Chapter 3: Shameless hugs

Oh well, maybe it was not good to not feel bad for someone's death. Even the poker-face Edward had his eyes down while telling me such a piece of news and while all I was thinking was that he hugging me or grabbing me. 

 

That's what gives me more creep. I just hope his ghost doesn't come to hug me too. 

 

Oh please, that would be too dramatic even for a manga's plot or maybe not. Eh, I don't know anything. 

 

I pulled Edward closer and whispered, "how can you let him hug me? Just how can that happen?" 

 

Edward pull his head away and took a quick glance over the doctors and my mom and whispered in my ears, "I don't know how it happened. But I would think twice before I hug you now. A man died after he hugged you. I am really deciding never to hug you now." 

 

Okay, that triggered with the speed of a rocket. "Why would you hug me? Just because-" my voice went louder than had expected. Loud enough to even reach the ears of Edward's mom who just entered the wardroom. 

 

Edward gave a grave look and turned towards the window and started laughing loudly, like a ten-year-old guy. 

 

I could hear an exchange of glance and laugh between our mothers while the doctor gave out a fake cough. While the nurse giggled behind him. 

 

I already know what they must be thinking. 

 

They must be thinking this thing... What just happened must be a couple thingy or something where I shamelessly asked for a hug like seriously in front of this audience. 

 

Let me just clarify we aren't a couple, but I don't know why all goes on assuming or have already set in their mind that we are a couple. Okay, maybe I know why... It's just we look close and I do stare at him. 

 

Gosh just tell one way to not let people assume that you are dating your bestfriend. You know best friends just can't be boyfriend material and for god's sake somehow everyone sees our devil best friend as some kind of angel from heaven. Like seriously. 

 

"And about hug. I love hugs and it's not shameless to ask for hugs." That's how I console myself in this embarrassing situation. 

 

Suddenly, Auntie; Edward's mom, Mrs Bella gave out a scream asking about all the bandages I had all over me. This time everyone including as well looked at my mother who was trying to hide her face like she had attempted to steal and got caught. 

 

Auntie gave out a laugh and took my mother out who was still somewhat worried about everything going on. She didn't say anything to me she knew we would have gotten in a fight already.

 

She would scold me blah blah how I am not careful enough? And I would go on explaining the situation and ask about all the bandages and well... It wasn't like me and my mother didn't get along we just had a relationship where we can't live without fighting every single day. Well, I was sure she was worried and maybe I should hug her.

 

Edward looked at me and came close to me. His forehead touched mine. "You really make me worry a lot. " 

 

It's not like I did it on purpose but this treatment wasn't that bad. Oh, wait suddenly I had to remember about- 

 

My thoughts were cut off when suddenly my mom barged in, the door open wide. Edward jumped back as if we were caught making out in our room. Though I doubt we would ever make out. 

 

Anyway, my mom came and hugged me tightly. And placed a kiss on my forehead. Yeah, she was worried. Very worried. I hugged her back. I could feel a tear on the back of my neck. 

 

"I am damn alright. Stop crying." I never liked when she cried and I extremely disliked it when the reason for her tears was me. "C'mon mom."

 

"You really make me worry a lot. I almost had a heart attack." Still hugging me tightly not letting me go. 

 

"Yes, I had a heart attack too when I saw all that bandages I thought maybe I lost a hand and a leg." I faked a laugh to lighten up the atmosphere.

 

She let go of me and suddenly gave my head a good hit. "Don't say that. You shouldn't talk negative things. Just when will you grow up." Damn my head had to pay for making the atmosphere lighter. Sorry my dear head, it wasn't my fault. Like seriously not my fault. 

 

Then my mother's eyes shifted from me to Edward. I could already see Edward being ready to face my mother's wrath. 

 

"Edie, you are supposed to take care of your girlfriend. Like you are responsible for-" 

 

"Mom!!" I gave her a look that meant 'Don't you start with this again'. 

 

She giggled and gave me another quick kiss on the forehead and left to reunite with Bella Auntie who was waiting for mom at the door. 

 

I and Edward sighed together. And then laughed. It was common for my mother and many other people to tease us like that. We have just learned to endure or break the teeth of the other party. As we can't break- means do anything to my mother so we learned to endure. 

 

"Oh wait. Tell me what happened to the puppy?" The thought that I remember before my mom barged in. 

 

"Oh, that whitey. Well, I thought you would forget about him like you forget every homework of yours." There he went grinning.

 

"When we were all shifting you in the ambulance. There was a huge commotion there. A nice lady who I suppose was the owner of a pet shop took that dog in." Edward explained while he folded his arms over his chest. 

 

"Will you tell or-" that's my favourite line to threaten though I don't know what should I say after 'or' so I leave the sentence at that only. 

 

"Oh really. That's nice." Then I thought maybe I should ask for the guy who just died. I just couldn't be this heartless to not even ask anything about him.

 

"Um... That guy who crashed..." My sentence stop as I didn't know what to even ask. 

 

Edward looked at me as if he understood my struggle. 

 

"Well, you don't have to be sad over that guy's death. Well, the sad part is no one came to claim his body or they aren't able to find any of his family. It was just his bad day." Edward said everything he can think of. Well at least for the family part I felt for him. I would have been sad even after death if my family wouldn't be able to see my last breath. 

 

The door of the wardroom opened once again and a quite busy-looking nurse came inside. She handed over a pendant in my hands telling me that it fell from my dress and one of the ward boys tried to steal it. Now they have caught the ward boy and so she was returning it to me. 

 

Well it's good they caught a thief but the pendant wasn't mine and before I could explain this. She left the room in hurry.