Chapter 53-Going Home
Benny P.O.V
I was soo happy to have her home again.
The next morning she was out of the hospital, and we were all gathered at my house to celebrate. As soon as Demi walked through the door with my mom, we all jumped out and yelled, "Surprise!" we had balloons and confetti everywhere, and cake in the kitchen. Demi smiled at all of us and leaned against the wall. "Aww thanks guys." She said quietly, since her voice was really hoarse. I ran forward and gave her a big hug, everyone else following my lead.
"Its been so lonely without you!"
"School sucks."
"Are you gunna-"
Demi put her hand up to all of us, making us be quiet. "I'll answer questions later, I just really want cake right now." We laughed and lead her to the table and my mom got out a knife. The cake said "Get better soon!" on it, and I saw Demi smile. "Thanks again guys, it means a lot." She said to us, and Ham blushed. "It was nothing…took a lot of calls and bike riding, but it was all worth it." he said, and we all tried to hide in our laughter. Ham was the one who called everyone, and me and Smalls were the ones who rode our bikes around town the whole day.
"Sure Ham."
"Anyway…lets eat!"
I liked the sound of that.
We all sat down, me on Demi's right side, and Riley on her left with Smalls sitting next to her. Everyone in the room was smiling, especially Demi. Under the table, I grabbed her hand and squeezed it tightly, she smiled and half hugged me. One of her arms was in a sling though, so it was kinda hard. There was a brace on her hip and a few stitches on her face and arms. She was still beautiful.
"Thank you Benny."
"Don't mention it."
I smiled at her and looked at the cake, which was being cut by my mom. "What kind of cake is it?" Smalls asked her, and she shrugged. "I don't know, you guys picked it out." She replied, and everyone looked at me and Smalls curiously. "Well Benny? What kind is it?" Sky asked me, and I looked at the cake awkwardly. "Uhh its umm…chocolate." I answered unsurely, but everyone believed me. "Yum." Ham said, grabbing a piece and digging in. As soon as he hit his mouth, he tired to spit it out.
"No freaking way that chocolate! Try it!"
Everyone grabbed a piece and hesitantly tried a bite, and everyone spit it out. "Blah…what is it?!" Yeah-Yeah asked, and Demi looked over at me. I grabbed my fork, and took a bite of the cake. It was not chocolate…or anything edible I was guessing. I spit it out and everyone was looking at me for answers. Then I remembered. When me and Smalls had went to the cake store after hours of driving around, we were tired. We got into the store, and since it was pretty hot out, we were getting a little dizzy. We must've went to the wrong section, because this cake tasted like liver. I ran a hand over my face when I realized we had got a cake from the dog section.
"We got it from the dog section."
Everyone groaned and threw stuff at me and Smalls. Demi was laughing though, and we all stopped and looked at her weird. "Why do you think its so funny? Its your cake." Squints said, and Demi just kept laughing and smiling at us. "Did you hit your head too hard?" Riley asked her jokingly, and Demi finally calmed down. For a while. "Sorry, I haven't heard anything funny in a long time…I wanted to laugh." She replied to us, making us smile.
"Anyway…what are we gunna do about the cake?"
"Nothing."
We looked at Demi weird again. "What?" I asked her and my mom smiled at me. "We still have the hot dogs and hamburgers cooking," she said. "I think you can survive without cake." We laughed a little and agreed. "What should we do before they're ready?" Ham asked as we sat at the table. I shrugged, "Theres a Yankees game on today." I suggested. I didn't like the Yankees, but I just loved watching baseball.
"Yeah!"
Everyone ran into the living room except me and Demi. I helped her out of her chair, and she smiled at me. "You don't even like the Yankees." She said to me, I smiled and shrugged. "I know…" I answered, she laughed and we walked to the living room where they had saved a spot for us on the couch. I sat down beside Demi, and Ham turned on the tv.
"5th inning already. Yankees up by 2."
We all groaned and sat back, watching the pitcher throw a curveball to the batter. I put my arm around Demi's shoulder, she smiled and leaned closer to me. "You going to school tomorrow?" I asked her, she made a face. "I don't ever want to go again." I smiled at her answer. "Well you have to," I said to her, she pouted and looked up at me. "I hate school." I nodded at her. I didn't like it either, I wasn't very smart, so I had a lot of low grades already.
"Will you be my tutor?"
Demi looked at me brightly, "I would love to be your tutor." She answered, I grinned and looked back at the game. "You gunna play softball?" I asked her, and she glared at me. "No freaking way." Demi answered and I backed off. "Okay jeez just asking." I replied to her, her face expression softened. "Sorry, but people keep asking me that a lot." My girlfriend answered, I smiled and nodded. "Its fine babe." I said, looking at the tv screen.
"This pitcher sucks!"
"No kidding…he's a rookie I think. He's already given up 7 runs."
We listened to Ham and Kenny talk back and forth about the pitcher, and this game was starting to bore me. "Wanna go for a walk?" I asked Demi, she smiled and nodded. "Please." She replied. I smiled and we stood up. "We'll be back in a bit." Demi announced, everyone nodded and went back to the game. I opened the door and we walked out onto the sidewalk.
"Where would you like to go?"
"Anywhere."
I smiled at her answer as we started walking. "Hows that hip brace?" I asked her curiously, wondering if it was uncomfortable. Demi made a face, "Annoying. I hate it." she replied, looking at the brace under her jeans. I nodded, I would hate that too. "Does it hurt?" I asked her, not liking the idea of my girl being in pain. She shrugged, "Once in a while. Sometimes my ribs hurt really bad." she replied, rubbing her side.
"I'll help you through it, don't worry."
Demi smiled and laced her hand through mine.
"Demi?"
"Yes?"
I smiled at her, "Good to have you back."
