Trouble

07

"Thank you, again Izzy" Robby tells me.

"Don't." I tell him. "I'll see you tomorrow. Stay out of trouble, okay?"

"I'll try" he says. I smile, and hug him before walking out. As soon as I open the door, I'm met face to face with my dad.

"Izzy?" He says confused. "Why are you here so early? I thought you were at a friends house"

"I was. I just stopped by here to see someone."

"You know you're not supposed to be here alone. I wasn't on duty." My dad says crossing his arms.

"I just came to see my friend. I won't do it again, I promise."

"Okay, just- be safe. Vivian will be home before me. I'm taking some of the boys to the soup kitchen for-"

"Community service." I say.

"Be safe" he says one more time before I start my jog home.

Do I really want to go home? I've done barley anything around town. I think I might stop by the hospital to see Vivian. I mean, she is dating my dad, I ought to get to know her better,
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I walk into the hospital, and walk up to the desk.

"Can I help you?" The lady at the desk asks.

"Uh yeah. I'm looking for Vivian Grant."

"She's with a patient right now." She says turning away from me.

"Please; I'll wait until she's done. Just tell me where I can find her." I beg.

"3rd floor. Room 19B." She says.(I don't remember his room number and it's not relevant)

"Thank you" I say walking into an elevator. It takes me a while but I end up finding the room. I turn around so I'm just peeking in the corner to check if Vivians there.

I see her, and clear my throat to get her attention. Both her, and the boy she was helping look over to me.

"I'll be right back Miguel" Vivian says.

"Okay" the boy, Miguel says softly. Vivian walks over to me and we step just out of the room.

"What's up Izzy? Is everything okay?" She asks.

"Yeah, I just- uh, I felt like I need to spend more time with you, and I'm excepting the fact that my parents are dating other people now."

"That's really sweet. But for certain patients I can't have you with me. Stay here, I'll be right back" Vivian says running back into the room. A few seconds later her arm pops out and gestures me inside.

"Izzy this is Miguel and Miguel this is my boyfriends daughter Izzy. You two are the same age, and I need to go so you have each other to entertain. Miguel call if you need anything, Izzy, I'm making dinner later so buckle up" Vivian says walking out.

"That.. was a lot" I say sitting on a rolling chair.

"Yeah, so you probably get that at home a lot" Miguel says.

"Actually tonight will be the first night with her."

"Really? Do you mind if I ask?" He says.

"No, actually I've told the story like 5 times already" I move so I'm sitting by the end of the bed on my rolly-chair. "My parents hate each other and I've lived with my mom for like 10 years but I moved here to 'spend quality time with my dad'. He works all the time, and I guess Vivian does too. They both have good jobs and are able to support me better than my mom did. But apparently there was this huge fight, two people I've made friends with were in the fight, and so we're some people I knew before..yeah"

"I was in the fight" Miguel says.

"Oh shit. OH SHIT" I say a bit louder. "I'm sorry, that just clicked. I knew that, but I'm still getting to know people here."

"It's fine. But, who were you talking about, with the two people you met from in the fight?" He asks.

"One was Sam LaRusso. She's pretty nice but I've seen her once. We're going to the same school so I guess it won't hurt to know anyone." I start. "I met her at a fundraiser thing that she put together for you. It was really cool actually."

"A fundraiser?"

"Yeah. Um, I hope that your surgery goes for gold. I know the surgeon. She helped me when I broke my wrist" I say trying to change the topic.

"How'd you break it?"

"Fight. One of the reasons I'm here, actually. Parents finally agreed on something and they wanted a fresh start for me."

"A fresh start? Here? Away from fighting?" Miguel asks confused.

"Yeah, they already bought the plane tickets before the school fight"

There was a slight knock before Vivian walks back in with a lady behind her.

"Ms.Diaz, this is Izzy, she'll be my helper today." Vivian says taking another rolly-chair and grabbing a clipboard. I shake her hand and roll around so I'd be closer to Vivian.

"Here, let me see your phone for a sec" I say to Miguel. He hands me his phone and I add my contact. "I'll be around. If you get bored, text me." I say handing it back to him.

"Everything looks good" Vivian says turning to look at us. "Anything you need before we leave?"

"No, I think I'm good." Miguel says.

"See you later" I tell him before walking out behind Vivian.

"So, the real question is do I make something or do we get fast food?" Vivian asks. Before I could reply a man walks up to us.

"Excuse me" he says. "How'd the surgery for Miguel Diaz go?"

"He's awake. He's-" Vivian starts.

"This could be really out of place, but do you happen to be Johnny Lawrence?" I ask.

"Yes, but can you just tell me-" he starts. At that moment, I remembered everything, every word. And here he was again, choosing Miguel.

I swing, my fist barley misses his face before Vivian pulls me back.

"Izzy, what's going on?!"

I ignore her and look Johnny right in the face.

"You're a sick son of a bitch, you know it too." I say, and right before I walk out to Vivian's car, I kick him and he goes down.