The Protector

3

'It's to late to do everything I wanted to do with my family. To late...' I think to myself as I fall back asleep.

The next day, I wake up feeling better, but still in pain.

"Is she up? I need to know if she's up. I'm supposed to take care of her. Tell me if she's up." I hear someone say.

"I will. I'll be right back." I hear someone else say. I think it's my nurse. She peaks her head in my room. "Oh good. You are up!! Your fathers friend is here to get you." The nurse told me.

"Today?" I ask.

"Yes. We took a examination of you while you were still sleeping. You definitely have bruises but most of the really bad stuff is gone." The nurse said.

"Great!!" I say with excitement. I then look over at my family room tell them the news. "Mom, dad, Auggie, guess what? The doctor said-" I then remembered that my family was gone.

"Riley?" The nurse asks.

"Yes?" I whisper.

"Are you ready to go?" She asks.

"Yeah. Yeah I am." I say through the tears.

As I leave the hospital, and get to my new house, I start to ask my dads friend some questions.

"So.... What's your name?" I ask nervously.

"My name? Just call me Mr.Friar. I have a son. His name is Lucas. I think you two will get along fine." He says.

"My dad never talked about you." I say.

"We weren't really friends. Until I met him in college again. Then we became friends." He said.

"Oh. Okay." I say.

"Yeah. Well here we are. Wait there, I'll help you out." He said

'He's really kind. I can't wait to meet his son.' I think to myself. I forget that he was going to help me out and I start getting out. I slip on something and fall out of his truck into someone's arms.

"I'm so sorry about that. I slipped and fell." I say.

"It's fine. My name is Lucas. Yours?" He says.

'So this is Lucas. Huh. If he's as kind as his dad, maybe we could be friends.' I think to myself. "My name is Riley. Riley Matthews." I say.

"Oh your the girl we are taking in. Well it's nice to meet you. Come on in. I'll show you your room." He says to me.

'He's kind too. I like this family.' I think to myself. "Thanks. And you and your father are both very kind. I'm going to like living with you both." I say.

"Thanks." He says with a smile.

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Next chapter! Wow. This book is going great even though there's just 3 chapters so far. But I hope you all like this. More chapters to come!!