They wanted to send me home, but I insited on stying in the hospital, until the nurse finally gave up and allowed me to sleep in one of their beds.

If only I could sleep now...

But I couldn't stop thinking of Delle, him, with all his injuries.

He had barely survived.

He.

Had.

Barely.

Survived.

I let these words echo inside myhead.

I panted heavily.

No, I needed to, at least, try to distract myself, so I wrote Kyle a message, asking if he please could bring me clothes and I told him about Dele, because he was probably wondering where his two roommates where, not that he missed us, but anyway....

Finally, at 7 o' clock, my body surrendered and I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I saw Kyle sitting next to me.

"Kyyyyle.", I moaned.

"Eric. What happened is terrible... I'm so sorry."

I yawned.

"Here, I brought you fresh clothes and your toothbrush 'n stuff."

He tried to smile.

"Thanks, Kyle. You're such a good guy. Has he woken up, already? I don't want to miss the moment..."

"No. Not, yet. Some of the guys came with me, to see you and Del-boy."

I chuckled.

"Who?"

He shook his head and laughed.

"The stupid ones."

I smiled.

"So all of them."

Kyled laughed again.

"No, no, but that's irrelevant. Luke is seeing him at the moment..."

I nodded. "Did you..."

"Yeah. It's terrible. I could barely look at him, I feel his pain."

I nodded.

"It is really awful. I miss him alot...", I whispered, trying to stay awake.

I had slept for four hours, yet, so I was very tired, but I wanted to see Dele.

"Oh, dear.", Kyle chuckled.

"You must be super tired. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

I shook my head furiously.

"No, I need to see Dele."

My body needed sleep very badly, but, on the other hand I didn't want to miss him waking up.

"Eric. Don't be stupid. If it's necessary I'll watch you, but you need to sleep, boy. You had enough stress this night, give yourself a rest, okay? Sleep at least two hours now, and then you can visit him, okay? He needs a break, too."

I frowned, but agreed.

My body was thankful for Kyle, I'd probably fall asleep anywhere otherwise.

When I woke up, it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

I quickly got up, and decided to eat something in the cafeteria. I met Harry Kane and Jan there, who smiled at me, gently, but weakly.

"Hey, guys.", I greeted them.

"So...", I didn't know how to continue and sat next to them.

"Eric, you look exhausted. Wait here. I'll bring you something to eat.", Jan broke the silence and left.

"So... have you been... talking to him already?", I asked.

"It's hard. It's hard to see him like that. Poor Dele. But driving drunk... was a stupid decision."

I sighed.

"Well, it happened, we can't change anything about that now. But I miss him. I'd trade ten years of my lifetime, just to have him beside me now."

Jan arrived with the food and I thanked him, but only drank some coffee. "Eat something, too. Don't worry, it's not poisened."

I shook my head.

"I don't feel like eating right now."

He glared at me. "Do I have to shove it down your throat, or will you eat it yourself?"

I sighed and forced myself to take a bite of a piece of potato, but it didn't taste well, so I didn't want to eat more.

"Eric, you look so sad, is there anything we can do to cheer you up?"

I shook my head.

"Make Dele wake up.", I mumbled.

Harry looked at me with sad eyes. "Don't make yourself sad. Dele will wake up, soon. His body needs time to regenerate itself after such a heavy injury.

So now, we need to wait, give him time. Come on, eat some cake. You love cake, don't you."

I smiled and turned down his offer.

"I am not hungry.", I claimed.

Jan and Harry looked at me, with a worried look.

"Please take care of yourself. Promise."

I looked aside. I couldn't promise anything. I didn't want to lie at my friends, and I wasn't sure, if I was able not to break the promise....

"Guys, I'll go and see Dele now. I think I'm more prepared for this now, than I was yesterday.

Thank you for everything and your support. See you."