Chapter 7: Making Up

I felt horrible. I didn't know where I was, all I knew was that I was in pain. There were people talking around me. I heard someone crying. Why were there people crying? Their voices became jumbled to where I couldn't understand them. I felt like I was floating. Ok I don't like this, I want to go back now...someone please let me come back...

When I opened my eyes I was blinded by a bright light. I winced and the light disappeared. Moze's head was now all I could see. Her eyes were all red and blotchy and there were dried tear track running down her cheeks. I became worried, if something made Moze cry then it meant seriously bad news.

"What's going on? Where are we?" I asked franticly.

"We're at the hospital Ned." She said. "You got sick and I called your parents. Only when they came we couldn't wakr you up." Tears began to flow down her face again. "They took you into surgrey right away. I'm not sure what exactly was wrong, it was something to do with your kidney's I think. I tried to tune them out.We've been here for two days."

My eyes widened. I didn't know what to say. I looked down and slowly lifted up my shirt. Sure enough there was a bandage to the side of my stomach. My breath caught in my throat. "Am-" I took a deep breath, "am I going to be alright?"

Moze nodded weakly. She took my hand in her own and layed her head down face first on my bed. She began to sob. This freaked me out a bit, I'd seen Moze cry, but never like this. I must have really scared her. I squeezed her hand and she looked up at me. "I'm sorry Ned," she began, "I-we thought-I didn't know what was going to happen to you. The doctors said that you were extremely lucky that they caught it when they did." She took a breath and wiped at her eyes with her free hand. "I just hate the fact that I had to think about what my life would be like without you in it. I have to tell you it wasn't pretty."

She had me on the verge of tears. I leaned forward and kissed her on the forhead. "Well you don't have to think about it because I'm here and I'm going to be fine."

She nodded then scoffed. "Look at me, I'm making you comfort me just after you had surgry. I'm such a bad friend."

I shook my head in disagreement. "You're not a bad friend. I mean you even followed me into the boys bathroom." I shot her a sly look.

She giggled. "Um Ned I followed you into the girls bathroom."

I groaned. "Again!" She laughed. "Well what I'm trying to say is that you're the best friend that I could ever have wished for."

She looked like she was about to start crying again. She opened her mouth to say something but my parents walked in. Mom rushed over and pulled me into a bone crushing hug. She crying and blabbering things so fast I couldn't understand what she was saying. I looked at Moze who just winked at me. My stomach did a flip. The doctor came in and began to explain to me what was going on, but I didn't listen. Instead I daydreamed and watched Moze. She kept making silly faces so I had a very hard time paying attention. The only part I heard him clearly on was that I could go home.

After the twenty minute drive well pulled up to my house. On the way I found out that Moze had missed the rest of the school week to sit beside me at the hospital. Dad said that she was there more than him and Mom. I found this oodly comforting. Moze started walking towards her house but I stopped her and asked her to come with me. We lingered in the kitchen long enough to get something to eat and then we rushed, in my case slowly walked, to my room. I plopped down on the bed and Moze sat indian style at the foot of it.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" I asked. She nodded and I picked a random movie. It turned out to be iRobot. She lounged next to me. We didn't get very far into the movie before Moze sighed and turned to look at me.

"Hey I'm sorry."

I raised an eyebrow. "What in the world do you have to be sorry for?"

"I shouldn't have lost it like that. You can't imagine what it was like to sit there beside you and having one of the last things you said to me was that it was all your fault. True you did lose to your emotions, but I didn't handle things any better." She flashed a smile at me. "And you should know that I didn't mean anything that I said to you. I don't hate you, I never will be able to."

I reached over and pulled her down to where she was laying on me. I held her in my arms. "Why did you get so mad. I mean is the idea of me and you together such a horrible idea?" The words flew out of my mouth before I knew what I was saying. I looked down but it looked like she was asleep. Cool, I guess I was off the hook. I focused back on the movie

Just when I thought she was dead asleep, she mubled against my chest. "No...no it's not."

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