We walk to the hospital together and Jake keeps on pointing things out he hasn't seen in a while. I don't blame him. I mean if you were stuck hospital for 7 years and had to live in there and eat disgusting food how would you feel?
Jake is choosing the restaurant he wants us to go to. He chose McDonald's.
" Are you sure you want McDonalds?" I ask him. " I thought you would chose something fancier."
" No. I haven't had Mickey D's in a long time. I can't wait to have my hands on those big juicy burgers." he says. " I haven't had a decent meal in 7 years. All they feed me are fruits and vegetables."
We walk towards McDonalds and the employee " Can I get your order?"
I reply and say " 2 burgers and...." Jake interrupts and says " 3 burgers."
I continue and say " three burgers, two large fries, and 2 medium Pepsi's."
" Ok, wait your order will be ready in five minutes." she says.
" Thank you." I say.
" Next! " she she screams in a loud voice.
We wait in a booth near the register.
" So are you excited to have your first burger in 7 years?" I say.
" Of course. " he says like I insulted him.
I start to laugh and the employee calls" Order 17 please come get your food. Order 17."
"That's us." I say.
I grab the tray using both hands and go back to our booth. I see people starring at Jake. It's obvious, Jake has cancer. They were probably thinking why a kid with cancer was in a fast food restaurant eating instead of in a hospital trying to cure his cancer. Well sometimes kids need to have fun even sick kids.
" Are you enjoying your burger?" I say.
He doesn't answer immediately because he is chewing. I wait til he is done.
" This burger is amazing." he says in a happy voice.
We each take a sip of our sodas and belch simultaneously. We laugh. I hadn't had this much fun with him in years.
We walk back to the hospital taking the long way and we go through the back door so no one knows what we did. After what felt like one hundred flights of stairs we were in Jake's room. I put him under the covers and kissed his forehead.
" I'll be back tomorrow morning.I promise." I say.
" Bye, H.P." he says.
" Bye Jake." I say in a soft voice.
I sneak into Carlos's room.He looks so cute when he's sleeping. I think I hear someone coming so I shut the door and leave.
