**Chapter 20; Did I Miss Something?**
******CHAPTER 20; DID I MISS SOMETHING?******
About 10 minutes later, Greg and Chris walked back into the room. They walked in to find me and Cori hysterically laughing. “Did we miss something?” Chris said as he and Greg exchanged confused expressions. “Nothing....” Cori and I both laughed. “So what were you guys talking about with us gone?” I said eyeing Greg. “Nothing,” he said quickly. “Ooh-ooh! Coke! Can I have a sip!?!” Courtney screamed as she made a mad dash for Chris’s coke can. As she reached for the coke, he pulled his hand away while giving her a devilish grin. “Please?” Court said innocently giving Chris the puppy-eyed look. He looked at her and smiled as he took a sip of his Coke and then gave her a kiss. “Yuuuum,” she said slowly as a big smile grew on her face. “Greeeeg..” I said quietly as I pulled on his shirtsleeve. It seemed like he knew what I was gonna say, but instead of taking a sip first, he just went right to the kissing part. I just smiled. “Well guys..we’d better go since we have school in the morning, we’ll come by tomorrow..bye babe!” Cori said as she walked over and gave me a hug. “Bye Laur, feel better,” Chris said as he gave me a little kiss on the forehead and walked out with Courtney. “Bye guys! Thanks!” I said as I waved good-bye. “So…” I said giving him a grin. “So…” he said smiling back. “What were you and Chris up to?” ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ “How’s she doing?” Chris asked as he looked over at Courtney. “She’s doing better than before, she’s just a little tired and weak,” she replied. “So..why were you and Laurie laughing when me and Greg got back?” Chris asked with a curious look on his face. Cori started laughing at the thought of it. “We were just saying how amusing it would be to see you, Greg and the rest of the guys in scrubs walking around being doctors. You know, with the little hats and the gloves and the tacky shirts,” Court laughed. “Yeah,” Chris laughed along with Courtney. “That would be pretty funny, I’d probably end up hurting someone, and Greg would probably drop something like..oops sorry I didn’t mean to drop the heart!” Chris laughed. What were you and Greg talking about?” Courtney asked, redirecting her attention towards Chris. “He was just saying how much he likes her and doesn’t want to lose her, and how bad he felt because he couldn’t do anything to really help her,” Chris said quietly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ “So that’s what we were talking about,” Greg said as he finished his sentence. “Awww,” I said quietly as my eyes started to fill up with tears. “Come here,” I said as he walked over and he sat on my bed and wrapped his arms around my shoulders as I rested my head on his chest. I sat there listening to the quiet rhythm of his heart beating. “Umm..Greg I think you’d better go, she needs to rest..she’s had a long day and a long recovery,” a nurse said quietly. Greg nodded his head and slowly placed me back down on the bed; I had fallen asleep. He looked at me for a second, gave me a quick kiss on the forehead and quietly walked out of the room. “Okay good-good..I wanna run the routine one more time before you guys jump back to the hospital,” Claudia said as she put the music for “Hooked On You,” back on. “Oh yeah, I’m hooked on you, no matter what I do (what I do), I’ve got it bad but I like it-like it…” the music blasted from the boom box. “Okay good guys, I’ll see you tomorrow at 6!” Claudia said as she walked over to turn off the music. The guys walked over to a bunch of chairs in the corner and sat down. Sara, Cori, Larissa and Nik walked over as soon as they sat down. “Here Jesse,” Sara said as she handed Jesse a Sprite. “Thanks babe,” Jesse said as he took the can from her hands. He took a sip and placed it on the floor. “Guys, I’ll catch up with you later, I’m gonna get a head start to the hospital,” Greg said as he quickly changed and left the room. “Damn..that boy’s nuts for her,” Frankie sighed. “Yeah, but it’s so cute!” Claudia said sarcastically. Jesse picked up the Sprite can to take another sip when it slipped out of his hands. Everyone else saw what happened and burst out into hysterics. “Oooh shoot! Claudia..I spilled Sprite on my pants!” Jesse exclaimed as he quickly jumped out of his chair and walked over to Claudia. “Yeah, I see that,” Claudia laughed. “What should I do?” Jesse said, starting to blush. “Well umm..there are no blow-dryers so I guess you’ll just have to let it air dry,” Matt said looking around the room. “Great…” Jesse sighed. “Here, wrap my jacket around the front, that way no one can see the big wet spot,” Claudia said as she handed Jesse her black leather jacket. “Guys, if we wanna get there for visiting hours, we’d better move!” Larissa said getting up and walking towards the door.“Lauren, you have MORE visitors,” the doctor said as he let the other 8 in the room. “Thanks!” I said as I sat up. Everyone came over and gave me a quick hug. Greg had gotten there 10 minutes before the other 8 did. They walked in to find about 10 bouquets of flowers and a lot of cards taped to the wall. “Wow…” Frankie said in awe. “Yeah..I’m so loved,” I said sarcastically. “Yes you are,” Greg said as he gave me a quick kiss. “Oh God..” they sighed. “Greg..spare us!” Matt exclaimed. Greg just looked at me and smiled. “How ya doin?” Nik said as she walked over and gave me another hug. “You know..the usual..I could get used to this whole getting sleeping and watching TV thing,” I laughed. “But I need REAL FOOD! This hospital stuff tastes like dog crap!” I laughed as I pointed to my food tray that had my lunch on it; I hadn’t touched it. “The poor nurses must think I’m anorexic or something,” I said sarcastically. “Do you want us to get you something?” Sara offered. “Sure! Umm..a Wendy’s Chicken Ceasar Salad Pita!” I said as my eyes lit up at the thought of something I could actually digest. “Okay, I’ll be right back,” Sara said as she and Jesse walked out of the room. “Why does Jesse have a jacket wrapped around the front?” I asked curiously. Everyone exchanged looks and started laughing. “What did I miss?” I asked with my suspicion growing. “Umm..the genius spilled Sprite on his pants..so he’s using the jacket to cover it up ‘till it dries,” Chris replied. “Oh my God,” I sighed. Everyone just gathered around my bed and started talking. 25 minutes later, Sara and Jesse returned with my lunch. “Delivery,” Sara said as she handed me my food. “Oh my God, thank you sooo much! You’re my God!” I exclaimed as I quickly unwrapped the pita and started to chow down. Everyone just looked at me like I should be put into a mental institution. “So Jesse..have your pants dried yet?” I said trying not to laugh. “Damn..who told you?” Jesse said eyeing everyone in the room. “A little birdy..he flew and landed on my shoulder,” I said sarcastically.“You all suck,” he said sarcastically as he took off the jacket to reveal a big wet spot on his pants. “Damn Jesse! It looks like you have a little bladder trouble!” I laughed.“Okay anyways…” Jesse said trying to change the subject. “How are you doing with the whole crutches thing?” he asked curiously. “Umm..okay I’m still having a little trouble though..Greg saw me before..I fell flat on my @$$,” I laughed.“Aww,” Frankie mocked. “Watch Laur..this is how you walk…one foot in front of the other, than the other foot in front of the other one!” Frankie exclaimed as he got up and demonstrated. “Thanks Frankie…I almost forgot,” I replied sarcastically. “I know, I know..no need to thank me,” he said as he walked around with a weird expression on his face; like he was Fabio or something. Everyone looked at him like he was nuts. A couple minutes later, I heard someone screaming my name down the hallway. “Oh my God,” I sighed aloud. Everyone looked at the doorway to see who was being such a moron. I looked in the doorway to see who it was, and when I saw, I wanted to die right then and there.
