That boy/l.h

Ch.18

Bella's pov

"Bella?"

"Michael?"

He was standing in the doorframe of Luke's hospital room, holding his car keys and staring at me.

"Michael?" I asked again

Suddenly he slumped to the ground, sliding against the doorframe. He was mumbling incoherent words and had closed his eyes.

I cautiously walked over to him.

"Michael." I said once more, crouching down to his height

He opened his eyes and hugged me, whispering things in my ears like "I'm sorry" and "please don't be mad" and "I promise it will never happen again".

I shrugged off his cozy, cuddly hug and told him, "Michael, you shouldn't promise something you can't keep."

He looked straight into my eyes and said, "But I can try my best."

"No Michael. No matter how hard you try, there are still going to be fans like that. People are stubborn. That's just the way it is." I said, peeling my eyes away from his and directing them to the ground

"I'm so sorry. I'm so so so so so so sorry! Please give me another chance! Please." He pleaded

I wasn't looking at him but due to his voice crack at the middle of the sentence, I could tell he was almost crying.

"One date." I said

Voice cracks will be the death of me.

"Ohmygoshthankyousomuch." He said quickly, hugging me

I smiled and settled into his hug. He was warm and so big in comparison to my body frame. He smelled like alcohol but I could care less.

I was suddenly aware that Tanya and Luke were watching, and I reluctantly broke the hug.

"Michael, are you drunk?" I asked him

"No, I only had a few drinks at the party."

"Okay good. I wouldn't want you driving drunk."

He smiled at me.

"You're the best."

I blushed and returned the smile, standing up. He stood up too.

"You better get going. It's pretty late."

"Okay." Michael waved to our friends

"Bye guys." He said

"Bye." Tanya yawned, returning the wave

Luke just stared at the Tv that wasn't on, not saying goodbye or even waving back. I furrowed my eyebrows at him.

"Bye Mikey." I said, turning around to see him

"Bye baby." He said, hugging me one last time before walking out into the hall

I got insane butterflies at the pet name he called me. I turned around and Luke turned on the Tv. I walked to the bed and sat next to Tanya on one of the chairs.

"So Luke, you're looking a lot better. Do you know how long you're going to be here?"

He glanced at me and then kept staring at the Tv. He didn't say anything, but muttered something under his breath.

"Okay..." I said quietly to myself

I turned to Tanya.

"Do you know how long he's gonna be in here?"

"Hmm supposedly one more week or so... Just for the ribs to heal. It depends more on how his immune system is and how long he can go with eating this horrible hospital food." She joked

"Do you know what's going on with him?" I asked her quietly after our laughter had died down

"Um no not really." She said

I couldn't tell if she was lying or not so I looked at the Tv. Family Guy was playing.

After a couple of episodes, I decided it was time to leave.

"Bye guys." I told them, picking up my things

"Bye." Luke said, staring at me

"Aw bye." Tanya said, sad to see me leave

I walked out of the hospital and drove home with one thing on my mind-

Luke.

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Hey so that chapter sucked. I have nothing to say.

Stay strong!
-💟Riley