My Sister's Keeper

Chapter Eight His Back Story

             I lay in bed with my face nestled into Matt's bare chest as he strokes my hair. "Do you wanna go to work?" I shake my head and try to stop my tears. "Do you wanna get up?" I shake my head slowly again. Then he scoops me up in his arms and stands slowly and walks me into my bathroom and sets me on the counter. "Get dressed into your bathing suit I'm taking ya somewhere." He says and kisses the top of my head.

                I put on my bikini and grab my coat and jeans. I walk out and look at him. "It's February and why are we swimming?" He takes my hand and smiles. "To get you out of this place, I remember how depressed when I saw the same four walls every day." He walks me to his car and we drive to the bay. It's snowing out and he takes my hand and we start walking on the shore line. He gives my hand a little squeeze. "You know why I took ya here?" I shake my head slowly and look at him. "This was the last place before I lost my legs."

                 I look at him and he has a tear rolling gown his cheek. "I went swimming and dancing... After I won the football game for the season and then when I was driving home, a murderer hit me head on at eighty miles an hour crushing my legs and I hit my head against the steering wheel, putting me in a coma." He is shaking so I sit him down and he looks at me. "I woke up after a month and I didn't have my legs... I had to teach myself to walk, talk, eat, live really."

                    Then he looks up at me and smiles. "Right when I got out of the hospital my mother wanted me to take dance lessons for my prom and I didn't want to cause of my legs. Then I saw you and I wondered, why would a girl like you help me?" I giggle and then tears run down his face. "My girlfriend was in the car with me and she died on impact. I never thought I would never love again and then... I think she brought you to me. You are a lot like her but, she wasn't as helpful as you."

                   I brush his tears away with a smile and move myself into his lap. "Why did you take me here then?" I ask and he smiles. "I want to go swimming with you." "Now? In the winter?" He nods and rips off his sweater and shirt making me shiver. "Boy it's cold." He says with a giggle and rub his shoulders. "How are you going to swim?" He rolls his eyes, taking off his prosthetics. "I just have to take these off and I will drag myself into the water."

                    I sigh and take off my black coat and rip my shirt off and pull down my pants revealing my blue bikini. I look up and see him go under water for a few seconds and then pops out and grins waving me in. "Come on Ryan! I want to do this so I have a good memory here!" So I run as fast as I can and dive into the icy water and yelp underwater. His arms wrap around me and I laugh with a grin, trying to forget about last night. "Nice bikini." He says and I turn around and grin.

              "Nice underpants." He giggles and rolls his eyes. "What? Is it weird to have Spider Man on my butt?" I nod but then bust out laughing. People are walking down the shore staring at us like we are insane, we could care less."  We shove waves of water at each other laughing and giggling like children and then he picks me up and kisses me. I smile closing my eyes in the freezing water and my leg accidentally touches his stump and I gasp a little and move my leg away and then he moves it back.

            "It doesn't hurt me." Then I look and see people taking pictures of us so we get out.  We dry off and while I am putting on my coat I feel him wrap a bracelet around my wrist after putting on his prosthetics. I look down and see it says. "Matt & Ryan". I hug him close. "Thank you." "No thank you, for finally letting me have a good memory." Then I grab his hand. "I want you to meet someone, I think you will like her." He smiles as we drive to the hospital and when we walk in he gets a little pale, having flash backs from waking up.

               I kiss his jaw bone. "This will be another good memory." I take him down the hall to the ICU and we find Cameron sitting up in bed, coloring. She looks up and gasps when she sees Matt holding a teddy bear that he bought for her. "I-is that f-for me?" Matt nods and grins. "Who is h-he Ryan?" I kiss her four head and smile at Matt. "This is my friend Matt... He's different like you." He lifts up his pant legs and she grins. "Can you be my new best friend?" He smiles and kisses her four head. "Of course." She laughs, laughs like she did before all of this happened and this makes me happier than anything in the world.

                        Okay things are getting a little bit sweeter! lol Comment and Vote

                             Maddie Homoelle :) This is dedicated to Djs428x for making me such a lovely cover! Thank you!!!!!