I never did get to meet her at the hospital. After a long week, after I had told Charlie what happened, after I had stayed up thinking about it all night, after I had lied to my parents "I'm fine" when they saw the look in my eyes, I finally got to meet up with Emilia again.
We met outside of her house. I'm pretty sure she almost didn't recognise me for a second, but when she did, she smiled.
"Hi Daniel", she said.
"Hey", I replied. "Are you ok?".
"Yeah, I'm fine. It has been one hell of a week... I don't actually remember much at all, but it has been one hell of a week", Emilia answered.
"I'm really happy you're ok now", I said.
"Yeah", she replied. "Me too".
"Anything you want to do?" I asked.
"Not really. We can just sit in my room and talk if you want", Emilia replied.
"Sounds good. Don't wanna do too much after that accident", I said.
"Yeah, it was weird", Emilia replied as we walked to the lift and took it up to Emilia's flat. "I just fell over and the next thing I knew I was in a hospital".
"I wonder what that's like", I said.
"Well I can't tell you. I don't remember", she replied.
"Well that's ok", I said.
We sat in her room for a while until I had to go home, talking about really boring stuff, actually. It felt sort of... anticlimactic. I was hoping for Emilia's bubbly, happy, energetic self, but she seemed down and a bit dull. But I guess I can't blame her. She's recovering from a really bad head injury.
I texted Charlie, telling him about my meeting with Emilia.
Charlie: that really makes me not want to hit my head into a tree
Charlie: i wouldnt want to become more dull than i already am
Me: You're not saying you wanted to bash your face into a tree before, are you?
Charlie: i mean
Charlie: i wouldnt have minded that much
Me: What
Charlie: im slightly self destructive
Me: That seems like more than slightly to me
Charlie: maybe
Charlie: sorry for bringing you down with my own problems
Me: It's fine
Me: I'm actually kind of tired for some reason
Charlie: you wanna go to sleep babe?
Me: I probably should
Charlie: alright
Charlie: goodnight <3
Me: Night <3
I didn't go to sleep, though. I sat up in my bed browsing Tumblr, when I got a notification. Emilia texted me.
Emilia: I'm so sorry I was so boring today
Emilia: I'm just
Emilia: Not myself
Emilia: It's like I've forgotten myself
Emilia: I'm so sorry
Me: Nononono you don't have to apologise
Me: It's ok
Me: I'll help you get back to normal, ok?
Emilia: Thanks
Emilia: I forgot how nice you were
Emilia: I forgot a lot of things
Me: Oh dear
Me: *hug*?
Emilia: I guess that would help
Emilia: I just don't remember how your arms would feel around me
Emilia: Am I being emotionally draining?
Me: No it's ok
Emilia: I'm sorry
Me: *hugs you v tight* I promise it's ok
Emilia: I don't deserve you
Emilia: You're such a good friend
Me: It's not about how much you deserve someone, it's about how much you like each other
Me: And I like you a lot
Emilia: I don't even see why
Me: Well I do
Emilia: I promise I'll be back to normal
Emilia: And I'm sorry it's going to take a while
Me: It's fine
Me: I'll be here with you every step of the way
Me: I AM your best friend, after all
Emilia: Yeah
Emilia: You're a really great friend, so I guess you could call yourself that
Me: I do my best
Me: You even said I was your best friend a while back
Emilia: Did I?
Me: Yeah
Me: You did
Emilia: Oh
Emilia: I'm sorry
Emilia: I don't seem to remember you that well, either
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