927 Miles

Chapter 20

Mom comes and picks me up from the hospital recovery center. She is happy to see me standing. I slowly get into the car with help from the nurse. We start to drive home and Mom just looks so delightful.

"Your father made your favorite just to celebrate your accomplishment," she stated looking over at me. "Are you scared about what the kids will say?"

I thought about it for a minute and was thinking Duh mom. Teenagers are like a bunch of thirsty animals always looking for weak prey. Instead of thinking of the negative as Lisa told me I thought of the good. 

"Well, I'm excited because I have a short schedule and I'll use that time to improve my walking." Mom just smiles at me as we arrive at the house. Libby comes and helps me out.

"I told you I would be bad," slowly making my way out the car. Libby just smiles at me and remembered something.

"Guess what Mom and Dad got me for Christmas?," she said helping me through the door.

"Um, you can just help me to the couch," I said rotating my body the other way. I plop onto the couch. "Um, a phone," I said looking at her. She's all smiles.

"Not even close."

"Um, she got you a -- what's that noise," I hear something scratching on the door.

"Oh yeah," says Libby.

"Dad you can let them go." I hear something hit the wall and again. Two baby rottweilers come excited to see me. "Mom got them yesterday there Toby and Cassi. They are twins like you guys were. Robby said you would have liked them." The two puppies ran into my leg. I started crying as they hopped up onto the couch with me. Robby knows me so well.

"I got a Wii," Libby blurts which stopped my tears almost immediately. "Wanna play?" She said as her eyes got wider. Even though that's the first Christmas without Robby I still thought he was here with us.