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Hello :) Really people?!? 276 Reads? I think Im way too happy about this, but thats 40 more reads than last time!!! 40 Reads in 2 days! I love you guys. Keep doing what your doing!

I realized I had lacked the common sense to call my parents. They are probably furious right about now. They have absolutely no idea where I am, and they are probably panicing. I took out my phone, and called home. My mom answered.

"Hello? Jesse?"

"Uh, Hi mom."

"WHERE ARE YOU?" She demanded

"At the hospital" I replied

"I swear to goodness boy, you better have a good excuse for this."

Oooh. bringing out the religious swears. way to go mom..

"I saw my friend get attacked, and now he is in the hospital. I rode in the ambulance on the way up with him, and forgot to call you. I am so sorry."

"You just forgot? How do I know you weren't off doing something?

"Because mom, you can hear the P.A. system of the hospital right now."

"Oh... Well that makes it better, but don't think that just because you did the right thing, you shouldn't have called us. we have been worried sick all day! What if some nasty fag kidnapped you and raped you?"

Ouch.

"Well, I'm okay, so you don't need to worry. And mom, since tomorrow is Saturday, I can get permission from Spenser's parents to stay in the hospital with him. Is that okay?"

"Why do you care so much  about him in the first place?"

"uhh.. I just thought I should do the right thing. Also, could you run up to the theatre on E 900 by liberty park and get my car? Im worried about leaving it there overnight.

"Sure thing. And I guess its okay with me as long as Spenser's parents are cool with it. Keep me posted as too when you are going to come home. And please be careful, and dont do anything that could get you in trouble."

"Ok mom. Love you. bye."

"Love you too sweetie. Bye."

Click

Why do people always say "Love you" when you end a phone call, or say goodbye even if its just for school? It seems like some people have a terrifying paradigm that if that was the last time they ever saw you, and somthing terrible happened and you died, they want to ease their conscience knowing the last thing they said to you was "I love you"... People are weird.

My train of thought was interrupted by the sound of the door. Spenser's parents. This should be fun. His mom was in tears, and his dad looked like he was close.

I stood up. Part because of habit, the other because of respect.

"Hi, Im Jesse, uh, I called you earlier".

His mom immediately pulled me into a tight hug.

"Thank you so much. I don't know what would have happened to my baby if you weren't there. Any news?" She asked.

"Nothing yet. They just took him in."

They sat down next to each other, and we started talking. They were very nice people. I enjoyed them more than I thought I would. At some point, I casually asked them if I could stay the night up here, and they said abolutely.

After a few hours of small talk, at exactly 11:32 PM, The doctor came out and told us to follow him into a room. He showed us a few EXTREMELY complex pictures and X rays of Spencer.

"He is pretty beat up. He has broken ribs, A concussion, cuts, bruises, and a few other minor things. The only thing that we are worried about is a rare type of psychostimuli that will cause him to appear to have multiple personality disorder. Don't worry, its only temporary, and is only set off by things that stimulate that memory. Make sure to keep him under close watch. We don't want him making any irrational decisions.Luckily for him, This young boy was here to save him. I doubt he would be alive if it wasn't for this man." he said, gesturing to me.

His parent sighed. His mom hugged me again.

"Spencer has been moved to psychiatric care. Room 417. Ill call a nurse to bring you up. Oh, and by the way, Spencer is asleep, and when he wakes up, he will be a little hazy from all the anesthetics we gave him."

The doctor turned to the phone, and called a nurse to come take us up. Within 2 minutes, a nurse came in to take us up. She was wearing purple scrubs, and seemed very nice.

After presenting multiple ID's, and Spenser's parents signing for me, she led us through a maze of hallways, elevators, and ramps, talking the whole time. She pointed out floor maps along the way, and other important things.

When we reached his room, there was another nurse sitting in there, just to watch him. A little creepy, but nice to know that he wasn't just alone in there. He was still asleep, but moved every few minutes.

Both nurses left, after the parents thanking them over and over. He was hooked up to a few machines, all leading to a complex machine. I saw his heartbeat. It too was beautiful. Yes even a green line jumping up and down can be beautiful, because it belongs to Spencer.

Only one person was allowed to stay in his room overnight. His parents both at the exact same time agreed that it should be me. I was so confused. Did they not care about him? They were very nice people, but I dont know why they would give up their spot for me.

His parents left to go downstairs to a room of their own where they could sleep.

After telling me goodnight, and to call them up if I needed anything, they left.

I lazily walked over to Spencer, and looked down at him. He looked WAY better. he had a few bandages, and a set of stitches, but other than that, he looked fine. I reached down and touched his fingertips.

I pulled up the cot, and raised it up to the same height as his bed so I could watch him all night. I located the emergency button to be safe, took off my shoes, and laid down.

He started to move again

"Hey" I called, a little softly but enough to wake him up if he was in a light sleep.

His eyes opened, and he looked confused. He squinted, and tried to sit up. He flinched, and let out a cry, and laid back down. I was on my feet, helping to lower him back down before I knew it.

"Don't move, its okay. Your in the hospital. David beat you up, Remember? You have stitches there, and a broken rib. Try to stay still and conserve your energy."

"He let out an almost silent "Ok" and then let his head back on his pillow. After a few minutes of making sure he was asleep, I laid down again, and intertwined my fingers with his.

His heartbeat spiked.

I enjoyed writing this chapter :) Not so much the revising of it... Anyway, I changed a few things in previous chapters, so there is a few days between first meeting and this. Thanks so much for reading. you guys really mean the world to me. Vote, Comment, Message, Reccommend, Ask for dedications, And Stay awesome!

"If we werent in the show starting right away, we would be in the audience too".

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