Chapter 16
Once Tony read the text message on Hannah's phone, everyone became slightly shocked with small smiles on their faces, being happy for the good news. "Should we head over there then?" Zach asked, being the first to speak. "Yeah, but I have an idea of something we should do first." Justin said, gaining the group's attention.
After doing a few things, Hannah and her friends were walking towards her house, Justin and Zach each carrying a grocery bag that was filled with some candy, something warm, like a blanket, and a few of Donnie's favorite movies. Skye, Jessica, and Sherri were also carring these portable styrofoam cup holders, each cup houlder housing a warm beverage from Monet's.
Once they reached the front door of Hannah's house, Hannah opened and held the door for her friends, making her the last to enter the house and close the door. When the group entered the kitchen, they saw that the kitchen table was suddenly bare. "Hey, where's Donnie?" Alex questioned aloud. "Oh, we moved him to the couch in the living room. Thought he'd be more comfortable there for when he wakes up." Mrs. Baker answered as she entered the kitchen. "What's in the bags?" The woman asked curiously. "Oh, just some stuff for Donnie when he wakes up." Zach said, glancing down at the bag in his hand. "Yeah. We got him a blanket too. Figured he might still be a little cold when he wakes up. We also got some hot chocolate too." Justin added. Mrs. Baker smiled. "That's very nice of you guys to do that for him. He's very lucky to have you guys as friends." Mrs. Baker said. Hannah smiled softly at her mom. "Is he still...?" Skye wondered aloud. "Yeah." Mrs. Baker said with a nod. "We've got him in there on the couch with a few blankets though. He's been in there for maybe an hour now. I wouldn't think it'd be too much longer before he wakes up." Mrs. Baker explained. "Can we see him?" Tony asked. "Of coarse. Go on ahead." Mrs. Baker said, gesturing towards the living room where Donnie was.
After their small conversation with Hannah's mom, the group of friends made their way into the living room to see their friend. As they entered the room, they saw that no one else was there, leaving them and Donnie alone. As Hannah moved closer, she noticed how Donnie had a towel placed under him since he was still wet from the ice, making his hair slightly stick to his forehead. Hannah also noticed a small square slightly poking through his shirt on the left side of his chest, meaning that her parents and the Jensens had bandaged up the area he had gotten shot. She smiled slightly to herself, seeing how peaceful Donnie looked. "I told you he'd be ok." A voice whispered from beside Hannah. The girl briefly turned in the direction of the voice, seeing Jeff standing next to her as he looked down at his friend. "Indeed you did, Atkins." Hannah said jokingly, making Jeff chuckle a little as he smiled.
"I think you should tell him." Jeff said after a few seconds of silence. "You do?" Hannah asked as she fully turned to the boy standing next to her. "Yeah. I wasn't lying when I told you that Donnie feels the same way. I mean, you might not have noticed it before, but we all see the way he looks at you." Jeff said, motioning between the others towards the end. "Yeah. He really likes you, Hannah." Alex added, agreeing with Jeff as Zach nodded in agreement. Hannah couldn't help the smile and blush that appeared on her face as she thought about what her friends were saying.
After setting everything down neatly on the coffee table, Hannah and her friends decided to put in a movie to help pass the time as they waited for their ice-powered friend to wake up. After deciding on having a "Pirates of the Caribbean" marathon, everyone sat on the floor near the couch, close to Donnie. As the first movie played, Hannah found herself going back and forth between watching the movie and looking at Donnie, silently hoping and even begging that he'd wake up soon.
As the group of friends found themselves starting the fourth movie in their movie marathon, they paused the movie when they heard a small sound from behind them, towards the couch where Donnie was. After Hannah paused the movie, the friends turned their attention towards the couch, watching anxiously to see if something would finally happen.
As the group watched hopefully, they heard a small groan come from their friend. Hannah moved a little closer to the couch when she noticed his eyes start to slowly flutter open.
As Donnie slowly awoke, he looked at the ceiling above him, becoming confused. "I'm not dead?" He questioned to himself, his voice sounding hoarse. "No, you're not dead, Gill. Far from it, actually." A voice spoke, gaining Donnie's attention as he slowly turned his head to see his friends smiling at him. Donnie smiled at them instantly. "Ok, so I'm not dead. But why am I wet?" Donnie asked, noticing his cold, wet clothes.
After everything was explained to him, Donnie sat up on the couch, wearing dry clothes and hugging a warm blanket around himself as he held a cup of Monet's hot chocolate in his free hand. He sat in the middle of the couch, with Hannah sitting on one side and Skye on the other, the others either in a chair or on the floor. "You still cold?" Hannah asked gently as she noticed Donnie still shivering a little bit. "Yeah, a little bit." Donnie said with a small nod. Not replying, Hannah wrapped her arms around him, making the still-cold boy lean into the new warmth. "Better?" Hannah asked with a smile. "A little, yeah." Donnie said, returning the smile. Seeing the two, Skye decided to join the hug as she wrapped her arms around Donnie as well. Donnie smiled towards Skye when he felt her hug him as well. "Group hug time!" Jeff childishly yelled as he managed to join the hug as well, closely followed by everyone else joining the hug. Donnie sighed contently to himself as he smiled and stopped shivering, thanks to the added warmth from his friends. "This actually feels really good right now." Donnie said, talking about the warmth his friends were giving him. The others smiled at him and continued to help warm him up in reply.
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