Hard times get better (Switz) ON HOLD FOR NOW

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Swagger's POV (fucking again!)
God Why is it so bright?
I slowly open my eyes and look around and notice that I'm in the hospital. I turn my head, Fitz and Toby are asleep in the chairs next to me. I try to sit up, but I feel weak. I fall back down on the bed "fuck" I say quietly. I guess I wasn't quite enough because Fitz suddenly jerked up and looked at me. "Swagger? Swagger you awake!" He says and he hugs me. Toby jerks her head up "huh? What happened?" I chuckle and wave to Toby. She smiles and joins the hug. "Swagger!" She says and I smile. They both pull away and I get a good look at both of them. Toby has a black eye and Fitz looks fucked. My eyes start to tear up. Fitz puts his hand on mine and I look at him again. "I-I'm sorry that I dragged you guys into this..." I say as I can feel myself starting to cry. Fitz and Toby hug me tightly. "Swags there's nothing to apologize for" Toby says. "Yea Swagger we made our way into this ourselves. So we got a few scratches, who cares? You are our frie- our family and we would do anything to ensure that you're safe" I pull away from the hug and look Fitz in the eyes. "Thanks" "no problem" Fitz says and Toby smiles. I hear the door open and Mason peeks in "is he awake yet?" He's asks. Mason gasps, comes over to the bed and hugs me "Swagger!". All of our other friends come into the room and take turns hugging me. Then, we all get into one giant group hug. After a few minutes of us all laughing, John takes out his vape. Smii7y suddenly smacks John/Kryoz on the back of the head "I told you that vapes aren't allowed in here. Give me it" he says and he takes the vape and puts it in his pocket. "My baby!" John says and we all laugh.

Toby's mom decided that since now my dad isn't coming back, that I should move in with her and Toby. I'm still too young to live on my own (stupid laws) and I don't have any other family around here, so I said yes. She told me that I could stay in the spare room downstairs. We got my stuff moved into the room pretty quickly.

I can't believe that my dad is finally gone for good. I can finally be myself without worrying about him finding out. I can be the real me.

WOOOOO!!! YOU GO SWAGGER YA LITTLE NUGGET BABY! BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE! ... anyway I hope you guys liked this part. Sorry I've been gone so much. I've had a lot of school stuff going on and when I tried to write I had major writers block ._. Anyway I will try and write some more now that I think my brain is working (sort of). I love you guys! ❤️ -River