Please be aware this is a vision I had (so it may or may not come true).
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Second-period Business, y'all sit next to each other. You've never really said one word to each other, but that's about to change. Then one day you don't show up, and then the next and the next. He starts to get a little worried as it's been a week now. So he goes and asks the teacher. The teacher tells him that you're in the hospital, and he asks if there's any way to contact you. The teacher says no, so the next day he asks around. Amazingly, the kid on the other side of me still had my number. He wastes no time messaging me.
"𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢??"
"𝙳𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘'𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐."
"𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜."
"𝙾𝚑 𝚑𝚒!"
"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚔?."
"𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗."
But he wanted to see me sooner. Like he really cares about me.
Finally, he convinces me to give him my room number and I do.
"𝙷𝚎𝚢."
"𝙷𝚎𝚢."
"𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚑𝚎"
"𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚔. 𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞. ."
"𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢?"
"𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏."
I don't know why but his words are pulling at my broken heartstrings.
"𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎..."
"𝙰𝚕𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘."
So we sat there and talked for a few hours, and it was the best few hours of my hospital stay. Then at around 21:30 (9:30 pm), I fell asleep. And when I woke, I expected him to be gone. But instead, he's sleeping on the couch. I was shocked at that, that a started to cry happy tears. Those happy tears happened to wake him up.
"𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐?"
"𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎."
"𝙾𝚑 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑. 𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 ."
The truth is, I didn't really get caught up in stuff. When she fell asleep she looked so cute and peaceful, I stayed to look at her and ended up falling asleep.
Three days later, I've officially been home for one day. I've also convinced my mom to take me to the gym. Not to do anything, just to see everyone again.
My first stop is the front desk to see my friend and this other kid in my grade. After talking with them for a little bit, I make my way up the stairs, to the back part of the gym (weightlifting). I start walking and he sees me, gets excited, and starts running over to me, picking me up wedding style.
"𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞."
"*𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎* 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘."
"𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝? 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍?"
"𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝? 𝙽𝚘, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑."
"𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐."
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚢𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚔."
"𝙾𝚑, 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚢, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝."
"𝙾𝚖𝚐 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝙸 𝚆𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎."
Everyone is looking at us, but we don't care at the moment.
"𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎?"
"𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎."
"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢- 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝"
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎."
"𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝... 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚎."
"𝙽𝚘, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝."
"𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝."
