Counting Stars

Chapter 8

Alli and I talked for a while and when Amanda came back she just watched tv in a chair next to my bed and ate her snacks while Alli and I continued to talk. Alli and I had a lot in common and…I think I liked her. Amanda fell asleep after a while and I put my fedora over her face. Alli helped me up and, even though I was in an immense amount of pain, we left…after she helped me into a wheelchair.

“Are you ok?” Alli asked softly. Her voice was so soothing.

“Yeah. B-but I can endure the p-pain.” I said as sparks of pain happened every few seconds. We wandered around the hospital till it was time for me to get back to my room when I noticed blood coming out of my wound. We got back to the room and saw Amanda asleep on the floor with her butt in the air.

“Well…looks like Amanda and I are staying here for the night. Once she falls asleep she’s impossible to wake up.” She said as she walked over and sat her back up into the chair. I wheeled myself over to the bed and lifted myself onto the bed. I laid down and lifted up my gown  up to see how bad my wound got. It was bleeding badly.

“Excuse me girls but visiting hours are-oh my goodness are you ok!?” The nurse asked and ran over to me. After getting me cleaned up and getting set up again she told me that I’m not aloud to leave the bed till I’ve healed up enough. I sighed and agreed and she let the girls stay to keep watch of me…well to have Alli keep an eye on me since Amanda was passed out.

“Sorry Leon…” Alli said and I smiled at her.

“Don’t worry about it. At least you get to stay.” I said and she smiled back.

“Yeah…but I was the one that came up with the idea to go walk around.”

“And I agreed now stop worrying about it I’m fine.” I said with a smile and put a hand on her shoulder. She looked at my hand then at me and I think I saw her cheeks turn red slightly. I took my hand off her shoulder, grabbed the fedora and put it on Alli’s head.

“That looks cute on you by the way.” Her cheeks turned a darker shade of red and I smiled. I heard a phone go off and she took her phone out of her back pocket and answered it.

“Hello…I’m still at the hospital visiting Amanda’s friend…we’re staying the night to keep an eye on him…ok Denzel. See you tomorrow.” She hung up.

“Who was that?” I asked and she brushed some of her hair out of her face.

“That was my brother Denzel. Our parents made me bring him along to keep me safe. He’s also a bit over-protective but I have to deal with him.” I nodded and laid back. My phone bused on the nightstand and I grabbed it. it was a text from my mom saying that she’ll visit me tomorrow during her break. I replied and put my phone back on the table. I then drifted off to sleep to the sound of humming.