Alice:
946Please respect copyright.PENANAZlhlmpcGp6
I stood at my door, looking at the unfamiliar guy standing before me.
946Please respect copyright.PENANA96Qpfvi545
The flowers and card in his hands peaked my interest but his face showed sadness.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAtEdTUovXXn
"How can you not notice that it's me?" he asked, looking directly into my eyes.
946Please respect copyright.PENANASYDmOctU0f
I tried to survey his face but there wasn't anything which rang with recognition.
946Please respect copyright.PENANApfGGr1ZjCQ
He sighed when I didn't reply and placed the flowers and card into my hands.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAcLh5h3TvKJ
"Well these are for you."
946Please respect copyright.PENANAgU9KansbyC
His voice was so soft that I almost didn't hear him.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAk4iotyrHce
He turned around and walked away with his head hung low.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAibst4qXPjA
I felt a pang of sympathy in my heart as I looked at him walking away.
946Please respect copyright.PENANA7PnC2m0ppM
Did I really know him like he claimed I did?
946Please respect copyright.PENANANN7SEpATBi
When he was almost at the end of the walkway, he turned around and raised a hand to his head.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAXfKopRkUy5
He pulled his hair back to make it look almost as if he was bald.
946Please respect copyright.PENANApNzcYEJ5NE
Bald
946Please respect copyright.PENANAnPKTB86NwW
Instantly, I felt myself remembering the day that I had seen Leo without his hat.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAC5pVKP1c6F
But how could it be?
946Please respect copyright.PENANAH88QXynLsp
How could he have survived?
946Please respect copyright.PENANAoNkmwrA3oP
Before I could stop myself, I felt my legs carry me to him.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAodn0kQWEGC
I hugged him tightly when I was close enough.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAmkIahDErcg
And I felt him hug me back tightly.
946Please respect copyright.PENANA0BXvQQNkYG
"You remembered," I heard him say.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAUV1qtrYJ3E
"I'm so sorry Leo. You just looked so different."
946Please respect copyright.PENANAR1XgJNgZcK
I couldn't help the few stray tears which escaped my eyes.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAaFbnJMhuBj
"Don't cry Alice."
946Please respect copyright.PENANAPRsBtLDA26
I smiled as he wiped the tears away for me.
946Please respect copyright.PENANANeYo5diEGj
"Thanks."
946Please respect copyright.PENANABUwPGXRwiG
He shook his head as his smile widened.
946Please respect copyright.PENANACLSmSspMxg
"I should be thanking you; for all you've done for me."
946Please respect copyright.PENANARcbw6BhD1r
Not long after, he left and I walked into my room with the flowers and card still in my hand.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAzwAQ8WWwGT
I placed the colourful flowers on my desk and settled on my bed to read the card:
946Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ68uKKgWb
I was just a boy
946Please respect copyright.PENANAMRULK16Wmd
Laying on his death bed.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAMuCKjYDXCQ
With no one to look forward to seeing in the morning
946Please respect copyright.PENANARzMzggJnf0
But then you came on that fateful day
946Please respect copyright.PENANA7BgaOi6epr
And you changed my world for the better
946Please respect copyright.PENANAAJwrun5nBb
You gave me a reason to wake up
946Please respect copyright.PENANAiOjPkujabY
And a reason to keep fighting.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAKkr51qRU9X
You don't know this,
946Please respect copyright.PENANAj47QloD04m
But I saw you crying when I was in coma
946Please respect copyright.PENANAo8CPaarLhr
And it broke my heart.
946Please respect copyright.PENANADtbSbk8x9R
Seeing you like that,
946Please respect copyright.PENANAVfHzajgZAb
Was what helped me to get through this.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAiI2ySFpE6R
Thank you Alice,
946Please respect copyright.PENANA1qocKM8voQ
For coming to see me every day,
946Please respect copyright.PENANA7nz447JIpj
For smiling at me when no one did,
946Please respect copyright.PENANAY64rACRopS
For caring for me,
946Please respect copyright.PENANAtOmfo8pzXv
Even though I was a stranger,
946Please respect copyright.PENANAxpabCuBIvJ
When no one did.
946Please respect copyright.PENANAlVe1897bXs
But most of all,
946Please respect copyright.PENANADv0nsqR3Ki
Thank you
For being my friend,946Please respect copyright.PENANA6LQKS0kElL
When no one did.946Please respect copyright.PENANAjEblgi268M
-Leo946Please respect copyright.PENANAulLS9GaZDj