She runs as fast as she can, she has to hurry. She no longer knows why she is running and she has also forgotten her destination. She just runs without thinking. She doesn't have to know, she just has to run as fast as she can. As if a terrible monster was after her, she has to be that fast, otherwise something terrible will happen. She feels that exactly!
Someone is there. Someone is running in front of her. Is she chasing him or are they running together? She does not know. She only feels that she must not stop. She has to stay with him!
With him? Yes, she thought she recognized a boy.
He stops, she catches up with him, it's dark and suddenly everything turns.

"Max ..." Leena slowly opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling. She was still in the hospital and still not allowed to get up. Nicki didn't seem awake yet, so Leena decided to just lie there until her friend woke up. What else was she left with? She wasn't allowed to get up yet.
For a while nothing moved in the girls' room, then there was a knock on the door and a nurse came in unsolicited, followed by one of the many doctors in this clinic.
"Good morning ladies," he said in a calm tone. It was an older man with slightly gray hair. Experienced and good-natured, he had a calming effect on his patients. His silver glasses gave him a certain elegance. The girls liked him, he never seemed as stressed as his colleagues always.
"Did you sleep well?" he asked now and when he noticed his patients nod, he added to Leena: "I would like to take a few more pictures of your head today. If that's how we want it, you can get up and take a few Days home. "The addressee was visibly relieved and was now pushed out of the room by the sister, along with the bed.
The professor had a short chat with Nicole before following the nurse out of the room.
He was sure that he would be able to release both girls soon.

After half an hour, Leena's bed was brought back to the room, but where was Leena?
Nicole smiled because she knew what that meant. Your friend was fine. She could get out of bed. Finally the girls could go to the little café in the hospital together.
They had been looking forward to it for a long time. After all, Leena had already been in bed for two weeks and that sort of thing can get very boring even with a visit. Visit ... after all, Leena was visited a lot. One of her friends came almost every day. Nicole wondered if she had also seen her friend's parents and was amazed at their absence. Weren't you interested in your daughter's wellbeing? She could still remember how it was when her parents were still alive. How the four of them sat in the large garden, among the many flowers that their mother lovingly called children of the sun. How her father played hide and seek with her and her older sister. Nicole decided to ask her sister if they should revive the garden with flowers together. After the death of her parents, no one had taken care of the garden. Only the caretaker came once a month to mow the lawn.

"Great! My mother won't like that at all! I can already hear her exploding ..." She finished her sentence with a sigh and looked at the professor for help. "I'm sorry Miss Floyd, but your shoulder should be spared. It is healing more slowly than expected. Beybladen is just about okay as long as you don't overdo it. But I can do violins and their cheerleading sport for you with the best of will do not allow!" replied the doctor."And what about an obstacle course through the forest?" she asked now frustrated. "No swimming, climbing, rowing and movements that take too much of your shoulder! The best thing I can do is to give you an exemption from physical education. And a list for your wife, mother." he said urgently and Leena understood that she had better listen to him.

On the way into the room, Leena pondered how she explained to her mother that she would not be allowed to play the violin for the next three months. She was going to get very angry, that much was certain. At the end of the hall, Leena saw a group of youngsters making their way to her room. How did she know that exactly? You heard it! Hilary and Tyson argued loudly about whether or not it was appropriate to bring hamburgers to a hospital. Of course, this was Tyson's idea. The girl quickly hid behind a corner, she didn't want to be seen. She just didn't want to see anyone now. Crouching on the floor, a few tears welled up in her eyes.
Suddenly someone held out a handkerchief to her. It was Ray. Of course he had seen her. Of the blade breakers, he was the one with the sharpest eyes. In addition, he always observed his surroundings very closely. He had broken away from the group and sneaked up to Leena unnoticed to hand her said handkerchief. Ray didn't look down at her. Knowing that she would be uncomfortable, he decided to look into the corridor in silence.
Leena accepted the handkerchief with thanks and wiped her eyes dry. She was happy and grateful for his silence and at the same time felt obliged to tell him about her shoulder and her fear of her own mother.
Ray listened to his teammate in silence until the end, still looking into the distance, he then said: "I understand that you don't want to see anyone right now, but you should at least talk to Max. He hasn't laughed once since you were in the hospital. If you want to hide, please take him with you. I'll take care of your mother. Trust me! Tell me, dear Max, that you are in love with him! It can't go on forever with you. "
Without waiting for their reaction he went in the direction in which his friends had disappeared and added: "I will tell the others that you have no time today. I will send Max to you tomorrow. Think carefully about how you want to tell him With these words he had disappeared around the corner and left his girlfriend puzzled.
For a moment she didn't know if she could believe her ears. // Did he really say that I love Max and should tell him? .... Mo-wait a minute !!! How does he know about it ?! I haven't told anyone about it. // puzzled, she looked at the place where she had just been standing. Only after a while did she decide to get up and go to her room.
It was already afternoon when Leena opened the door and was greeted by her friend Nicki.
"Here you are at last!" said Nicki, smiling happily. "Unfortunately you missed lunch, but there is sure to be something to eat in the café. Do we want to go down?" she asked her "returned home" friend and looked at her expectantly. "Actually, I'm not hungry at all, but I could use some tea," said Leena with a mild smile.
Together they went to the café and spent the rest of the day there. Leena was very calm and seemed to be elsewhere with her thoughts. But Nicole didn't dare to ask her friend what was going on. She would tell her if she could help her.
"By the way, you had a visitor earlier. Your friends were here, you only just missed them." she laughed."Your boyfriend didn't even want to leave when the black-haired boy said you didn't have time today. That was really cute" She grinned at Leena, who just looked at her in shock. "My friend?" finally brought her out. Nicole wondered and asked: "The blonde, Max, that's your boyfriend, isn't it?"
Leena blushed and shook her head sadly. "No, he's not, we ... are just friends." she whispered and now added a little louder: "How do you get that?"
Nicki thought for a moment and then said: "Somehow you feel something special between you, it's not like between you and the silent boy or Tyson. You always smile when it comes to him .." Leena actually caught herself doing it like her smiled blissfully. "And you say his name in your sleep every night! Even if you are not a couple, it is at least clear that you are in love with him." She opened her eyes wide: "Is it really that obvious? How can everyone already know "I've only realized it myself for a short time."
Nicole took her hand. "You ran after him without thinking twice because you didn't want him to think the wrong thing about you. By then at the latest it was clear to everyone, well, let's say almost everyone." "That means Tyson is the only one who doesn't know yet ??? " uttered Leena very frightened. // That means ... that Max ... that he already knows. But he didn't say anything to me, did he? So he ... is not in love with me ... // Lost in thought, she stopped hearing her friend's words.

She lay awake all night staring at the ceiling. //What should I do? He already knows! I can't tell him. If he rejects me, it could be uncomfortable for the team. No! I can't tell him! If he felt that way too, he would have said something long ago.
The night passed without Leena getting a minute of sleep. Her thoughts kept changing direction. They wavered between being silent and making a confession.
But now she was sure of her decision. She got up full of energy and let the day begin.