Alice:
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I stood at my door, looking at the unfamiliar guy standing before me.
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The flowers and card in his hands peaked my interest but his face showed sadness.
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"How can you not notice that it's me?" he asked, looking directly into my eyes.
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I tried to survey his face but there wasn't anything which rang with recognition.
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He sighed when I didn't reply and placed the flowers and card into my hands.
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"Well these are for you."
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His voice was so soft that I almost didn't hear him.
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He turned around and walked away with his head hung low.
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I felt a pang of sympathy in my heart as I looked at him walking away.
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Did I really know him like he claimed I did?
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When he was almost at the end of the walkway, he turned around and raised a hand to his head.
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He pulled his hair back to make it look almost as if he was bald.
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Bald
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Instantly, I felt myself remembering the day that I had seen Leo without his hat.
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But how could it be?
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How could he have survived?
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Before I could stop myself, I felt my legs carry me to him.
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I hugged him tightly when I was close enough.
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And I felt him hug me back tightly.
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"You remembered," I heard him say.
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"I'm so sorry Leo. You just looked so different."
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I couldn't help the few stray tears which escaped my eyes.
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"Don't cry Alice."
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I smiled as he wiped the tears away for me.
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"Thanks."
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He shook his head as his smile widened.
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"I should be thanking you; for all you've done for me."
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Not long after, he left and I walked into my room with the flowers and card still in my hand.
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I placed the colourful flowers on my desk and settled on my bed to read the card:
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I was just a boy
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Laying on his death bed.
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With no one to look forward to seeing in the morning
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But then you came on that fateful day
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And you changed my world for the better
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You gave me a reason to wake up
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And a reason to keep fighting.
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You don't know this,
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But I saw you crying when I was in coma
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And it broke my heart.
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Seeing you like that,
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Was what helped me to get through this.
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Thank you Alice,
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For coming to see me every day,
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For smiling at me when no one did,
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For caring for me,
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Even though I was a stranger,
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When no one did.
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But most of all,
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Thank you
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-Leo1024Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQnnR2PQv4
