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Anna's POV:
That feels so much better. So much goddamn better. After weeks and weeks on end with those horrrible damn things closing my mouth tightly shut, silencing me, it feels so freeing to be able to talk again, to be able to express myself in the most freeing way possibly, and to not have the insecurity that the visualisation of inside my terribly swollen, ample gums would scare off Kelsey, one of the shyest pre-teens New York has to offer, if she had visited me prior to having them removed. At least that isn't a problem now i've been discharged, and that Sam offered her hospitality skills to me for however long i required them for. "Are you comfortable?" Sam helps me sit down on her grey, plush L-shaped couch, fluffing a cushion for added comfort. "Yes yes, i'm fine, stop fussing." i elevate my feet upwards, wincing quietly as my leg still sore from the cast it was recently taken out of, the healing process not quite yet complete. "Do you want a drink, a sandwich?" "Sushi would be great." i'm determined to use my illness to its full advantage, and if that means i can make Sam buy me endless amount of food i have an immense obsession with, then that's what it'll mean. It's not like anyone else wouldn't do the same... "Sushi? Really Anna?" "Yeah because y'know, someone hit me with their car and everything..." i give Sam my best 'pretty-please' pout, my pink lips puckering forward in a saddened manner. "Ugh, fine. Kelsey's in her room getting dressed so she'll be out soon." getting ready to leave, Sam bends down and kisses my forehead, before retaking her car keys into her palm and heading back out of the building.

The exact second i hear the elevator quietly ding closed, a sign of my newfound privacy, i yell loudly down the hall, "Kelsey! She's gone now!" at my signal, i hear a door open and close with fast urgency, and Kelsey's tiny feet pitter pattering down the hall, eager to join me in my relaxation. She comes running into the den, wrapping her small child-like arms around my neck, seeming more than excited to learn of my arrival. I have to say, ever since i met Kelsey, we've gotten on immensely well... i know i'll never replace her beautiful mother, but i'm hoping i can offer her at least something in life. "Hey, kid. I've missed you." "I missed you too!" stepping back, Kelsey positions her body in a very knowing way, one leg extended forward and her arms crossed tightly, however she promptly breaks the tight hold by opening her palm and tapping it willingly with her flexed fingers. "Ah, of course." somewhat begrudgingly, i open my purse and hand her the crisp $20 bill i sincerely promised her, a reward for checking on her mom for me during my time in the hospital, when i was unable to do so myself. Don't look at me like that, okay? Sam is the most robotic person you'll ever meet, her facial expressions giving me no hint whatsoever about her current mood, so by simply asking her how she's feeling does not give me much to work with. "How's she been?" "She's actually been really happy since you guys became official. Wanna know what i caught her doing yesterday?" i don't know... do i? "She was doing her 'happy dance'." a sudden chuckle escapes my mouth. "Happy dance, huh? And what does that look like?" she steps back a few feet, getting ready for her big performance, a conflicted look flying across her face before demonstrating the infamous dance to me. "It kinda went like this..." Kelsey mimicks the dance routine by throwing her arms up in the air and shaking her hips side-to-side rhythmically, and tossing her head to let her strawberry blonde hair drizzle over her face. I let out loud, uncontrollable giggles at the young girl's actions, thinking that i would find it even more laughable if i were to see Sam do it herself, but i know for a fact that this would only happen when hell freezes over. Okay yes, it might've been a deeply low blow to pay Sam's daughter to spy on her for me, but as much as i was the one who was in the car accident, my body flipping up in the air several times, being battered and bruised, Sam's safety matters to me just as much as mine matters to her, and i'll spend the rest of my life showing that to her, as long as she'll let me...