My Hero

Chapter 19

"Oh Ben!" I cried as I saw Ben in the waiting room. His head snapped up at the sound of his name then once he saw me, his composure fell and he ran towards me.

I jumped into his arms and we stood there and held each other. "I missed you." I mumbled into his shoulder. He shook his head, trying to hold back the tears.

"I missed you more." I let out a forced laugh.

"Impossible." He tried chuckling, but it came out like a weird car horn noise. He stood there and cried into each others shoulders for what seemed like hours. I finally pulled away when I opened my red eyes and realized all of my other friends were there.

"Wait." Ben held me to him. "Have you heard from your dad?" I nodded, feeling the tears come.

"He called a couple days ago, he said that if I didn't get a call in a while, it was because they were in war. Then a giant noise went off and the line went dead before he could say I love you." I said this loud enough for my surrounding friends to hear. They all had gotten up and came over and circled around Ben and I, waiting for their turn at a hug.

I looked up and saw Hannah and started crying instantly. We ran at each other and grabbed onto one another as if our lives depended on it.

"I'm so sorry baby girl." I shook my head.

"Nothings happened yet. We will pray and pray to God." She nodded and let me hug Aly.

"I love you."

"I love you too baby." I told Aly as I broke free of her grip and glanced over at the chairs and saw the last people I would have ever expected to see.

Cody, Tristan.

My heart stopped as I ran for them.

Cody looked up just as I was about to jump onto his lap, and stood grabbing me up in his arms. I sobbed into his chest as he held me tightly.

"Why are you here?" I ask through sobs. He shrugged.

"We thought you would need a couple friends. We love you and we're here for you." I smiled up at him.

"I love you too." I let go of Cody and walked over and cried into Tristan's shoulder.

"Any news?"  I shook my head.

"Only that I won't be able to talk to him for a while." He nodded and let me go back to the circle of friends. I walked over and hugged a crying Maddie, Patricia and Di. Then I walked over and hugged Dalton and Garrett for a long time. Dalton used to be very close to me then he took the wrong path and we haven't really talked in a while.

"Where's Zach?" I asked Ben, looking around and not seeing his brother.

"He couldn't come. He started college after you left and the college won't let him take any days off. He sat and cried in his room. He told me to tell you he wished he were here and he's sorry." I nod, understanding.

"I love you guys." I cry, sitting in a chair in the center of the room while everyone sat around me. I jumped.

"Oh! Guys! I almost totally forgot!" I jumped up and ran over to Nico and Dylan, pulling them back to the center to sit with me.

"This," I smiled and held Nico's hand. "Is Nico. And this is Dylan." Everyone waved at them.

"These are only TWO of the boy's I'm living with! There are more!" Everyone gaped at me.

"MORE!" A couple of my friends called out. I nodded, laughing. I went through and introduced each of my friends to them. 

"Guys you have no clue how supportive they've been. It's unreal. I love them so much." Everyone smiled at us and I felt Nico's hand tense in mine.