DESTROYED | What They Made Me | part 1✔️

25. Hanging with superheroes

I feel a bit sad when dad leaves. I feel alone again for a second, but then Harley and Maddie walk in with cups in their hands. They place them down on the salon table. Harley helps me sit up a little and hands me one of the cups.

"Hot coco. To warm up and maybe get some strength."

"Mom is looking for something you can eat." Maddie adds.

"Thanks" I mumble.

"Does it still hurt?" Harley asks "you had something for the pain."

"It's a bit better" I respond hoarsely. Harley smiles a little at that.

"It looked really bad." Maddie says carefully, receiving a glare from Harley. She mumbles a sorry while he looks at me to see if something's wrong.

"It's fine." I mumble back.

We sit silently, drinking the hot coco. After a few minutes Lisa comes back with some really disgusting cake sort of substance. She says it has a lot of irons so I'll get stronger again.

"But her dad is Ironman." Harley says carefully. "That already is quite some iron right?"

I giggle a little and lean back into the couch. Maddie has to think about that for a second, but then she starts laughing too.

Harley leans back next to me. "You sure you're fine?" He whispers when Lisa and Maddie aren't really looking.

I smile a little and nod at him. He gives a half smile back. "I'm so sorry Nova I shouldn't have..."

"It's not your fault Harley. Really." he gives me this look that he says doesn't believe it.

"Really dude you only helped. Would've been a lot worse without you."

He looks at me for a second, but when he sees I'm serious he finally smiles a bit.

"Dude" he laughs. I look a bit confused. "You called me dude?"

I nod. "Yeah that's what Maddie and I do. Like a sort of nickname. Friends have that."

"Friends?" He asks. I nod, smiling. He finally looks really happy now.

Lisa called Harley's mom, who's going to pick him up here after work in an hour or two. Bruce'll be here in about that time as well.

We sit down there for a while longer. Just talking about nothing in particular. Mainly trying to keep my mind off the pain. Maddie falls asleep after about half an hour and I feel my eyes get a bit heavy as well.

Harrison and Lisa check up on me every fifteen minutes, but Harley keeps saying he's got it. They can't really move me upstairs. Bruce said to move as little as possible.

Maddie does go upstairs though so she won't wake up when Harley and I get picked up. Lisa promised we'll retry the sleepover some other time when I'm better. Harley's invited too.

I say bye to Maddie, who's still half asleep, and than she goes to bed. She's just really tired but didn't really get hurt, except for maybe a scratch or two.

Harley and I stay on the couch, completely covered in blankets and pillows. We fall asleep after only a few minutes as well.

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"Nova? Hey." I see Bruce hanging over me, smiling lightly but still with a worried look. "Careful kid, just lay down for now."

I slumber back into the barricade of blankets and pillows that Harley and I are stuck in.

"Who's your friend here?" Bruce asks, motioning to him.

"Harley. He helped dad with the suit."