July 3rd

Harry POV

I got up early, and went to go eat breakfast. I came back with food for Bella. Cat wasn't there, she and her mom went home last night. When Bella woke up, it was 10.
"Good morning," I say, "I brought breakfast. How do you feel?"
"Okay," she says.
"Eat," I say, "pleease."
She eats her breakfast.
"When can I go home?" she asks.
"Probably soon," I say.
"I've been lying here forever," she says, "let's go walk around."
"Walking is boring," I smile. I pick her up and put her in a wheelchair. I pushed her out of the room, and started walking around the hallways. We went around corners, and talked about what we're going to do when we go home.
"Let's go to town, and go shopping," she says.
"Oh god," I laugh, "fine. Only because I love you."
"Let's go to the market," I say.
"Let's go to the beach," she says.
"Why didn't Brooke, Natalie or Cameron come visit?" I ask.
"I think they all had tennis tournaments," she answers.
"Oh," I say, "hey look!" I point to a window.
I wheel her up to it. Newborn babies are lined up in wheeling-beds. We look at them.
"Aww," Bella says.
I keep wheeling her. After a while, they are back at Bella's room.
"Where have you two been?" the nurse asks.
"We went for a walk...sorry," I say.
"It's okay," the nurse smiles.
"What time can she leave?" I ask.
"I talked to her mom," the nurse says, "she's getting ready to leave soon.''
"Thank you," I say.
Bella's mom walks in.
"Time to go," she says, taking Bella's bag.
I scoop Bella up, "Free ride to the car."
Cat, her mom, and Bella's mom go to the desk to check Bella out of the hospital.
We get in the car, and drive back to Bella and Cat's house.

Natalie POV

Cat invited me for breakfast at her and Bella's house this morning. At 11:30, someone opens the door. I run to the door.
"Bella!" I say, hugging her.
Bella, Cat, Harry and I go up to Bella and Cat's room.
"So," I whisper to Harry, "what's going on?"
"She's anorexia," he whispers back.
"Oh my god," I say, a little too loudly.
"What?" Bella says.
"Oh, nothing," I smile, "I'm glad you're back."
"So," Cat says, "Fourth of July party tomorrow," she smirks.
"Oh my god guys, guess what?!" Bella squeals.
"What?" Cat and I say in unison.
"Brandon kissed me," she smiles.
"Oh god," Harry says, "I better go..."
Bella laughs, "We'll go later, mmkay?"
"Okay," he says, kissing her forehead. "Bye guys," he walks out.
"Tell us everything!" Cat says.
She tells us how he came to visit with Clayton and they brought her flowers. She told Clayton to talk to his girlfriend Cat, so he went to find Cat. Then she talked to Brandon, about coming home, and the fourth of July party. Then he said he should go, and just pecked her on the mouth.
Cat and I squeal, "aww!"
"I ship you guys," I say.
Cat phone starts to ring. "Hello? Yeah we're here. Kay, see you in a few."
"Lucy's coming," she says.
"Where's Brooke?" Bella asks.
"Grounded," I say.
"Hmm, what did she do?" Bella asks.
"Good question," I answer.
Cat and Bella go to the closet to try on outfits for tomorrow. They try each on, then come to me and ask.
"I want to look patriotic," Cat says. Bella starts to laugh.
Cat comes out in American flag leggings, and a light blue, mid-sleeve shirt.
"Cute," I say, "so what's actually yours?" I laugh.
"My top, her leggings," Bella says, peeking her head out of the closet.
Bella comes out in an American flag skirt, and a beige tank top.
"Twinning!" Cat says, "I'm going to wear a red bow in my hair."
Lucy walks in.
"BRANDON KISSED BELLA!" I yell to Lucy.
"SHH!" Bella says, "my mom's gonna hear you," she starts to laugh.
"What about Harry?" Lucy asks.
"For the millionth time, he's just my friend," Bella says.
"You have the biggest chance with him, take it!" Lucy says.
"Even though Harry's hot as fuck," Bella says, "I like Brandon."
I laugh, "So anyways, Bella," I say, "where are you going with Harry later?"
"Somewhere..." she says.
"To make out?" Cat says.
I laugh. As cute as Bella and Brandon are, Harry and her should be together. I think he likes her, and he cares about her.
"Bella," I say, "Harry really cares about you."
"I really think he likes you," Lucy agrees.
"He saved you, Bell," Cat says.
"He did..." Bella says quietly. "I should go, I made plans with Harry, and now I feel like I'm totally ditching him," she says. Bella grabs her bag.
"Bella!" I say.
"What?" she asks.
"Change," I say. She looks down at her Fourth of July clothes and laughs.
She goes into her closet for a few minutes. She comes out wearing her favorite yellow sundress.

"A bit fancy," Lucy laughs, "don't you think?"
"She's always dressy," Cat says.
"Go have fun on your date!" I say.
"It's not a date!" Bella yells as she grabs her bag and walks out.

Bella POV

I grab my bag and walk out. I call Harry while I'm getting on my bike.
"Hello?"
"Haz, I'm biking to the beach now," I say, "put your trunks on."
He laughs, "Okay, you're wearing your bathing suit?"
"Yes," I say. I drop my phone on the sidewalk while I'm biking. Shit. I pick it up.
"Be there soon," I hang up. I look at my phone. I cracked the back. Ugh, oh well. I'll just say it fell out of my basket when I was biking, if my mom asks.
I arrive at the beach. It's one o'clock now. I sit in the ping pong room and go on my phone. 20 minutes later, Harry gets there. He brought me lunch from the market. We sit on the deck, and eat. At 2:30, we go in the ocean. We stay in the ocean for almost an hour. At 3:30, we go down and sit in the Adirondack chairs.
"Let's get some ice cream!" Harry says.
"No," I say, "I'm trying to lose weight." I pinch my fat stomach.
"The nurse says you need to gain weight," he says matter-of-factly. God. He drives me crazy sometimes.
"Maybe I'll have some ice cream later," I say.
We get up and go to the ping pong room. We start playing ping pong. We play for about an hour, and Harry wins every game.
"I give up," I say, sitting down. People are leaving. It's 5:00. We walk down to the beach and talk for a while. We sit on the sand.
"I'm glad you're getting better," Harry says.
"Mmhmm."
"Were you scared?" he asks.
"Of what?"
"I don't know, just were you scared?" he asks again.
"I didn't even know it was bad..." I say, "can we talk about something else?"
"Sure," he says, "what's your favorite color?"
"Purple. You?"
"Green. Favorite... favorite singer?"
I laugh, "definitely Jack Johnson, and John Mayer."
"Yeah, they're good."
He stands up, and walks toward the ocean. He stands where the waves touch his toes. I walk up to him. He doesn't say anything for a minute, just looks at me.
"I'm glad we're here," he says quietly, "together."
"I love it here," I say.
He pulls me close to him. I'm so close to his face. He looks me in the eyes. He doesn't say anything. He's so close, I'm afraid he might kiss me.

No, he wouldn't kiss me. Would he? Of course not. His lips are practically touching mine. Our noses are pressed together.
I pull away a little, barely an inch. Then, I hug him. Was he going to kiss me? No.
"Don't starve yourself, Bella."
Why does he have to bring this up? I wasn't planning on being in the hospital, anorexic.
"I should go," I say. I jog up the stairs, grab my bag, and run to the parking lot. I put my bag in my basket. I see Harry walking down the stairs. I get on my bike, and start biking towards Natalie's house.

Natalie POV

I was sitting in my room, watching a movie, when I hear a knock on the door. That's weird. Normally no one comes over unannounced. I walk downstairs, and to the front door. I open the door. Bella hugs me, and starts to cry.
"Bella," I say, hugging her.
"Come in my room," I say, taking her hand, "I just started watching Just Go With It. Remember when we first saw that together?" I try to get her mind off whatever was making her upset. I didn't want to ask, because I knew she'd tell me when she calmed down. She came in and sat next to me on my bed. I pressed play. After about 20 minutes, Bella paused the movie.
"Let's go get something to eat," she says, "from the kitchen."
"Okay," I say, "I have some muffins, and ginger ale."
We walk into the kitchen. I give her a muffin and a can of ginger ale.
"I went to the beach with Harry," she starts.
She tells me they went swimming, played ping pong, talked. She said around 5, when everyone had just left, they were sitting on the beach, talking. He stood up and went to the ocean. She came over, and he pulled her close. Their lips were just barely touching. She was afraid he was going to kiss her, so she hugged him. Then he brought up the whole anorexia thing and she said I should go. She left, and came here.
"Bella," I said, hugging her, "you can always come here."
"What about Brandon?" she asks.
"Do you like Harry?" I ask.
"I don't think so..." she says.
"Let's go watch the movie and forget about this," I say. We go back upstairs and finish the movie. Bella stays for a sleepover.

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