"Am I dreaming?" he asked and I pinched his arm.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"You know that old saying you can't get hurt in a dream?" I asked looking into those chocolate orbs.

"Yeah. What about it?"

"Well you felt me pinch you right?" I asked smiling the best I could.

"Yes."

"Then you're not dreaming Brian." I said shaking my head weakly.

"I'm so glad you're back Roxy."

"It's good to be back. Where's Lee?" I asked remembering how bad she was.

"She's alright Roxy. She left just a few minutes ago to go to your house and check on the house."

"Did they...get Roe?" I asked again.

"Yes. He pointed his gun at them and they shot him. You won't have to worry about him anymore." I let out a sigh of relief and looked down at my stitched up arms. I felt Brian's hand go around mine and smile down at me.

"Nothing changes. I still love you Roxy."

"I blame myself for what happened Brian...If I had just stayed in Arizona, Lee wouldn't have been hurt like she did." I said looking down.

"Nothing that happened was your fault. Roe made the decision to do all that shit to your house, to threaten you endlessly, kill your boss, and kidnap the both of you."

"I still can't help but feel guilty." I said honestly. It really is all my fault. I mean I could have just stayed and no one else would have been hurt.

"Please don't feel guilty. Why don't you rest and I'll talk to the guys when they get here." I nodded and closed my eyes feeling Brian's hand running through my hair comforting me.

I'm cut up and bruised to a pulp. Brian won't stick around for me...and I know deep down inside he won't. He doesn't want someone like me even before all this shit. I just have too much baggage with everything that's happened. My mother is dead, my ungrateful bastard for a father, and Lee was hurt because of me being involved with him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BRIAN'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I watched her as she slept in peace. It was...absolutely incrediable that she finally woke up. The guys were right all along and I shouldn't have felt the way I did. The miracle it took for her to wake up after everything she went through is incrediable. I looked over at the door as the guys piled into the room.

"How is she Brian?"

"She woke up about 10 minutes ago." I said smiling.

"Are you shitting me?"

"Hell no dude! She fucking woke up and...I know what you guys said was right. She would come back and she would survive." I said looking back over at Roxy as I held her hand.

"Shouldn't you have went to get a doctor or something?"

"I just want her to rest for a while. When she wakes up again, I'll call the doc." I said as they sat down.

"Hell maybe she'll wake up again while we're here."

"There's no maybe Johnny. She will wake up again." I said smiling down at my girl. She's brought the light back into my soul and I don't ever want that light to burn out.

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