Nevha din (trans: New day)

His face was bruised and black and blue everywhere. He had a bandage wrapped around his temple and I could see 2 huge cuts on his face. I could the tears starting again and spun around and practically ran out of the room. Finally stopping down the hall, I sat down on the chairs situated alongside the hall wall, and put my head between my knees. A moment went by before I felt someone’s presence and I glanced up to see, Will standing there. He sat down beside me and wrapped his arms around me and just held me while I had my mini panic attack.


After a few minutes, I felt better and turned my head to look at Will. He smiled at me and I realized how much it had helped me to have Will here during the last horrible 36 or so hours. Without really thinking about it, I reached up and pressed a gentle kiss to his lips. The kiss only lasted a moment but I felt a little jolt travel through my body. We both pulled back and I stared at him.

Looking thoughtful Will said “That…that was amazing. But…”

“But what?” I asked, becoming slightly worried

“But I’m wondering if that kiss was really for me or if it was just a reaction to you seeing Kevin in that condition” he said

I felt myself stiffen and I pulled out of his arms “if you would think that, then you don’t know me at all”. I got up and started walking towards Kevin’s room again and could hear Will calling my name.

When I walked in this time, Kevin looked at me again and said “why did you leave? Do I look that horrible?”

Laughing, I went up to his bed and tried to give him a hug with was hard with all the machines he was hooked up too. We started talking and he told me what happened that night and everyone slowly started leaving until it was just me and his parents left in the room.

Looking around, I asked Mrs. Robbins “Have you both been home yet? Or gotten some sleep since this whole thing started?”

She shook her head and said “No, we’ve been here the whole time”

“Then go on. Go home and get some rest. I’ll stay here until visiting hours are over and you guys can get some rest” I said

After much convincing from both Kevin and I they finally left.

This went on for 4 more weeks before Kevin and Kayla were finally realized from the hospital. Unfortunately this prevented them from both going to graduation.

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When they called Kayla’s name up on the podium to come get her diploma, we all fell silent missing having both of them there. When I was finally all done and over and everyone had thrown their hats in the air, everyone was finally realized and we all started to hug, jump, scream and take tons of pictures. As I was hugging Will, who has apologized for his stupid comment in the hospital and who I had forgiven, I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned around. When I saw Alex there, I jumped in his arms and nearly knocked him down. Laughing he grabbed me and spun me around. As soon as he set me down, Jack grabbed me and nearly crushed me in a big bear hug. When they both finally let me go, I was suddenly drowning in flowers and balloons. They laughed at me trying to juggle everything and finally took pity on me and grabbed all of it from me again. When my parents and the rest of the family got there, it was the same thing again.

Hours later…