The unbreakable boy and The golden girl

chapter fourteen

The next morning I woke up as the roaster cawed Elle said was still in her night gown she was looking through her closet I sat up and to my amazement I could move my bad leg it hurt but I could bend it! I said "Elle look!" As I stood up and limped around the room without needing help "Kiri!" said she hugged me almost knocking me over she was as excited as I was Elle went to the bathroom and came out in a pair of overall shorts the legs had been cut and a light blue shirt and her red sneakers I slowly but surely made my way down the stairs the little kids saw and ran over and hugged my legs since they couldn't reach any higher Belle said "KiKi you can walk!" Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, and Isaac heard the commotion Mrs. Smith wipped tears of joy from her eyes and everyone joined in the hug Elle joined last smiling tears welled up in my eyes when everyone pulled away Elle looked worried seeing me with tears rolling down my face "are you okay?" "Y... yeah it's just I feel so loved... thanks for having me I didn't have anywhere else to go..... *sniff* m...my parents dies before I could remember anything about them and I didn't get adopted when I was little and n... no one wants to adopt a teenager..." I got chocked up Mrs. Smith cried and hugged me tightly we had one more big group hug Mrs. Smith started making breakfast Elle sat next to me on the couch and grabbed my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze I felt my cheeks get warm I leaned my head on her shoulder hoping that the gesture would say more than words Mrs. Smith called from the kitchen "breakfast is done I lowered myself into a chair Elle sat next to me as Mrs. Smith brought out fresh eggs, bacon, and homemade sweet tea Mrs. Smith said pouring the sweet tea "Kirishima have you ever had sweet tea before?" "No I've heard about it" I said Elle said "you need to try some it's Ma's family recipe this is the real deal southern sweet tea not that fake bottled stuff" I took a sip "mmm it's so good!" Elle smiled as we ate I did my best but felt awkward because my left arm the one with the cracks in it was my dominant hand later it was lunch time Mrs. Smith said "why don't you show Kirishima Kweon Falls" Elle looked at me excitedly "you up for a hike?" "Yeah!" I said Mrs. Smith handed a picnic basket already packed to Elle and Mr. Smith tossed Elle the keys to the rusty red lowrider pickup truck Elle smiled as I followed her outside