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pretending to fix the fire. Her movements were so slow; her arms looked like tiny sticks with no strength. I moved closer now she was dressed. I tugged a piece of hair behind her ear and picked up the sandwich.
I pleaded her to eat with my eyes. She still wasn't speaking, except for a yes or a no and letting out sighs sometimes. She took the sandwich with her hands but I didn't let go, she didn't seem to be able to hold it herself. When she had eaten a half sandwich she lay down again.
"Good girl, here..." I pulled up the covers.
"Can I get you anything, do anything for you?"
She shook her head and closed her eyes. I turned out the lights and let her sleep in the glow from the fire. I retreated to the living room where the atmosphere was lighter. I followed the laughter and felt it was all going to be alright.
    "Wow some turn of events huh?" Jackson sent me a comforting smile, his unshaved bea rd opening up to reveal a slight smile, a sign of relief.
I rubbed my face, I had no clue what day it was anymore, time and space had melted together into one long sequence.
Bobby sat down next to me and handed me a cigarette.
"But she seems to be doing better now right?"
I nodded and played with the cigarette between my fingers without lighting it.
"According to the French doc, someone smashed into her and she tried to find her way back here through the storm." Bobby continued.
The room fell silent as we all thought back to the blizzard that night. Kayla had been out there freezing, probably hurt and scared. My stomach tightened into a ball of fire at the thought of whoever it was, that had smashed into her and left her at the scene.
"Was she hurt in the crash?" I asked. It was very hard to contain my anger at this point.
The memory of the car lying on the side covered with snow came flooding back. If her suitcase had been on the road it must have been quite a crash. I didn't really want to think about that but at the same time I wanted to know all the details.
"The doc said she was fine, nothing broken or the like...she was lucky...erhm apart from the almost freezing to death part of course!"
Bobby's apologetic face pleaded with me not to be upset. I lit the cigarette and inhaled and sought the usual relief from stress but the cigarette failed me.
"Should we call her parents?" I asked no one in particular.
"Her phone is completely dead, do you think Nick might have the number?"
The thought of having to explain this whole situation to Nick was more than what I had the energy for.
"I don't know" I said and with a sigh I got up to phone him. I got through to him on the second ring; he probably thought I'd gotten myself into trouble if I called him in my week off. He was right wasn't he? I was in trouble and I had no clue what to do. I only knew that I wanted to lie next to Kayla until she got better. The call was fruitless, he didn't have any numbers to family members but he would try and contact her former employer.
I stood in the kitchen smoking my cigarette and staring out the window at the winter falling in snowflakes; some of them seemed to stand still for a while mid-air, like waiting for Divine guidance on which way to go. Much like me. I thought back to the first time it dawned on me that I liked her more than just a friend.
    "Sure you HAVE to go out tonight?"
"I do get to have some free time once in a while Matt!"
"I'm not so sure about that, I read your contract just the other day and..."
A pillow hit my face and I started laughing and resumed watching her put on heavy eye make-up and straighten her shoulder length hair.
"Tonight you'll just have to fetch your own cola, rub your own feet and keep yourself entertained, because I have a date!"
"A date? Gosh I can't remember those!"
Looking at me through the mirror with chocolate eyes framed by black long lashes, she put an earring in her left ear.
"I know the last time you went on one must have been in what...? The nineties? "
Her warm chuckle and the