She's Not Coming Back

Food

I ached. My stomach. I needed food. My arm hurt. I looked down and saw a bruise. I started crying. All of a sudden it had started hurting. I didn't remember getting it. I called for Cally. She rushed in thinking it was mother. But I told her about my arm. She said she get the doctor. But what she also said before she left was, "Imsure it's nothing. I'll get the doctor to look at it to make sure. I'll get you some ice too." But I was scared. And she was wrong. It was way more then nothing. It was painful. And the doctor said, "Your arm is broken! How did this happen?" I was so shocked! I was scared! I didn't remember how I got it! And I didn't think it was that bad! He got me in a room and gave me a cast after an x-Ray. It showed the broken bones. I must have gotten it when I was dragged out of Hailey's room when I was hitting the nurse and must have hit the door. HAILEY!!! I forgot! I started crying right then and there. He asked what was wrong. I told him about Hailey. He gave me a hug and asked if I wanted to take a walk. I said, "Let me check and see if my mom is asleep. If she is, then yes. Please." So I checked on her. She was still asleep. Cally was sitting in the extra chair looking at her with a sad face. We continued walking. He asked questions. I told answers. He asked how we got here. I told him about the accident. Everything I told him, I had tears in my eyes. From when I told him my age to when I told him that I thought Hailey was going to die. I was really scared. He distracted me by telling me about my cast. He told me what to do. And when to come back in to get it off and checked on. He had let me choose the color of wrap and I chose blue. My favorite color is blue. It rhymes with my name. Rue. Blue. Hm. Sounds good. We walked so far I thought we were lost. But he dragged me to somewhere with something smelling good. I asked where we were and he said guess. We turned the corner and I didn't get the worn out of my mouth in time. "Food. " It was he needed to know I was hungry. I was drooling form the good smells. I asked if I could get some. He laughed and said,"But I'm buying!" I laughed and said,"I'm fine with that!" He told me about himself and we quickly baca me friends. He said his name was Richard Holmes. If I needed him, ask for Dr. Holmes. I nodded. I dug into my cheese pizza and when I looked up with my mouth full. I saw something strange, miraculous. It was my dad. A worried looking dad. I stood up and screamed with all my food in my mouth. He looked at me and ran to me. I fainted. But the last thing I saw was dad punching Dr. Holmes.

Sincerely, Melissa Lay