The Girl in Cleats

⚽️Chapter 9⚽️

"A-A-Achooooo!" I sneeze loudly. Ouch, pain in the throat.

Well, isn't this just peachy?

I check my alarm clock. 3:45 a.m. I still have about an hour and a half before school. I have a feeling that I'm not going today though.

I close my eyes and fall back into the wonderful world of sleep and dreams.
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"No! You have to save her! Please I can't live without her!" I scream loudly at the doctors passing by. They all look to their stupid little folders and papers, acting like I wasn't even there. Like robots.

I see Casey and run to her. "Casey, help. My mom is gonna die she needs a doctor." She doesn't even look at me.

I run to my mom's room and gasp. She's lying there, twitching. "MOM! Somebody help! Please! Please. She's gonna die."

I collapse to the floor and sob. "Pl-please. She's all I ha-have."

Suddenly loud noises are going on. "BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP" I look up quickly to see my mom's heart scanner dropping, dropping, dropping. I scream. Nobody comes.

"I hate you all! You are nothing but a bunch of stupid robotic doctors that don't care about human life!"
*BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP*
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"AHHH!" I scream, jumping up. Oh, just a dream. Even though it was a dream, I start sobbing uncontrollably. Hershey wakes up immediately and jumps on the bed whining, licking my hands and face.

"Kiera?! Kiera what's wrong?" My dad comes rushing into the room, his hair a matted mess, well the hair that he has left is a matted mess. He has a robe on and his eyes are crazy.

"I'm ok, dad. Just an awful nightmare." I say, sniffling and petting Hershey's head.

"Wanna talk about it?" My dad asks, rubbing the back of his neck. I pat the space next to me on my bed and he walks over and sits down.
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"-And that's why I was crying so hard." I finish, tears spilling out again.

"Oh honey, I'm so sorry." He pulls me close to his chest and rocks me back and forth. I feel his hand go over to Hershey and he says, "Good job, ol' boy."

"It's ok, dad. Can we go see her sometime?" I ask looking up at him hopefully.

He looks down at me and says, "Well, you sound like a sicky. But we will soon. Stay in bed today and you can go back to school  tomorrow. Cameron can get all your schoolwork."

I nod and lay back down, resting my hand on Hershey's head.

My dad kisses my forehead and turns off the light. "Goodnight, Tiger."

"Night dad." I say and give out a long yawn.

I wake up hours later, feeling much better. I had woken up to get some medicine sometime in between my dad coming in and now.  It seems to have done its job. I look at my phone. It says I got a text from Alexis.

From: Alex:
Hey, are you feeling any better? Cameron got all your schoolwork.

I reply:
To: Alex:
Hey. I'm feeling a lot better, thanks. You can come over if you want, bring Dustin.

From: Alex:
Alright, I'll be there in 15.

I decide to invite Cameron too so I send him a quick message before I turn my phone off and rush to the mirror. Gosh I look bad.