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Heart attacks and hospitals

I check the clock on the wall of the waiting room. 3:23 am. It's been two hours and there's no sign of improvement in mom. I should call Kile but I don't want to worry him, and to be honest I don't want to talk about what's happened.

The doctors say she's had a heart attack. That all the stress she's been holding in finally caught up to her. I feel horrible, if I hadn't told Ahren what I did then he'd still be here and mom would still be okay. No. She is okay. She has to be.

"EADLYN!"

I look up at the blond haired boy running towards me.

"Kile" I whisper. I run to him and he wraps me in his arms and I rest my head on his chest.

"Eadlyn I'm so so sorry." He kisses my head and holds me closer. When he pulls away I realise that I'm crying. Hot tears are spiking down my cheeks and I probably look like hell. But Kile doesn't seem to care, he wipes the tears with his thumbs and hugs me again.

We stay like that for a while; Kile holding me together while I fall apart.

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"Mr Schreave?" A doctor comes into the waiting room

"Yes?" Dad looks exhausted. His eyes are puffy and red from crying, his cheeks blotched from tears.

"You're wife will be fine. She's in a steady coma at the moment but we reckon she should be out in three weeks maximum."

Dad lets out a sigh and I let out the breath I hadn't realised I was holding.

When Kile comes back with the coffees I tell him the good news.

"That's wonderful Eady. I told you it would be okay"

I smile at him, "I should listen to you more often"

He smiles back "maybe not too much though"

"Eadlyn I think you'd better go home now, there isn't much to do now but wait" dad says from the chair across from me

"I'll take her sir" Kile says offering me his hand

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"I don't want to go home" I sulk from the front seat of his car

"Good because that's not where we're going"

"Where are we going then?"

"My house. Mom made breakfast"

I smile "by breakfast I hope you mean waffles"

Kile laughs as we pull into the driveway

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Breakfast did mean waffles. And a lot of them too.

"Thank you for having me Marlee"

"Of course dear" she smiles at me

"We'll be in my room if you need us" Kile says leading me up to his room.

I collapse on his bed and he sits next to me, looking down at me with an unreadable expression.

"What?" I ask

"Nothing. You're just really pretty"

I laugh "oh please. My face is red from crying"

He wrinkles his nose "oh yeah. Never mind I take it back"

I throw his pillow at him and he wrestles me, pinning me to the bed. Finally he kisses me and I feel whole again.

"Eady, I know it's weird timing but I have to ask"

I sigh "what"

He grins down at me "if erik had asked you out first would you have said yes?"

I'm shocked "I don't know. Probably not. Why?"

"Just wondering"

"Well shut up and go back to kissing me"