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Chapter 12

"Hi," Michael stares at me and smiles shyly.

"Michael," I start to say and I pull him in for a hug. "What the fuck happened?"

"Well," he starts to say, wrapping his arms around me. "This guy was making fun of this little girl for being bald."

"Oh my god! That's so mean! What the fuck?!"

"Yeah and I told him to stop, nicely, but he just wouldn't stop so I threw a punch at him. After that, he punched me twice as hard in the jaw. Then I punched him in the gut. He punched me in the nose — I think it's broken. I kicked him in the balls. Really hard. He fell over and I made sure the little girl was okay and brought her back to her parents. Then I just left."

"Michael, we need to take you to the hospital if you think your nose is broken."

"I'm fine."

"No, you're not. You even said it yourself. You said you thought it was broken," I start to say and grab my car keys. "I'm taking you to the hospital."

"Sophia." Michael groans and exaggerates the 'a'.

"C'mon, let's go."

"Ugh." Michael grunts and I push him out the door.

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We make it to the hospital and we sit down in the waiting room. Just as Michael's name is being called, I get a call from Brent. Oh shit.

"Michael, I'll meet you in there." I tell him and he nods.

I answer the phone and make my way outside.

"Brent, I'm seriously so sorry. Michael came over just a few minutes ago all beaten up because this guy was making fun of a little girl for being bald and he wouldn't stop so Michael threw a punch at him and now I'm at the hospital because Michael thinks his nose is broken. I'm so sorry." I ramble to Brent through the phone.

"Woah. Sophia calm down, it's fine. It's not a big deal. We can grab a burger another time, okay?" Brent says and I smile and nod even though he can't see me.

"Okay. I'm sorry again."

"Don't be. It's no biggie."

"Are you sure? I feel really bad."

"Yes, I'm sure. Now go see if Michael is okay. Alright?"

"Alright. Later, Brent."

"Bye, Sophia."

I hang up the phone and head back inside of the hospital to find Michael. I turn a corner and see that Michael is laying down on a hospital bed.

"Hey," I say as I walk over to him.

"Hi," he smiles at me.

"So what did the nurse say?"

"He said the doctor will be here in a minute."

"Good." I say and sit down in a chair beside the hospital bed.

I look over to see Michael is taking a keek of himself.

"Hey guys! Guess where I am? I'm in the hospital because I think my nose might be broken," Michael says and frowns during the last sentence. "Sophia, one of my closest girl friends brought me here."

Michael turns the camera around so it's facing me.

"No!" I say, bringing my hands over my face.

"C'mon, Sophia! Please." he pouts.

"I don't want the entire world seeing my ugly face, thank you very much."

"Sophia you aren't ugly at all," Michael puts his phone down and takes my hands away from my face.