(ΘεΘ;)
Peep.
Peep.
Peep.
Peep.
Peep.
I slowly awoke to the sound of beeping.
It was extremely loud in my ears.
The walls were a bright white.
I was in a bed.
In the hospital.
"Ande...How're you?"
Ande whispered a reply to me.
I could hear the joy in my voice.
He was relieves I awoke.
"E-Ethan." I called out, turning my head to the side.
Ethan pulled the blue curtain aside.
Our eyes locked.
"Oh my god! J!" He laughed in relief.
He jumped over to me and embraced me in a warm hug.
"I thought we'd lost you. You've been out for so long." He cried into my shoulder.
"Benny! She's fine!" He yelled to the door.
Benny was suddenly standing on my other side.
Both of the boys had tears stained on their faces.
"Boy, am I glad." Benny said in a hoarse voice.
"What of Zacchino...?" I asked, my voice filled with hoarseness.
"When the police showed up, he slit his own throat. No second though, no hesitation. It was horrible." Ethan explained, tightly grasping my hand.
"Owowow." I hissed at the tightness of Ethan's grip.
He loosened.
"Sorry."
I spotted several strips of bandages wrapped around various parts of Ethan and Benny's bodies.
"Seems like you guys got a little banged up too, huh?" I laughed.
"Yeah. Dude takes a wicked swing." Benny joked, a sense of humor in his voice.
A doctor strolled in.
"Ok, boys. I've got to take her blood pressure." She told Ethan and Benny.
They nodded and left the room.
The doctor turned to me.
"How're you feeling, J?" She asked, wrapping the black band around my arm.
"A lot better." I nodded with a smile.
"That's good to hear."
The doctor began squeezing the pressure pump.
The black band tightened around my arm.
The doctor read the readings and deflated the band.
"You were lucky the ambulance arrived to quickly. Another minute and you would have died." She told me, winking.
I just sighed.
"You'll be fine. You just need some rest."
I nodded.
The doctor left.
Benny and Ethan rushed back in again.
Ethan petted back my hair.
I saw more tears on his face.
"I love you. The both of you. You two are amazing friends." I told them, smiling bright.
"And we, you, J." Benny nodded.
"Has Sarah, Rory, or Erica heard about my condition?" I asked.
"Yeah. Sarah should be coming by soon." Benny nodded again.
There was the usual sudden gust of wind.
Sarah appeared.
"Oh my god, J!" She cried.
She hugged me tightly.
"Are you going to be fine?" She asked, tears in her eyes.
"Yeah. I just gotta rest here for a couple days." I nodded, smiling crooked.
"So glad you're fine. I'm sorry I wasn't there to help with Zacc." Sarah apologized.
"Don't be. You couldn't have known." I shook my head.
"Hey! At least you get out of school for a while!" Benny laughed.
"Hehe. Yeah." I smiled even brighter.
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Visiting hours were soon over and Ethan, Benny, and Sarah left.
I was alone in my room, the blue curtain surrounding my area.
I heard the door open slowly.
"Yes?" I asked out, sitting up.
The curtain swished to the side.
The boy who gave me the ceramic figure stood there, holding said ceramic figure.
"W-why are you here?" I asked, blinking.
"You forgot to take this with you. It's an important part of your recovery." The boy nodded, resting the figure next to me.
He left before I could ask his name.
(ΘεΘ;)
"What's this thing doing here?" Benny asked, picking up the statue.
"I don't know. The guy who gave it to me came here last night and dropped it off." I shrugged.
"How did he get in? He would have tripped an alarm." Ethan wondered.
"Maybe he's a ghost." Benny suggested, spooky.
"No other way he could have gotten in without proper authorization." I shrugged again.
"What is so important about this, anyway?" Ethan asked, taking it from Benny and examining it.
"Maybe it will play an important part in our lives." I thought aloud.
"Perhaps..."
(ΘεΘ;)
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