AN: I'm off today to help babysit my niece and nephew while they go and have their Christmas pictures taken, so I wanted to get a chapter up before I left. And sorry that it's been a few days, but after the show I was in ended, I've been catching up on my sleep. And floors? Not that comfortable to sleep on, LOL.

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When Gabby awoke the next morning, everything seemed blurry. She looked to her right, and a figure came in focus. There, right next to her bed, stood Piper, looking down at her worriedly.

Gabby couldn't help but smile. She tried to suppress it, but she couldn't any longer. "Hey," Gabby whispered.

Piper smiled, breathing in a sigh of relief. "Your okay," she said, her eyes tearing up.

Gabby looked at the young girl in confusion. "What made you think that I wouldn't be okay?"

Piper wiped away a tear with the back of her hand. "Well, you slept all day yesterday, even after your surgery."

Gabby shrugged. "I think that's normal. Plus, I remember once that they gave me some medicine. I don't remember anybody else in the room, though. Just the nurse."

Piper nodded in understanding, then she leaned over the railing. "Can I see it?"

Gabby's mind clouded with confusion for a moment. "See what?"

"The catheter, silly," Piper replied with a small smile, then looked apprehensive. "If I'm going to have to get one, then I might as well get used to the idea. You lived after having it done, so I'm not as worried about that part. I just want to see what it looks like."

Gabby nodded, knowing if it was the other way around, that Piper would help her out. She pulled down her hospital gown, wincing in pain. Gabby couldn't see as good, but Piper could see where the incision was made, and where it was red and blotchy and bruised. Gabby then pulled out the three tubes that were connected to veins in her chest to show Piper.

"It's just like the IV's we had, only more and they're not in are arms," Gabby explained. Piper held up her arm, which still had the heparin lock in it, but at the moment was not connected to the IV. She held it next to Gabby's tubes, and sure enough, they looked the same. "Cool," Piper pronounced. "Only, you do have more."

"Yeah," Gabby said with a shrug, then admitted, "I'm not really sure why, though."

That was when Gabby turned her head and looked around the room. Her mother and father weren't in there, and her face crunched up in confusion. Piper saw this, and walked over to the other side of Gabby's gurney, taking her hand. "They went for coffee," Piper said, patting her best friend's hand. "They told me to call then when you woke up. Would you like me to call them?"

Gabby smiled in thoughtfulness, then shook her head. "No. They just need a little break. When they come back, then they can know I'm awake."

With that, then two girls smiled. Piper helped sit Gabby up in her bed and pulled a chair over for her to sit in. Then the two girls played cards and other different games, their lilting laughter filling the oncology floor's hallways."

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Author's Note: Again, sorry it was so short, but I have a reason to end it there, and you will see why in the next chapter. Please review, as my reviews help keep me motivated, and another chapter will be up soon. ~*MISSY*~