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A cold autumn afternoon. The large ambulance parked in the driveway, along with several cars.
The events of the incident were still fresh in Sunny's mind. "She'll be okay...she'll be okay...she'll be...o..kay..." His hands trembled, and tears filled his eyes, hugging his knees to his chest. Red and blue lights stained his vision. Kel sat beside him, Aubrey was on his bed fidgeting with one of Sunny’s plushes to calm down, and Hero was on the floor in front of him. No one had said anything for what felt like an hour, they were all still processing it. As if to pierce the silence and calm everyone’s nerves, Basil slowly entered the room. Sunny twitched at the sound of the doorknob. Aubrey sat up, and everyone’s eyes went to Basil expectantly.
"Any news?" Kel tried to steady his words, a lump in his throat. Basil shook their head and spoke quietly. "I-I tried to look at her, but the adults told me to go back inside..." he sat down next to Hero, who was now staring at the floor. "Sunny's parents seemed to be arguing..." Basil said that last part in almost a whisper. The air was dense, everyone sat silently. Sunny was breathing heavily, and Kel put a comforting hand on his shoulder to calm Sunny and himself as well. He had no clue what happened, Basil just showed up and told him to come to Sunny's house as fast as possible. Basil occasionally cast glances at Sunny. He knew what happened. They both did. The others only knew what the adults said, "She fell, and she’s hurt, go to Sunny’s room for now."
Everyone sat in the dark room in silence, trickles of light came in from Sunny’s window. The atmosphere was gloomy. It felt like everyone had something to say but didn’t know how to.
Eventually, Aubrey broke the silence, "Is Mari gonna be okay...?" Hero fidgeted with his hands before responding, "I-" he paused, "I don't know Aubrey...We'll have to wait and see." Hero fought tears in his eyes as he curled into a ball, burying his face in his knees. Sunny was still shaking. His eyes hurt from the tears, and guilt filled his mind as he thought back to earlier in the day. It all happened so fast, it was a blur.