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Mom woke up the next Sunday morning at 8am. I was at Kile's house having breakfast again. Ahren came right back when he heard about mom, and I apologised to him straight away.

We were okay again, everything was right. Ahren is home, mom is okay, and Kile and I are perfect.

"How long is Ahren staying?" Kile asks

I swallow my bite of oatmeal. "I'm not too sure, I haven't really asked." I shrug, "I guess I'm just scared he'll say he's leaving soon"

Kile nods, understanding. He always understands. He puts a hand on my thigh gently to reassure me but I nearly jump out of my skin.

"Drive me home?" I ask

Kile smiles, he loves our drives as much as I do. We talk and laugh and it's like the whole world disappears but us. And it's all perfect.

"So it's our one month anniversary soon and I was thinking that I'd take you out for it" Kile looks over at me, one hand on the wheel and the other in mine. I stroke my thumb along his hand and smile.

"I'd love that"

"Perfect so I'll plan it out and let you know"

My smile lasts the rest of the day
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I go to see mom in the hospital everyday but today when I walk into her room, the bed is empty.

"Mom?!" I look everywhere. Behind the door, in the bathroom, I even look under the bed.

A nurse rushes in the room, "what's wrong?"

"What's wrong?! Where's my mom?"

The nurse reaches for a file behind the door and reads it quickly, "America Schreave went home hours ago"

Shit. I missed it. I look for my phone quickly and see five missed calls from dad. I dial his number quickly and hope he's not mad.

"Dad? Hey I'm sorry, my phone was on silent"

"It's okay, where are you? I have a surprise"

I decide to let him think it's a surprise, "I'm on my way to the hospital to see mom."

Dad chuckles, clears his throat and says "well you'll be very disappointed because your mother is home"

I fake shock, "really?! That's great!"

"Yeah so hurry home, we're going to have dinner together as a family!"

I rush home, everything is perfect.