Perspectives

His Encounter

~the next day~

Patrick's pov:

I woke up to an alarming phone call from my mom, my mind slowly started to realize what was happening. Flashbacks of last night with Claire rushed back into my memory, a warm smile appeared on my face as I thought of the moment when our eyes locked. I answered the phone with a cheery grin as my mother told me I would be missing school today. Apparently she scheduled a doctors appointment for me, a simple check up. I laid in bed as my body scrunched up then fanned out like a starfish from thinking of her. I heard my mom get home after a few minutes after our call to take me to my appointment. Sitting in the waiting room, she was my only thought, I didn't even care if she had rejected me. I was just glad that I we were on okay terms again. The check up went by fast but something felt off, my mother was packing her stuff up to leave but I wouldn't move. My once happy smirk turned into a blank stare. The doctor walked in once more and I knew what was going to happen, his aura had changed almost instantaneously. After the doctor talked to us one last time, we were allowed to leave. My mother and I got into the car and sat in silence, "Coronary heart disease...Hmm." My mother stated with little to no expression. Her hair hiding the pain on her face, even though it reeked off of her body. I put my hand on her back as tears ran down her face, "I'll be okay mom." I said to her trying to make her feel better as I held back my tears. We sat in her car holding each other as the thought hit us both more and more intensely. The ride home was completely quiet until she dropped me off, "We will talk more about this when I get home from work, which won't be long, I love you." I smiled trying not to make her worry about me. I watched as her car drove out of the driveway before going inside. I stepped into the large entrance and there was only one person that I wanted to walk through my front door to get my mind off of this situation. Suddenly, there was a knock and before I knew what was happening, Claire was in my arms telling me everything that happened with her and Jake. I sat listening to her explain everything while in shock, my face frozen in disbelief. One sentence stuck out to me in our lengthy conversation, "-I can't break up with him though, he means too much to me.." For some reason, I had no care for that sentence but it made no sense. Why was she complaining about him if she didn't want to have him in her life anymore. "Why not?" I said in a compulsive manner. She seemed to get stuck on my words and went silent for a bit, but it was hard to focus on her and Jake's situation. My mind was only pondering one thing, "What's going to happen to me?"