"When can I be released out of this hell hole?" Linay asked.
"In a few hours, I think. They want to make sure that you're stable. Which is pretty weird if you ask me, you've been here for 3 days and still the same as you were when you woke up," I said. She nodded.
"I know right? It's like they don't trust me or something," She said. I gave her a look.
"Well, I don't exactly trust you after the stunt you pulled," I claimed. She rolled her eyes.
"Like I would ever do that again," Linay said. I shrugged.
"I don't know that, and neither does the hospital," I replied.
"Well they should know that," She said. Randy, Wade, and Justin came back from getting food for us. Wade kissed Linay and gave her food. Oh yeah, they're together now. I still don't know what she's planning. Randy won't even tell me what she told him.
Justin and I were still pretty cool after the whole almost kissed incident. We didn't tell anyone of course. I'm pretty sure that Randy would've killed him. Linay would've told him that I loved him. And Wade probably would've laughed. Yeah, I don't have exactly the greatest friends in the world. But, they are my best friends.
We ate in silence before Linay broke it.
"You know, if McDonalds ever sold hotdogs, could you, with a straight face, order a McWeiner and then tell them to supersize it?" She asked. I burst out laughing and so did everyone else.
"Where the fuck did THAT question come from?" Randy asked.
"I dunno, I just randomly thought of it," She replied. I rolled my eyes playfully.
"I wonder what else goes on in the perverted mind of yours," I laughed.
"You know, sometimes I don't even know myself," She said. I punched her arm.
"Christmas is coming up you know!" I excitedly said.
"Really? What's the date?" Justin asked. I looked at my phone.
"The 22nd," I informed him.
"Really? Damn, I haven't even started my shopping yet," Wade said.
"Yeah, me neither. Hey I have an idea! Why don't we go to the mall after Linay gets out of the hospital today!" I suggested. They all agreed.
"Okay!" Linay agreed happily. I could tell that she wanted to get out of the hospital really soon.
"I'll go ask if you can be released," I said.
"I'll go with you," Justin said. I shrugged and we walked out of the room. We walked in silence for a while until Justin asked me a question.
"Have you ever had a boyfriend before?" He suddenly asked. It took me back.
"Uh, that's kind of random," I said.
"Sorry, I guess it's kind of personal. I shouldn't have asked," He said and blushed.
"No, no, it's fine. I've had a few. All were complete jerks that cheated on me. They just used me for their "needs". But, they all landed in the hospital," I said.
"Why?"
"Randy put them there," I grinned. He chuckled.
"Nobody wants to mess with The Viper's baby sister."
"Yeah, so that's why I kind of went ballistic on Wade. We've both been through those kind of relationships. Not a fun thing to go through," I said.
"Yeah, I know how you feel," He sadly said.
"I'll bitch slap Kelly next time I see her, okay?" I smiled. He laughed.
"I would like to watch," He chuckled. We finally found the doctor.
"Hey doc, I was wondering when Linay Juarez can be released," I said. He looked over his clipboard.
"Actually, she can be released now, just fill out these papers and you'll be out of here," The doctor smiled. I smiled back at him and skipped off.
"Lily! Wait! It's unmanly for a guy to skip!" Justin shouted at me. I giggled.
"Oh really? We'll you'll just have to catch me, for me to stop!" I shouted back at him and skipped faster. I was almost to Linay's door until a pair of arms wrapped themselves around my waist.
"Gotcha!" Justin said. I tried to squirm out, but he just held tighter. He started tickling me and I laughed uncontrollably. I turned around to face him. I was shocked about how close his face was. I looked at his eyes and then his lips. He started to lean in…
"Hey, what did the doctor say- Whoa! Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt," I heard Wade snicker. We pulled away immediately, our faces beet red. Damn it! So close, yet so far.
"Whoa, I've never seen Justin so red before," Wade laughed. We both glared at him and I pulled him out of the room.
"Wade, whatever you do, DON'T tell Linay or Randy about what almost happened, or I'll make sure you'll NEVER have children," I threatened.
"Why can't I tell them?" Wade questioned.
"Do I really need to tell you?"
"Good point, alright, I won't tell," He promised. I patted him on the head.
"Good boy!" I cooed. He rolled his eyes and we walked back into the room.
"The doctor said we can leave now, so go change while I fill out the release papers," I said. Linay clapped her hands like a 2 year old and disappeared into the bathroom. I chuckled and started filling out the papers.
Linay emerged just as I finished filling the last form out.
"Alright, we're ready to go!" I excitedly said. We all cheered and went to the front desk. I gave the elderly receptionist the papers.
"You can go now. Good bye dears!" She said politely. I smiled at her and we went out the front door. Linay dropped to her knees and held her arms out to the sky.
"I'm free! I'm free!" She yelled. I laughed.
"Do not kiss the ground Linay Juarez!" I said.
"Geez, where did you get that idea?" She replied.
"Oh please, I saw you lower your head. I knew what was going to happen," I said.
"Do you have any idea how wrong that sounded?" Linay retorted. I thought about it then laughed.
"You have a dirty mind," I said.
"And you don't?"
"I never said I didn't," I replied and helped her off the ground. The guys just watched the whole thing in amusement.
"What?" We asked together. They just shook their heads.
"Oh nothing, let's just get to the mall," Randy said. We shrugged and made our way to the car.
"Okay, so this is how it's going to work. We'll write our names down and put it in this hat," I said holding up a random hat. "And then, one of us will draw one name and that will be our partner for the next half-hour. Then, we can meet somewhere and draw a new name. We keep doing that until we've bought presents for everyone. Got it?" I said. They nodded.
"But there's five of us," Linay said.
"Then one of us will draw 2 names," I suggested. They agreed and we arrived at the mall. I wrote all our names down and put them in the hat.
"'I'll draw 2 first," I said. I stuck my hand in the hat and drew two names.
Randy and Wade.
"Randy! Wade! Get your asses here and let's go shopping!" I yelled. I realized that Justin and Linay were partners. Oh shit.
I pulled Linay to the side. "Please don't tell him ANYTHING," I pleaded. She took her hand and pretended to zip them and throw away the key. I hugged her and we were off.
"Where should we go first?" Randy asked. I shrugged.
"I dunno, how about Hot Topic?" I suggested. They agreed and we set off. This must look really weird. A 5'5 girl with her 6'3 brother and 6'4 best friend.
"What does Justin like?" I asked Wade.
"Pretty much anything. Especially if it's made out of fur," Wade said. We both snickered. Randy looked at us confused.
"When Linay and I were snooping through their stuff, we looked on their laptop and Justin was shopping for Men's Fur Coats," I laughed. Randy chuckled.
"Maybe John was right, he does have an alternative way of thinking," Randy said. I punched him in the arm.
"Justin is NOT gay!" I defended him.
"Lily, he wears pink!" Wade said.
"On RARE occasions. Besides, what if he was? Would he be more or less of our best friend?" I said. "I mean really, you two are really immature," I said and stormed off. I felt really strongly about that. I was easily offended by it. I heard them sigh and run up to catch me.
"We're sorry, we shouldn't of made fun of him," Randy said, obviously ashamed. I hugged them both.
"It's alright, just don't do it again," I said. They nodded and we continued shopping.
After a half an hour, we met back at the car so we could put our bags away.
"Alright! I'll pull my partner," I said. I stuck my hand in and pulled out a name.
Justin.
