Author's Note

Hey guys! Thanks for all the reviews! I'm really sorry if I don't update often. I just don't have that much time with school, after school stuff, and trying to spend time with friends and family. So I'm sorry when I say that you probably won't get updates like once a week. I'll try my best though. I totally wanted to tell you guys that WE HAVE NO CONTEST ENTRIES YET. Oh, and soon we'll switch the date to a bit later. I just need to talk to Katy first. Also, about the last author's note...that was an accident. I meant to write a note but I got so excited about posting that I forgot. Oh well. And lastly, thanks to Psychic-Porsche-3 (aka My Little Sis who is taller than me which makes me jealous) for beta reading this story. Please review. You can criticize me if you want (though I'd prefer happier reviews!)

Disclaimer: Interesting how I've never had the money to try and buy it from her...:-\

I could feel the bright light shining on my skin before I could see it. Strangely, I could also feel something warm blowing in my face. Cautiously, I peeked out of one eye before completely opening them. I smiled at the two pairs of eyes hovering six inches above my face.

The first eyes I had noticed were sky blue and the second were gray-blue. I chuckled and said, "Hi Katy, hi Courtney."

Both pulled back so they were standing straight up. I noticed that Courtney's skin (which is really pale, or as my other friend puts it, pasty white) seemed tan. It was probably because I had met a vampire who was ten times paler than she was. She pushed her red hair behind her shoulder and smirked. "See, Katy. I told you she'd wake up if we stared at her long enough."

I laughed weakly at her comment and a sadness seemed to come over the room. Sighing, I motioned for them to sit down. Deciding that they needed some cheering up, I started off with a bright, "So I guess when I said 'see you later' this isn't where you expected to see me?"

Courtney cracked a smile but Katy stayed straight-faced, not even daring to look in my eyes. Being her ASFAAWBFFE (a name by which we borrowed from lanna-misssunshine, an awesome writer...it stands for: Absolutely Superly Fantastic and Awesomely Weird Best Friends For Eternity) I knew exactly what she was thinking. She was thinking that eye contact, even though it's important for making a point, wouldn't be a good thing at the moment. A fresh flood of tears may come on. I sighed again and looked at Courtney. "Well, thanks for coming to see me. I have a few things I need to talk to you guys about."

They both nodded so I continued. "I've decided, and don't you two try to talk me out of this, that I want...for you two to write my will."

The last part came out in a rush and Katy's head snapped up so she could look at my face. Obviously she thought I was joking. She looked shocked. "But-"

I cut her off saying, "But nothing! You'll either do it or you won't. And I'd prefer you do because I don't know who else to ask."

Katy dropped her head, again looking anywhere but at me. Quietly she said, "Fine. Whatever."

However, Courtney seemed slightly confused. "Um, Kat. What would we do? You know, most teens don't know how to write a will."

"You won't write it," I said, expecting this situation to arise, "you'll just get my stuff and decide to whom it'll go to. And trust me, my mom's fine with it. It's not like you'll handle the money, it automatically goes to my mom. Instead, all you're doing is figuring out what goes where. Heck, if you like something, keep it. Seriously! Take whatever, I won't need it! And...I'm rambling aren't I?"

Finally, Katy smiled and looked at me, nodding. I returned her smile with a bright one of my own, which is when I suddenly had a flashback.

"So what have you to say to that?" Dr. Cullen flashed me a wide smile, which is when I felt it. The pain in my stomach was growing increasingly worse. Eventually, it got to a point where a couldn't stand it. I screamed and fell back into my pillows. I was clutching my chest. Calmly, Dr. Cullen pushed the call-a-nurse button and said, "Bring in a crash cart!"

I tried to breathe, which wasn't working well, and I was suddenly seeing black spots. Turning to my gorgeous vampire doctor, I gasped, "Help!"

He smiled at me and said, "I will," right as they were rolling the crash cart in.

The last thing I heard before returning to the darkness was the defibrillator being prepared and the crazy-Hell-angel's voice saying, "And by the way, make sure to cut down a bit on her pain medication."

I smiled and retreated into my mind.

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"Hello! Earth to Kat!" Courtney said loudly, snapping her fingers an inch from my face. I shook my head, ridding myself of the memory, then looked at Courtney in annoyance. I noticed that Katy was pacing the room, looking really nervous and worried. Kind of like she was going to explode if anything else happened.

Unlike her, Courtney suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and stood back. "Thank God! We thought you went in a coma or something. That would have been interesting to explain to the nurses."

I laughed as I continued to watch Katy's pacing. It worried me that she couldn't seem to stay still. That was never a problem, ever. I looked back to Courtney and changed the subject. "So what was I talking about again? You know, before I got lost in La-La Land?"

She sneered, "Are you sure you were lost? I thought you knew that place backwards and forwards!"

I stuck out my tongue at her which just made her laugh. I swore I saw Katy snicker too. Hoping to cheer her up more, I addressed her by saying, "Oh, you think that's funny too? Well it's no shocker you find strange things funny. I mean, with how often you sit on your brain, I'm just surprised you don't have any real damage yet."

"Hey!" she said, turning to me. "I resent that!"

I laughed, remembering the day this joke originated. Katy and I were in math class. It was our 9th grade year. She commented on how in every set of best friends, one's the dumb ass and the other's the smart ass. Then she proceeded to tell me how she was the smart ass. Well I couldn't allow that, so I came back with, "Well, at least we know where your brain is now." From then on, we've always kept it as an inside secret that Katy's brain is in her ass. That's why her ass is smart (mine is dumb because my brain is in my head).

Because of my sudden zoning, I again found Courtney's fingers snapping in front of my face. When I looked at her she yelled, "Jesus, will you stop doing that! It's already bad enough that you're in a hospital! We don't need you to die while we're here!"

My eyes widened in shock and Katy gasped at her sudden outburst. What I wasn't expecting from Katy was the wrath she gave Courtney. "How can you say that? I mean, of course we don't want her to die but you could at least be more consider-"

I held up my hand. "I know what's going to happen to me. But could you please stop acting like I'm not here while you argue about me? It's getting pretty annoying."

"Sorry," Katy mumbled. "But there is one more thing I'd like to say to Courtney."

I nodded for her to continue and she turned to Courtney and said, "Do you know what you need right now?" I was slightly worried from the tone Katy took on. She sounded furious.

Courtney glared at her and asked crossly, "What?"

"This," Katy said bringing her hand down sharply across Courtney's cheek. I gaped. Then, just as quickly, Courtney raised her hand in the air. The difference? Hers was a in fist. She was just about to make contact with Katy's face when I swiftly sat up and grabbed her arm.

After a few seconds of initial shock, I felt it: the pain. I released Courtney's hand, bending over and clutching my stomach. Not knowing what was going on, Courtney and Katy freaked. As I was slowly lying back into my pillows, all I could hear was, "Kat, are you okay?" or "Say something!!!" and then the common "Oh my god! What should we do?" and lastly, the ever present, "She's dying! Help!"

Eventually because of all of the ruckus, two nurses walked in and looked at the situation. My two friends hopelessly pacing the room while I, their main concern, distorted my face in pain, clutched my stomach, and tried to lay down. One of the nurses, who was a tall Asian girl probably bulimic and in her 30's, walked over to me and shoved her make-up covered face near mine. "Sweety, are you okay?"

Her pungent breath made me gag. So instead of speaking I gave her a thumbs up. She sighed, making me almost puke on her, and finally left. The nurse that was speaking to Katy and Courtney about my condition also left. It was suddenly very tense in that tiny room. No one would talk so I decided to break the silence. "So...what did the nurse tell you two?"

Courtney glared angrily at the floor, scuffing her shoe against the marble colored tile. "That bitch said only one of us could be in here at once." She snapped her head up to look at me. "So who's it gonna be, Kat. Me, or Miss Bitch-Slap over there," she sneered, pointing at Katy who was glaring out the window. But upon hearing that, Katy did an about-face and came face-to-face with Courtney.

"Oh so you admit you're a bitch?" Katy smiled and Courtney's face contorted to show rage and humility.

"Excuse me," she said, with a slight twinge of rage laced into it.

"You heard me bitch," Katy said, shoving Courtney a bit.

"Katy, get out!" I yelled, pointing to the door. Katy gaped at me.

"But she started it! Why are you kicking me out?!"

"I'll talk to you once I'm done with Courtney," I snapped vehemently.

She started to stomp out the room but stopped when she reached the whiteboard that had my doctor's name on...oh crap. Turning, she looked at me in amazment. "Kat! Is your doctor really-"

"Is her doctor really what?" Courtney questioned. While her back was turned, I gave Katy the don't-tell-her-or-anyone-else look.

Quickly she erased the name and said, "Is your doctor's name really....not up there? That's terrible. You should sue."

I laughed. "No thanks. But go out in the hall. I'll talk to you in a minute."