Chapter Five: Night Adventure

'Liv, wake up!' I hear a voice whisper. I see a shadow hanging over me. I open my eyes a little more and I see June standing next to my bed. 'What's up?' I ask. My voice is a little hoarse because I just woke up. 'I need your help.' June says. 'You need my help at *I watch at the clock* 2:55 AM, seriously June.' I say yawning. 'Yeah, I do. Look, Pete his birthday is tomorrow, ehh I mean today. We thought it would be an awesome idea to surprise him with some decorations.' She says. 'And we have to do that now in the middle of the night?' I ask. 'Come on Liv, Aren't you in for a little adventure?' She says teasingly like if I'm scared.

'Are you scared to get caught or something?' She laughs. 'No, why would I be?' I say and I try to act cool and hide that inside of me I have to admit I am a little bit scared. Maybe not of get caught by the nurses but that me or June get sick because of being too much active in the middle of the night. It was my first treatment and doctor Johnson said that chemo cost a lot of energy for your body to handle with. 'So, get your clothes on, I'll be outside. You have five minutes to getting ready.' She says as she waits outside my room for me.

I pick a black oversized sweatshirt it has the words 'sleepy head' on. I choose a blue jeans to wear, because it's the first jeans I see in my wardrobe. I put my old red all-stars on and I quickly get my hair in a ponytail as I walk out of my room. Luckily I'm not attached to a heart monitor anymore, because if I was it would've start beeping as crazy. 'Do you have the decorations with you?' I ask I try to hide that I am kind of nervous. 'I do, don't be that nervous. Jesus, you look like a little five-year-old girl that a is going to take some candy without asking her mum if she is allowed to.' June tells me.

As we walk trough the corridors on our way to Petes room we see a couple nurses sitting at the nurses station talking. They probably heard something because they are looking around suspiciously. 'Liv, hide!' June whispers. I look around to see where the best spot is to hide. In the corridors of the pediatric wing is not much the use for hiding. There is a gurney at a wall, but I can't go hide behind that, because they'll see me within a second. I look further, I see a bin. Unfortely it is too small for me too hide. June whispers, a bit louder this time. But still not loud enough to get heard by all the nurses or doctors walking around. 'Hide now, a doctor is coming your way!' She says. Then when I fast look around for a better place to hide I see where I actually am. I'm almost at Abigails room. I can go there, it is just five footsteps away from me. I start to take for a run. I stay as low to ground as I can and I reach her room. I hope that I don't wake Abby. But it's too late Abby stirs and her eyes flutter open.

'Liv, what are you doing here?' She asks sleepy. ' I explain it you later, please stay quiet. I don't want to get caught by one of the night nurses.' I whisper. I hide myself behind the purple chair in her room. I see the nurse walk in the direction of me. My breathing goes faster and faster. When she comes in the room I hold my breath. Wishing that Abby will pretend that she's asleep. She does. The nurse checks the monitor and gives the room a last look before she walks away, back to the nurses station. I breathe out. Thank god, I didn't got caught for now.

'So, tell me.' Abby asks. 'June had the idea to decorate Petes room because his birthday is today. I first said no, because who does that in the middle of the night!' I tell her. 'But then I thought, why not.' I explain. 'June mentioned that I remember, I didn't thought she would do that at 3 AM!' 'Anyways, can I help?' Abby asks. 'If you don't mind, sure.' I say. I text June. 'Abs wants to help us. I think we can use her help, right?' I text to her. Within a minute I get a text back. 'Yeah, she can help. We meet outside at 3:25 AM.' I read.

'June says you're in.' I tell Abby. 'Cool, I will get myself dressed then.' She says. I turn around so Abbigail can dress herself while I wait for her to be done. She is dressed within two minutes and we walk together to where June is waiting for us. 'The more people, more fun.' June smiles. The room of Pete is like 20 steps away from us so we reach it within three minutes. We sneak in to his room quietly. 'Okay, I do the birthday flags. Abs, you can blow some balloons and Liv you can write the birthday card.' June says when she gives us the tasks to do.

While June and Abby doing their thing I ask myself what to write for Pete. I have to come up with something fun and kind. Something special for him. I start writing. 'Dear Pete, happy birthday. Today you will start your sixteenth year of life. It will be a beautiful, crazy and the coolest day you'll ever have. I promise. We are so glad that we had the chance to meet you. I mean, it would be better outside this crappy place, of course. But thank you for being you. We love you! Love, June, Abby, Brandon and Liv.' I write.

'I am done.' I say. At the same time June and Abigail are done too. So we decide to go to our rooms to get some sleep. It's 4:17 AM now and the nurses will wake us at seven for breakfast so we have less than three hours of sleep. From the room of Pete it's like two corridors away where we have our hospital rooms.

We made it through the first corridor without someone who saw us. We're almost through the second corridor where I can see my own room which is like 10 metres away from me, when I hear someone clearing his throat. I turn around and see our doctor. We almost made it without getting caught. Shit..

Authors note: Sorry for this short and shitty chapter. Comment please if you like it. I love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for you guys who reading my story!