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"Sounds great," Sanders responds and offers Jill a cocky grin "Lead on, sweetheart"

They each grab baskets full of gifts and follow h as I hear whoops and cries of excite out of the rooms

"This is awesome, Will These kids will remember this for the rest of their lives Thank you"

"My pleasure I’onna stick with you, if you don’t ood with kids He’s kind and a good listener He has patiently posed for dozens of photos, flirted with uys feel like he’s their buddy, and just been generally awesome today All five players eventually made it to every rooathered in a common area that we have set up for families, where they can come and rest It’s recently been remodeled, and it proudly boasts about two-thousand square feet of plush leather couches and recliners, an enor-screen television mounted to one wall, tables and chairs near outlets for laptops and plenty of space to spread out

Now the oldest patients who are able to leave their rooestion of Kip, so the kids can ask questions and have a little

They’ve already been here for a staggering five hours

"Meg, I need some help with an IV in room twenty," Dr Sanchez whispers to me so she doesn’t interrupt the Q&A session

"No problem" I follow her back to the rooe, I stay out of sight so I can listen

"So, do you have a girlfriend, Will?" A pretty sixteen-year-old patient named Liza asks with a shy smile

"No, I don’t, sweetheart"

"Why not?" someone asks

"Well, there is one woman I’m interested in, but I don’t think she likes me back"

"Well then she’s stupid," Liza retorts, and everyone laughs

"No, she’s s Will in the shoulder

"Who is it?" Nick asks hiins and I bite et to know Meg better"

"Well then ask her out," someone out of my line of vision advises him

"I don’t think she’s interested in me"

"We can help," Liza offers "We know her really well"

"Urin

"She loves music," my patient, Bree tells his," my thirteen-year-old Jason chimes in

"But if you fuck with her, I’ll tear your heart out of your chest, cancer be damned," Nick states clearly, harshly

"Nick!" his o take care of this, but I can’t move I want to hear Will’s response Silence fills the roorown up, staring at each other

Finally, Will says, "You know, Nick, I already had a lot of respect for you just from our chat earlier today, but now I just think you’re badass You’re a good "

I walk into the room in time to see Nick nod soberly and look at the floor The other four players’ s at Nick with respect

"Okay, everyone,"a clue that I just heard the conversation about Will and uests, but I think it’s time we let them off the hook They’ve spent a lot of their tiroans, but the room erupts into applause