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When I wake up the next morning, I don't want to get out of bed. I want to stay in my warm blankets, safe from the rest of the world. I don't get up. I just lay there, trying not to think about the new information I've learned. I try to block it out, but there's no way that's going to happen.

After a while, I hear a knock on my door.

"April, can I come in?" Crystal asks.

"Yeah," I answer.

"Hey," she says as she opens the door.

"Hey," I say as I sit up.

"Feeling okay?"

"Uh, not exactly."

"Really?" She asks, surprised. "Why not?"

I sigh. "I got some disturbing news."

Her eyes widen. "What was it?"

"Uh," I pause. You know what? She deserves to know. "I overheard Mom and Dad saying that Matthew got a girl pregnant." I can feel the tears coming.

She sighs with relief. "Okay, I thought something else was wrong."

"Wait, what?" I practically yell. The tears don't feel like they're coming anymore.

"Mom and Dad sent me here to break the news to you, but I guess you already knew."

"How long have they known?" I say, angrily.

"I'm not sure. They wouldn't tell me."

My jaw drops. "This is unbelievable. They can't even tell me themselves."

There's a bit of a pause, then Crystal says. "April, how did you find out?"

"Oh, I couldn't sleep last night, so I went downstairs and I heard them talking about it."

"Oh." She says. "What did you do?"

"Well, I cried for a while. I couldn't calm down for a really long time, so I went downstairs to get something to help. Then I ran into Nat and he helped me calm down."

"Does he know?"

"Unless someone else told him, no."

"You kept a secret like that and still managed to calm down?"

I nod.

"Okay, that's impressive." She says.

I smile slightly. "It's not easy."

"So...how are you going to tell Matthew?"

"I don't know."

"Well you have to tell him soon. Don't let this go for a long time. I don't want you to live with this for long."

"I don't want to either."

Crystal and I make a plan and get ready for the day. I put on a light blue day-dress that goes to my knees. I also put on a pair of ivory flats and an ivory sweater. I leave my hair down and only put on a bit of foundation and mascara. I also put on a necklace April gave me a while ago. I sigh as I get ready to go downstairs.

We've missed breakfast, so we go to lunch. We get there early, but Dad is already there.

"April," he says, surprised. "Nice to see you up."

"Hi Dad," I say.

"Crystal, can I talk to you for a moment?" Dad asks.

"It's okay, I already know about Matthew." I say.

"You do?" His jaw drops.

"Yeah." Crystal says.

"Oh..." He trails off. "Well, you aren't reacting like I thought you would."

I smile. "Neither am I."

Dad smiles back. "Well, shall we eat?"

"Where's Mom?" I ask.

"She went to see Nathan." Dad says.

"Oh my God, I didn't even think if going to see him. I haven't seen him in weeks!" I get up to go see him, but Dad stops me.

"April, April, you can see him later. For now, just sit down and eat." He instructs.

I sigh and sit back down. "Can I at least hear about how he's doing?"

"He's been improving. He's actually responding to people. He still has some times when he just goes into silence, but they've been lessening." Dad says.

"Good, I guess." I say as I begin eating the soup that has been placed in front of me.

I finish eating pretty quickly. I dismiss myself and I go to see Nathan. I haven't seen him in so long. I hope I'll be okay. I hope he'll be okay. I just have no idea what this is going to be like. The nurse let's me into the room he's in. Mom's in there, just sitting next to him quietly.

"Nathan," the nurse says. "Princess April is here to see you."

Nathan looks up at me. I can see all of the misery in his eyes. He has huge bags under his eyes. His hair is in a mess. He looks so much skinnier. He's gotten a bit taller since I've seen him. I walk over to his bed as slow as I can, so I can try to read his reaction to me being here. I can't tell. The emotion is completely gone from his eyes. It hurts to see him like this. He doesn't deserve to go through this. He's seen too much to only be sixteen. I reach his bedside and give him a hug. He hugs me back, surprisingly. In fact, he doesn't seem to want to let go. I can feel something on my shoulder: tears. He begins sobbing quietly. I stroke his hair gently to try to calm him down, but I can feel tears of my own coming on.

"I've missed you so much." He says.

"I've missed you too." I say as a tear leaks out. "I'm so sorry I didn't come to see you any sooner."

"I don't care." He says.

We stay like that for a while, then he finally releases his grasp. We let go and I sit on his bed with him. Mom's still in the room. She looks teary-eyed herself.

"How've you been?" He asks.

"It's been rough. Especially without you to bother me." I nudge him.

He smiles. "What all's happened?"

My husband's cheated on me. "Well, there have been more attacks."

"I know about that. They go into full lock-down here when they happen."

"Oh." I falter.

"How's Matthew?"

My throat tightens. "Um, he's fine. He went to visit his family recently."

"That's good. And Nat?"

"He's good too."

He holds up a finger. "But you said Matthew was fine. Does that mean he's good too since you said Nat was good as well as him?"

"Yep, you haven't changed." I say.

He smiles.

We catch up for a little while longer and I eventually have to leave. The nurse leads me out of the room so Nathan can have his daily therapy. I stop at the desk outside of Nathan's room.

"When will he be released from the hospital?" I ask the nurse.

"If he keeps improving at the rates he's been improving at, hopefully a few weeks. However I can't guarantee anything."

"Thank you." I say.

Maybe I can get one thing in my life back in order.