Phoenix Howell- Goodbyes and Hellos

A Walking Body

Phoenix's POV-
I had returned home. Although I had to be carried up a lot of the stairs I had been cleared to walk on my own with the help of a walker. It was a huge step. I was excited to finally stop sleeping on the couch and help myself.
I slowly made my way to the lounge, where I heard voices laughing. Dan was sat at the table editing the video that we had filmed about a week back. Phil was sat on the carpet playing Mario Kart. Neither of them had noticed that I had even entered the room, let alone that I had come by myself.
I pretended to cough so that they would look up.
"OH MY GOD PHOENIX ELIZABETH ROSE HOWELL." Phil exclaimed.
"IM SO PROUD." Dan yelled.
Phil and Dan both rushed over to hug me. As Phil pulled away from our hug I caught a glimpse of a very large purple and red bruise on Phil's neck.
"Nice one, Dan." I laughed, not giving any explanation.
"Uh?" Dan questioned my laughs.
"That's quite good work you've done there. I haven't seen a hickey with that amount of color, or circumference!"
"Oh shit!" Dan blushed. Phil attempted to cover his neck with his arms.
"Daniel!"
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I was sitting on my bed scrolling through my Tumblr feed when I saw something move in my doorway. I looked up to see Tyde smiling.
"You're not on the sofa!" He smiled, flopping down next to me and kissing the side of my mouth. I put away my laptop.
"And watch this!" I said. I pulled the grey walker closer to the bed and pulled myself up.
"Babe!" He exclaimed.
"That's not all!" I said, slowly walking around the bed, stopping when I reached the other side.
"I'm so fucking proud of you." He said, very carefully pulling me on top of him, running his fingers through my now very terribly faded blue hair.
"I need to dye my hair." I laughed.
"Let's do it!" Tyde exclaimed.
And before I knew it I was in the car on my way to a professional salon for the first time in my entire life.