Christina is the first to arrive, sending Four back home. I didn't really want him to go, but I knew the others would be pissed if I let him stay. 

"How are you feeling?" Christina asks, that pitiful look on her face. 

"Perfect." I respond sarcastically. 

She rolls her eyes, "I'm being serious Tris. You know you could have died, right." 

"Wouldn't be the first time." 

"What!" She screams. 

I shrug, "I've been in a few car crashes, with different people, one time my plane almost crashed, and one time I was at a beach being chased by a shark but I got caught by a wave." 

Her jaw hangs open. 

"I'm just kidding, Christina. I just almost drove off of a bridge one time. It was still a crash." 

She takes a deep breath, "Damn, I thought you were actually cool for once." 

I stick out my tongue, acting like a child. The Pedridiots walk in, two people I probably don't even like as much as Four right now. 

Zeke steps up first, "I'm sorry Tris. I get that you were just on edge, now, and you didn't mean to push him away. I feel awful." 

I smile a little, knowing he was sincere, "It's fine, Zeke, I get that you two need your bro time with Four." I mimic them at the end. 

Uriah laughs, "Yeah, gotta do those sports and touch those downs with him." 

I roll my eyes, they are such idiots. Much to my surprise, Lynn walks in, actually looking like she is feeling some kind of emotion. Weird. Shauna stands quietly behind her. 

"Hey Tris, can you suck it up and leave? Hospitals are depressing." 

I laugh, "I don't think it works like that." 

She smirks, "It does if you are Lynn." 

She is so weird. 

"I'll be home as soon as I can, but you know you don't have to stay here, right?" 

She shrugs, "I kind of do." 

Uriah butts in, "Ooh, look, Lynn has actual human EMOTIONS!"

Her hand goes flying through the air, smacking Uriah hard. Everybody burst out laughing, but Uriah stands there with puppy dog eyes, holding his cheek. 

"You totally deserved that," Marlene says from the door, "My boyfriend is such an idiot." 

I know she is right, especially when you are dealing with Lynn. 

"Marlene! Come on!" Uriah whines, still pouting. 

She shakes her head, going to give Uriah a kiss. 

"No PDA in my room!" I yell, throwing a pillow at them. 

They break apart, both looking ticked. I don't regret any of that. 

Lastly, Will walks in, with a cart full of bags. 

"What's that?" I question, looking at all of the things. 

"A bunch of people from school felt bad and sent gifts from the gift shop. I went to go get you a teddy bear and they sent me back up with these." 

I am in awe that that many people even care about me after being at the school for only 2 weeks. 

Everybody starts talking, trying to grab the presents, looking inside. Christina starts yelling at Will to kick Uriah away from the presents before he takes them all, and Lynn puts Zeke in a head lock so he doesn't steal the giant bag of skittles peeking out from a bag. Everybody is yelling, Lynn is being herself, and there is a circus in front of me. 

"Will keep him away!" 

"I'm tryi-Uriah get that teddy bear out of your mouth!" 

"I thought it was a chocolate bear!" 

"Lynn let go of my head!" 

"No Zeke you can NOT have her presents!" 

"Uriah Is wear if you put one more inanimate object in your mouth I am breaking up with you!" 

"Everybody STOP!" I yell. 

To my surprise, everyone stops in place, looking like I just paused a TV show. 

"Everybody sit down, and Will, hand me the gifts one at a time. It isn't that hard to open presents you idiots." 

Everybody slowly backs down, embarrassed, while I glare at them. 

Will hands me the first gift, from Miss. Wu of all people. I open it up, finding a mug that just says Shut Up. I think I like that one. 

"That is so cute! Can I take pictures?" Christina asks, pulling out her phone. 

I shrug, "Sure," And hold it up, smiling. 

Uriah quickly grabs one, and shoves it towards me. I roll my eyes, reading the tag, To: Our favorite Trissy-Poo~From: Your favorite idiots

"Thank Zeke and Uriah." I say, opening the gift. 

Inside is a teddy bear, holding a heart that says, "I ain't no Pansycake!" 

I laugh, holding it up for everyone to see, and for Christina to take a picture of. 

Next, Will hands me one from Lynn and Shauna, which is bigger than a lot of the others. 

"What is this?" I question, tearing at the wrapping paper. 

Lynn smirks, watching me as I pull it out. The first thing, is a shirt that says "Suck it up." 

"Lynn, very much appreciated." 

She nods, still smiling. The next thing is a giant jar, literally just filled with chocolate. My eyes widen, this is more than enough to last me till Christmas, as long as my friends don't touch it. "Where did you get this from?" I ask. 

"I got it at Walmart. FYI I will be stealing some of that." Shauna says, taking a Hershey bar from the top. 

"This is amazing!" I say, grabbing a Reeses. 

Lynn flips her short hair, "We know we are." 

I laugh, grabbing the next bag. It's from Christina, and before I even take out the tissue paper, I know that it is clothes. 

"Can I just set this one down for when I leave?" I ask, seeing she knows what I am talking about. 

She nods, pushing it beside my bed. I grab the next one, from Eric. He is in my math and English class, and he is pretty nice. He does have a lot of piercings, which is a little weird, but I don't mind. 

The bag is black, like Lynn's soul. There is a few cards from different people who pitched in, and Eric himself got me a giant fleece blanket. I am glad, this hospital blanket sucks. I pull it up onto me, and Christina gets a picture. I go through a few more, candy, cards and such, until I get to the one that catches my eyes. 

Of all people, Lauren sent me a gift. "Should I go throw it in a fire?" Will asks, placing it on my bed. 

I shake my head, opening it up. The first thing is a card, which I guess is an apology card because it says "Sorry." on the front. 

"Read it out loud." Lynn says, leaning in. 

"Um, sure," I say, "It can't be awful. Okay, Dear Tris, 

You have no idea how unbelievably sorry I am. Despite what you might think, I wasn't always a complete mega bitch. I have been having a lot of home issues since I started high school."

"What kind of excuse is that?" Lynn scoffs. 

I shrug, continuing, "I know, what kind of excuse is that?" I swear Lynn knew what the letter would say, " Well, at the beginning of freshman year, my dad and mom started fighting. They didn't pay any attention to me, I was rarely remembered, and had to rely on myself to be fed and clothed. I think I started acting the way I do because I wanted some kind of attention. I started dressing more and more like a... slut. I tried to sleep with any guy I could, because having any bit of love felt good. 

My parents just got worse, and got a divorce at the beginning of sophomore year. That made everything worse, and my mom tried to hit me, but with the clothes I was wearing she couldn't or else somebody would see the bruises. My parents didn't, and still don't, care about me. I don't know if what I am about to say is an excuse for beating you, but here it is. 

Four is an amazing man. You may not know it yet, but he really is. The love and attention he gave me was amazing, but I wanted more. I was always cheating on him, but still came back for his love. When I saw you come around, he started paying less attention to me. If it isn't obvious, he likes you so much more than me. I was afraid he would forget all together about his girlfriend when somebody as p-pretty as you came along." 

There is a lump in my throat, and I am about to cry. 

"When you said something about us breaking up, it was the last straw. I wasn't angry at you, I was angry about all of the other shit going on in my life. I am so incredibly sorry, Tris. I don't know if you will ever be able to forgive me, but please, give it a chance. I really hope that one day we might be friends. I also hope, that you realize Four has a MAJOR crush on you, and you should take him off the market before someone else does. 

XOXO, Lauren, your, hopefully, future friend." 

I finish, barely able to speak. Zeke is crying, the girls are all red eyed, I am.. speechless. 

"You know, you would be a real bitch not to forgive her now." Lynn says, shaking her head

I let out a stale laugh, still not completely back in reality. So, all of this happened, I almost died, and Lauren is actually not guilty of all of this. She has had some major issues, which makes me feel awful. Maybe I really should forgive her.