The perks of being a best friend were, I got a day off without a mark in my attendance. Yay, for me; but to get stuck in a hospital is tantalizing. I wanted to bust that odd looking doctor who had no manners and respect. Well, I wanted to break his leg so bad, so, I pulled myself from him. Thus, I was in the cafeteria once again ordering a burger. Halfway through, I saw Nat walking in and smiled at me.

"Ah, I thought you might be in here."

"Yeah, I hate this stupid anxiety making me eat a truckload. I can't help it you know."

"Hmm, well, Ann was so relieved to see me even though we are not great friends or something, but that insolent doctor shooed me away. Can you believe it? I ran away and knew that you must be in the same hysterics as me and knowing you... I thought you might be in here to relieve yourself out from the danger of breaking his legs."

I had to laugh at her because within these few days she studied me so well that it looks like we have been sisters for a very long time.

"You got me there sissy."

"What did you call me?"

"Umm, I am sorry..."

"No, it actually felt good."

"Oh." Her eyes had a tinge of tears in the shade of bliss and I felt elated. Biting onto my fries thoughtfully, I watched her walk away and plopped down with a big chocolate milkshake and strawberry cheesecake.

"This is for you."

"How did you know that chocolate milkshake is my favorite?"

"Who said chocolate is for you. I brought you cheesecake."

"Dang, But, no thanks, I am full."

"Eat."

We sat there in harmony feeling quite at leisure. After our meal, we continued sitting there cracking jokes and having fun. A queasy looking man with his crooked brow stared at us from behind a cabin which was the warning for us to leave. Smiling and taking our time, we slowly pulled ourselves from the table which only irritated him more. Laughing out loud, we did take extra precaution to irritate him; he came out from his cabin and stood at the counter where we paid our bill. Finally, we went because if we have to come here the next time, he might pull us out even before I can order something else.

So, having nothing else to do, I planned to barge into her room and look if that doctor was still there; to our surprise he was. On seeing us, he was furious but Annie looked pale, but as soon as she saw us, she looked relieved.

"Oh, thank God, Angela..."

"Why..." I couldn't complete my question. He was all over me with his rage.

"Who asked you to come inside? My session with her isn't over."

"Really, are you really lecturing her about diets or..."

"Or what...get out before I call security."

"Mister, if you stay one more minute here, I will call security." Ann sternly said from her hospital bed, looking as if she will cry any minute.

There was an uneasy silence in the room. Finally, the Doctor looked at her sternly one last time before stomping out of the room. Nat and I looked at him in silence and turned back to see a crying Annie.

"Ann, I know this is not you, what happened?"

"That man... oh, he is..."

"Tell me. You played your tale around with what happened yesterday and now with this. Will you complete one sentence?"

"My brother tried to rape me yesterday and this man who was a dietician wanted to have a night with me, I think he said, to talk but when I refused, he tried to force that idea into my head."

Stunned and shocked, I sat down on the chair which squealed under my weight. I was angered beyond limits. Before I knew what I was doing, I rushed out, with Nat behind me. I heard Annie calling me out but she was in such a bad shape to come at us. People were terrified by my appearance, but as they saw Nat, they were curious. As I saw him outside Doctor Douglas office, we strode on there like angry bulls and upon seeing we, Douglas warmly smiled, but as Donald turned; his frown was met with a strong face punch from me with a side kick by Nat.

"Don't ever play with your patients." I bellowed and Nat stared at him with anger boiling under her skin. People were so much infuriated with what happened that they guessed why we must have caused such a ruckus.

I walked back to Annie's room even though Nat asked me to call Alex; I wanted to know what exactly happened before jumping into the fire. She was sitting on the side of her bed with her legs dangling down and tears contouring her face.

"Annie, tell me what happened yesterday."

"Where did you walk out, I was scared."

"Just to scream my anger out of me; tell me."

"Well, he stabbed father with the pen knife and got scared, but Carla, uh, my mom took care of him as she knows how to stitch and dress wounds."

"You guys didn't go to the hospital."

"She was a nurse, right; so she settled down the business... come on, you are smarter than me, don't look at me like that. What will happen, if people know that her son stabbed his own father? So I was in my room around one in the morning when a very drunk Den walked in. You know, they are actually fostering me, so I was always scared of him and that night didn't help me any better. 

She continued, "I didn't know what to do, at first I thought he was guilty of what happened, so I was ready to console him. But, he...uh...he came in and demanded to... well, I screamed so he stuffed two kerchiefs in my mouth and removed my... and as he was about to... hmm... then Carla ran in and pulled him away from me and said I was such a; I don't want to say that word... and accused me of seducing him. Well, I guess in the dimly lighted room, she didn't see my ripped clothes and two kerchiefs stuffed in my mouth."

This was enough for me, very much enough. I walked out with Nat on my heels and called Alex and told him what happened. Within half an hour he came back, took us to Sandy Street and called his friends and went in search of Den. From what Tina and Miley said, they haven't seen Den in school, so we went straight to his house and saw him sitting outside with weed in his hands. Alex and Drake pulled him into the jeep and sped off to Sandy Street.

Without a question, Alex and his friends bet him to a pulp. Someone must have seen us taking Den because a jeep full of angry teenagers jumped out and everyone was beating everyone. I got scared because this was the first time I get to see a real fight. There were such intensity, such anger and such voice which made my insides shiver. I searched for Alex, but all I saw were boys hugging with such ferocity. 

I tugged onto Nat, being scared. But, Nat was cool all this time as she was very much used to it. After a while, she called someone and that was the end of it. The sound of siren bellowing from a distance quieted down the fight and the angry teenagers ran away while our gang caught up some fellow down for the police to handle. They squirmed and tried hard to escape, but Alex's boys were really muscular and big.

Den, was in such a shape that he stayed where he was.

"What is happening in here?"

Alex is the one, who started the fight, narrated what and why this fight initiated. The officer bellowed to his fellow officers and dragged Den to the car and said once he gets a report of approval from Annie, he can take immediate action against him.

That settled that.

And I was still shaking with excitement and bafflement.

Back at the hospital, when I walked into Ann's room, there were stern looking gentlemen in suits and hospital coat. Douglas looked visibly shaken and Annie, a crying wreck. Finally, I get to learn that the gentleman was the director of this hospital and he expelled Doctor Douglas from the hospital. Donald Rufus tried so hard to negotiate but because Annie said what she said, there was nothing else to do. Douglas looked ashamed and apologized to her. 

Being the good girl Annie was, she asked the director to not expel him. I didn't wait to hear anything because I felt bad. I didn't think before I acted. I never thought he will get expelled for this. The men in suits and coats walked out and once again, I turned back; unable to look at the sad face. Of course, he did something wrong, very wrong. But, was it because of me, he got expelled?

I felt so bad and sad, that I sulkily walked into her room. The good news was because Annie begged not to remove this doctor. He was warned and suspended for one month. But, not expelled. Good! I can sleep well this time.