The Days of August

Chapter 2

    Claire pretty much blacked out after that incident. She felt miserable and useless. Her body ached terribly, and her head was pounding.
Once she regained her awareness she realized where she was at. She was lying on a bigger sized bed with orange and brown sheets. The walls had flowered wallpaper, they reminded Claire of her garden she managed to take care of over the years.
She turned her head and right in front of her was the boy who found her in the woods. She thought of something to say but her voice came out extremely raspy, "May I ask for your name again?"
He chuckled slightly, "My name is August, and ummm do you want me to go get my mom for you?"
On top of everything Claire still couldn't help smiling to his dorky reaction.
She decided that all she really needed was something to help her throat, she said "I don't think I need your mother, but may I please have a glass of water?"
August got up and left the room, not saying another word. Claire could not help but wonder why August would help a stranger that he has never meet before, she wondered "Is it because I'm pretty?" "Is it because he felt bad for me?" Claire decided that question would remain best unanswered.
     August came back into the room holding a glass of water in a bluish purplish cup. 
    "So here's your water!" He said in an overly peppy tone.
      Claire managed to croak out "Thank you " as she was about to gulp the water down. She chugged the water down as fast as she possibly could, nothing had felt better in her whole life.
    August laughed at her, "Well I didn't think you were that thirsty, you drank that whole thing by the time I could say ABC!!"
    "Haha soooooo funny" Claire said sarcastically.
      Her voice had felt back to normal. Her head had also stopped pounding as bad. Her legs still hurt but there was not much she could do to stop that.
      August had took a seat on the bed with Claire. He looked at her for a quick second and then asked her "So what's your name?"
     "My name is Claire. " she answered blandly.
     "Do you have a last name?"
     Claire was hesitant to tell him but then eventually gave in "Morgan"
     "So your name is Claire Morgan?" He said kind of nervously.
    "Yes, what's yours?"
    "My name is August Rally."
     Claire didn't feel in the mood for anything right now, but for some strange reason she felt like she could talk to August for hours.
     "Where do you go to school at?" She asked him.
      He looked down kind of embarrassed, "Well, my sister and I are home schooled, I know you probably think that I'm a loser."
      Claire giggled, "Why would I think your a loser? That's not something you should be ashamed about!"
    "Yeah, I guess your right." He said in an almost shushed tone.
      Claire loved taking to him, she wanted to know all the possible information that she could get out of him, she knew the only way was to ask more questions.
      "So who are your family members?"  Claire asked leaving no traces of shyness.
       "Well I do have a little sister, her name is Bella." Replied August.
       Claire was immediately jealous, she had always wanted a younger sibling. She decided to respond by introducing Callie. "That's cool, I have an older sister, her name is Callie. We've always been pretty close."
      August started to speak again, "My moms name is Laura if you were wondering."
     Claire had almost forgot about Augusts mom, she rushed a response and a quickly said "Please, August, tell your mother thank you for everything, like my dad would never let a stranger into our house. She seems so generous."
"She is." August answered.
     Claire responded in a giggle. She felt so welcomed and happy around August, it was like she had known him for years.
     August could tell Claire was lost in thought, she did that to often. She was awoken when someone screamed "Bella and August!"
   "What mom!" August screamed back.
   "Dinner is ready!"
    Claire tensed up, she was nervous because she did not know if she would be welcomed or not. But August gently said "You don't have to come if you don't feel well, but you are welcome to join us if you would like."
     "I'm fine, I can join you guys."
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Claire had a blast at dinner with August's family. Everyone was so creative, funny, spunky, everything you could ask for in a loving family. At the dinner table at her house her dad would always be mumbling things Claire didn't understand, Callie would always be gossiping, really the only person Claire enjoyed talking to was her Grammy. Now she didn't have a Grammy.
Claire was now back in the little room August had let her sleep in. She looked at alarm clock, it read 8:00 P.M. Claire had completely forgot that she had told Miley she would be back by noon.
August walked into the room. Claire's mouth burst open "August I need you to drive me home."
August replied with a generous smile "Really no please?" "Let's go but your going to have to give me directions."