'Pel!?' I shoot up, 'Perri?

I get out of bed, making it straight away after me, I check the time and realise it's only 6:13, I roll my eyes and open the door to see Sam, Jordan and Ash on the sofa,

'Morning Kace,' Jordan says cheerfully, hearing me open the door,

'Morning Jord,' I smile, 'Morning boys,'

'Morning,'They answer simultaneously, I walk to the kitchen and put the kettle on,

'Coffee?' I shout through to the living room,

'Yes please, they all shout. I already know how they like theirs.

'Where's Mitch?' I ask, handing them all their coffee's,

'Thanks Kace, erm,' He lowers his voice, 'He had a late night last night, he got a bit emotional,'

'Oh,  well it's good to know i'm not the only one,'

'You're not, I did get a bit emotional last night. I think you've just cried the most out of all of us,' Jordan laughs, 'He's been my best friend for ten years,'

'Yeah I know, we've all known him for so long.'

'Yeah I know,' I squint my eyes and rub my forehead,

'He just needs to get his backside back here,' Mitchell laughs, walking into the living room topless,

'Anyone fancy dropping me off at the hospital, I'm staying there all day,' I stretch and yawn,

'Yeah well I'll drop you off but we've got rehearsal all day, we'll drop by later on in the evening,' Jordan yawns as well, causing ashley to yawn, but touched man Sam doesn't, I swear to God there's something special about him...

'Okay well i'm going to get ready anyway,' I turn back round to go back to the bedroom with my coffee,

'I swear to God you're so weird,' Jordan shakes his head to Sam,

'Yeah aren't yawns meant to be contagious?' Mitchell asks, only just clicking on. I smile to myself and shake my head, I pull on my clothes and get ready to go back to the hospital.

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'Hello there, who are you here to see?' The receptionist asks, 'Oh I recognize you, you're the one who lost your memory then got it back and your boyfriend went into a coma when he came to see you?' She smiles,

'Yeah,' I snap with a straight face, cheeky bitch.

'Oh erm, ward 5,' She mumbles and avoids eye contact with me,

I walk round to the ward and through the door into the room, where he was laid there in exactly the same position as he was yesterday,

As there was no-one there I felt like I could talk to him more without making sure I was saying the right thing, he's the only person that actually gets my sense of humor.

'Hey,' I smile and hold his hand like I did yesterday, 'I know you can hear me,'

'You're stuck with me all day, I'm coming here everyday until you wake up, except for tomorrow because it's Joe's funeral,' I sigh, 'I said to my Mum I would only go if you were allowed to go, totally forgetting that you were in this freakin' coma !' I laugh, I won't be able to get used to this Pel, I need you to be here with me. I slept in your bed last night in one of your T-shirt's, it was the one you were wearing when we first met,' I take a deep breath and continue, determined to keep the smile on my face and not cry again, it's not gonna change what's happened,

'Mitchell let me stay at yours until you get back home, then I'll go Mal's when you wake up, I just wanted to feel closer to you. Oh and I saw the little stash of sweet wrappers and crisp packets in the second drawer,' I laugh,

I sit back in the chair and just look at him, my boyfriend, laid in a hospital bed unconscious and I can't do a thing about it except look at him and hope for him to wake up in the next second.

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Hours and hours go by and I don't move from the spot I'm in, the nurses keep advising me to go to the cafe quickly and grab a drink,

'He might wake up when I'm gone' I mumble without taking my eyes from him, I sense them looking at each other asif this is bad  for me but I don't care, he was there for me when it was me in this bed so I'm going to do exactly the same.

'You're putting years on me,' I murmur, prodding his arm,

Then I see the side of his mouth turn up,

'Pel!?' I shoot up, 'Perri?

Then his finger twitches,

A rush of excitement runs through my body and I lean over to press his buzzer, within seconds, three nurses come rushing in,

'What's the matter?' They ask in concern,

'He-he moved, I said something and his m-mouth twitched, then his f-finger twitched,' I stutter, trying to be calm,

'Sorry Miss, we're going to have to ask you to leave whilst we try and regain his consciousness,'

'Y-you mean he's going to wake up!'

'We don't know yet,' She guides me out of the room, I rush for the window and peek through the blinds to see what was going on, but he was surrounded by rushing bodies,

Unable to sit down, I fold my arms and pace up and down outside his room.

Minutes drag by like hours.

Eventually, the nurse comes out and I can't read the look on her face,

'Good news and bad news, which first,' She sighs,

'Always start with the bad,'

'Okay, unfortunately he hasn't woken up yet,'

'Oh for God's sake,' I sigh, 'And the good news?' I mumble

'Well because of your consistent presence and attention, Perri should wake up within three to eleven days,'

'Oh my God,' I mutter,

'If you weren't here Kacey, diversity would have been in a little trouble, it's because you've been talking to him and all day and yesterday afternoon that he's came around this quickly, otherwise he could have been in here for weeks, or even months. You're the reason he's waking up,' She smiles, 'He will make movements like trying to smile or little twitches, it's his brain telling him he wants to do it but his body won't physically move,'

'That's horrible,' I sigh, looking down at my intertwined hands,

'But yeah, you're the reason he's recovering,'

'Thank you,' I smile,

'You can go back in if you like,'

I thank her again and walk back into the room, sitting down where I was before, next to him.

'Jesus christ you idiot I thought you were waking up! You got me all excited,' I whine, seeing his mouth twitch as if he found it funny,

'I swear to God Perri Kiely just you wait until you get out of this coma-' then I hear him blow briefly through his nose as if he was trying to laugh,

'See, your getting there,' I smile and hold his hand between mine, then, I feel him squeeze my hand gently. It's not much but obviously knowing me, it's enough to set me off, he's still here and he's coming back.

'Anyway,' I snuffle, 'I have a funeral speech to prepare for, seing as you have better things to be doing than helping me with it and coming to the actual funeral,' His mouth twitches again, he is such a windup, 'I know you would have helped me there, even though I definitely won't be crying. I just hate those atmospheres and you know I do. Remember that time the hearse came by with the coffin down the street and walked on the other side away from it and went all quiet,' I laugh, shaking my head, 'I'll come over after the funeral, the nurse said three to eleven days but I'll come every day,' I get up and look at him, I haven't seen him still since I've met him, except for when he were asleep.

I lean down to his face and kiss him gently, the feeling of him not kissing me back broke my heart.

I remember last week when we were laid together asleep, I woke up before him and tried to wake him up but he wouldn't, He's an an idiot like that, I tried everything until I looked at him, laid there with his eyes closed, just as he is now. I leaned to kiss him, after a second, I felt his lips move and he kissed me back, he began to laugh and we started playfighting before he lifted me over his shoulder and I screamed and told him he won.

I just wish more than anything he would do that again, that it would turn out he was just pretending to be asleep

'See you later,' I smile, I gently let go of his hand and walk out of the room.

'Hey,' I hear Mitch say from behind me, I spin around and see Mitch, Sam, Ash, Jord and warren racing up the ward,

'Hey?' I say in question,

'We thought We'd come and see Perri 'coz I haven't had the guts to go in,'

'Yeah sure, guess what,' I grin,

'What?' They all say in concern,

'Right, so I was talking to him and i can't remember what I said but his mouth twitched as if he was smiling!'

'No way!' Ash gasps,

'Yeah, I was buzzing obviously so I rushed for the nurse and they all came rushing in and they pushed me out, the nurse came out and said he'll make little movements because his brain's telling him to do it but his body won't let him and that he should come round in three to eleven days,'

They all go mad,

'I went back in and he breathed out of his nose as if he was laughing, then I held his hand and told him he was getting there, then he lightly squeezed my hand,'

'Aw, Kace,' Ash pulls me in for a hug, I'm confused until he pulls back and wipes tears from under my eyes, that's when I realised I must have started the tears again,

'That's great news,' Jordan smiles comfortingly,

'Go in and see him,' I open the door and they walk through,

'Hey Pel,' Ash touches his shoulder, then he looks up at me,

'He can hear you,' I nod,

'You better hurry up and get to rehearsals, you're missing out on practise for the tour and plus, we can't dance with any energy knowing you're lying here,'

I look at Perri and his mouth twitches,

'Oh my God,' They all gasp and smile,

'I told you,' I smile,

'It's not the same without you,' Sam places his hand on Perri's arm,

'We'll come and see you tomorrow, when Kacey's at the funeral,' Mitchell adds,

'Come on then lads, we better get going, it's getting late and Perri hasn't had much sleep,' Ashley sniggers and they all laugh, I look at Perri and he smiles and laughs in that way that I mentioned, through his nose,

'Bye Pel,' Ash smiles, they all say bye and file out of the room,

'I can't wait for him to wake up,' Jordan sighs,

'We all can't,' I smile,

'We should all have a little get together or something when he does,' Warren suggests,

'Yeah just us,'

'And erm, maybe Kacey's friend?' Mitchell suggests,

'Why?' Jordan retorts,

'Oh, of course we have to invite MalinI!' I grin and nudge his arm, causing him to blush,

'Wait, what?' Ashley chokes,

'You've never got a girlfriend,' Jordan gasps,

'Mitchell looks down at the floor and blushing again,

'No way man!' Warren gasps,

'Go on Mitch!' Sam laughs ecstatically,

'Stop,' Mitch laughs,

'Yeah, she's my best friend,' I chuckle,

'You don't have any other single friends do you?' Ike laughs, and all the boys start laughing,

'Yeah but I'm only sixteen and I'm the oldest out of all my friends,'

'Yeah pipe down son!' Sam points at Ike, then starts laughing,

'I can't cope with you all,' Mitchell laughs, 'Fancy going home?' He turns to me, with an obvious look on his face that he wanted to leave,

'Yeah, erm' I fish around in my head for an excuse to use, 'I've got this speech to prepare for,' I sigh,

'See you later,' Ash smiles,

'See ya Kace,' Jordan gives me a hug and the rest of them say goodbye to Mitch and I,

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'Why were you so eager to get out of there?' I chuckle, buckling in my seat belt,

'Honestly, I really, really wanted to get out of that atmosphere, and seeing my best friend laid there in a coma really didn't help,' He sighs,

'I know, I agree, but you won't have to go there much more,'

'Yeah, I suppose,' He shrugs and starts the car,

I didn't realise how different my life is without Pel,' Mitch suddenly pipes up after fifteen minutes of listening to the radio that clearly wasn't tuned in correctly,

'I know,' I sigh, 'Neither did I.

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