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Ally's POV
The tour had ended almost three hours ago. Austin had been a great guide, and I found myself laughing and smiling along with him. His cheerful attitude and hilarious commentary was contagious, after all. Austin is outgoing, friendly, and absolutely sweet. The blond was completely different from me, yet we clicked.
Shaking my head, I looked around my hospital room. My eyes landed on a brown slip of paper. A combination of letters and numbers was hastily scrawled in blue ink.
"And then we had a pancake fight!" Austin told me as I took a bite of my food. Hm, canteen food's not that bad.
I scoffed. "How does that even work?"
"It's easy! All you need to do is-"
"Ally Dawson?"
I turned to see the previous nurse behind us, with a bit of a relieved look in her eyes.
"I'm afraid I'll have to interrupt." The nurse eyed both Austin and Ally sitting at the little plastic cafeteria table. "Ally, you need to retire to your room and get some rest. We don't want too much strain on your body."
"Oh." I realized with a start that I couldn't really spend all day hanging out with Austin. I turned to him. "So, I guess I'll see you around?..."
He nodded with a grin. "I look forward to it!"
The nurse rolled my wheelchair towards the door of the cafeteria as I was left with my thoughts. They were interrupted when a sudden "Wait!" came from behind us.
"A-ally!" Austin jogged over with a ripped piece of the standard paper napkin. His face a light shade of pink, he handed me it. "I thought-you know, if you can't find me or you just want to talk...you could come over to my room. N-not that you have to come to my room! You could get someone to make a call directly to my room too." He stuttered a bit and grew even more flustered as he realized how absolutely scandalous his words were.
I smiled. "Thanks."
And with that, the nurse went on with taking me to my room. I let out a sigh and brought a hand to my face.
My cheeks were warm, and undoubtedly blushing.
My head leaned back into the pillow. I was exhausted from such an exhilarating day. As much as I liked being with Austin, the condition of my body made me even more weary.
"Ally!~" A very familiar voice resonated from the doorway.
I blinked in surprise. "Trish? Oh my god, you're here!"
My best friend brought an object from behind her back and chimed, "With a gift, too. I brought you your favourite!"
"Pickles!" The jar was put safely on my side table. "Thank you so much, you have no idea how much I have missed these."
"No problem, I got it from my new job." She shrugged. Her tone then turned more serious. "How are you?"
I gave her what I hoped was a reassuring smile. "I'm fine. The doctor says they need to keep track of how I'm doing. I should be released in a couple of days, but I still need to do some physical training to fix my legs. Might be a while before I can get back my strength."
"I'm glad. When I heard what happened I expected the worse and if-"
"It's okay, Trish. I'm all good so there's nothing to be worried about."
She seemed to lighten up after that. "Right then! When you get better, we'll throw a big party or something in Sonic Boom. It's going to be awesome. Music, cak-"
Some things will always be the same. "Better get that. It may or may not be your boss."
"I'll see you later then, Ally! Get better!"
I waved to her as she left the room. "What do you mean" echoed off the walls of the corridor. I released a fond chuckle as I picked up my songbook from the side table. My mind was much more at ease when then this morning while I wrote a new song. My room was filled with the sound of my composing of a new song full of inspiration. What was this song about? Uncertainty, new people, and friendships.
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