Chapter 42

Sophia's POV ~

I'm still in the hospital... It's been a few days they wanted to watch me and make sure i was okay. The headaches are finally gone, thank god. Neither Dylan or Ryan has left the hospital since i was admitted. The nurses finally made them both leave the room to go to the cafeteria. It was nice to be alone, but it was lonely.

Dylan's POV ~

"You need some sleep dude you look horrible." Ryan said. I haven't really slept. I've just been watching Soph while she sleeps and when she's up we're talking.

"Thanks," i said sarcastically. "I know." I said laying my head on the table.

"Hey boys." Jeff said walking over to us. I sat up. "How much sleep have you gotten?" He asked looking at me.

"Like none..." I said.

"How'd you know we were here?" Ryan asked.

"The nurse told me she sent you here, that you haven't left the room." Jeff said. I put my head back on the table. Slowly i drifted off to sleep not hearing the rest of the conversation.

"Dylan, wake up." I heard Ryan said. I grunted because i didn't feel like moving. "Come on you've been asleep for like 2 hours!" He said

"What?" I jumped up. I saw we were still in the cafeteria.

"Chill you needed to sleep, but we're allowed back in with Soph now." Ryan said.

We were walking back to the room. It was quiet, really quiet. Kind of awkward actually. The cafeteria was on the 2nd floor and Soph was on the 5th.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"About what?" He asked.

"That you want to give up your rights to me?" I asked. Ryan looked at me and then at the floor.

"Yeah, i do." He said chocking on his words. Tears rolled down his cheeks. I saw him rub them away really quickly.

"Thanks." I said, he looked back up to me. He smiled softly and nodded.

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"This food is disgusting." Sophia said pushing her plate away from her.

"Well you have to eat." I said.

"Yeah Soph you're not gonna feel any better if you don't eat." Ryan backed me up.

Tara, Emily and Heather came in. They were dressed in their dance stuff. Tara smiled and took food out of a bag.

"Shhh... I got you." She winked bringing the food over to Soph.

Sophia's POV ~

"Ahh you're the best kid." I whispered giving Tara a hug.

"I know." She laughed.

After i finished eating we all just talked. Emily's mom came and picked her up. So left was Dylan, Ryan, Tara, my mom, my dad, and me. I just want to go home. I hate hospitals so much. I feel so much better now. Apparently my stomach pains are nothing to worry about. Just that i need to start eating differently for the sake of the baby. Don't get me wrong i love kids. I love babysitting and can't wait to have kids of my own. But i'm not ready now. I want to be able to live my life and do the things i want as a teen/young adult. At this point i'm gonna be huge in the middle of the school year! Another thing people can now make fun of me for. People are gonna be like 'Ooo look she's not a virgin anymore, slut.' Because people are cruel.

"Can i just go home?" I asked kind of out of no where because everyone was in their own conversation.

"Soon i would think, we'll ask the nurse when she comes in to check on you." My mom said.

Time passed slowly. The nurses changed shifts and my night nurse came in.

"Do you know when i can leave?" I asked, the nurse chuckled.

"I'll check your papers." She said. She walked over and picked up my file. "It looks like they were gonna have the doctor come talk with you in the morning and discharge you tomorrow afternoon."

"Thanks." I smiled softly, then she left.

"See thats not too bad." Dylan kissed my hand.

"Dylan it's been 4 days of being poked with needles, having tests done, horrible hospital food, and nurses and doctors with cold hands in places you don't want cold hands." I sighed. Dylan shook his head but laughed at the last part of what i said. Ryan got up and left the room. I looked at Dylan who looked just as confused as me. I looked at him and he nodded. Getting up Dylan went in the hallway.

Dylan's POV ~

I got in the hallway and Ryan wasn't there. I walked down to where the floors waiting room was. He was sitting in a chair with his elbows on his knees and his head between his legs with his hands covering his face.

"Ryan?" I said. He looked up at me. He was crying. "Why'd you just leave? And why are you crying?"

"I can't stand to see her like that Dylan. That's my fault. It's my fault she's in here!" He said angrily through tears.

"Ryan this isn't your fault." I said.

"Yes it is! If i hadn't forced her to have sex with me then she wouldn't be pregnant! If she wasn't pregnant she wouldn't have been dehydrated and malnourished. If she wasn't dehydrated and malnourished she wouldn't be in here being poked with needles and being miserable!" He yelled.

"Yeah that is true..." I said.

"See! This is why i'm giving my rights to you! I don't want to hurt her Dylan. I never wanted to hurt her, that was never my plan. But i did and now there's nothing i can do about it." He sobbed.

"Ryan i saw how you acted on drugs and i know how you are without them. You're like 2 totally different people. You never made the choice to purposely hurt Soph, but you did make the choice to do drugs. So don't be mad at yourself for just hurting Soph, be mad that you made a choice where you lost control of yourself. But right now for Sophia's sake you need to pull it together. She needs you now more then ever." I said.

Without talking he got up. We went back to the room. Sophia was saying bye to her parents and sister. I got a text from my mom saying i had to come home. I called her and argued but i had to leave the hospital. Ryan was the only one who was staying the night with Soph.

Sophia's POV ~

It was quiet in the room. Ryan was sitting in the chair by the window. The sun almost fully set. The sky was a dark blue with an orangey, pink bottom that was fading away.

"Y-you can go home if you want." I said. He turned around and looked at me.

"It's okay i'll stay." He smiled faintly.

I patted the bed for him to come sit next to me. He got up and came over to the bed. I was partly sitting up, the bed was tilted upward. His hands were in his lap. I reached down and grabbed his hand. He smiled, we wiggled our fingers around until our hands interlocked. He rubbed circles on the side of my hand with his thumb.

"Thank you for staying." I yawned.

"No problem." He smiled.

The hand he was holding was the one with the IV needle in it. As he circled his thumb he stared at the IV. It looked like he was bothered by it or something. I pulled on his hand a little. He looked up at me. He let go of my hand, then he kicked his shoes off. I scootched over and made room for him to lay down. He sighed as he relaxed on the bed. Keep in mind he's been sleeping in a hospital chair for 4 days.

"Thank you." He chuckled.

"No problem." I smiled. I leaned my head against his shoulder. "Night Ryan."

"Night Soph." Ryan yawned.

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So i lied i'm posting today. Haha! I hope you like this chapter. I feel it really saws a lot and shows a lot of Ryan's character and i really like it. Comment your thoughts!!! ✨ Krissy