I felt so much better. I had stayed in the hospital bed for an entire day, except to walk around and things like that. Hannah and most of the BRATs came to visit, but Brodie never showed. I didn't cry though. I had to be strong for me and him.

I wrote in the notebook Mom brought me. I wrote about how I felt mostly, some poems too. The nurses didn't read it and I'm glad. They would think I was a freak for writing the way I did.

"You have a visitor," I heard Brodie say. I whipped my head around and saw him standing there, with a dozen roses. The real kind, not cheap carnations. I had to pinch myself to keep from squealing.

"Brodie?" I said cautiously. I was almost certain there was a catch.

"It's me. We have some talking to do, Darcy," he said. He set the roses down in a chair.

"Okay. I don't have talking to do, you do. So go on," I said. I just wanted to hear him talk. I could care less about what he had to say, as long as he's back.

"Okay. I was so torn up after I left you. I wrote five songs about you, for you. I thought everything over and realized that I am a complete idiot. I should have tried to help you instead of deserting you like I did. I'm so sorry. Forgiven?" He looked so sad.

"Yes. On one condition," I said.

"What is it?" he sounded worried. I laughed.

"Never, ever leave me again. And no Alex Lawson," I said.

"That's two, but I can totally go by them. And no Jake for you."

"I know," I said. He leaned down and hugged me.

I got to leave that night. Yay!

I had no idea I had missed so much. Brodie got the rest of the band: Torrey on lead guitar, Ryan on rhythm guitar, Axel on bass. Brodie and Ryan alternate doing the vocals. Tyler helps with the sound and stuff, because he knows how to work amps and other electronic stuff that I don't understand.

Hannah and Tyler got 'promise rings'. That means they're going to get engaged after they graduate. I'm so happy for her! I can't believe she didn't come visit and tell me! She said she didn't want too much attention on her and Tyler, but whatever.

Wow. Just a couple of days and this is what I miss? Gosh.

Brodie drove me to the edge of town. We pulled into a gravel driveway that Brodie said wasn't used anymore. We were listening to his iPod that was hooked into the car stereo.

"You know, these words are so…accurate to what I'm feeling now," Brodie commented. We were listening to "Your Guardian Angel" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

"Aw, how sweet!" I said and gave him a little kiss. You have to love a guy who compares his life to music.

He started singing the lyrics absolutely flawlessly, looking me in the eye the entire song.

"I've been waiting for the perfect time to sing you that song, and I think that was it."

"I think you're right. I love you."

"I love you too."

Another short one. AARGH WRITER'S BLOCK!. Coming up next, A HANNAHxTYLER CHAPTER! WOOT WOOT!