Fearless

Chapter Three

"Hey sweet cheeks,How was your day?", I cheerfully exclaimed. "Nothing new, the usual round chemo and stuff. Linda sneaked a cupcake from cafeteria though!!", she said in her usual happy voice while coloring a picture of a dolphin with a tiara and a tutu."Oooh you little rebel!", I replied tickling her. She erupted into a fit of giggles. "Stop it! Stop it! Stop!", she said in between laughs." I guess, I guess", I said after awhile. "Do you want to watch wizards with me?" , she said once we both calmed down.

Angelica was cuddled next to me. Her arms were around my stomach and her little bald head tucked at my side. She was fast asleep her breathing slow and ragged. I checked the time on my phone. Four fifty-five it read. I had two missed calls and one text. One was from my dad and the other call was from Zoe. The text said that she was sorry she flipped at me and that she loves me.

I quietly removed Angel from my body and tucked her in her bed kissing her forehead saying goodbye.I picked up the trash from what we ate and turned off the tv. I grabbed my bag and shut the door quietly. Walking out of Angel's room I caught the sight of a head with shaggy brown hair that looked too familiar. I knew almost every patient in this part of the hospital. Who could it be? I looked closely, but I couldn't tell who it was. The mystery person rounded the corner into the cafeteria wing of the hospital.

I greeted Linda a goodbye as I passed her on my way to the elevator. I pushed the button on the elevator waiting for the arrow to light up. I wondered who that mystery guy was and why did he look so familiar? All these possibilities of who it might be ran through my head, when the arrow suddenly lit up and dinged. I got in the elevator and left the hospital.

Starting my long walk home listening to 5 seconds of summer on my iPhone. I was jamming out to Try Hard when I collided into a rock like body and almost fell until someone caught me for the second time today. I Looked up into the beautiful crystal like eyes of Braxton Sanders. I had a huge crush on Braxton in the 6th grade but I was too shy to talk to him. So I just admired him from afar (Call it stalking whatever I was 12) then he went to high school and I forgot all about him. This was after the stuff with nick. Which is a story for another day.

I studied him for a second. He had luscious light brown hair that was styled in the front like a quiff, perfectly tanned skin, and a defined jawline and plump soft pink lips. He blinked his teal blue eyes and fluttered his long eyelashes that I admit am a little bit jealous of. "I'm sorry", he said a little startled. I hadn't realized that we were staring at each other for awhile.

"No I'm so sorry!" I replied quickly standing up out of his hold. I thought he look kinda sad for second, but he recollected himself so fast that I just thought I was imagining it. I kept muttering an apology and grabbed his hat off the floor handing it to him. "No! No! No it was a an accident, if anything it was my fault for not seeing you!", he told me reaching behind me for something. He pulled his arm back to hand my my phone and earphones that I hadn't realized were not in my pocket. "Hey, 5SOS I love them!" ,he exclaimed looking at my lit phone catching me off guard.

"You like 5 seconds of summer?" I asked surprised. "Yeah there one on my favorites and Green Day!" ,he replied happily. I looked at him like he was crazy. "No way! I love 5sos and Green Day too!", I exclaimed excitedly. He had a grin on his face as he said " Awesome! I haven't met many gi-" *Beep beep* his phone lit up with a text. He looked at his phone sadly while reading the screen."Sorry! I have to go it was nice bumping into you literally..." , he said with a small grin on his face. "Oh! Sorry! My names is Ashley", I replied dumbly. "Well Ashley it was nice bumping into you!", he said while shaking my hand and turning around. "Sorry again for running into you!" I yelled as he was leaving. "Don't worry about it!", he yelled back turning around giving me one last smile and wave.

I arrived home awhile after that. First I made sure my dad knew I was still alive and healthy. I cooked us some of my famous chicken and pasta salad after that. Then cleaned and fed the animals. I took a shower and got ready for bed. I just laid there thinking about today. I wondered why Nick was being so nice to me? Was he playing with me and was gonna slam me into a locker tomorrow? Who was that mystery guy at the hospital? And why did he look so familiar? Finally what was Braxton up to? Finally I just closed my eyes and let the darkness overcome me into a deep peaceful slumber.