which was a lot sooner than she would have figured.
Near the end of the day, Thirteen heard the door to her room crack open and saw Cameron's head peaking in.
"Thought you might be hungry.", explained Cameron, producing a styrofoam food container.
"I'm starving actually.", said Thirteen pulling herself up into a sitting position. She had forgotten that she had absolutely nothing in her stomach due to the fact that it had been pumped that morning. She had been sleeping mostly all day, so the hunger pains hadn't started until now. Cameron sidled into the room, placing the container in Thirteen's lap.
"I didn't know what you liked, so I got you a little of everything. Well, a little of everything that the hospital cafeteria has to offer, so not much really."
Thirteen popped open the container and the smell of food almost made her start drooling. She usually despised the hospitals food, but in this case she was so hungry that it looked like the best food in the world. She grabbed a plastic fork that was in with the food and started shoveling mac and cheese into her mouth. Cameron smiled amusedly and started to back out of the room, "I better go…"
"No, wait.", called Thirteen hurriedly putting the food aside.
Cameron wandered back toward Thirteen, looking curious.
"I wanted to apologize,', Thirteen explained, "I snapped earlier and I…"
"Don't worry about it.", Cameron cut in. "You must be under so much stress right now…"
"That's no excuse to be rude though. I know I can be difficult sometimes, but I don't mean…"
"I know." There was a pause where a glance of understanding passed between the two women. "It's fine. Really."
"Still…forgive me?" Thirteen looked up at Cameron with puppy-dog eyes.
"Of course."
There was another pause broken by the sound of sirens in the distance.
"I really do have to go.", Cameron said backing out of the room again.
"Thanks for the food."
"Anytime."