The Dark Hour

--------Ridge--------

I slowly walked down to the lab and I found Lalna sitting at one of the tables while his dad rubbed something on his wing. He head was on the table and he still looked upset. I walked over to him and he looked up at me.

"Hey, how you doing?" I asked softly.

"Better, it doesn't hurt but..." He looked down again and I sighed.

"It's going to heal. I promise it will get better."

"Ok," His dad sighed. "That should be better in a matter of hours without any scars. Gabriel got the recipe for this stuff from this wizard and it really works. If it didn't Hannah wouldn't have wings anymore."

"Oh shut up," Hannah snapped. Michael rolled his eyes.

"You can hide your wings now if you want to." Lalna nodded and his wings disappeared.

"Come on," I said gently taking his hand. I lead him back into the hallway. "So um I have a bad concussion apparently."

"How bad?" He asked softly.

"Um on the brink of severe but it's moderate for now," I sighed.

"Ridge," Lalna sighed.

"Hey I had a building fall on me, it could have been worse," I teased lightly. He sighed and I bit my lip. "How about we go to the garden? It's quiet and calm in there." He nodded.

"Ok, that sounds nice." I smiled and lead him to the garden area. We went up to the large tree in the center and sat down. Lalna leaned on my shoulder and I smiled at him.

"You like it here?" I asked softly. He nodded.

"Yeah, it's like the park but better."

"Riker don't eat that!" I winced and held my head as Lalna sat up.

"Are you ok?" He asked worried. I nodded.

"Yeah, it's just a small headache."

"Why not? I like raspberries."

"Cause I said no some of these are for Cas, you can't be eating them all." I got up and helped Lalna up as we walked towards where the talking was coming from. I saw Layla and Riker picking berries and Riker's mouth was covered in juice.

"Hey guys," I smiled.

"Hey Ridge." Layla said happily.

"What are you doing?"

"Picking berries, I was hoping to make Cas a berry pie but someone keeps eating the berries."

"I got hungry," Riker whined.

"But they aren't for you." Layla sighed. "How are you guys doing?"

"I have a concussion and Lalna just got his wing fixed up. We kinda just came here to relax for a bit."

"Sorry if we bothered you."

"It's fine," I smiled. "My head is bothering me more than you are."

"I know that feeling, I'm not suppose to really do anything that will make my head hurt, so the only thing I can do is work here."

"How bad is your concussion?" I asked rubbing the back of my head.

"It's not that bad, just yelling and running makes my head hurt really."

"Ok, um would you mind if we help you collect berries? Since Riker is eating them all," I teased.

"I am not," Riker said rolling his eyes.

"Yes you are and sure I don't mind."

"So what kind of berries do you need?"

"Um I need strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries."