Anne-Maria (Completed)

Kevin's P.O.V

I was waiting patiently at one of the lunch tables in our courtyard area at school for the arrival of Anne-Maria, my best friend. I expected today to be like any other day, just going to skill and wishing school never existed. I got tired of waiting and got up to go to the bathroom. I adjusted my glasses and said hello to a few of my other friends that were walking down the halls to the courtyard. I entered the bathroom and did my business, and when I left the bell rang for school to start. I time my bathroom visits, I pee in the beginning of the morning 2 minutes before school starts, making sure I will not need to go for the rest of the day. It usually works. 

I entered my first period class, which was science and instantly was amazed at how clean it was. My teacher, Mr. Logan, is able to clean a classroom better than I can clean my own bedroom, and I am a VERY clean person. I walked in, listening to my shoes making noises along the glossy wooden floor. I sat down in my cushioned chair and let out a sigh. I placed my textbook and binder onto the spotless desk and prepared myself for the next hour. We were to dissect a squid, nothing we've never done before. I was looking forward to a very nice and calm Monday. Monday is a very nice day to me, and a very important one too. What would you do without a Monday? It determines the rest of the week, for example if you were frustrated by something or someone on Monday, then your whole week is ruined. Therefore it is best to stay positive. 

It was the same in second period, sitting on a comfortable chair, collaborating on the weekend's math homework, and working on new strategies to solve a simple problem. Many people struggle in math, but to me, it is one of the easiest classes here in eighth grade. "Hey, I didn't do homework, what was the answers?" Conner said, looking at me and tapping on my desk. He had a rushed look on his face. I answered his question, but not with the answers he was looking for. "You can't rely on someone as smart as me for the rest of your life Conner. What are you going to do when you have to present something to your future co-workers, and you forgot to complete the presentation? Guess what, you would be seen as a fool, a worthless person who can't to anything. Stop relying on me and fix your mistakes and laziness. Procrastination is not a good thing," I said, leaning back and analyzing my answers, leaving him to ponder on my words. 

After the first 2 hours of school, I met up with a couple of my other friends to play basketball, being the athletic person that I am. Before leaving to the small basketball court, I placed my glasses into it's case, closed the case and put it into the smallest pocket of my backpack. It was a very tough game that I had played, but I managed to lead my team to victory. 

After nutrition break, I got into the line, or more like crowd of children, with Anne. Anne looked absolutely pretty today, with her bangs pulled back and her hair extra straight. "Hello Anne," I said, fixing my glasses that were constantly sliding down my nose. "Stop calling me Anne, why do you even do that?" She asks, looking slightly frustrated. I could already sense that she was going to have a negative week. I slapped her head and said the name Anne was better than Maria, and that Maria was such a basic name. Anne was unique sounding to me. 

A teacher walked by us right as I slapped Anne, but I instantly apologized as loud as I could, rubbing her forehead, in the spot I slapped her. I hoped so much that the teacher passing by didn't notice my act of rudeness. Luckily she didn't and I snapped back into reality as Anne elbowed me in my ribs hard. She shouldn't treat someone who is older than her like the way she does. "You shouldn't treat me like that," I remind her, as Mrs. Hawkins lets us into the classroom. She said hello to me in a nice way, that reminded me of my Mother's goodbye this morning. My mom is a very successful business woman who is the CEO of her company, "Goodbye Wrinkles". Her company name makes many laugh, but her products are very good and useful. She doesn't look a day older than 21, even though she is 40, because of her face cream, "Goodbye Wrinkles". 

Anne and I sat down at our claimed desks, and talked about the excitement of the soccer games we were going to play. I was blessed to be welcomed into this school in 4th grade by Anne-Maria. Anne was my only friend for 2 years, because of me being very shy and more of an introvert than extrovert. Anne helped me get out of that shell, and now we are closer than some people are to their own parents. Anne and I have stuck together since the first day I came from South Korea to America. She helped me to perfect my English, even though I have a very strong Asian accent sometimes. 

As we began to run our laps around our track, I waved to the children who were cheering us on from the other side of the fence. It wasn't that hard to run 2 laps if you were an athletic and healthy person. During the second lap I noticed that the person I was running with was slowing down. Anne was acting very unusual and drowsy from the beginning of this period so I was starting to get a little worried. Once she started to speed up, I figured she was feeling a little better, and maybe she just needed some water. Once we were done running our laps, I let her gulp down half of my water, that I so desperately wanted, but I knew that Anne needed it more than me. 

We started to kick the ball around as a warm up/practice for the future games we were going to play against each other in the upcoming week. I kicked the worn out ball a little too far and it rolled up to the fence that the other children were standing behind. The children were clearly in awe of how awesome and inspiration we eighth graders must have looked. I noticed Anne stumbling around, and having trouble with her balance as she went to retrieve the ball. When she stopped I notice someone kick the ball in the wrong direction, and it was aiming for Anne's head. I had to warn her. 

"Anne! Watch out, Anne!" I yelled, I could see her losing her balance and almost falling over, and the ball hitting her head didn't help her to much either. She fell on the floor and I ran over to her. She had gotten cut from a piece of the old soccer ball that was falling of. I wiped some of the blood off and realized it was only a minor cut, but that didn't reassure me too much. I waved my hand in front of her face, to see if she would come to, but I had no luck. At that moment I felt a chill go up my spine, and I got very cold. I bent down and listened to her heartbeat, and it seemed to be beating in a steady rhythm. I hurried and called the police so we could get her to a hospital. The teacher finally arrived to the scene and had me pick her up to take her to the office. Knowing that the Ambulance would be coming soon, I hurried to pick up her lifeless body up and jogged as fast as I could to the office. 

I was very worried, and I was still very cold, and it was a very hot day, so it was weird to be cold, especially at a time of running and rushing around everywhere. I laid her down on the mobile hospital bed that the Ambulance had set up and climbed into the ambulance. I instantly got warmer as the doors shut. I shook away the feeling and climbed out and rushed into the hospital with the fellow doctors and paramedics.

I had to wait outside of the room, and I could tell that the doctors that were checking Anne weren't very worried. I assumed she had passed out from dehydration, so I started to relax a little bit more as they shut the door and everything got quiet, but my train of thought got interrupted by a shriek coming from the hospital room. I peered into the window and noticed the doctor back away, dropping the flashlight that was used to check a patient's eyes. I tried to come in but another doctor rushed in and ordered me to stay outside. I was so curious, if only I could know what was going on. 

I peered into the small window once again and witnessed Anne wake up. She was awake! I jumped in excitement and relief and the doctors seemed calmed down. I knew everything was going to be OK, and I hoped that Anne learned her lesson.