The Comeback

Chapter 8 - Her Best Friend

Chapter 8 - Her Best Friend

“Is he frying bacon on her?” Cassidy asks incredulously and we burst out laughing. “What kind of movie are we watching, for God’s sake?”

I can’t stop laughing so I can barely speak, but I manage. “I have no clue, you brought it,” I accuse and she throws her hands in the air.

“I didn’t know! It had planes in it!” Cass defends herself and I laugh even harder.

We started watching a film after I came back from today’s physiotherapy session, just to kill time. It’s absolutely idiotic one, it makes no sense and the movie is not that funny, but the way Cass reacts to it… that’s funny. She’s half scarred for life and half amused.

“I think I’ll need therapy after this,” she says looking away and rubbing her eyes, which only makes me laugh harder.

“It’s not that bad,” I tell her waving my hand dismissively but she looks at me shocked.

“Did you see the same disturbing scene that I did?” I laugh again at her reaction but Cass shakes her head. “I’ll never watch another movie with Charlie Sheen in it.”

I take the remote and turn off the telly and with it, the movie is gone. Cass actually sighs relieved and I chuckle. “Told ya we should’ve watched Flyboys,” I remind her and she rolls hers eyes and then sticks her tongue out at me.

Today it’s going to be my last day at the hospital and although I’m very excited to finally leave this room and place, I’m kind of reluctant to it. Leaving means I won’t see Cass as often as I do. I’ll go back to classes and although we’re in the same campus, we study two different majors and Queen Mary is humongous. I don’t think we’ll run into each other every day. We won’t have time to watch movies together and most likely I won’t see her during my physiotherapy sessions anymore.

Cass is a really nice girl, she is fun and Mum was right when she said Cass can lift anyone’s spirit with just one smile or a silly joke. She’s a joyful soul, I guess. When she is around I don’t get lost in my paranoid thoughts and I feel normal, I feel okay. I insist that she feels like home in a place that has nothing familiar in it and for that I’ll be forever grateful.

I’m honestly used to have her around and it’s gonna be weird knowing that we won’t see one another that much. I think we’ve become friends and I don’t have many girl friends, and it’s nice. It’s different.

“Okay, let’s do something different. Cards?” She asks and I sit straighter on the bed and I pat at the end of it.

“Come here and let’s play twenty questions,” I tell her because if I’m actually leaving today, I’d love to know more about her. “No guessing, just sharing information.”

She looks a bit surprised for a second, but then she smiles and approaches my bed, taking a seat at my feet. “Okay, and how do you wanna do it? One question each or something like that?”

“What if I ask a question and we both answer, then you ask the next one and so on,” I suggest and she shrugs and then nods. “Sweet. Then, tell me your full name,” I ask and she giggles, clearly not expecting that.

“Cassidy Jane Morris,” she answers with a sweet smile. “I’d ask yours but I know it, you’re a patient, so let’s go with… what do you wanted to be as a grownup when you were a kid? I wanted to be an astronaut.” I raise my eyebrows in surprise and she giggles. “I like the stars and I wanted to see them better.”

“That’s really sweet,” I say. “I wanted to be a fireman, for a long time I wanted to be that.” Now she looks me as if asking me to go further in that topic. “I wanted to save lives,” I add and her smile is wide and proud. That tells me she liked my answer, very much. “What’s your favourite animal? Mine is the dog, I just like how loyal they are.”