“You wouldn’t do that, right, Mom?”Mom’s gaze turned compassionate. “Laura, look at me,” she said. “Laura. Laura!”Laura’s eyes snapp...d open, and she shivered as she turned her head, her eyes open too wide and moving around wildly in their sockets.“I’m not putting you anywhere, Laura,” Mom said in a gentle voice. “You were never officially admitted for anything more than a mild seizure. I already filed your discharge paperwork.” She rubbed the frightened girl’s shoulder, then ran her hand. I hugged everyone that night. Tight squeezes, and biting back the tears. I would miss all of those surgeons and doctors, those selfless crazy geniuses, the ones that had sacrificed their sleep and sanity to become the professionals they were today. They were my friends; they were my tribe.And I would never see any of them again.We stumbled into my apartment, Wes a little tipsy from all the wine he’d drunk at the restaurant. I held him up, giggling as he sang “Dark Side” by Phoebe Ryan.“At your. " I said braking the silence.I went into the bathroom to find Dane toweling off, "Dammit, Elle, why didn’t u knock?" he asked wrapping the towel around his waist " oh,uhm, I dunno. I mean I’m sorry, I mean I needed a shower w-what I dunno. sorry." I stuttered eyeing up his body, and let me say this was not helping my current state of horniness after the kiss with Merri. "whatever, can i just finish getting dressed?" he said while pushing the door shut on me. I began to walk back to the bedroom. We were always cuddling growing up. Our parents encouraged our bond - if they knew how much we've bonded now they would be in a level of shock we would dare not put them through. We used to like watching movies together. That was our thing. Our parents would take us to Blockbuster and let us pick out 3 movies a week instead of give us an allowance. We would spend every thursday, friday and saturday night watching movies, playing board games and hanging out. Cuddling was so natural to us that it.