"Unfortunately, there is a higher chance of losing him, I am sorry."
"What the fuck do you mean by that? Do you know who are you talking about?!" I bursted, anger and worry taking over what I am talking about.
"Kate," Allison shushes me, "What is his situation right now?" she asks the nurse.
"It looks like the bullet has gone deep into his intestine, and it may take a while to take it out. The blood loss he had had an impact on his immune strength, which caused his heart rate to decrease. So what I can now say is to have patience and hope he would win." she explains.
I barely know Carter, he is not even my friend, but there is one thread like string that is pulling inside my heart, that urges me to cry and be angry at the world because he is in there while I am out here. My feet felt weak. I don't know what to do. I am feeling weird; pain, worry, anger, and sadness all together are weighing heavily on my chest. I want to scream at the nurse and just to take it out on her, but she is doing nothing but her job, and it would make me the bad person.
"Kate, you should calm down," Allison says holding on my arm, "They are doing the best they can do for him, okay?" I just nod my head slightly, then look at the nurse.
"I want to enter and see him." was all I mustered to say, I need to see if he is doing good. While I was supposed to be there instead of him, he is, lying unconscious and opened up, fighting for his life.
She shakes her head and said, "I'm afraid, I can't let you. The operation is not done yet. And I beg you to have patience at this time."
I took a deep breath in. This is not the right time for fighting, I should stay calm and collected, even if I don't know why am I reacting like this, "Okay, sorry." I said going back to sit on one of those cold metal seats and leaving one free seat between Abigail and me. So that people won't be thinking I could suffocate her with this length and width of my upper body.
"Is he okay?" Abigail asks me looking at me with a casual look, and not her usual bright and sunny face, "He is doing great, Abi. He just needs... some time to heal." I lied. I never dealt with children and had to say something serious to them, so I hope what I said will do good for her.
"I want to tell you something." she said slowly, her face twisting in hesitance and playing with the hem of her skirt, "I think, Carter likes you." I looked at her with a half smile, she is all scared and unsure to tell me that Carter likes me? I thought she was about to tell me something about her, or events at her school, but not this, I did not expect her to briefly and directly tell me this. She also thinks that we could be into each other, just like everyone thinks we are together. I want to shout to everyone out loud and clear that we are not together and will never be, but, "I don't think so, Abigail. We are not even friends." I tell her. How many times have I said that to myself but always felt like we are more than that?
"Do you?" she asks smiling back a faint smile.
"Do I what?"
"Like him...?" she giggles and covers her mouth with both of her hands. Her child self and adorable behavior coming back in check.
"Maybe," I answered honestly to her. She gaped and clapped her hands, "But mostly, I don't really know, okay?" I quickly added, not wanting to get this little girl's hopes up about me and him.
"Glad we finally knew she likes him, right Abi?" Allison almost made me jump out of my skin when she came behind me and sat next to Abigail, "At least he is not hanging there alone."
"Wha.. no! Don't take it like that, I don't like 'like' him."
"You do like like him!" Abigail jumps from the seat and hops up and down, "Allison, this is a mystery solve for us! And we solved it!"
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Love Bunny
Fiksi Remaja"Love bunny," he said, making me look up at his eyes. "What?" I asked huskily, and this time, his voice vibrated to my very core when he lowly said, "You are a love bunny." He leaned into me very dangerously, and I surprisingly felt myself leaning...
