Once we reached the hospital, Slash and I parked the car in the garage. "Ready?" He asked.
I nodded my head, "Yeah. Let's go."We both got out of the car, and quickly went inside. We went up to the front desk, and told the woman we were checking Stephani out.
"Okay, she will be down in a few minutes."Slash and I nodded our heads, then we took a seat. I looked up to see Duff walking towards us. He looked a lot better now, than he did earlier.
"Hey man, where have you been?" Slash asked.
"Out." He said. He swayed slightly.
"Are you drunk?" I asked.
"No. Why would you think that I....am?"
"Because you look unbalanced, and you're slurring your words."
He smiled, "Nah, I'm just so happy to see you guys!"
"Sit down." I said.
"Yes, ma'am." He saluted me, then sat down next to me.
"Why are you here?" Slash asked.
"Because my sister is here. Duhhh. I was going to visit her, then I saw you guys."
"Well, they're releasing her." I looked around the lobby, to see if she was around.
"Oh, that's good that they are. Stephabi is a strong girl."
"Yes, she sure is."
He then laughed, "I said Stephabi, and you didn't say anythiiiiiiiing."
I shook my head, "Here she comes."
We stood up and walked over to Stephani, who slowly approached us. She went up to Duff and threw her arms around him, she slightly sobbed, "I'm so sorry."
He hugged her back, and started petting her hair, "It's okay. It's okay."
"No, it's not. They told me if I didn't get here when I did, I could've died."
I noticed that she had bandages wrapped around her arm, where she had hurt herself.
She looked at me, "They said it would take a long time for it to heal. But I will obviously have a scar. It's an ugly looking thing."
"How do you feel?"
"Better. A lot better. Although, I have some bad news."
"What's that?"
"They wanted me to go back home."
"Why?"
"Because they don't think it's safe for me to be traveling. They want me to go home and see a therapist. They think I'm going to off myself, or something stupid like that. But I'm not going to. Ever."
"Then don't go. You don't even have any place to go when you go back home. We're all here. You're family is here."
"Yeah, you're right. I can't go back, because everyone who can keep me sane, is here. Except for the one who does the complete opposite.. Speaking of him, where is Axl?"
I shrugged my shoulders, "Don't know. He left earlier when we got kicked out of here."
She scoffed, "That doesn't surprise me. He probably went off to go fuck some girl."
"I don't think so. He seemed pretty upset."
"Good. Maybe he knows better now." She folded her arms, "Actually, can I talk to you, alone?"
"Yeah, sure." The both of us walked away from Duff and Slash. "What's up?"
"I still love him Alexis. Even though he fucked me up pretty badly, I still can't let go of my feelings towards him. I feel so stupid though, for still liking him as much as I do. But no matter how hard I try, he's still on my mind. He still brings a fucking smile to my face. And I don't fucking know why."
"Maybe eventually you'll get over him. I mean, it's only been a few hours. Sometimes it can take weeks, months, even years to get over someone you've liked and even loved for so long. I know that feeling."
"So, I'm not insane for still loving him?"
"No, not at all. Even though you weren't with him, your feelings still grew day by day. It's complicated, I know."
She sighed, "I'm still the only one in the group that doesn't have a boyfriend."
"It isn't a bad thing."
"It does when you feel as lonely as I do."
