Hey...

I'm sorry for the time that it took to update this, and my other fics too, but I haven't had any time to write. But now I'm on vacations, so I hope to write a little bit more...

This chapter is rather short, but I wanted to stop there. So, don't mind me, please :)

Thanks for your reviews guys :D

Thanks to the setting sun for beta-reading for me :D

Disclaimer: I own the plot and only the plot... and some characters you don't recognize...

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Richard sat in the couch and buried his face in his hands, passing them through his hair, looking desperately at his friend that seemed to besleeping.

He got up and went to the bathroom where Mia would probably be. He knocked on the door expecting Mia to come out now.

A lady got out and Richard used that as a way to look in for Mia. He searched inside and recognized a pair of shoes from behind the stall.

Before he could come in, he search the bathroom once more to make sure no one was there. No one was there, it was just Mia alone.

"Mia?" he called her.

"Go away Richard," she said, sniffling between words.

"Mia, I'm not leaving without you. I'm sorry, okay? I wasn't thinking when I said that. He's going to be fine, okay?" he said with intention of getting her out.

"Richard, I'm going out in a while. And I'm going to eat. For Michael..." (I don't understand this part. For Michael? You can mabe rearrange it.)She added to make clear she was still mad at him. He didn't want her to be mad at him, but if she had to be to eat then it would be fine with him, he just didn't want her ill.

After she said that, Richard got out of the bathroom. He couldn't stay there any longer anyway. After all it is the woman's restroom; it wouldn't be pleasant if someone noticed him.

He waited for her outside, and ten minutes later she got out. When she saw that Richard was waiting for her, she suddenly wanted to go back but she also wanted to get out. She paused for a bit but then she decided to get out.

She closed the bathroom door, preparing herself to leave him there without talking to him, but he wasn't going to let her. Richard got up and reached for Mia's arm before she could escape.

"What do you want now, Richard?" she said furiously.

"Talk," he said simply.

"Well, we already talked. Now please, let me go," she said, looking down on the hand on her arm.

He let her go but she didn't move. "Weren't you leaving?" he asked her.

"I was, but now I don't feel like leaving." Richard let out a long sigh.

"So can we talk?" He asked her, feeling slightly mad. She was acting like a small child, saying something but doing the contrary.

After all, he was only there to say sorry, and there she was not hearing him and trying to run away. He used to get on his nerves with people like that, and Mia was no one to whom he wouldn't react that way. He would always be like that.

"I think so," she finally replied.

"Mia, I didn't want to say what I said earlier... I said it without even thinking that it would be hurting you. I mean, why would I want to see you dying? I just don't want you ill. He's my best friend, and for God's sake, it would be depressive to see him well when he gets out of his coma to see you ill."

She just hugged him. He was kind of surprised, but he managed to reply back. Then she finally said something.

"I'm sorry too, Richard." They stayed in each others arms when a nurse asked them to move away so that she could pass with a wheel chair. They moved away and then went to Michael's room.

When they got there they sat next to each other on the sofa. They were both tired of all the things that happened to them yesterday.

In a day, their life had turned upside down, what once seemed to be forever was now falling apart. They had no assurances if Michael was going to wake, his life was in stand-by.

Richard and Mia were giving all their support to each other. They had no one else with them to do that. And Lilly? Lilly still needed to get to the hospital. She told Mia she would get in there as soon as possible. Michael's parents weren't in town already and Richard couldn't get in touch with them.

And that was affecting Mia. Mia felt alone, even with Richard there, she wanted her best friend there with her. After all, a bestfriends are forever. Even if separated they would always like each other a lot.

Well, even if short, did you like it? Please R&R

Di-Pekka