"A-Ash, what are you talking about? I-I never hit Sam," Kai stutters, but tries to laugh as he thought I was joking. He knew I knew.

"K-kai h-h-hit me?" Sam stammers, coughing more blood as the doctor's shush him.

"Sam, don't speak, we'll handle this!" Ellie shouts at Sam. "So you're saying Kai crashed into Sam?"

"YES! I was getting Sam his pudding cup in the cafeteria and I saw a window and Kai was talking to some dude saying how it was his fault Sam got all these injuries. His friend even admitted it! Why the hell is he trying to care for the dude he just hit! GET HIM AWAY FROM SAM!" I shout, trying to make my way through the people in the room so I could strangle Kai.

Suddenly, the some of the nurses drop what they were doing and pull me back, shouting at me to calm down, but like for Sam?

No.

"LET GO, HE CAN'T BE HERE, HE ALMOST KILLED SAM!" I yell, struggling through. I mean, I could've easily fought my way through but why would I punch a bunch of old women...

"You sure that's what happened?" Ellie asks loudly over all the commotion.

"YES! WHY WOULD I LIE?" I scream to her.

"Ashlyn would never lie!" Colby agrees. A second passes by before everyone realizes what the hell Kai did.

"WAIT HE DID THAT TO SAM? GET HIM OUT OF HERE!" Colby shouts, trying to yank Kai from helping Sam.

"HE'S A FUCKING LIAR! SOMEONE TAKE HIS HANDS OFF SAM!" Ellie screams, also trying to go through the wall of nurses.

"GUYS! I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING TO SAM, I'M HELPING HIM!" Kai yells at us as most of the nurses are shielding him.

I holler, "YOU SHOULDN'T HELP HIM, LOOK! YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH!"

Doctor Burke finally turns around and yells, "OKAY BROOKS, GET OUT NOW!"

Ellie and I sigh of relief as the nurses back off and Kai storms out the door.

However, Colby wasn't ready to drop it.

Colby stomps out, probably chasing after Kai.

Ellie and I follow them.

Colby walks faster, "HEY, BROOKS!"

Kai turns around and Colby socks him straight in the nose. Kai stumbles backwards in pain. He glares at Colby, winds up his balled fist, and punches him in the cheek.

Ellie yelps, "Colby!"

Sooner or later, arms are flailing and bodies are tumbling down on the ground. An MMA fight was happening on this very hospital's floor. It was entertaining, I gotta say, seeing two hot guys wrestling. One, a hot doc, and the other, just my cute as fuck emo-boy.

Kidding.

Kinda.

A nurse turns the corner and screams, "Oh! Somebody do something!"

I roll my eyes, "I got it..."

As Colby got Kai strangled underneath, I yanked Colby off with one big pull.

Colby almost went and clawed straight for Kai's face again but that didn't happen as I now do my own socking and sock Colby in the gut.

That's when Kai came charging and I uppercut his chin and just pushed him to the floor.

I stood between them as they both were holding their features in pain on the ground. They both groaned, with bruises and tiny cuts. Nothing as bad compared to Sam.

"Woah, Ashlyn. You're impressive, I've never seen your moves in action," Ellie grins.

"Yeah, well," I flip my hair. "HEY! You boys are big boys, suck the pain up. Be fucking glad you're not Sam. Don't start fighting and make things worst or I will come in and MURDER you BOTH."

They nod, slowly standing up.

Kai gets up and comes over to me, his face all red and such. "Ashlyn, look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen."

"Sure as hell you didn't. But sure as hell it did," I say in a suppressed tone. "Don't ever talk to me again, especially now that I've seen your true side." I walk off and go over to Colby who was with Ellie, sitting on a bench outside Sam's room.

"You good, bud?" I ask Colby.

"Peachy."

"O-okay, just-"

"YA KNOW, HOW CAN THAT FUCKER DO THAT? Hit and run Sam, almost kill him, it's his goddamn fault we're in this hospital in the first place," Colby grumbles, holding his head in his hand.

The door to Sam's room abruptly props open and they wheel Sam's bed out.

"Woah, hey! Where are you taking him?" Ellie questions to Doctor Burke.

"He is needing immediate surgery, we are taking up to the O.R now," Doctor Burke says, running off with the other doctors and nurses who are dragging Sam out in his hospital bed.

I sigh, slouching down in the seat next to Colby.

"So, you called his parents?"

"Yep, they're coming now," He replies.

"When do you think they'll get here?" Ellie asks.

"Hopefully tonight or tomorrow. They should know, we know, who caused Sam to be here in the first place," Colby responds.

I heave a deep breath in, "God, and just when we thought life was going right,..."

"It just all comes crashing down."

/////

"I'm going to kill that Brooks," Colby mumbles, pacing back and forth.

"Babe, sit down. You look stupid," Ellie whines. "As much as I want to murder the son of a bitch, I'm going to do it in silence like the petty teenager I am."

I laugh, "She's not wrong."

"But El! Ash! Our 'friend,' emphasis on the word friend, hit out best friend, emphasis on best, with his car and left him for dead. If it weren't for Ellie who happened to get a call from Amanda, she wouldn't have seen bitch hoe Brooks hit him and dash off," Colby exasperates.

Ellie looks awkwardly at Colby, "But I didn't see him hit Sam..."

"BUT STILL!" Colby throws his hands in the air and comes back to sit on the bench, slouching.

"What time is it?" I groan. I look at Ellie who begins to open her mouth, "Time for you to get a watch! Don't say it Elizabeth."

She hums in sadness. "Poop, you ruined my joke."

"That's really my joke that you like to steal," I chuckle.

"Whatever, it was still gunna be funny," She replies with confidence.

"No it wasn't," Colby says sadly for her, patting her arm.

She frowns and seconds later we all laugh.

In times like these, we still know how to crack a joke.

And eggs.

HAHA.

I'll stop now.

Another doctor comes out, dismissing us from the giggles and such.

It was a young, Asian woman with a stern expression, "Hi, I'm Doctor Yang. Your friend is doing fine so far, but sit tight. We have approximately one more hour left to complete his artery reconstruction."

"That's possible? I thought artery reconstructions took about three?" I lean forward, intrigued.

"Yep, it's amazing with Doctor Burke's skills," Doctor Yang smiles.

"How long does the procedure usually take?" I ask.

She hums, "Maybe, let's say an hour, hour and a half, depending on the damage judged by Doctor Burke. So far, everything is going smoothly. You have the best doctor working on your friend. Doctor Burke has won the Harper Avery award for his stitch method procedures."

"That's incredible, he's made such flawless advances in the medical field, I've read about it," I beam.

"Do you want to be a surgeon?" She asks me.

I shake my head no, "Couldn't. Wouldn't have the guts too. I'm becoming a medical student next year in hopefully the pediatric field."

"Oh! Nice, where are you attending?" She smiles.

"UCLA, I heard it's pretty good! I'm really looking forward to their program," I grin.

"Mhm, it's lovely. If you need any help whatsoever, just call! I'm here always if you need another medical professional in your life. Well, I'm already a resident so I'm a lot older but we can still grab coffee sometime!"

"That'd be great!" I happily accept.

"Aw, Ashlyn made a new best friend..." Colby teases as Ellie punches him in the shoulder.

"Little brother?" Doctor Yang asks, pointing at Colby.

"Ha, I wish," I scoff. "Worst enemy, but they're similar," I laugh.

She laughs too.

I did make a new friend.

But I wouldn't make any replacements because those top three spaces are for Colby, Ellie, and Sam.

Somehow Colby's on that list.

"Well, I should get back," Doctor Yang says, turning around.

Before she could go, Colby says, "Wait! Doctor Yang I have a question."

"Yes?" She asks.

"Do you know Doctor Brooks? Kai Brooks?" Colby asks.

"Mmm, no not necessarily."

"How well do you know him?" Ellie questions.

"I know enough to say that he's practically still a puppy in this business. So much that I had to come and take over his duties."

I smirk, "Damn straight."

She half smiles, "And now will you excuse me as I go help save your friend."

"Thank you!" Colby and Ellie holler behind her.

"She's cool, be friends with her," Colby says.

Ellie and I laugh. I say, "Sure, will try to."

/////

I am bored out of my mind.

We're in the lobby, still waiting for Sam who has been in surgery for almost two hours. Doctor Yang hasn't even come out to give us any updates.

"Guys, what do you think is going on in there?" Ellie tiredly murmurs, resting her head on Colby's chest.

"I don't know, they should be done by now. Doctor Yang said an hour to an hour and a half," I reply.

"Guys, stop being pessimists, we shouldn't worry," Colby concludes.

"We're not being pessimists, we're just asking," I retort, leaning my head even farther down the back of my chair.

"But still, you guys are implying that something must've gone wrong. I don't want to think about that," Colby concludes.

We seal our lips for another fifteen minutes.

It felt like forever.

Then, Doctor Yang opens the doors.

Ellie and I pounce off our seats along with a half asleep Colby.

"How'd the surgery go?" I ask.

"Is he okay?" Ellie asks.

"Umm, is he dead?" Colby sleepily asks.

"It went well, he's amazing, and uh, no," Doctor Yang grins. "-Would you like to see him?"

"Yes!" We all excitedly say.

We walk in and Sam was lying in his bed, cuddled up and hugging a pillow.

"Awe, he's snuggling a pillow," Ellie giggles.

"Must be having a good dream," Colby jokes, looking at me.

I roll my eyes, "Can we wake him up?"

"I mean, depends if you think your friend wants to be woken up," Doctor Yang chuckles.

"He's gunna have to," I reply, going closer to the bed and Sam's face. I crouch down to get leveled with his nose. "I'm either going to scare the crap out of him with my ugly face or I'm going to peacefully wake him up."

Colby shrugs, "I hope you scare the crap out of him, because he keeps scaring the crap out of us."

I giggle and poke his cheek. "Boop, wake up, Sammy."

Sam and I were so rough recently, tragedy does bring people closer together.

Because if this was a normal day back at the apartment, I wouldn't ever be in his room poking his nose to wake up. I'd be ignoring all his texts and calls.

The past day, and it's technically Sam's first day in the hospital, I've felt nothing but love for him.

However, not the love you think. More of the brotherly, sibling love stuff.

"C'mon, wakey wakey," I whisper in his face.

"Ya know what will really wake him up?" Colby asks, rubbing his hands together.

"What?" Ellie asks.

"THIS!" Colby jumps onto the bed and starts dancing. "GOOD MORNING SAMUEL!"

Sam stirs and he flutters his eyes open, "C-colby, what are you doing?"

"Waking you up," Colby chuckles.

"Thanks so much," He laughs.

I get up on the bed too and start dancing on it with Colby.

"Wow, okay why doesn't everyone just get on the bed and have a party?" Sam sarcastically offers.

"HELL YEAH," Ellie exclaims, jumping up and dancing with us.

"There's not even music!" Sam exasperates.

"So?" Colby laughs.

"Guys this is really deteriorating my soul since I can't even get up, and I have to have a nurse come and help me take a piss," Sam depressingly puts.

"You can lie down and dance?" Doctor Yang suggests.

"Why not, we can dance to the rhythm of your heartbeat since we now know it can beat!" Colby jokes.

"Fine, we'll dance to celebrate me living," Sam says, shaking his arms in the air.

Ellie and I laugh.

"Doctor Yang! Come dance on his bed with us!" I laugh.

"Um, no."

"Oh c'mon!" Colby calls.

Ellie hollers, "You helped save his life you deserve it!"

Doctor Yang nods her head and finally agrees, "Oh, what the heck."

We all say, "Ayyye!" As she comes up and dances with us.

I see a flash of Kai walk past the door and walk back into the doorway.

"Uh, what are you guys doing?" Kai asks.

"GET OUT BITCH!" Colby shouts at him.

"Look, I just think, from a medical professional's point of view, it's unsafe for an injured patient's friends to be dancing on his bed," Kai formally puts.

Fake ass tool.

"I am a resident, Doctor Brooks, and you aren't. I see no damage in having fun," Doctor Yang sassily retorts.

"But Doctor Yang-"

"Hey, don't talk back to a resident, douche bag."

Doctor Burke then pops his head in, "Uh, is everything okay here?" He then looks at us standing on Sam's bed because we stopped dancing to diss Kai. "What are you all doing?"

"We were dancing, Doctor," Ellie replies.

"Yeah, and Doctor Brooks, shouldn't even be within a hundred feet of Sam," Colby adds.

Doctor Burke nods and looks at Kai, "You must respect the patient's wishes. Please escort yourself a hundred feet away."

"Sir, with all your respect, but Mr. Golbach didn't even say that!" Kai argues.

Doctor Burke turns to Sam and Sam says, "I go with whatever my friends say, so if they tell you to go away, then go away."

"But-"

"You heard the patient," Doctor Burke states.

Kai groans and storms away.

The four of us look at each other and start laughing. We sit on both sides of Sam as Doctor Yang says goodbye and leaves with Doctor Burke.

"So Sam, what do you remember last?" Ellie asks, holding his hand.

"Throwing up blood, being rushed into the O.R, oh, and Ashlyn saying stuff that Kai is the one who hit me," Sam remembers. "How'd you find out, Ash?"

"Well, I went to go get your pudding cup and-"

"Oh, do you still have it?" Sam beams.

"Ha, no," I deadpan.

"Aw," Sam sighs.

"Well anyway, I was minding my own business and stuff and there was an open window above so I decided to take a peak through. I saw Kai and some other guy talking. I was going to scream hi to him but then I heard him talking about feeling guilty and stuff. So I was listening to their conversation like the snoop I am and found out that he hit you. His friend even said to not even admit it to us. The guy's a douche for agreeing with his friend's plan."

"Damn, I want to punch that son of a bitch in the groin," Colby murmurs.

"Oh yeah, Colby punched Kai and then Kai punched him back and they went wrestling," Ellie adds.

I flip my hair, "But I stopped them too because I have skills and they were just an unnecessary public disturbance."

"Yeah, we both got bruises... I think I got more bruises from her than Kai," Colby laughs.

"Probably," I admit.

"Well, I'm just lucky I have such amazing people in my life to look out for me," Sam cheesily grins.

"Bitch, you right, we're the best," Ellie exclaims.

"Okaaay, bring it in," Sam laughs, opening his arms wide.

"Awww group hug!" Colby chuckles, hugging all three of us tightly.

I love these people, these people are my family.

We stick together no matter what.

And nothing will break this bond that is so strong.

But that's what I thought.

Because it always comes crashing down when this statement will forever be true.

"I hate liking my rival."

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Awhhh damn i love this friend group. I will be very busy this week so chapters will not be up for the rest of this week most likely:(  so sorry!!! I will be on vacation in another country lol but thanks for 23k+ reads!!!

Sooooo, my bf and i decided to just be friends, and honestly, im actually okay with that! (Surprising I know) But I don't know if ppl actually read my lil mini stories abt my life or even care but it just makes me feel better when I'm writing down my feelings LOL SAP. Soz I had it coming, I got to break up and talk to him first and he was fine with it. It was very mutual and that's why I love him as a person, so hopefully we could still be friends. But i hope he's taking it as well as me because I actually wanna try and not be all awk while I know he is sometimes so awk. Trust me, being friends is probably better HAHAH. 

QOTC: Who's better? Kai Brooks or Ellie Parker?

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