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The Start Of A Friendship
Jed and Octavius were outside letting the air out of the tires of Cecil's van. They were almost done with the first, when Jed suddenly lost his grip on the spear and went flying. Octavius thought he would land in the soft snow and be okay, but he was wrong. He watched as Jed went up and was knocked against the van really hard and dropped to the ground. Octavius pulled the spear out of the tire and went over to Jed.
"Jed?" he asked as he knelt beside him.
Jed's eyes fluttered open.
"Octavius?" he whispered obviously in pain.
"I'm right here. Don't worry," Octavius reassured, "where are you hurt?"
"My head hurts a lot. So do my ribs," Jedadiah groaned, "Octavius it's cold. It's really cold."
Octavius took off his cape and wrapped it around Jed. He picked Jed up off the ground and tried to keep him warm.
"Jed why didn't you save yourself like I told you?" Octavius asked.
"I told you I wasn't giving up on you," Jedadiah smiled weakly, "you better get back to getting the air out of the tires."
Jedadiah slipped back into unconsciousness. The two roman soldiers and cowboy that came with them walked over to them. Octavius looked up at them.
"Take him back to the Frontier. He needs medical attention," Octavius instructed.
They picked Jedadiah up gently and rushed him back to the Frontier. Octavius went to the last back wheel and let the air out of it. He went back to the Frontier to check up on Jedadiah. When he got there, the doctor told him that Jed had a few bruised ribs and a slight concussion. Octavius now sat beside an unconscious Jedadiah.
"Jed...I don't know if you can hear me but,... I'm sorry for all those times I fought with you," Octavius apologized, "I really hope when you wake up you can forgive me."
Octavius sat there for a little while until thinking that Larry might need more help. He found the little remote control car and got in . Once figuring out how it worked, he took off to find Larry. He found him outside.
"How can I help Larry?" Octavius asked.
"Where's Jedadiah?" Larry asked.
"He was hurt when we were letting the air out of Cecil's tires," Octavius explanied, "now how can I help?"
Larry explained the plan to Octavius. Octavius took off to cut Cecil off. He was just about to when the car flipped over a mount of snow.
"Forgive me Jed," Octavius whispered.
He passed out.
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Jedadiah began to stir. He felt someone holding his hand lightly and felt someone's presence next to him. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Octavius sitting next to him.
"Octavius?" he asked not believing what he saw.
"Yes Jed it's me. How do you feel?" Octavius asked.
"Dizzy," Jedadiah stated.
It was then Jedadiah noticed Octavius was covered in ash and soot.
"Octavius what happened? Why are you covered in ash and soot?" Jed asked.
"I crashed the remote control thing while trying to help Larry," Octavius explained.
"Are you okay? You aren't hurt are you?" Jedadiah asked trying to sit up.
He soon regretted it. The room spun and he collapsed back down onto the bed.
"Jed you shouldn't try to sit up right now. And don't worry I'm fine," Octavius reassured.
"Are you sure?" Jed asked.
"Yes I'm sure," Octavius smiled weakly.
They sat in silence for awhile. Jed finally broke it.
"Octavius...I'm sorry for always fighting with you," Jed apologized.
"I'm sorry too Jed," Octavius apologized.
"Can we just start over and be friends?" Jed asked.
"Yes we can," Octavius smiled.
Jed and Octavius hugged. It was the beginning to a long and lasting friendship.