The trip that changed my life // Jacob Sartorius

Chapter 9

I wake up to an empty bed. I wonder where Mark was but I got ready for school.

I put my hair up in a perfect bun with a bun maker and a black bow in the back.
I put on a striped shirt with a peachy pink high waisted pair of shorts. I put on a gold necklace and my white keds.

Basically all my whole wardrobe is high waisted shorts because they are my favourite type of shorts.

I have a few minutes before the bus so I decide to text Mark, Brooke and Abbey.

Mark texts back first.

Mark 🙈: hey sorry I had to leave so unexpectedly. My mom needed me. It's my dad. He's in the hospital, I won't be coming to school.

I felt so bad for Mark, I wondered what happened.

I tried to go on with a normal day. It was hard not saying anything. But I got through. I got a few compliments on my outfit.

I even got one from Jacob.

"You look hot today. I like that outfit." He said.

"Tell that to Maddie" I said as I walked past him.

After school was done I walked to the hospital. It was right beside our school so it wasn't a long walk.

I met Mark and his mom in the waiting area. They looked nervous. I sat beside Mark and held his hand. I didn't know what was going on but I knew he needed someone.

"He has a tumour in his brain." Marks mother said with a tear rolling down her face.

"They are doing surgery but he's gonna loose half is memory. I don't know if he will even remember me." Mark added.

I felt terrible. His family doesn't deserve this. They are a good family and they all love each other.

Someone came out and started talking to Marks mom.

Tears fell down her face and I didn't know if they were tears of joy or sadness because she had her hand over her mouth.

"The surgery went well." She said finally breaking the silence. "They are doing everything to get his memory back but half of his brain is gone and always will be. That just means Mark and I will have to help him a lot more." She said as she smiled at Mark.

A nurse said we should go home and get sleep because he won't be out for another 48 hours. I went home from The hospital and I just went to Marks place. I wanted to be with him to help him. I knew he will always be there for me so might as well be there for him.

Some people stop and wishes Marks mom good luck. Including my mom.

"If I want to stay the night I should go home to get some clothes. I'll go home with my mom then walk back." I said to Mark.

The drive was only 2 minutes but my mom was full of questions. "Where were you after school? You weren't on the bus. Text me more often to tell me where you are, I know you're making friends I want to know where you are. Are you and Jacob good friends? And are you and Mark dating? He seems like a nice boy."

"Woah mom, to many questions."

"Sorry."

When we got out of the car Jacob was on his front lawn playing with a baseball.

"Hey Nadia do you wanna catch?"

I thought this was a good time to talk to Jacob so I agreed. He handed me the glove.

"Thanks for playing with me. I know we aren't on good terms right now." He said looking down.

"Well we should talk it out. We can't keep it contained." I said.

"Well first off I'm really sorry for kissing Maddie. I got caught up b- but it was just a dare. It didn't mean anything."

"And I'm sorry for kissing Mark. I mean it was a dare but I'm being honest, I enjoyed it. But I still have feelings for you." I managed to say.

"And so do I. Hey do you wanna spend the night?"

"Uh, I already have plans tonight."

"Lemme guess, with Mark right?"
He dropped the ball and walked in to his house. I dropped the glove and walked into mine to get the stuff I needed to spend the night at Marks.