Helanie:
"I cannot believe you were going through so much, and I was giving you more stress. I was such a bad friend." Lucy had been crying ever since I woke up and came to meet me. She told me she had heard about everything I had been through. Honestly, I didn’t even blame her. It wasn’t her fault, she had her own struggles.
"Lucy, don’t say that. It makes me feel even worse." I swallowed my tear.
She raised her head and frowned. "Why would you feel bad? You did nothing wrong."
"That’s because you’re too nice to let me know that I’m a terrible friend," I mumbled, and she shook her head.
"No Helanie, you had your own baggage. I used to be so jealous of you, thinking you were getting all the attention while I was miserable. It makes me feel like I was so full of myself. I needed a fall to wake me up." The way she said it in her cute little tone reminded me of the Lucy I had met in the beginning, and I suddenly started crying while smiling.
"Okay, Helanie, you look very creepy like that," she said, and I laughed even louder. She quickly hugged me, and I hugged her back. It felt so good.
"Now that you’re back, I can have so many conversations with you. We will talk about everything," I said excitedly, holding her hands.
"Yeah, I want to talk about everything with you too. I mean, you’re an alpha queen. You can hook me up with someone cute, right?" She tried to show her dimples and made me believe she really wanted to move on, but I knew it was still too soon for her.
When Gavin and she had shared a look earlier when they entered the room, I already knew things were tense between them.
"Sure," I said, half-excitedly. I wasn’t going to ship them back together, I wouldn’t be that cruel. He had really hurt her, and I didn’t want Lucy to rush into another relationship and make someone else suffer. But I didn’t say that to her, she had just woken up. She had every right to have a few little flings, as long as she didn’t give anyone too much hope.
"Where is everybody else?" I asked, looking around.
She smiled cheekily. "I heard Professor Norman is planning something for you, but please don’t tell him." Being Lucy, she spilled the beans and then covered her mouth. "Don’t tell anyone I told you," she mumbled, giving me a cute dimpled smile.
"Okay, I won’t tell anyone. But where are the others?" I asked, noticing even Gavin had left after she arrived.
"They’re all helping him out. I was asked to join them too. Can I please go? I really want to be involved in activities like that. I want to use my arms and my legs," she requested, looking so cute.
"Okay, you can go," I said, not knowing exactly what Norman was planning. I guessed he was trying to win me back. Not that he needed to, he hadn’t lost me, but I was happy he was putting in some effort.
"Okay, and you need to rest. Lie down and only get up when we come to collect you, okay?" She said as she stood, and I noticed her movements were a little stiff, which was completely understandable. She hadn’t been in her body for long.
She helped me lie down, pulled the blanket over me, and rushed out, waving goodbye for now.
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