by the way.. the hot bad boy, of course that was what I was attracted to. I had picked Bryce after all, hadn't I?

After watching a couple of episodes, we were both exhausted. I slid into bed with Bryce, cuddling up to him. I listened to his heartbeat like I did every night.. but tonight, it just made me more emotional than usual. I couldn't help the tears that began to roll down my face.

Mads immediately came to my side, taking me into her arms. I cried on her, barely being able to control my breathing as I felt like I was completely losing it. "Let it out babe.." she whispered, rubbing my back as she just let me cry.

These past few days.. I had been given this timeline and hope that he would wake up today. I was given this new positivity and something to look forward to. But it felt like all of that was just snatched from me today. He didn't wake up.. he had absolutely no activity today.. why? Was he never going to wake up?

Thinking of this just made me cry more. Mads moved me onto the couch, letting my head rest on her lap as she moved her fingers through my hair. "I know I can never understand how you are feeling Addison, but don't give up on him yet, I am sure he is fighting his hardest to come back to you." she said to me.

That belief that he was, was the only thing that kept me going. I sat up, looking at him and kneeling down next to his bed. I took his hand in mine, beginning to pray. Mads kneeled next to me, praying with me. She had actually been the one who brought me a bible, telling me to never lose faith in God. I wasn't big into religion, but being in this moment, he was the only one who I felt I could turn to.

So I prayed. I prayed for Bryce.. for his health and his return to us. I knew that God always had a plan for everything, but now more than ever I had to believe that he was on our side. Bryce was too young to be taken from us, he still had so much life left to live.. with me.