Shadow Girl

Chapter 12

"Mom!" I ran over to her and gave her a hug.

I couldn't believe it! She was awake!

"I truly am sorry for not answering you when you called me downstairs. If I had come any sooner..."

"Sweetie", mom said, cutting me off, "This isn't your fault. None of us knew what was coming. It just happened."

I shed a tear.

My mom and I talked about school for a while.

I was telling her about Hazel when we heard a knock at the door.

It was Zack.

"And who might this be?" Mom asked sweetly.

"This is Zack", I said smiling. He's..... a friend.

Zack looked at me when I said that.

"Are you sure?" She asked, smirking.

"No," I said.

"Actually, I'm her boyfriend", said Zack. He put his arm around me.

I blushed.

Did. He. Just. Say.....

BOYFRIEND?!?

As in "more than friends"?

As in "I'm his girlfriend"?

Boyfriend?!?

I smiled and squeezed him a little too hard.(:

He smiled back.

I blushed.

He blushed.

I smiled.

He smiled.

"Well I approve!" said mom, breaking the not-so-awkward-silence.

Just then a doctor came in.

"How are you feeling?" She asked my mom.

"Great!" She said.

"That's fantastic!", the doctor said. "We will just have to run a few tests, but you can go home tomorrow!"

We all cheered!

"Oh, I forgot!" She said, "We'll have to run a test on your daughter, too. We found a small sickness in you that could be hereditary."

I froze.

Me?

"When will the tests be done?" Mom asked.

"Well, you can have them done now or you can schedule one sometime tomorrow."

"We'll do it today", I said.

"Okay, follow me", the doctor said.

We walked down a long hallway that led into a small room.

She told me to sit in a chair while she took my blood sample.

The needle hurt slightly, but it hurt worse when she pulled it out and patched it up.

Then she looked into a machine and told me I could leave.

I walked back to my mom's room.

  "Are you okay?", Zack asked when I sat down.

  "I don't know. We'll see, I guess," I replied.

  "I'm sorry sweetheart. I honestly didn't know," said mom.

  "Mom," I said, "It's not your fault. You didn't know."

  "Let's get some dinner", she said.

  "Good idea!"

  We ordered a pepperoni pizza and ate while we watched Inside Out.

  When it was over, Zack and I said goodbye and left.

  He walked me into my house, gave me a hug, and left.

  I was really tired from such a long day, but I was too scared about those tests to sleep.

  I stayed up all night watching reruns of That's So Raven (my favorite childhood show) and eating popcorn.

  Tomorrow was going to be the scariest day of my life, and I had no idea.