It’s been around an hour and Daniel is still here. “Grace, you’re staying here right?” I ask and she shakes her head. “No, my friend is visiting her high school friend who lives around an hour away from here so we booked a hotel for two nights and then we are going home. Just a quick little visit” She says smiling. “But, tomorrow Cassie and I are going to drive into LA and then leave early the next morning. So today is my first and last day with you. But you need to text me and we can face time all the time” She says and I nod, agreeing. It’s getting pretty late so Grace is probably gonna head home soon. “Daniel can you please take a picture of us?” Grace asks and he nods. “Yep, go ahead” He says smiling, holding my phone. Grace and I take a cute photo and she smiles at it. “This is going on my I*******m” “You need to post more. You literally only have one picture” Grace says to me. “She didn’t even post it. My sister did” Daniel adds in laughing. “Come on, give me your phone

~Daniel’s P.O.V~ The drive took so long. “Hi, we are here to see Kisses Jackson” I say running to the front desk. “I’m sorry. She is not allowed to have visitors” The lady says. ‘Excuse me mam, I’m sorry but I am her guardian” My mom says and she nods. “Room 112 on floor 4” She gives a sympathetic smile and we rush to the elevator. “It’s taking to long” I say running to the stairs and sprinting faster than I knew possible. I run to room 112 and brace myself for what was inside. I open the door to see Kisses laying in a hospital bed connected to tubes, machines and iv’s. “Daniel” My mom says touching my back. No matter how much I could have prepared myself, I would never have been ready. That was my breaking point. I couldn’t stand the sight of here there. All frail and lifeless. “Mr. and Mrs. Jackson” The doctors says shaking their hands. “Oh, um. We aren’t her biological parents” My father says and my mom hits him. “What, um. What happened?” My mother says and I look at

~Kisses P.O.V~ I woke up, still holding Daniel’s hand. Butterflies run through my body. “Kisses, you’re up? Has he been here all night?” The doctor says and I hesitantly answer. “Yes, I’m sorry. It wont happen again” I say and he nods. “Okay. How are you feeling?” He says looking at my chart. “My side really hurts and I have an off and on headache. But other than that, pretty good” I say and he nods. “Yeah, that’s going to be like that for some time. We can give you some pain killers but that’s needs approval from your parents since its very strong” He says and I nod. “Yeah, it’s okay. I don’t need anything” I say and he nods. “Okay, let me or your nurse know if you need anything” He says and I nod, thanking him. Daniel stirs, grunting. “Hey Dan” I say as his eyes open. “Hey, how’d you sleep?” He asks, stretching his neck. “Pretty good the second time” I say laughing. “Did the doctor come in?” He asks, standing up, stretching. “Yeah, he just checked on me and told me that

‘Everything seems to be going smoothly. If it continues like this then we can hopefully get you out of here tomorrow” The doctor says and I nod, smiling. “Thank you so much doctor” I say and he smiles, walking out. “Oh thank god” I say closing my eyes. “I can’t take this tiny little room anymore. I’ve barely moved” I say shifting next to Daniel. “I know Kiss, but you need to rest. Those ribs aren’t going to heal while you overwork yourself” He laughs. “I know. But I’m fine. My ribs just hurt a little. I just need to get out of here” I sigh. It’s just Daniel and I right now. I made Kylie, Brooks and Christine go to the party tonight. I tried to get Daniel to go but he refused, stating that he ‘didn’t want to deal with Samantha’s bullshit’. I’ll admit, it was really funny. Right now we are sitting in my bed, eating frozen yogurt Daniel had gotten. We are watching a movie as well as making small talk “Um, hey. Thank you Dan” I place my spoon down, turning to him. “What for?” He as

He could have been safe and away from all this. Instead he’s hurt. “You are so very lucky Kisses” The doctor says, shaking his head. “We will numb the areas and put the stitches in. No school for at least a week, preferably a week and a half” The doctor says and my heart drops. “What? I need to go to school. I need to get into college. Please” I say and he shakes his head. “You can’t go to school with a concussion. No excuses. You’ll do fine, you have very good grades” He says pulling up the blanket. “May I?” He asks and I nod, telling him its okay to lift up the hospital gown. Giving him access to the deep gashes. My phone starts going off, I ignore it. I can’t talk to Grace about this right now. “Daniel, will you bring me the work?” ask and he shakes his head. “You can’t do anything that could confuse you or make you think too much” Daniel says, crossing his arms. “Thanks for helping me out Dan” I say causing Tara to laugh. I feel pressure on my thigh, as the needle closes