Friends

Chloe murmured waking up. She touched the side of her head feeling rather dizzy. She really couldn't remember much of anything.
"Easy," Nurse Specs assured the girl pushing her lightly on the bed. Chloe laid back and blinked remembering only the sensation of breathlessness hitting her on the battle field. "Wouldn't want you to hurt yourself."

"What happened?" Chloe asked dreary and perplexed.

"You passed out, dear." The ancient nurse told her. "You were in Save the Citizen and Jack Stevenson punched you and you turned to metal." Chloe's eyes widened and sprang up. She touched her chest feeling for metal. She was soft and fleshy. "I guess that's a new power for you." Chloe bit her lip and nodded.

"We called your parents and a bus is going to bring all you home." Nurse Specs said patting Chloe's shoulder. Chloe blinked.

"All?" She asked confused.

"Hey," She looked in the doorway to see Warren Peace changed out of his gym outfit and into his black leather jacket and jeans. Nurse Specs took that chance to leave the room. "You had me worried." He walked into the room and grabbed a chair. He placed it next to the cot and sat, leaning against the back of the chair.

"I'm sorry," She said softly having to look away with his handsome features being so close. "You didn't have to stay."

"I needed to stay." He told her. "You didn't see yourself. You hit that floor so hard I thought you'd have brain damage. It was hard for me to pick you up." Chloe blushed than remembered someone shout her name and run to her.

"You ran to me?" She asked finally able to look at him. He shrugged.

"Who else would have? I really don't think anyone is going to mess with you after that incident." He looked at the door way for a second than back at her. "Will was just as freaked as everyone. It took me half a minute to calm him down enough to help me carry you to the nurse"

"Will helped you?" She asked shunned. Warren nodded.
"And he's here too. So are Layla, Magenta, Zach, and Ethan." She was surprised. Why would they have stayed? Any of them? She wasn't worth their time. She was just little Chloe Mason, freshman and bad luck magnet who also had just shown her darkest side. "I feel like such any idiot." Chloe said rubbing her temple.

"Why?" Warren asked curiously. She looked at him. He was so good looking when he was curious, and well, all the time.
"I must have looked stupid." She looked at Warren with heartfelt green eyes. "I've only done that one other time and I thought that power was gone. The reason I couldn't breathe is because the metal closes up around me"

"You didn't look stupid." Warren assured her. "You looked like you were dying. Any way who cares if you looked stupid? All that matters is that you're okay." Chloe smiled at him and he smiled back. She realized that someone really cared about her.

"I've been wondering something." Warren said to Chloe. She nodded for him to continue. "What's up with the amulet."

Chloe looked down at the green gem encrusted in a gold shell dangling from her neck. She touched it lightly.

"My father gave it to me." she told Warren. "It's supposed to keep me from harm. I've had it for as long as I can remember." Warren nodded and smiled.

"Just wanted to know." he stated and the two smiled at one another stupidly.

"You're awake." Layla said coming in holding Will tightly by the hand. The others followed her. "You really scared us." They all tried to smile.

"I'm not going to lie. You really creeped me out." Zach told her. Magenta hit his arm. "What I'm being honest."

"It's okay." Chloe told them. "I really creeped myself out too." She looked at Warren and smiled.

"You know standing here is all well and good, but we are going to miss the last bus out of here and I for one do not want to ride Mr. Lloyd out of here." Magenta told the others. They all quickly left to scurry for the bus.

Chloe looked at everyone as the bus took off. They had cared what happened to her. They had cared whether she lived or died. They weren't afraid to tell her something. Chloe was fairly certain that's what friends did. Her first friends.

Author's Note: I just realized there are only six chapters left! Time sure does fly. More coming soon!