Track 17: Another Love - Tom Odell.

Helena was sitting in a wheelchair, she was bawling her eyes out because she was holding her baby for the first time. It was tiny and Helena was absolutely terrified that she could hurt her son accidentally. Benito was standing behind her, his hands placed on her shoulders. Both of them were wearing protective suits and face masks due to the baby still being in intensive care. A nurse was with them, she was supposed to make sure that everything was alright. Helena had spent the past six days in her hospital bed and was very happy that she had finally been able to see her son.

"Did you choose a name yet?" the nurse asked, changing the bedding of the small bed. Helena and Benito had talked about a name and they both had decided on one.

"Angél." he responded, leaning down to place a kiss on Helena's head.

"A beautiful name." the nurse gave back. They two of them were only allowed in the room for about ten minutes, then they had to leave again. Meanwhile her parents had visited Helena as well, Benito had called and informed them. Becky and Karol had also come over, as well as Chris. Helena was constantly tired due to the pain relievers she had to take, so she only ever saw visitors for about an hour. Benito was the only person, she didn't send away. He was worried about her because she barely talked, she didn't want to eat and all she wanted to do was sleep which she couldn't. Ever since the accident had happened, she was suffering from her insomnia again. The only times she did sleep was when her body was so exhausted that she couldn't stay up anymore. Since Benito did not take time off, he wasn't with her all the time.

"I have to meet up with Julio now." he informed her, when he had helped her back into the bed. She just nodded but didn't say anything. Benito sighed, bent down to her and gave her small kiss.

Another week passed by and Helena was finally allowed to go home. Angél had to stay at the hospital for at least two more weeks, so she felt incredibly numb when Chris picked her up. She wasn't talking to him, nor did she even acknowledge him being there. He had made the announcement that the tour dates in the next three month would be postponed. Her broken bones had to heal first, so she didn't mind it. Her heart was aching because she didn't want to leave her son at the hospital but Benito had promised to pick her up to go see him every day. As Chris pulled up in her driveway, she could already see Benito standing next to his Maserati, waiting for them. He walked over to the parking car, opened the door for Helena and helped her out. Chris got out of the car as well and grabbed Helena's bag and her crutches from the trunk. With her broken arm, she could only use one but it was at least better than hopping around on one foot. Chris handed her the one crutch, then walked past Benito and Helena to bring the bag into the house. Benito was supporting her on the way up the stairs. They were slow but he didn't mind as long as she was safe. When they entered her house, Chris was already on the way out again. Benito was directing Helena towards the couch but she pulled towards the piano.

"What's wrong?" he asked concerned.

"Piano." she just said. Benito stared at her, he hadn't heard her voice in almost a week, then he nodded and helped her over to the instrument.

"Can you play for me?" she asked, holding her broken arm up.

"What do you want me to play?" Benito questioned back as he sat down next to her. She told him the notes and he obeyed. After repeating it for three or four times, he was able to play it without her telling him.

"I am unfolding, I am not holding on, shattered in pieces, I am the broken one. If you only knew the chaos inside my head, wish that I could run but I'm just not ready yet." she started singing. She had had this song in her head ever since she had been hospitalised. Benito was carefully listening, as she continued letting her feelings out. His heart was breaking with every single word that came out of her mouth. He hadn't expected her to be hurting like this. When Helena finished, she was shaking, so Benito put his arm around her.

"You need to record this, it's amazing." he mumbled, pulling her into his chest. She slowly nodded against it and closed her eyes. Benito noticed that she wasn't crying, all though she looked like she wanted to. She had no tears left to cry. Helena was exhausted but she was fighting the urge to sleep in that moment. She knew that if she was going to sleep, then she would dream about the accident.

A few days later, she was sitting in front of her phone, doing an instagram live. Benito was with her but he stayed out of the frame of the camera.

"Hi guys." she quietly greeted the people coming into the stream. She waited until enough people were watching until she started talking again.

"So, I'm sure you have already heard about it but we had to postpone the upcoming tour dates because I got into a car accident." she told her audience and held her right arm up as far as she could to show the cast on it.

"I sadly don't know when I'll be able to perform again but don't worry, you don't have to resell the tickets, they stay at value." Helena continued. Benito was looking at the phone screen and could see that her fans were feeling sorry for her. A smile spread across his face because this was the first day since the accident on which she had moved out of bed on her own. Helena was getting better, she had started eating again and she was finally speaking to him again.

"I also have something to announce, since a lot of you guys have been asking for it. I finally managed to get a collaboration with Bad Bunny." she said, suppressing a laugh. Benito looked at her and smiled as well.

"And he's here right now because, you know, I can't leave the house at the moment." Helena continued and turned the camera towards him. Benito waved at the live stream. Someone asked if the song was going to be in Spanish and he responded:"It is going to be in Spanish, yes." Helena smiled at him and nodded. After she had shown him the song on the piano, he had helped her into her little home studio to record it and while doing so, Benito had written down some lyrics himself. Helena had told him that she had wanted to ask him for a while now but she had always shied away from that idea. The two of them were now talking to her live stream, occasionally answering questions. One of the most frequent asked questions was if they were dating and Benito was the one that at some point moved closer to Helena. As much as he wanted to announce it, he decided against it - they needed to talk to their managements first. For the first time in weeks, he saw Helena smile again and that was when he realised that she was stronger than anyone he had ever met in his life. It made him fall for her even more and the live chat could definitely see that.

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