Warm Thoughts || Dylan O'Brien

Smiles (Chapter 11)

Thomas and I drove after the ambulance. When we arrived, we met with Ki Hong, Kaya, Rosa, Will, and others. The nurses made us wait, they needed to see if Dylan had any major injuries or something. I sat down in a nearby chair and starting biting my nails, a habit I have when I'm nervous. Thomas walked over and sat next to me.

"Everything will be okay. He will be fine." He used a soothing tone. I looked up at him. "But what if he isn't?" I asked. "He will be. I promise." I slightly smiled and he pulled me into a hug. The others had joined us in the waiting room.

After an hour of sitting around waiting for results, they finally let us see Dylan. He was knocked out for the pain, but the doctors said he would be awake soon. We all crowded into the room, with me in the middle. Kaya came up behind me and hugged me. I smiled and looked over to her. "He loves you so much. He's been talking about how strong you were when you guys were kidnapped." I smiled and nodded my head.

Dylan slept peacefully on the bed. The doctor informed us on what happened and we confirmed it. Well, everybody else did. Dylan's eyes slowly blinked open and he smiled. Besides all the pain, he smiled. He tilted his head over to see all of us. He made eye contact with me and smiled wider. I leaned over to Thomas and whispered "You kept your promise." We both smiled.

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Dylan had to stay for a couple of days. I tried my best to stay awake for the rest of Monday. Wes had cut filming for the next few days, and most of the cast was busy right away. Thomas made sure he had no plans to stay with Dylan. I had nothing better to do.

We got to visit Dylan again later that afternoon. He laid on the bed looking up at the ceiling, probably thinking, but when we came in he smiled and looked at us. "Hey guys." His voice filled the room. "How you feeling?" Thomas said. "Better." He answered.

We talked about what everyone else was doing and such. My phone buzzed.

Haley:
I'm leaving!! Come see meee!!

"Guys, I have to go. I'll be back in an hour." Both of them nodded, not bothering to ask. I walked to Haley's small house. As I walked in the door, Haley hugged me tightly and I hugged back. "Remember it's only 4 weeks. That's not a long time. We can FaceTime and text everyday." I said. We were both on the verge of tears.

The taxi arrived on the road and Haley packed her bags into the back. We hugged one more time. "Good luck!" I yelled as she got in. "Bye Ally!" She smiled and the car drove away. When I got back to the hospital, Thomas was sitting in the waiting room. His hands were crossed together and his head was down. I sat down next to him and placed my hand on his knee.

"You okay?" I asked. "Yeah. There're doing more tests on him right now." He replied. "Okay." I leaned back in my chair. Our silence lasted for minutes, until I yawned and leaned on his shoulder. We're just friends. I repeated it through my head until I fell asleep still leaning on his shoulder.

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I woke up around 3. It was dark outside and Thomas was asleep next to me. Maybe I could get breakfast for the three of us. I found Thomas' car and drove to McDonald's. Thank god for their 24 hour drive thru.

Thomas was up when I got back, and he was happy to eat some breakfast because we didn't have much food yesterday. Hours later, Dylan was awake and the doctors let us see him. "I thought you guys would want something better than hospital food." I laughed and handed the bag of McDonald's to Dylan. "Thank you Ally." He laughed too and happily ate his McDonald's.

"The doctors told me I could leave on Thursday!" Dylan said. "You scared me so bad! I'm just glad your okay." I said. "Sorry, Ally! I didn't mean to scare you!" He said using a baby voice. I laughed and we talked for the next hour. Thomas told us updates about his family back in the UK and Dylan talked about his injuries and how he was feeling better.  Never would I have thought I'd be talking to them and becoming this close with them.

The day went on like usual and I decided to go shopping to take a break from the hospital. I was going to go alone, but Dylan made Thomas go with me. We drove to shopping center I was at just a couple days ago. When I walked into Victoria's Secret, I paused and looked at Thomas. "You can wait out here." I laughed. He nodded and I walked in as some fans ran up to Thomas. 5 minutes into shopping, my phone buzzed. Oh no.

Unknown:
You better not be with that Thomas dude. Dylan then him? We're coming to get you.

I looked up and met eyes with some girl about my age. She was across the store staring at me and she looked pretty mad. I rushed out of the store and grabbed Thomas' hand and searched for an exit. The girl still followed behind us.

Why is she following us? I kept thinking to myself. Is she working with Jake and Andrew? A spy? For some reason, she looked familiar. I stared back at her, as I pulled Thomas along the parking lot. Kayla. Kayla from middle school. Me and Thomas got to the car and drove away, leaving Kayla standing there.

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Yay! New character! Sorry if there is misspellings and stuff. Really hope you liked and please keep reading!! Thank you if you read when I update :)
-julie