Jason's POV
"Oye! What was that for! Don't you listen?" I yelled at Shane. He was so insensitive sometimes.
"Just chill man! I wanted her to go talk to Nate. She knows about this stuff first hand. She can help him deal," Shane explained.
"Oh," I said quietly. No one ever believes me, but I have told people that I have a very short temper. I warn them. I don't know why I was so concerned about this girl though. I don't even know her name. I shook my head to rid it of that train of thought and started talking with Shane again. Just as we started talking, she came out and dragged us into Nate's room, laughing.
"Angie, let them keep their arms on!" Nate said when he saw her violent way of bringing us in. She laughed and let go of our arms. It was a pretty, twinkling sound, and it made her whole face light up.
"So your name's Angie?" Shane asked, rubbing his shoulder.
"Nope!" She said cheerily.
"Then what is it?" Shane asked.
"Hmm, tell me yours first." She said quickly.
"I'm Gray, Shane Gray." he said, sticking out his hand.
"And I'm Green, Kelly Green." she said, shaking the offered hand. I laughed at the quick comeback. No one noticed that we had a colorful last name at first. Usually there was the jumping and the screaming and the calling for security. (But we did the last part.) Then again, our meeting wasn't exactly what I'd call usual.
"And what is your name?" she said, turning on me.
"Well, fair maiden, my name is Paul Jason Gray the Third, but you, dear lady, can call me Rick." I said, kissing her hand.
"Well Sir Rick, my name is Susannene Angela Livingston the Eighty- Ninth and a half, but you may call me Lilly." She replied, sinking into what would've been a deep curtsy, had she had on a dress. She lost her balance and fell backwards, hitting her head on the floor. Nate, Shane and I were all afraid she had hurt herself when she didn't get up, but then she started laughing. She was laughing hard too. Tears were streaming down her face, and Nate, Shane and I were still wondering if she was ok.
"Angie, are you ok?" Nate asked, concerned.
She gasped for breath before responding, "Yes Nate, I'm fine."
Wiping her eyes, she sat up. As she did, a nurse walked in. "Hey Alex!" she said as he walked past.
"Hey Ang. Like the floor better than the bed?" he asked.
She jumped up and onto the bed, hugging Nate. "Nope! My Teddy Bear is on the bed!" she said, holding him like, well, like he was a teddy bear. Shane and I were crying we were laughing so hard, Nate was absolutely terrified (the look on his face was priceless!), and Alex was laughing at us laughing at the look on Nate's face.
"Ang, no scaring the diabetics." Alex said laughing.
"Hey, you scare me everyday. I'm diabetic!" she said, not letting go of Nate. He was relaxing though, once he got over the shock and realized she was just crazy, not a crazy fan girl wanting to maul him or anything like that.
"Fine, no scaring the patients." Alex said, still laughing. It sounded like they did this a lot.
"Again with the patient scaring and you thing." she replied quickly, still not letting Nate go.
"Fine, no scaring the incredibly good looking rock stars." Nate threw out there.
"What?! Alex Carpenter is here?" she asked, sitting up and looking around the room, still holding onto Nate. She pouted when she didn't see him. "There aren't any good looking wrock stars here." she stated, faking disappointment.
"Dude, you want some ice for that burn?" I asked, laughing at Nate.
"Hey, honey, I dissed you too." she said sweetly.
"Ah, but I'm not a rock star." I replied rather smugly.
"Yep, he's just a rock!" Shane yelled from behind me.
We all looked at Shane for a moment, then started laughing hysterically. "Guys, Nate needs his insulin." Alex finally said, gasping for breath.
"Aww, guess I have to let Teddy go." Angie said sadly. She gave him a kiss on the forehead and said in a stage whisper, "Don't worry Teddy, I shall be back later. We can cuddle more!"
Nate was petrified for a moment, then relaxed when he saw her laughing her head off. "Did... you... see... his.... face?" she asked, gasping for breath.
Shane and I looked at each other and nodded, laughing lightly. "Man, you guys are the most fun of all the patients I've met." she stated in a matter of fact tone.
Just then a beeper went off on a watch. "That's me!" she said lightly, and left the room. Several moments later she came back with a shot filled with a clear liquid, an alcohol wipe and a grin. "Hey Jase, wanna do me a favor?" she asked sweetly.
"Um, yes?" I asked, well answered, sort of.
"Great! Here," she rolled up her sleeve and pointed to a spot on her arm ", is where you need to wipe with the alcohol pad." I did just that.
She took the cap off of the shot, saying, "Now stick that straight in my arm right there. Straight in mind you, or it'll hurt like the dickens."
"So I just stab you?" I asked,wary of the needle in my hand.
"Yep!" she stated cheerfully.
"Alright. Here it goes." I said, sticking the needle into her arm.
She looked away as i stabbed her and injected the liquid into her arm. I pulled the needle out, saying, "I'm done."
She turned around and looked at me and for a second she was dead serious, saying, "Thanks Jase. I hate giving myself shots."
"No problem." I said softly.
For a moment it seemed that we were the only ones in the room. The moment ended with Shane saying, "Hey, guys, look at what Nate's got!"
We looked over and saw a little white thing and a little iPaq type thing.
"An omnipod?" Angie asked, in awe of the little device.
"Nate, your so lucky! Those things are awesome. I want one but I can't get one." Angie said, still in awe and, was that jealousy in her voice?
"Jealous?" Alex asked, laughing.
"You know it! Stupid treatment." Angie grumbled.
Alex laughed, but Shane sobered up, Nate got confused, and I was sad for her.
"Treatment?" Nate asked.
"I've gotta go. Good luck telling him sweet heart." Alex said, giving Angie a hug.
"Have fun at home. And tell Reine and Danny I say hi, ok?" she replied, giving Alex a hug.
"'Kay. See ya on Tuesday."
"Tuesday."
With that, Alex left the room, and presumably his shift. Nate looked up at Angie, then looked at me. I shrugged my shoulders, telling him with a look to be careful, this was touchy stuff.
"Ang?" he asked again, very softly.
She sat down on the bed with a sigh, and began to tell her tale again. After she finished, something clicked with me, and I asked, "Wait, who are you living with, and if you don't have a home, how? Your too young to be living on your own, but you said nothing about foster or adoptive parents."
"Well aren't you the smart one. Not one person I've told my story to has seen that aspect before. The hospital adopted me, with the staff acting as my family. Technically Dr. Kelly is my 'dad', but the whole staff has taken care of me. The whole 'it takes a village' mentality. The state made an exception when they found out that I was sick and would need to be in or near a hospital pretty much at all times. So, I live here." she said, summarizing a very sad story of her life at the moment.
Another beep sounded and Angie picked herself up off the bed. "I've got to go." she said quietly.
"Want me to go with you?" I asked impulsively.
Angie smiled then, "Thanks, but I don't know if you really want to come."
"I offered, didn't I?" I asked, offering her my arm.
"Well then sir, it's off to treatment!" she said, not unlike a knight going into battle.
"Shane, tell Mom and Dad where I am if they ask. Feel better Nate." I said as Angie and I left.
As the door swung closed on a Nate and Shane who were talking in quiet voices, I realized that Angie was a knight going into battle, and I was just Jason. It didn't matter that I was a third of the hottest band, it didn't matter what anyone else thought of me. In this brightly lit, sterilized, unfriendly place, I was the spectator and she was the one who was taking the risk, the one getting in danger. For some reason, that scared me to no end.
A/N- Hello peeps! Exams ended today, so I'm giving you all a new chappie! Yay! This was so fun to type, especially the part about Nate being a teddy bear. I pictured it, and started laughing so hard my family looked at me weird. Not that it takes much to weird out my family. :P Alex, Reine and Danny all own themselves, Rick is the invisible dog that a kid in my AP class owns, and if anyone gets my Harry Potter reference and can explain it I'll put them in the story as Nate's girlfriend. I'm not kidding. You can also audition for the part of Nate's girlfriend if you want, and I'll decide who'll get the part. Everyone who auditions will get a cameo, no matter what. I promise. And I don't own Camp Rock. If I did, I'd probably be singing with the Jonas brothers right now. Well, with them for real, not with iTunes (like I'm doing right now). Hm, I'm being rather odd today. Well, review, and Happy Christmahanakwanzaramadanakah time time! (Alex lol :)
