💠 Amber 💠

"Excuse me, are you Hunter Quinn's next of kin?" A silhouette of someone hovered behind me as I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"What? Oh, I'm his... Friend." I could not find any suitable words to describe myself other than the word 'friend'.

"I see. If there's no discomfort after he wakes up, then he can go home."

"Oh, okay. What about his injuries?"

"The injuries weren't serious. He's running a fever right now, we'll see after he comes around."

I nodded with a polite smile and went into the room to check on.. What did the nurse said his name was?

Oh yes. Hunter Quinn.

As soon as I spotted Hunter's bed at the back of the room, my smartphone vibrated.

Tyler : Hey, are you on your way?

Darn it. I totally forgotten about meeting my friends tonight.

Amber : Oops. I'm so sorry Tyler. But I'm at the hospital right now..

I accidentally pressed send without finishing what I wanted to say. Well, as expected, Tyler fired back a reply within a minute.

Tyler : What?! Are you injured? Which hospital is that?

I heaved a soft sigh as my butt made contact with the chair beside Hunter's bed.

Amber : No, I'm perfectly fine. It's the guy whom I shared a cab with on the day my bracelet went missing. By the way, I'm at Pearl General Hospital.

I drummed my fingers on the armrest as Tyler was typing a response.

Tyler : That's a relief. I'm on my way there. Wait for me.

I found a smiling emoticon and sent it to Tyler. My eyes moved from the phone screen to a pale looking Hunter. Bruises were all over his body, his right eye and upper lip were swollen.

My hand found it's way to Hunter's forehead as I wanted to know how bad was his fever. I cracked a small smile as his fever was not as bad as I initially thought.

At that exact moment, Hunter's eyes fluttered open. I quickly retracted my hand as Hunter's eyes travelled around the hospital room.

When his gaze landed on me, I was still deciding if I should smile or put on a straight-faced expression. In the end, one corner of my lips lifted up into a smirk.

"Hey, perv. How are you feeling?"

Wait. Hold on for a second. Did I just said perv?

Hunter simply blinked at me with eyes that screamed who the hell am I.

"I'm not a perv." Hunter's voice came out hoarse.

"Oh, I apologise for that. It just came out of my mouth."

"I remember you. You're the girl from the cab." Hunter tried to sit up but did not seem to have the strength. I was on my feet in an instant to help Hunter. I placed a pillow behind him so that he would not knock onto his head.

"Yeah, I am. Do I need to call your parents?" My question appeared to upset him as he looked down to stare at his hands.

"You don't have to." Hunter whispered as he focused his attention back to me again.

Before I could form any reply, I heard Tyler called out to me.

"Amber?"

I turned around to wave in order to get Tyler's attention. Once Tyler saw me and had a relieved grin on his worried face.

"Hunter, is that you? Oh my goodness. What happened to you? Where's Jenna?"

"Shouldn't you be asking if I'm alright?" Hunter clearly did not want to answer Tyler's questions.

"Oh right. How are you?"

"Felt like a truck ran over me."

Tyler and Hunter both shared weird glances. They looked at me and I got their message as clear as day.

"Seems like you both have a lot to talk about. I'll go inform the doctor that you're awake." I excused myself but was not able to walk more than three steps away from them.

"Amber, wait, I forgot to introduce. He's Hunter, my best friend. And Hunter, she's Amber, my best friend too." When I turned around Tyler was moving his hands between Hunter and I.

The both of us murmured an awkward hi and I quickly walked out.
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✈ Hunter ✈

I watched as Amber opened the door and left the room.

"Hey, buddy. What's going on? I thought you were meeting Jenna to talk things out. I didn't know she was that violent." Tyler chuckled at his lame joke and one look at my expression, he stopped laughing.

"Okay, so seriously, what the hell actually happened?"

"I broke up with Jenna."

All the response I have gotten from Tyler was silence. He stared at me and mouth hanging open. Tyler gulped as he casted his gaze on the table beside me.

"Wow. And who beat you up?"

"Her new boyfriend."

"And you just let him beat you?"

"No. I did not leave without hurting him."

The doctor came in to check on me and I have gotten her approval to go home. Tyler drove in silence as I sat beside him with my eyes closed.

"Er... I know this isn't the time to ask a question. But, I really have to ask you something, Hunter." Amber leant forward and whispered into my ears.

"What?"

"Do you remember seeing a bracelet on the cab that we were on?"

I actually felt a small smile gracing my features.

"Yeah, it's with me. I'll return it to you when we get to Tyler's home."

"You're staying with Tyler?" Amber's tone was full of curiosity.

"For the time being. Don't ask me why. It's a long story."

"Okay, thanks perv. Oops, I mean Hunter."

I chuckled lightly despite feeling crappy. My eyelids became heavier and heavier, while I surrendered to the sweetness of dreamland.
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"You can wait here while I go and get your bracelet." I pointed to the beanbag beside the door.

My hands dug through the drawer but came up with nothing. I took out everything from the drawer and saw the bracelet stuck in between my notebook. I wiped away imaginary sweat as the bracelet was handed back to it's owner.

"So.. I guess I should thank you and get out?"

"No. I would appreciate it if you could stay for awhile." I pinched the bridge of my nose as a headache was pounding my head.

"Oh. Well, okay." Amber whispered and scratched her neck.

I lay down with my hands behind my head and stare at the ceiling. Seconds ticking away on the clock soon became minutes.

"Have you dated somone before?" I asked while giving Amber a small smile.

"Ye.. Yes."

"Then you'll know how it feels to be dumped by someone?"

"Well, no. We broke up amicably."

"Lucky you."

Tyler knocked on the door right after I finished talking.

"Hey guys. Is everything alright in there?" Tyler's voice was softened by the thick wooden door.

"Yeah. We'll be out in a minute." Amber replied as she looked relieved.

"Hunter? Letting go of yourself is one of the way to a positive life." Amber added in a whisper, but loud enough for me to hear.

She gave the doorknob a twist and stepped out of my room. Tyler peeked into my room over Amber's head. I gave Tyler a thumbs up and siganlled him to close the door.

After a few minutes of alone time, Tyler was in my room wearing a weird expression.

"Is there anything you want to ask me?"

"Well, I was just curious why Amber was in your room for such a long time."

I was a little surprised by Tyler's question. An eyebrow of mine was raised as I answered him.

"That's because Amber doesn't know me, she won't be asking me about Jenna. Therefore, I was able to clear my mind and rest."

"Fair enough.." Tyler murmured as a sheepish grin found it's way to his mouth.

Tyler padded out quietly and closed the door behind him. I walked over to the switches and off the lights, getting ready to sleep. I kept on replaying Amber's words in my mind and fell asleep after hearing Amber's goodbye.

A/N :
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