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48 | a comforting hand

| this is a flashback chapter!

dylan quickly pulled his hood above his head before glancing down both directions of the hallway. he wasn't entirely sure why he thought pulling a hood over his head would make him less suspicious but he was just rolling with it because he had a time crunch.

dylan didn't see any of the nurses watching him or paying attention to him so he took that as his chance to race down the hallway to dyl's room. he was still a little tired from his long flight and his mind was pretty jumbled with thoughts so he couldn't quite remember what room she was. he remembered something along the lines of 203 or somewhere close so he'd just have to try a few doors, hopefully he wouldn't walk in on anything and he was silently praying that he would get it first try.

dylan skidded to a stop at the room that read 203 across the top and he glanced in both directions again before giving it a slight knock and pushing it open. he closed his eyes for a moment but then opened them again when he heard a gasp.

"dylan??" dylan smiled widely for 1. he got the room right the first time even after taking an all night flight and 2. dyl was right in front of him prepped to be hauled off to surgery soon.

"hi." dylan says walking over to her and kissing her forehead. she smiled and giving him confused eyes as to why he was here and more importantly how he got here.

"how are you here? you know the nurses are gonna cut you in half if they find you in here." dyl laughed and dylan only shrugging, pulling up the chair beside the bed for a quick minute.

"you know me, i have my ways. i wanted to come and see you before your acl surgery and wish you good luck." dylan smiles proudly at himself and dyl chuckles at his confidence. she liked it. she also still wanted to know how he got here..if he had taken an overnight flight just for her..

"and you couldn't have just facetimed me instead of flying all the way down here?" dyl raises her eyebrow but dylan only brushes it off with a wave of his hand. she rolls his eyes at his no big deal attitude.

"yeah but what kind of best friend and boyfriend would i be if i didn't come and see you? a bad one." dylan answers his own question and dyl laughs again. dylan smiled, he liked making her laugh, it made butterflies appear in his stomach.

"so your mom does know that you're here right? you didn't just jump on her plane without telling your parents i hope." dyl says seriously and dylan quickly nods.

"oh yeah, don't worry, they know i'm here. i would get kicked into the next dimension if i didn't tell them. your mom knows i'm here too. i'm actually going to be staying here for the next few days before i gotta go back for school." dylan informs her and dyl raises her eyebrows in more surprise.

"wow, look at you. are you trying to one up me and the girls from your awesome birthday surprise?" dyl jokes and dylan rolls his eyes but nods a small yes.

"no, wow i do nice things and this is what i get in return?" dylan jokes as well and dyl just gives him a little shove to the shoulder which makes both of them laugh. they both definitely missed hearing the other one's laugh.

"are you nervous?" dylan asks once they settle down again. dyl shrugs, she wasn't really nervous but it was all the pt and rebuilding she'd have to do afterwards.

"no..not really. i guess it's the after thought, like all the pt i'll have to go through to get strong again." dyl says and dylan frowns slightly. he takes her hand in his and kisses it.

"well you are the strongest girl i know so i'm sure it will be a breeze for you. just remember why you're doing it. things only go up from here." dylan says and dyl smiles at his encouraging words. she squeezes his hand back and they exchange a warm smile.

"knock, knock, dylan can we come in?" both dyl and dylan's eyes widened at the sound of a nurse's voice outside the door. dylan quickly jumped up and panicked slightly on where to hide because the hospital room was only so big.

"bathroom, hurry. just one minute!" dylan called out to the nurse and she watched as dylan ran into the bathroom to hide as soon as the door opened and the nurse popped her head in.

"hey sweetie. i think it's time." she says with a sweet smile and dyl nods returning the smile slightly.

"i know it may seem nerve racking, but you're gonna do great. it's a quick procedure and you'll be like new." the nurse says and dyl chuckles slightly. a few other nurses come in after her, checking her iv and stats before putting up the guard rails to wheel her bed down to the operating room. dylan took a risk and popped his head out from where he was hiding from behind the door and gave dyl a wink with a smile. she caught his smile and quickly returned it just as she was rolled out of the room. dylan popped out of the bathroom and smiled to himself, sending dyl good luck in her surgery before pulling the door to the room back open and hurrying back to the waiting room before anyone caught him and he got in serious trouble.

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heyyyy what's up y'all- not me updating this at 12am lile usual 😳😳
first of all sorry for not updating in like..a month oop- i was trying to decide if i wanted to post this chapter or not
but yeah, these newt few chapters will all be like..flashbacks and happy ones, don't worry haha.

anyways, if you're still here, thanks for sticking around :) it means a lot, really. schools just been hard and stuff but i'm still here.

obviously the book kind of took a turn but i have a good scene set up in my bed for when we finally get to the ending soo yeah. you guys pretty much guessed what happened but it will all kind of come up to light in the end if that makes sense?

Stay fresh, stay safe, have a happy thanksgiving on thursday if you celebrate and live in the US :)

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