Make a Wish || Rhett and Link

Chapter 29 - Breakfast

"So...what are we doing tomorrow?" I asked Rhett.

Rhett sat down on the end of my bed. "I think tomorrow morning you're coming to work with Me and Link, and then in the afternoon you're going to spend with your uncle." He said.

"I get to go to the mythical entertainment?!" I asked excitedly.

Rhett chuckled. "Of course Coop. Unless you'd rather stay with Locke and Shep while they do their homeschooling."

"I think I'll come with you." I said.

"Okay. Good." Rhett smiled. "Sleep well Super-Cooper, I'll see you in the morning."

"Night Rhett."

Rhett paused. "Are you seriously going to wear that why you sleep?" he asked, gesturing to my beanie.

"Uh...yeah." I said awkwardly.

"You don't have you, you know. I'm sure it would be more comfortable without." he advised.

I shrugged. "It's warm."

Rhett smiled and turned the light off on his way out. I grabbed my iPad and set myself an early alarm. Tomorrow I was going to the place where they make my favourite show. I could hardly believe it. I leaned back into the comfortable bed and fell asleep wondering about what it was going to be like.

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"I FOUND THE BEEPING!"

I bolted awake with a start. Locke turned the alarm off. He glared at me.

"Somehow, that alarm managed to wake everyone up EXCEPT you." He grumbled. He was obviously still half-asleep.

"Oh, uh, sorry."

"Yeah right." He muttered, before putting my iPad down and leaving the room in a zombie-like manner.

I nervously climbed out of bed and walked to the kitchen, where the McLaughlins were sitting around the table, all looking exhausted. Rhett smiled weakly at me.

"Morning Cooper."

"Morning guys. Sorry about before. Locke told me. I just...I'm sorry." I sighed, hanging my head.

"It's okay Cooper. Seriously. Don't beat yourself up about it." Rhett told me, glaring at Locke.

"No, it's not okay. I'm really sorry." I said.

"Yeah, it is." Jessie added. "Seriously Cooper, if you add all the times Locke and Shep have woken us up earlier than this it would make a list 10 feet long. And that's with small font."

I smiled a little. "Thanks." I said quietly.

"Come sit down sweetie. I'll make us some pancakes." Jessie said, getting out of her chair and heading into the kitchen.

I sat down between Rhett and Locke, who were both scrolling through their phones. Even Shepherd, who was sitting across from me, was playing on an iPad. I disappeared and came back with my own.

"Have you done your list yet Cooper?" Rhett asked.

"Uh, yeah. But it's on here. Do you want me to send it to you?" I asked.

Rhett gave me his email address and I sent it through to him. I was careful not to ask for anything that would cost too much money. I glanced over it one last time.

The Cheese Sandwich List

Go to a real life concert

Leave the state

Teach myself to skate again.

Go to a skate park

Try Roller-skating

Shoot a real gun

Go back to school. Just for one day

It seemed okay. I guess. Most of the things were things that I've always wanted to try, but had neither the money nor time. The others were things that I just needed to do before I vanished from this planet to be satisfied with my life.

Rhett's phone binged and he scanned his eyes over it. He read it again. And then again.

"Why do you want to fire a gun?"

"Never done it. Wanted to try it, I guess." I shrugged.

"I understand the concert bit, but what kind of bands are you into? You shouldn't go to the concert of an artist that you're not really into."

"Uhm, my favourite would have to be Imagine Dragons, but I'm into anyone around that genre. So fall out boy, one republic, ect..." I said, racking my brain.

Rhett tapped away some notes.

"And why do you want to go back to school?" Rhett asked a little more seriously.

"I just...when I left, all my old friends just sort of stopped talking to me. They cut themselves off. I guess they didn't want to deal with the fact that their friend was dying. Didn't want to deal with that pain. Just let me go it alone and then they didn't have to suffer too. So basically, I want to go back and say 'Look guys! I'm not dead yet!' and make them feel really bad."

Locke was looking at me with this odd look on his face. Sort of like a 'Who the hell are you?" sort of look. I guess that's what happens when you say you want to fire and a gun and make your old friends feel bad within a few seconds of each other.

"Well, if that's what you want to do Cooper, I'll support you." Rhett said.

I smiled at him and Jessie brought me over a plate full of pancakes. "Here you go pumpkin."

"Thank you." I said politely.

The pancakes were really good. Like, really really good. I ate a few too many. A few seconds later I realised what a bad decision that was as I sprinted as fast as I could to the bathroom and began vomiting my guts out.

"Goooooood girl, yep, good girl, let it all out." Rhett said awkwardly as he patted my back.

"Sorry about that." I said as I finished.

"It's okay. The doctors said you might still be feeling the effects of the medication for the next few weeks." Rhett told me.

I grumbled and Rhett patted my shoulder. "Sorry Coop. If I had a way to make you better, I would, but I don't. Sorry."

"I don't expect you to make me better. Don't apologise for that. Please." I told him firmly.

"I won't apologise for that as long as you don't apologise for being sick, okay?" Rhett told me. "It's out of your control."

I went really quiet and Rhett hugged me tightly. "Come on, let's go get ready. Link will be here to pick us up soon."

I smiled weakly and Rhett helped me up off of the floor. I was so excited about today.

Hey Everyone!

I'm so sorry for not updating! I've been so busy with NaNoWriMo as well as exams and other commitments, I just haven't had time. But I had some time today, so I decided to update.

Also, next chapter is going to be a Q&A! I'm doing that because they're easy for me to write, and that way I can update again sooner. So yeah, comment questions in the comments. They can be for any of the characters in the story. So Cooper, Rhett, Link, any of their kids, Uncle Randy and every other character you can think of that I've mentioned.

Thank you, be your mythical best,

Zoe.