Runaways

Chapter 18

I sit in the room looking at my mom. She still hasn't woke up yet. The doctors are trying to figure out what's wrong with her.

Justin sits beside me. We've been here for a day now and I haven't slept. I lean back in my chair and put my head on Justins shoulders.

He leans down and kisses my head. I close my eyes and try to sleep but I can't. The doctor walks in and I sit straight up.

He smiles and sits down in a chair across from us.

"Are you her daughter" he asks.

Am I her daughter? Or Is she lying to me?

"I guess" I say.

"You guess"? He asks

"it's a long story" I say.

"Well, we need another family member here that is older" he says.

"I-I don't have any other family" I say.

"Your dad" he says.

"They both died" I say.

"Both"? He says

I nod and he looks at his paper. He looks up and says "she has a small tumor".

I look down of course the only family I have left. "Will she live"? I say.

"Yes" he says. "We want go go and put her in surgery right away".

"When will you do it" I say.

"Tomorrow morning" he says.

"Okay" I say back.

The doctor walks out and I lay back in my chair again.

"Let's go get some sleep" Justin says.

"I don't want to leave her" I say.

"She's in good hands" he says getting up.

He pulls me up and I look back at her and I walk out the door. We walk out of the hospital and get in his truck.

We get to my house and I walk right in and I go up to my room and change into some pajamas.

I lay on my bed then Remember Justins here. I get up and walk down the stairs and he's laying on the couch.

I jump on top of him and he groans when I do. I roll over to the other side of him and push him off the couch.

"What was that for"? He says

"Your not sleeping on the couch" I say.

"Where else am I going to sleep"? He says.

"in my room" I say.

He gets up and walks up to my room and I follow behind. He lays down on my bed and I lay down beside him.

He wraps his arm around my hip. I smile and close my eyes and I fall asleep.

I wake up and look at the clock. It's 1 in the afternoon. Crap. I jump and and Justins wakes up right when I get up.

"What time is it" he says with a grumpy voice.

" 1 in the afternoon" I say.

He gets up slowly and lays back down. "We have to go" I say.

"Why" he says with a baby voice.

"She should be out of surgery" I say.

He gets up and grabs my hand and we walk down stairs. He grabs his keys and walks to the truck and we get in.

"I didn't even change my close or brush my hair" I say.

"They don't care" he says.

We get to the hospital and I jump out right away. We walk in and I walk to her room. She isn't in there when we walk in so I sit down in a chair.

A janitor walks in and looks at us. "What are you doing in here" he asks.

"My mom was in this room" I say.

He looks at me and says "nobody's in this room anymore" he says.

"God, please no" I say. I wipe away a tear and walk out.

I see the doctor walking down the hallway and I walk to him.

"Where is she" I say.

"She down the hallway" he says.

Relief goes through me and I follow him to her room. I walk in and she's sitting up eating. I smile and she looks at me.

Her face is so pale and there's bags under her eyes. She looks like my other mom before she died.

I walk in and sit in a chair. "How are you feeling" I ask.

"Like crap" she says.

Justin walks in and sits by me. "When are you getting out"? I ask.

"Whenever they say I can" she says.

I smile and look at the TV I watch whatever she is watching. Justin puts his arm around me and I look at him and I see a grin on his face.

Mabye I can live a normal life. Just mabye.