A couple of weeks passed by and soon enough, I found myself using the crutches like a bawse. With a bit of help from Dr. Walker (the doctor from my bedside, also known as Jack Walker), I was soon able to go and meet Caleb. We reached his room and Jack opened the door. And there he was, sitting on the edge of his bed, watching the birds soar past his window. I felt like running up to him and giving him a massive hug, but I controlled myself and gave a simple,

"Hey!"

   He turned around immediatly and ran towards me. He gave a big but gentle hug, being careful with my ankle and helped me to his bed. We sat and talked like there was no tomorrow.

   "They never told me whether you had survived or not and I soon began to lose hope. I always hoped that you had survived, but it sort of felt impossible. They did tell me tho that we saved around 25 people out of 30. They said Natasha threatened my friend, Jack, into attempting to kill Charlotte or he would never see daylight again" he explained. Jack was a wimpy kid (no offense) and had always been scared of Natasha and was incredibly smart.

   "So, how are you? Ya know. With what's happened?" I asked, hoping he was fine and not, like, mentally instable.

  "Its alright ya know? Im kinda glad it happened"

  "What?" He better not be turning into some stupid psyco.

  "I don't mean I'm happy we almost died or that some actually did, but, if it didn't happen, we wouldn't be sitting here. Talking like proper friends, would we?" He smiled and carried on, "I've been wanting to talk to you for a while actually. Try to get to know you. D'you know that feeling when you want to be freinds with someone but you never have the courage to go talk to them?"

I smiled. Being with Caleb made me feelhappy and special. Like there was nobody else in the world but us. It was magical.

"Yea. I know how it feels. I've always wanted to talk to you too, but being a girl, I'd have to deal with people thinking I had a thing for you." I paused. Was that offensive? I edged a bit closer to him as the room got slightly colder. The wondow had been opened by the force of the wind and we weren't tall enough to close it. I shivered and what he did next gave me butterflies that I thought would last forever.

  He put his arm around me and I lay my head on his shoulder. Finally feeling relaxed, I closed my eyes and drifted to a very light sleep.

    "Hope I'm not interupting anything, but I think I've lost my bff?"

  I shot up and spun around. Charlotte. I'm guessing she sawthe crutches because she ran over and gave me a bigm comforting hug.

   "I'm so sorry Rebecca. I heard what I did and it actually scared me a lot. But that doctor, Dr. Walks or something, said it should be fine and guarantees it won't happen again. Oooooh I missed you so much! Now, intro me to your new friend and we can go to starbucks or something!" That's Charlotte for you, always thinking about food and sleep.

      "Charlotte, this is Caleb. The one who saved me from you nearly choking me to death. Caleb, this is Charlotte. The one who nearly choked me to death. Now, let's go grab a coffee or something!"
We got up and walked to a cafe. We were going to be the best of friends.