'Beep Beep Beep!!!'

     "Is she okay?"

     "I hope we got her out in time!"

     "LET ME IN! SHE'S MY ALMOST-GIRLFRIEND!" Wait....WHAT? Um..... Okay then... I groan and open my eyes. I try to look around to see where I am, but all I can see are faces. Or, more specifically, Peony, Jackie, Flit, and Unicity's faces. Four? Where's Dash? Is she flying? I try to look up, but it hurts my head.

    "Everyone stand back! She's awake!" Unicity says, trying to push everyone back. Well, SHE isn't getting back.

    "Umm...Unicity... That means YOU too." Jackie says, with a smirk on her face.

    "Oh yeah." Unicity shuffles back. I try to prop myself up with an arm, but fail miserably. Well, it's not SO bad. My head hurt more when I tried to get up.

    "Where's *gasp* Dash?" I manage to ask. Ugh... It even hurts to talk!

    "Don't worry. She's fine." Unicity tells me.

    "No she's not..." Jackie says. Wow - honesty coming in BIG there.

    "Okay, well, yeah, Twi. She got hurt in the collapse, so she is now you're roommate!" Unicity tells me, glaring at Jackie. I turn my head - ow - and look to my right. Dash is staring at me with worry. I hold up me hand - with a hospital bracelet? - and wave, giving her a sad smile.

    "Oh, and you're in the hospital." Peony says. I nod, trying to remember what happened. Okay, so it looks like I am in a pale white - teal room, and it is decorated with LOTS of streamers, confetti, and balloons. How much do you want to bet it was Peony? Between Dash and I, there are food tables, chairs, a coffee table (the chairs are around the table) and a giant TV. Sitting on two of the six chairs, there are two sparkly outfits.

    "Do you like them?" Unicity asks with concern.

    "No, Unicity they are BEAUTIFUL!" I say, and I give her a big smile. Meanwhile, Dash is giving me a disgusted face. I guess she doesn't like sparkles.

    "Twi, yours is the purple and pink one, and Dash, yours is the blue and red one." She says, gesturing to both of us. Then Jackie comes up carrying a GIANT basket of apples.

    "Awwwww.. THANKS Jackie!" Dash and I say in unison. Then we look at each other and laugh. Flit comes up behind her.

    "I um... Well I made you both some stuffed animals..." she says, holding out a  pegasus and an alicorn.

    I reach for the alicorn when Dash yells out "I CALL THE PEGASUS!"

    "Well, that's okay, because I already called the alicorn." I tell her, and we both hug them. My hugging was interrupted when I hear Dash squeal. I look at her, and she points to the coffee table. On it are two guitars, two giant speakers, and a microphone. THAT would be so awesome to do! I mean, we could get in a lot of trouble with those..... Especially with the speakers.... My thoughts are interrupted when I hear the doctor's voice.

    "Ms. Twi, will you allow Mr. Flash to come into the room?" he asks, gesturing towards Flash. He gives me a pouty face, like I was one of his best friends (Readers, it was Flash doing the pouting, not the doctor) and we were meant for each other. He also starts to 'fake cry' telling the doctor how I used to love him but I don't anymore. *sniff* So sad, but never true.

    "*sigh* Fine....." I say, and roll my eyes. He gives a big smile, and starts to leap around the room like he is a male ballerina. But, you know, without the sparkly tutu and rainbow streamers. He stops at my bed, giving me a really big hug.

    "Um... Flash... I need to be able to breathe..." I tell him.

    "Oh.... Right..." he says, and skips over to Dash's bed. Or, should I say, skips over to Dash's bed like an over-hyper teenage girl at the mall. And boy, he was good at doing that. Maybe he had lots of practice? I tried to imagine that - ewwwww... I make a face at Dash, and she starts laughing. Just then, Mitch runs into the room, followed by Preston, Rob, and Jerome. They are all heaving for breath, and Dash and I snicker.

    "We.........ran........all.......the........way........here......" Jerome pants.

    "Hey, you suggested it, yet you didn't want to take a walk on the beach with me at 5 am this morning!" Mitch scowls, and gives Jerome a playful shove. I guess that Jerome had to sleep. As Dash would say, the bacca needs a nap. Or coffee - both work. Jerome just shrugs and smiles innocently, as though he had no choice in the matter. Mitch then immediately comes over and gives me a hug, trying not to 'hurt' me more than he has to. I hug him back, feeling more safe than I do when I (or in this case, only he) am hugging Flash.

Honestly, though, where did that come from? I mean, I almost-kinda just met Mitch, so..... Okay, I am not sure what to think. Mitch eventually pulls away, but I can see that he doesn't want to. I look at Dash and see Preston doing the same thing, only Dash says what she feels out loud. Oops? I snicker, and everyone turns to look at her.

    "Ooh.. Looks like PRESTON likes DASH and DASH likes PRESTON..." Jerome coos, and Unicity pretends to faint. Then Dash attempts to throw a pillow at Jerome, but it misses and ends up hitting Mitch in the face. I gasp and look at her, wondering why she did that. Then I watch in silence when Mitch slowly pick up the pillow, looking at it thoughtfully. In a blur, he hits Jerome on the top of the head. In just a few seconds, we have a free-for-all pillow fight going on, but no one is really going for me. Using my magic, I take all the pillows from everyone's hands and make them float by the ceiling where they can't get them. Well, everyone except Flit and Unicity, who can use magic and just fly up there.

A nurse comes in, and I take my magic away, making all the pillows fall back down on the floor. It's like it's raining pillows. Three of them hit Jerome straight on the nose - yes, that nose -  and one knocks over his coffee. I try to prop myself up, and realize that I am covered with pillows. In a flash (no, not Flash from school) I whip my arm out, scattering pillows everywhere, just as Dash does the same. By the time all the pillows are on the ground, so is everyone else, since the pillows came at them from every direction. Shortest pillow fight ever. Everyone gets up at once, arguing that they won. I make a pillow float in front of them all, and then it explodes, sending feathers everywhere. They stop and stare at me. Laughing, I turn to Dash.

    "Twi, I challenge you to a staring contest!" she says, and I agree. 5 minutes and 8 seconds later, Dash blinks, and I win.

    "Yes!" I throw my fist up into the air. Then the nurse comes back in.

    "I'm sorry, but I have to break up this party. The visiting hours are over, and the girls need to eat dinner. So I am very sorry, but you all need to leave. You are welcome to come back tomorrow at 9 am." she informs us, and I can see that by the look on Mitch's face that he will definitely be back tomorrow.

    "Awwwww..." they all sigh, and then turn and leave the room. The nurse hands us each a menu, from which we will order our dinner. Before I look, I see her name-tag. It reads: Cheryl! In big bubble letters, with a huge exclamation point at the end of her name. Now, I can look. The choices are:

Drinks: Lemonade (regular, cherry, raspberry, blueberry, watermelon, strawberry), water, juices (cranberry, apple, orange), milk (regular or chocolate), smoothies (berry, strawberry, blueberry, lemon, mango, peach, banana, strawberry banana, grape, watermelon, cherry, raspberry, cranberry, apple, orange), apple cider, hot chocolate (with or without peppermint and marshmallows) and tea (lemon, berry, peach, black, green, lemon ginger, raspberry, blueberry, morning grey, hibiscus, dragon eye oolong, citrus spice, tangerine, ginger peach, cranberry).

Food: Pizza (cheese, sausage, pepperoni, mixed, plus any other toppings you want), hamburgers (regular, cheese, bacon), grilled cheese (meat optional), soups (cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, french onion, broccoli cheddar, potato, split pea and ham, tomato, cream of celery, chicken noodle, minestone, chicken dumpling, tortilla, corn chowder, asparagus, pea, dill, potato cheddar, potato broccoli, lentil, beef barley), salads (garden, caesar, chicken caesar, greek, carrot, tuna, southwestern, three-bean, dilled egg, tofu, tricolor, ambrosia, watermelon, roast beef, macaroni, make-your-own), sandwiches (ham, turkey, roast beef, BLT, chicken , make-your-own), tacos (turkey, chicken, beef, fajita, beef and bean, chipotle pork, duck, Korean bbq, Asian chicken, spaghetti, lobster, fish, hard and soft shells optional), and burritos (bean and cheese, beef and bean, juarez, pocho, mission, carne asada, california, multi-cultural, breakfast, wrap, wet, smothered/enchilada style, fish, mexican hamburger, chimichanga, fast-food).   

Sides: Salads (listed above, but in a smaller size), soup (once again, above but smaller), chips (potato, cheetos, doritos, sun, bbq, sour cream and onion, sour cream and cheddar, sea salt and vinegar), veggie straws (with complimentary cheese), popcorn (regular, caramel, chocolate, salted, cheese, ranch, garlic herb, parmesan rosemary, three cheese, mustard-pretzel, pepperoni pizza, curry, caesar, cinnamon sugar, kettle), pretzels (regular, with salt, with cheese, honey ranch, flavored, and more) and pita chips with hummus.

Dessert: Jello (Strawberry, orange, peach, grape, lime, lemon, cherry, tropical fruit, rainbow), cake (vanilla, chocolate, marble, lemon-blueberry, lemon with optional fruit), a lemon lime jello cake, strudel (cherry, apple, raspberry, berry), and ice cream (mint, mint chocolate chip, chocolate, chocolate chip, strawberry, vanilla, vanilla bean, snow, cookie dough, and more, with fruit, fudge, and additional toppings optional), chocolate mint bars, pumpkin sugar cookies, cinnamon roll apple pie, peanut butter cookie dough bars, apple pie biscuits, cupcakes (bubble gum, vanilla, chocolate, strawberry), pie (apple, blueberry, cherry, apple-cranberry, french silk, chicken pot, berry, strawberry-rhubarab, strawberry, peach, mango), salted caramel brownie with pretzel crust, fruit ice cubes, salted caramel s'mores, and kit kat cream cheese brownies.

     Uuuuugggghhhh.... I have to many good choices! Well, the only thing to do now  is choose something that I crave. (or at least semi-crave) So...

    "I'll have strawberry lemonade, a BLT sandwich, a chicken caesar salad, and some lentil soup. For desert can I have lemon-blueberry cake with some strawberries on the side, and a scoop of cookie dough ice cream with strawberries and grapes, with a little fudge?" I ask, trying to figure out what I should have.

    "Sure, sweetie!" Cheryl! says, and goes over to Dash to take her order.

    "Um.... Can I have a lemon smoothie, a ham sandwich, a garden salad, and a cup of cream of beef barley soup?" she asks, also reading Cheryl!'s name-tag.

    "Of course!" she says cheerily, leaving to go get the food. As soon as she leaves the room, Dash and I start giggling.

    "Did you see her name?" I ask, trying not to laugh. Laughing hurts.

    "Yeah! It was all like 'I am Cheryl! Bow down before my awesome name that MUST (MUST!!!) be shouted in glee!' and you couldn't laugh!" she said, and we start laughing. Ow...... It hurts, but she is SO right. After a few minutes, we die down, and Dash looks bored.

    "Hey Twi, you wanna play a game?" she asks. Lets see.... Do I? Well, I guess it couldn't hurt...

    "Sure, but what would you like to play?" I ask, looking pointedly at the pile of games (also from Peony) and making sure to rearrange them according to size so that they are all in a nice pile.

    "Um.... How about Cloudbuster?" she asks, and I nod, using my magic to put it on a table. Then, I make the table come to us, so that we didn't have to get out of our beds. I wrap my blanket around me (hey, hospitals are cold!) and sit on the side of my bad facing Dash. Then I set up my pieces. Dash does the same, and we are ready to begin.

    "Do you want to go first?" I ask her, and she nods. Then she stares at her side, deep in concentration.

    "Um...... Cloud 6?" she asks, holding up a white 'miss' peg.

    "Miss!" I tell her, and then pick a spot to guess.

    "Um.... How about Apple 4?" I ask.

    "Sorry, but that is a miss!" she says, and stares at her board again.

    "How about Magic 8?" she asks. Dang! - That's a hit!

    "Eeyup!" I say, doing a perfect imitation of Big Mac. Dash stares at me for a second, before bursting out laughing. I join in, and she places down a blue 'hit' peg.

    "Ok, um.... Carrot 2?" I ask, and she looks sad.

    "Hiiiit..." she says, and I put down a peg.

    "Ok, then how about Grassy 9?" Dash asks.

    "That isssssssss aaaaaaaaaaaaaa miss." I draw it out, and Dash falls over.

    "Ugggghhhh!!!" she sigh, and then glances over at my books.

    "Got anything for me to read?" she asks, the game forgotten.

    "Have you read Maximum Ride?" I ask. "It's one of my favorite series ever!"

    "Fine.." she says, and reaches for the first book. I open the first book in the Haven series, and then we get an 'unexpected' surprise - Cheryl! is back.

    "Here is your food, girls!" she squeals, giving us a super big smile. Oh gosh, how long will we be here? I don't think I can stand anymore of Cheryl!'s personality. It's too.. perky. She dishes out the food, and asks if we need anything else. We shake our heads, and she skips out of the room. Now, it is time to eat.

     Long chapter hype! :D I bet I made all of you readers hungry with this one. I know that while I was writing all of this, it was right before lunch, so I got really hungry. Anyway, enjoy the book, and I will update as soon as I can! Also, you have GOT to love Cheryl! There is no other way to describe her other than very perky. If anyone else can think of things, comment them down below, and I will be sure to read them (and reply) to them all.

Love you all!

-Chrissy/Twi