Disclaimer: I own nothing except the characters I made up such as Patrick, Jared, Shawn Fancy, etc.

A/N: Thank you to Elizabeth Theresa for your review. The last chapter was kind of rushed so I'm gonna try to spend more time on this one. Hope you enjoy. Please R&R. Constructive criticism welcome but NO FLAMES!

Chapter 2: Best Friends

I'd had maybe five hours of sleep at the most, so I probably looked like hell when Patrick arrived.

"You alright, Shorty? Did you sleep at all last night? You look like shit!" asked Patrick looking like hell himself.

"Look who's talking. How've you been Patrick?" I asked trying to look as happy as I could considering the reason he was here.

"I've been better. So how're Mom and Kristy? The last I heard, Stella said they were stable." He asked looking as casual as he possibly could, even though I could tell it was more for my sake then anything else.

"I know as much as you do. Stella said we could go see them at 10:00 this morning. That's when visiting hours start." I said at his look of protest.

"Patrick, sweetheart, you're here!" Stella said more loudly then necessary startling us both.

"Stella, it's good to see you again. How are you?" he said starting to sound tired.

And with that they walked into the kitchen. It was only eight-thirty so we still had some time before we left for the hospital.

"I'm gonna go see Wish. I'll be back before then." I said walking out the front door.

I was enjoying the quietness of the cool February morning when my cell rang. I jumped at the sudden sound destroying the once quiet morning and drawing me out of my thoughts.

"Hello" I said realizing my voice sounded unusually hoarse.

"Nic, are you alright? Why aren't you at school? I thought you said you'd be back today since you were feeling better?" asked the voice I immediately recognized as belonging to my best friend Fancy.

Fancy and I met our first day in kindergarten. She came right up to me at recess and asked if she could have some of my cookies. We've been best friends ever since. Her real name is Mariana Lorelai Fancy Jennifer Hunter. We laughed when we first introduced ourselves because it took her forever to finally tell me her full name. She's always said she hated her name. "Why couldn't my parents have named me Mariana Lorelai Hunter or Mariana Jennifer Hunter? Why did they have to give me THREE middle names, huh? And who names their kid FANCY? What were they thinking?" She rants whenever she tells someone her full name. I don't know what she's complaining about. I think she has a unique. Not to mention beautiful. It matches her perfectly, I think so anyway. A beautiful name for a beautiful person, inside and out. She's only 5"4, which she is always complaining about (she complains a lot but in a good way…does that make since?).She has pretty medium sized curly brown hair almost identical to mine. And nice deep eyes, which if you look closely are two different shades of brown. She has a very outgoing personality, and is really sarcastic. She's the best friend I've ever had.

"I can't believe I forgot to call you, Fancy, I…Kristy and my Mom were in an accident yesterday. They're alright. But I'm Patrick, Stella and I are gonna visit them today. I'm so sorry I completely forgot to tell you." I said feeling bad about forgetting to tell her. Since Fancy and I hang out together so much she and Kristy are pretty close too. Fancy has a sister too, but she's ten years older than Fancy so they're not really close. Fancy always says Kristy's the sister she wished she had.

"Are you sure they're alright? Do you want me to come over? I can ditch class the rest of the day." She said sounding frantic.

"No. You stay I know you'll use any excuse to ditch school," I said teasingly "But everything's fine now, really. Can you come over after school though? I do wanna talk to you. I'm on my way to Wish's right now, then I'm heading to the hospital with Patrick and Stella." I told her.

"Yeah. Sure. Of course. I'll be there as soon as school's out." She said.

"Great. I'll see you then, bye."

"Wait, Nic. Tell Kristy I said 'Hey' and that I hope she feels better. And you're Mom too."

"I will. See ya."

"See ya."

And then I looked up and I was at Wish's.