Summer

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Mondays are the worse aren't they? I hated waking up in the morning at the best of times but I was always late on a Monday. Troy's was the first face I saw when I walked into class. Dayum he looked so hot, or was it just because I haven't seen him in so long. He always looked hot but today he just looked extremely hot. With his dark brown hair all spiked up and wearing his grey long sleeve top and blue jeans.

Then there was me wearing a dirty black hoodie and black jeans as it was the first thing I could find when mum woke me up. As I walked into class everyone stopped and just smiled at me. The teacher took me aside and gave me two assignments that I needed to complete in order to not fail this class. Troy said he would help me get up to date will it all. Great my first day back and I have home work to do, it was to be expected but not on my first day back.

First and second session passed by really quickly. Finally a break to catch up with all of my amazing friends. I have missed them all too much. Some of them had come to visit me in hospital but I just slept most of the time I was there. So it was great seeing them all and actually being able to talk to them.

For the whole of first break all they talked about was that god dam party. If anything I wish I could just forget about it. That night was horrible and I just want to forget about it. I should have known not to take him past the cemetery how carless of me! Troy knows I still beat myself up about that and he always tells me it isn't my fault but it was. I was carless I didn't see the other car because I was too busy making sure Troy was okay. He blames himself for drinking too much, he was just being like every other teenager at the party that night and getting shit faced even though he promised me he wouldn't. I knew he would though. He always does. One of his down sides I guess.

Lunch wasn't too bad they had finally stopped telling me all about that party and on to the topic of this weekend's party. There was no way I was going to that party. No way in hell. I just couldn't push myself to go. Troy was really understanding when I told him I wasn't going to go. He just hugged me and said we can go out for dinner and a movie instead of going. That was a much better idea then another party.

Saturday was amazing just as I thought it would be. Right up until Troy's leg started to hurt really badly. So much to my disgust I had to drive his car again. He started to scream a little as we were walking to his front door. "Troy are you okay?!?!" "Yes summer, I'm completely fine" he said clearly that was a dumb question. "You look like you are in a lot of pain" his dad said coming to the front door to help Troy to the couch. "I would rather feel pain than nothing at all" And that's when it hit me I didn't even think about Troy and what might have happened to him that night. What injuries did he have?! Oh my gosh! I was too busy worrying about myself I didn't think about him. How carless of me.

His dad sat Troy down on the couch and I just has to know what happened. "Troy what happened to you that night, in the car accident? What injuries did you sustain?!" My voice was so shaky I could hardy talk. I didn't relies but his had just turned away from me and I could see a tear fall from his eye. I turned to look at his dad and he just gave me a very faint smile. By now Troy was looking back at me. He just stood up and started to undo his jeans. My first thought was 'what the hell your dad is like right there' His jeans where now just above his knee. That's when it hit me there was a different skin colour almost a plastic looking. 'Is that a.... No, No it can't be. It's not a prosthetic leg.'

He had taken his jeans fully off and it was true his left leg from the knee down was prosthetic. He would never be able to play football ever again. Well not seriously anyway. I just stood there shocked as ever. Most people is fake limbs had a limp but Troy didn't seem to. Then again I didn't even think he had any injuries so maybe I never noticed. I didn't know what to say so I just sat next to him and hugged him. I tried to talk but I just couldn't form any actually words, so we just sat in silence. Eventually we walked up to Troy's room and sat in bed while watching nemo.

Just our luck Jack had decided to have fish for dinner. He always cooked way too much and by then end I was trying to finish everything on my plate but I was so full. Troy just kept looking at me and laughing when he noticed I was trying to eat all the food on my plate. It was dead silence when Troy thought it was a good idea to start singing "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, what do we do we swim, swim, swim." Jack and I just started laughing. I think I laughed so hard I nearly chocked on my food. Troy was laughing too once he realised he was singing out loud.

The rest of the night was just sitting on the couch with Jack telling me all these amazing stories about Cathie and how proud she would be of Troy. Both of them had tears in their eyes but they kept laughing it off. "How do you deal with it? How can you wake up every morning knowing you don't have her around anymore?" there was nothing but silence for a few moments "Well summer, life is like a heartbeat without ups and down we wouldn't be alive, I guess she died so better things could come and enter Troy and my life. At first it was really hard to deal with it but we both got through it." Jacks voice was starting to go shaky. Troy jumped in a started talking "I guess what dad is trying to say is bad things have to happen in order for better things to come around. And what do you know better things have come around." As these words left Troy mouth he just stared directly at me. "I have you in my life now, and no one can ever take you away from me. I don't think I would deal with losing 2 of the most important people in my life."

After about 3 hour of talking about everything Troy offered to drive me home but seeing as his leg was still sore I just called mum to come and pick me up. I was lying in bed when I decided to give dad a call. I guess after a near death experience you learn no to push your loved ones away. "Honey its 11 O'clock in the morning what could possibly be so argent?" dad sounded really tired. "Oh I am so sorry dad I didn't realise how late it was, I was just wondering if maybe I would ummm stay over sometime." The line went dead for a moment then I could just hear dad laugh a little bit "sure honey I will pick you up tomorrow after school and we can hang out and if you would like you can stay the night. I'm sure Janet would love to see you again." "Thanks dad tell Janet I say hi, Night love you" and will all that being said I hung up the phone.

The next morning I woke up really tired. I walked down to the kitchen where mum was making some coffee. I make myself a cup, told mum I was staying the night at dad and then left for school. I decided to walk since it was a lovely day. Cold but not too cold. School went by really quickly. Probably because I was excited to see dad and Janet. I hadn't been over there since Troy came back to town which was almost a year ago. This should be fun.