Silence, no sound was heard in the waiting room. No one dared to speak. They were the only ones there. Kate's friends and little sister had joined them soon after they arrived. No one said anything when they arrived though. By the time they had arrived the others already had looked lifeless.

It was terrifying.

The color in their eyes had dimmed. Other than the red that could be seen along with their wet shirts. A result of how much they had been crying. They looked hopeless.

And who could blame them?

A normal person can only go a few minutes without breathing. Well, Humphrey had been unconscious without breathing for about twenty minutes now. The odds of his survival decreasing with every passing second. So logically they already knew he was a goner. Though they just couldn't let go of their tiny sliver of hope. Hope that he would wake up. Hope that he would be okay.

Though realistically he probably wasn't.

How did it even happen though?

Just earlier that day he was perfectly healthy. He was smiling and laughing. Just earlier he was out an about. Maybe a little nervous but all around he was fine. So how was it that he suddenly just... fell? How did he suddenly just stop breathing?

No one knew. And that was probably the biggest factor in their fear. After all one of the biggest fears around was the fear of the unknown.

"What exactly happened?" came the question from Kate. Her friends were just as curious. It didn't seem real. Even after seeing Humphrey and his state about half an hour ago.

"Well Humphrey walked in the door and we immediately started to question him. I guess he either was overwhelmed or something and he just passed out in front of us. We immediately started to panic, though Micheal and I didn't really handle the situation good at all. We started to argue about what to do instead of helping our friend, So Sean took it upon himself to call you and now here we are," As everyone looked at Samuel they could see just how guilty he felt about the whole thing. It was clear that he felt at fault, or that he would feel at fault if... actually probably best to not even think about that.

"What were you guys arguing about?" Lily said though it sounded more like a mumble. The only reason why she was heard was because of how silent it was in the room.

Samuel just looked down, he didn't want to reveal any more. Not at a time like this. He knew that if the topic of the argument was revealed then an unneeded argument would occur, and he didn't want that. At least not while Humphrey was in the state he was in.

But it seemed that his fatter buddy had a very different mindset. "We were arguing about whether or not to call Kate. We all know that ambulances aren't around campus at the moment. So we knew we'd only have a chance if we called someone since my car is broken. Sam didn't want to call you, while I thought that it was our only chance. Then while we were in a heated argument Sean grabbed his phone and rung you,"

Silence plagued the room after that. Everyone waiting to see how the short-tempered blonde wolf would respond. She hadn't even reacted to what was just said, well that's how it looked. Her expression was bland. Her voice had never been heard. They couldn't tell if they should take it as a good or bad sign. Was she just trying not to start a scene or was she preparing to explode on the two males in front of her?

The sudden sound of her sigh had scared everyone present. Though they would soon calm down seeing that she wasn't lashing at the duo. "Okay, good to know. Again thanks Sean for contacting me,"

Dismissed. She just dismissed the situation. She didn't say anything about how dumb they were or anything at all. She just took in the information and moved on? Kate Wilson? The girl known for lashing out, wasn't lashing out?

"Wait, wait, wait. Wheres the insults? Wheres the belittling? Wheres the lashing out? You have nothing to say? We just admitted to talking about you behind your back. So where is the normal princess witch of the school who hates men? Wheres the girl who not even forty-eight hours ago wouldn't have cared if our friend was dead? Wheres the girl who was ready to fight us at Dunkin?" tears were in his eyes. The one time he wouldn't mind being chewed out by the one girl he hated, it wasn't happening. Samuel didn't understand it at all.

Kate was noticeably hurt by the sudden outburst and everyone had prepared for the worst. Would she finally scream at him? Berate him? Or fight him? The answer was none of them. She instead composed herself and calmly replied, "This isn't the time or the place for that. Right now the only thing on my mind is Humphrey and my hope that he will be okay."

Samuel was speechless. She was thinking of him? Hoping he would be okay? The same girl who had made him cry at Dunkin and the same girl who had been known for her hatred of the opposite sex was worried about Humphrey? The quietest kid in school had the princess worried? Just what was transpiring in front of their eyes. She seemed to genuinely care for him. "But why? Why are you so worried about our friend?"

Why... That was a good question. Why did she care so much? She couldn't say without a doubt she liked the guy. She definitely couldn't be falling for him. So why was it that she just couldn't stand the fact that he could possibly leave them. Why did she care?

"I... I don't know why...,"

Okay, this chapter is really short compared to the others but let me explain. I had to get an update out for you all. But I've put this off for so long and even though I know where I want to go with the story I feel like I'm out of ideas. And I don't want to rush into things. But I also thought that this short chapter would be good and enough for y'all to have a nice read so I hope I didn't disappoint. Anyway, I'll see all you beautiful people in the next chapter!