My eyes fluttered open, only to be greeted by five other pairs looking right at me.

"You're awake!" Sam greeted me.

"How long have I been asleep?"

"Well you've been here for two days, now. You must've been pretty tired, because you've been sleeping pretty much the whole time."

"Oh."

"The doctor came in earlier. He said you would be able to go home today."

"Have you guys been here the whole time?"

"We've each been checking in on you periodically. When Sam came in this morning to check on you, he found out you'd be able to go home today, so we all came down to see you out of this place." Matt said.

"Oh." Just then, the doctor came in the room.

"Bradley, nice to see you are awake. These fine young men have been waiting patiently all day for you to wake and go home. I just came in to tell you that you are free to go home. Would you like one of the nurses to grab a wheelchair for you, or do you feel able to walk?"

"No wheelchair necessary, if she can't walk, one of us can sling her over a shoulder." Jimmy piped in. The doctor laughed, as I gave Jimmy a dirty look.

"Well however you decide to leave, we just need you to stop in at the nurse's station. My nurse Bekah will be there to check you out. Oh, and Bradley, the tests came back clean, we couldn't find anything wrong, so there's some good news." Dr. Howell smiled at me.

"Okay. That's great. Thanks, Dr. Howell for everything." We shook hands, and he left the room.

"Alright so whose shoulder are we using?" Jimmy said. I swung my legs to the side of the bed, and Sam and Johnny came over to help me up. "Darn, I guess you can walk, slightly. Maybe next time." He winked at me. I stuck my tongue out at him. We all left the hospital, after checking in with Bekah at the nurse's desk. She gave each of the guys stern orders to take care of me. Ha.

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We arrived back at the house and everyone started to file out of Matt's SUV.

"Hello, a little help here!" I yelled to them.

"Oh yeah, princess needs help!" Jimmy yelled back.

"You guys go ahead and go in, I'll help her." Brian said, and we were left alone, as the rest of the guys hustled into the house. He came over and helped me out of the vehicle.

"Look Bradley, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you at all, in any way."

"I hope you don't expect me to say that everything is fine Brian, because it's not."

"I know that."

"I lost my child, I almost lost my life in the process. It isn't completely your fault. I was stupid, I never should've went over there, he almost killed me, only because I was pregnant with his child, and he wanted nothing to do with either of us." Tears started to form in my eyes, and cascade down my cheeks.

"I'm so sorry." Brian almost whispered, coming closer to me. I leaned into him, and he hugged me close to his chest, as I wept. "Come on, let's get you inside." He said after a while.

"I don't want to be alone, Brian. I can't handle all of this alone." He helped me inside of the house. Surprisingly, no one was in sight. He lead me up to my room, and helped me to the bed, where he sat with me. "I'm sorry."

"You have no need to be sorry, Bradley. I wish I could take back what I said to you, and hurting you. I'm sorry. You're not a slut, Bradley, I was wrong." I looked up at him, tears still in my eyes. He caught my eyes, then leaned in to kiss me. It was so sweet and gentle, I'd never seen this side of Brian before. I pulled away, and we looked at each other, before kissing again, slightly more passionately. I didn't even think about Matt, as I kissed Brian. All I could think about was how good it felt to have someone that cared.