The Heartbroken - S01 E213

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The Heartbroken - S01 E213

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 213

I managed to convince Philip to go home to at least

grab a couple hours of sleep when I got there, so it

was only me and Cedric in his room.

He was looking out the window, even when he

heard me come in. I set the apples on a small shelf

beside the bed. He still didn’t turn to look.

“Hey,” I said, my grin turning into a slight frown.

“Feeling all better?”

I craned my neck to look out the window to see

what he was staring at, but it was only a view of the

parking lot and the small playground the hospital

built for some of the children.

He took in a deep breath before turning to look at

me. “Yeah.”

For the first time, I let myself worry about the fact

that I told Seth about his condition. I couldn’t think of

anything else that could have evoked this almost icy

tension between us, and I feared that he might be

possibly be mad at me.

“Dad told me.” Cedric looked up. “About Seth.”

I held a breath. “I’m sorry I told him.”

“Sorry?” he echoed, his brows furrowing slightly. “If

you hadn’t told him, we might still be waiting for the

blood bank to refill their supply.”

My thoughts whirred to a stop. “You’re not mad?”

There was a thoughtful look on his face. “Why

would I be mad?”

I clamped my mouth shut.

“I’m just—I’m surprised,” he offered. “Of all people, I

didn’t expect Seth Everett would end up helping me.”

Finally, I took a seat on the chair beside him and tried

a smile. “He’s not all bad.”

At this, a smile finally made its way to his face. “I

guess not.”

Cedric and I were playing this kind of complicated

puzzle game on his tablet when Hail arrived, all

smiles and laughter at the sight of seeing Cedric

looking all right. We eventually stopped playing and

just ended up talking.

We told Hail about last night and how Seth

volunteered to donate blood, in which I swear I saw

her almost cry. She had always been kind of

emotional, but I could kind of understand where she

was coming from. Seth’s actions surprised us all and

we were more than just thankful for what he’d done

for Cedric.

Hail announced that she brought a DVD with her, so

we put that in on Cedric’s laptop. It was titled The

Winter’s Tale, and none of us actually knew what it

was all about, so we huddled together to watch it. At

first, Hail was horrified when she realized that the

main character’s love interest was suffering from a

terminal illness. She wanted to stop watching,

thinking it was kind of insensitive on Cedric.

“Dude,” Cedric said, giving her an incredulous look,

“I’m already too intrigued to stop watching now.”

So we stuck with it. There was a bed scene, in which

the three of us kind of squirmed awkwardly while

trying to pretend it wasn’t weird to watch it together,

but the movie was actually really good.

The story was brilliant (and I might have cried at

some point). Somewhere near the end, when

another character who happened to have cancer was

introduced, Hail wanted to take it out again, but

Cedric firmly shook his head.

I was glad he did.

The ending brought tears to my eyes. When I looked

over at Cedric, he was silently crying too. Hail was

sniffling, wiping her face with the collar of her shirt.

The credits rolled in and we were all a bunch of

emotions.