"I... don't know if i shou... i....." She looked in the sky again. "...I still love him..." She looked down on her knees again. "You... do?" Daniel asked. He sat back back kind of dissapointingly and thought, almost angrily.
"You ok?" She asked. "Yeah, i'm fine........You can't go anywhere like that... You should go home and rest before you pass out again-" Pandora gave a great face of expression and opened her mouth to disagree, but didn't say anything.
"And i will go check on Vinny to see how he's doing. I'll come pick you up early tomorrow morning... They might not even let me visit him since he just got there not long ago."
She thought about this, but didn't utter a word. Shoud she wait to get there before another day? Was that the best thing to do? She got up to see if she could walk a bit but fell down in pain, grabbing her swollen ankle that was now turning purple.
"God, i can't even fucking get up!", she groaned.
"Sigh... gimmie your hand." he told her, holding her side and helping her to sit down on a stairway. "The cars are passing by us awfully close... I wouldn't want to have to see you get sent to the hospital too." he said, trying to make her smile a bit. And it worked.
"Heh... yeah. That would be funny. Then i'd use my time in there to write a 300-paged book about "The worst day of my life."" They both grinned, but it lasted shortly. "But... i can't just go home... he means so much to me-- i can't just act like nothing happened..."
"I'm sure he'll be fine. We both know he's strong." He looked around in a pessimistic way, watching the cars pass by, then looking at Pandora again. "Common... go home... rest, eat... I don't want Vinny to be scared out of his mind to see you like this. I'm sure he'll be fine. Don't worry..."
"I don't know..." She frowned and got sadder.
"Please... i'm worried about you. You're really in no shape for anything. I promies everything will be alright. Heck, i'm pretty sure that protective spell you did will guard him until you see him." She picked up a pebble and shot it across the street. "alright..."
"There you go." He took her hand and helped her up. "I promise everything'll be ok."
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Once at home, Pandora's grandmother took her in with great worry and concern. Daniel told her he'd pick her up early the next morning. She gave him money to takee the bus to the hospital and waved goodbye
<She still loves him... Sigh... and i though it was over between them...> Daniel looked out the bus window as he thought of Pandora and Vinny. <How stupid could i have been to still not see it... if only she knew...> He looked at his watch; another 5 minutes or so before the bus got to St. Marie. <I gotta talk to Vinny. God... I hope he's ok. I think he'll be fine though... I don't knwo why, i just have this feeling that he'll make it through fine. But even though he's in the hospital... I have to talk with him and know-- Oh, what am i saying; I'm pretty sure he still loves her... Why not, eh? But i couldn't... the longer Pandora stays with Vinny at the hospital, the more chance they have of getting back together... What am i saying!? Can i do that to them? Nothing is written in stone... Oh, but i love her!..."
"Alright, the bus stops here! Everyone, off you go." the bus driver announced. Daniel grabbed his skateboard and walked outside. He looked at the hospital standing infront of him, let out a sigh, and walked towards the entry.
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The night grew very long as Pandora woke up for the fourth time in the middle of the night. She gasped and jumped straight up from her bed, and relaxed as she realized she had had nothing but a nightmare. She lay back on her side and dug her fingernails into the white pillow.
<Why didn't i ever say anything after that before?? What if he dies!? I would've never gotten the chance to tell him... he might never know! I'll never forgive myself for that. Why did i stay so reserved... I'm so stupid!>
And throughout the rest of the night, all you could hear were sobs of a girl slowly sinking into a deep sleep...
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