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Amara's POV

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I've been up for hours, but it feels like minutes. Derek, my very amazing new friend who is still a stranger, has been making sure that I eat and get enough water to make up for the time I was in a coma. Which he hasn't told me yet, but he did tell me that all my friends and family relived and told stories of my life. I really hope they didn't tell him anything embarrassing, even though I know they did. The last few hours with Derek have been some of the best hours I've had. Even in the hospital with no memories of what happened or how I got here.

I'm sitting in my hospital room, waiting for Derek to get back. Hospitals are boring! I look around the room to find something to do, nothing... What the heck am I supposed to do?! I sigh, and flip back down on my bed. I stare up at the ceiling, thinking, wondering. What happen that day? And why is it so bad they won't tell me?

I then hear the door creak open, I instantly sit up. I smile as I see Derek half in the door, he's facing the hallway talking quietly to someone. I could see his jaw was clenched, and his knuckles were turning white, I carefully, and quickly got up. I went to him, I put my hand on his. My hand started to tingling, and my heart was pounding. He turned to look at me, his eyes were darkened, anger in his eyes, but they softened as he looked at me.

"What's wrong?" I asked him, he looked into the hallway again.

I looked with him, I saw Zavier, and one of his friends at the end of the hallway. He had his glare fixed on Derek, he didn't notice me. I looked away from him to Derek.

"Derek..." I said softly.

I was so close to him I was afraid he would be able to feel or hear my heart pounding in my chest. He looks at me, the anger in his eyes was gone.

"Ignore him, and come in, please?"

I backed away into my hospital room, he hesitated but he came in. He closed the door behind him. I sat on the bed, and watched as he came closer to me. My heart was beating frantically, he sat in the chair that's been there a while.

"What happened?" I asked, concerned.

He sighs, as he runs his fingers through his hair, I resist the urge to run my fingers through it.

"It's nothing, don't worry 'bout it..." He said, looking down.

I can tell he's lying, his hands are in fists. I get off the bed and walk to him. I cup his face, I lift it so I can see into his eyes. The anger was nowhere to be seen in his eyes but now sadness had taken over,

"Please... I don't like to see anyone upset, or hurt. Please tell me, you can trust me."

My stomach was flip flopping but I don't care, I want to know what happened. We were silent for a moment just looking into each other's eyes. My heart was pounding in my chest again, I felt so close to him even though I've known him for a matter of hours. I loved our comfortable silence, I didn't want it to end. There was a knock on the door, that broke our moment. I let go of his face, and stepped back as someone comes in. I didn't look up, as I sit on the bed. I hear something drop to the floor.

"Amara?" A familiar disbelieved voice asked.

I look up to see my 3 best friends; Sierra, Lena, and Josh. Sierra had her dirty blond hair in a ponytail and her brown eyes were getting glossy, she was wearing short shorts with a mint green crop top. Lena had her raven black hair down and her green eyes were filled with disbelief, she was wearing a short black skirt with a dark blue button up. Last but definitely not least, Josh, his blond hair was sticking swept back and his blue eyes held tears but he was overjoyed, he was wearing normal tightish jeans, and a white button up the first 3 buttons were undone to show some of his chest. Showing off today are we??? They, basically, ran over and pulled me into a tight hug. I felt like I might be squeezed to death.

"I missed you guys too." I said breathless, "But I think you guys are going to kill me."

They laugh and let me go. I look at Derek, who was laughing as well. I turn away before he sees me looking at him. I look at my best friends.

"Don't ever do that again!" Josh said sternly, while Sierra and Lena laughed, "you scared the crap out of me!"

He pulled me into another hug, this one isn't going to kill me, like the first one. I laugh as I hug him back, out of the corner of my eye I see Derek looking at the floor. I let go of Josh,

"So what did I miss?" I asked

"A lot!" Sierra exclaimed

Since i know them so well, I knew they all started talking. I held my hand up to stop them.

"One at a time, but I'm curious why is everyone kinda dressy today? Especially you Josh." I ask

"Well Josh has a date with his boyfriend, and Lena and I are going on a double date!" Sierra tells me in excitement.

I look at them with my mouth slightly gapped

"And who are these lucky men?" I ask, laughing a bit.

"Well, Josh is with Daniel." Lena says, I stare at Josh.

"Daniel Brooke?" I ask.

He looks embarrassed as he nods. I smile at him,

"Wow... Nice catch Josh." I say amused.

That's when Sierra and Lena share a scary smile, Sierra comes over and whispers in my ear,

"Nice catch yourself, hon."

I look at my lap as I feel my face heating up, I put my face in my hands to try and hide my blush. I didn't work, they started laughing which made me blush harder. I could also feel Derek staring at me, I'm afraid to look over.

"You guys are mean to me." I joke.

We all talked, even Derek joined in eventually after he got used to Sierra and Lena's teasing and enthusiasm. We had talked about everything that happened in a coma, and yea I kinda figured out how long I've been in a coma since Josh and Daniel started dating a month after my accident. They've been dating 5 month. Eventually they had to leave because visiting hours were over and they have to come back tomorrow. Which left me alone with Derek, not that I wasn't excited, it was just that I wanted to hang out with them a little longer, but that's not happening till tomorrow.

There was a comfortable silence between us, I started thinking about what happened earlier today. I looked up to see Derek was looking at the floor with his arms on his knee and thigh. I sigh quietly,

"I'll tell you..." He said quietly.

I got up from the bed and kneeled in front of him. I looked into his sad eyes.

"I didn't mean to press-"

"I know, but you asked and I'll tell you..." He interrupted.

He sighed and ran his fingers through his soft-looking hair. I, again, resisted the urge to run my fingers through it.

"He threatened me, and the one I care about... He said that if I didn't back off, he'd make me..." He said making eye contact with me.

"'Back off'? Back off from what?" I asked

He hesitated, and responded softly,

"You..."

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That's the end of chapter 7!!! Yay!!!
I hope you guys enjoyed and yes I kind of used my best friends names in this chapter... Sierra and Josh are my amazing friends but I don't know anyone named Lena.
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