Rumble in the Street

"I... I dont know if I heard it right, but... you called me friend...?" Tracy asked, looking down at her hands playing with the sheets. She wasnt quite sure. She was pretty confused and dazed when they came to the hospital, so there was still a little possibility that her brain was playing her a joke.

A faint blush came Rika's face. Tracy had heard her? She didn't count on that! This was a bit embaressing to her. "Uh, yeah i did say that," she explained akwardly. "I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind if you were my friend."

Tracy blushed slightly and widened her eyes after what Rika said. She needed to find the exact words to express how she felt and also not ruin the moment. "Ermm.. That's fine by me." She answered, scratching her cheek and looking everywhere but at Rika's face.

"Really?" Rika asked, her eyes widening with joy. "That's great!" She noticed that Tracy looked much more embaressed than she did, which caused her to smirk. "Aw, are you embaressed?" she asked snidely. "You know, for such a tough girl you're kinda cute."

"Heheheh..." Tracy giggled a little, blushing a little more. Maybe Rika wasnt so bad after all. The redhead could already see a good friend in Rika's eyes. Making a great effort, Tracy moved closer of Rika and wrapped her arms around her, hugging her.

Rika squeaked in surprise when Tracy suddenly hugged her. It wasn't something she was used too. It wasn't like Sarah went around hugging her all the time, even though she would have liked it. "Uh, what was that for?" Rika asked meekly.

"Eerrmm.... To seal our friendship..?" Tracy quickly made up some excuse. She just felt like, why did she have to hide it? Still, the hug wouldnt last much longer, and after a few seconds, the redhead would let go of Rika, laying back on the bed and covering herself up to the throat with the sheet.

"Oh.....okay then!" Rika declared, now comepletely fine with the show of affection. She didn't know what to say now, and a kind of awkward silence descended on them. Luckily Rika's cell phone rang, and she cringed when she red Sarah's name on the display screen. "Oh man! I'm in big trouble." She looked at Tracy regretflly. "Sorry, Tracy. Looks like I'll have to take off now."

Tracy scratched the back of her head, right under the bandages, as they stayed quiet. Rika's cellphone interrupted the awkward moment, making the redhead turn Rika's way. "Oh, alright then. See yaa~!" She happily announced, waving her hand at her new friend.

Rika grinned brightly, and waved Tracy goodbye as well. "Sure! Get well soon! Then maybe you'll beat me next time. But only if you're really lucky!" she giggled. With that she left the hospital room, and went to deal with an angry Sarah Gatt.