Maybe You Can Change Me

I'll Be There For You

I wake up with a huge gasp. I look around and see that I'm surrounded by a bunch of nurses. When they see me wake up, the calm down and smile. A girl with dark almond eyes and cinnamon hair walks up to me. She has a doctor's coat on. When she sees me, she smiles.

"I'm Dr. Calpyso," she says. I just look at her. Her smiles leaves her face and she walks up to me, concerned. She takes her little pen and turns on the light. She starts moving it around my face.

"Oh no," she whispers. One of the nurses walks up to her and whispers something in her ear. She nods and turns back to me.

"You have some people eager to see you," she says, giving me a small smile. She walks away and motions to somebody to come in. All the nurses leave and so does the doctor. Through the door, Hazel and Marie come in. They both run towards me and give me a tight hug. They smile and kiss my cheeks. Behind them I see my other friends come in. They all look at me and sigh in relief. Leo comes in last, his clothes stained with blood. I'm guessing it was mine. Everybody makes way for him. He looks at me and his eyes widen. He sprints towards me and squeezes me tightly. He starts crying on my shoulder, my shirt getting all wet. I can't move or say anything. When he pulls away, he looks at me carefully.

"No, no, no. No!" he exclaims. Everybody looks at him in confusion. "This can't be happening to you Nico, no!" he keeps yelling. Piper puts an arm on his shoulder and gives him a reassuring squeeze. "He's in shock," he whispers, looking down. Everybody gasps and run up to me. They start talking to me, moving their hand in front of my face, and I can't do anything but sit there and look at them. Hazel starts to cry and Frank puts an arm around her. Dr. Calypso comes in and sits down on a chair.

"I'm really sorry, but Nico is in a state of shock. We're not sure what's happened, but we can't do anything about it. Maybe some therapy might help. It's all up to him. The question I get the most is 'Will he ever be the same?' and I'm extremely sorry, but that's up to Nico himself," she says, giving them an apologetic smile. "What do you recommend?" asks Percy. "Put him around people he cares about or that care about him. Just close people, like all of you guys. Try talking, do what comes to mind. Don't show sadness, he can't see that. Nico is a strong kid, anybody with his cuts would have died instantly. I believe if you just give him some time, he'll be okay," she says, giving us a reassuring smile. All of them sigh in relief and nod.

"Thank god, thank you doctor," says Marie. The doctor stands up and leaves us alone. They all look at me and smile.

"You'll be okay Nico, I promise," says Hazel. She grabs my arms and looks at them. She sighs and closes her eyes, blinking away her tears.

"Thank you so much, Leo. He could've died. You saved him," she says, standing up and hugging him. He sniffles and hugs back.

"I care too much about him. I couldn't let him die on me. On anybody, he's too important to all of us," he says. They all nod in agreement. Esperanza comes rushing in a few seconds later.

"Leo, I got your call. How is he?" she asks. Leo looks down and explains everything. "Oh Leo, como lo siento," she says, hugging him. He hugs back and chokes back his sobs.

"Well, um, you guys should go. School and work. I'll stay here with Nico," Leo says. "But you have school too," says Hazel.

"I really don't want to do anything but stay here with Nico," he replies.

"Okay, well, we'll come everyday after school, until he can leave. We'll bring you the school work," says Piper. Leo smiles and thanks her. They all kept talking about what we would do. After a while, they were told to leave. Leo stayed and prepared himself a bed. When he finishes, he sits down and looks at me. His eyes start tearing up but he wipes them say and smiles.