The Moon and the Earth

Chapter Eight

"It won't hurt sweetie. You won't even feel it." The woman said rubbing the alcohol wipe on my left arm.
I looked on the table next to her, a small chip. Smaller than a grain of rice.
She picked it up with a pair of tweezers. I closed my eyes and gripped the edge of the chair.
The woman counted down from three. And in the middle of my left arm I felt a slight pinch.
"All done." She said.
I opened my eyes to see my arm was normal. I reached over and tapped my arm. A screen came up. I smiled.
"Welcome to the modern world."
I looked up to see my mom smiling. I got up from the chair walking to my mom. She pulled me into a tight hug, something normally would be a risky thing to do.
We walked out of the store into the mall. I started tapping my arm into my contacts and added Maddie's number. I started texting her, hoping she would text back.
'HI Ms.imgoingtotakea40yrnap.'
I smiled at my nickname Maddie gave me.
'Hey'
'I just got out of the hospital.'
I made sure to look up every now and then to see where I was going.
We walked out of the mall and into the parking lot. The one thing that didn't change much was the cars. I got into the front seat and started texting her again.
'I was wondering if maybe you'd wanna come over later?'
She took a minute to respond.
'Sure.'

I walked into my room. Nothing much had changed. My pictures from art were still on the wall. The wall was still a dark green blue. And my bed was freshly made. My books were still lined on their shelves, even my desk has my unfinished homework from my English class.
My phone was still on my nightstand, not that i would be needing it. I doubted it even still worked. I walked over to the window looking out of it. Remembering when I was little how it was the only thing I could do. My parents were afraid to even let me outside.
"Nice place you got."
I turned around to see Maddie standing in the doorway. She was out of her hospital clothes and in a pair of jeans a a long sleeve button down that looked like it was from the guy section.
"Thanks."

We went to the backyard to the playset that had been made for me for my fourth birthday. Me and her sat side by side on the swings, our knees almost coming up to our stomach. It was fall, and the leaves were just the right color. Just about to fall.

Butterflies were swarming around in my stomach. I was afraid to speak.

"It is beautiful." Maddie said breaking the silence.

I looked over to her nodding. "It is. I use to remember when it was winter, and right after it snowed, it is the most beautiful thing. And the park, when it snows, and the lake is not frozen, and the sunset." I looked up to the sky, it was crystal blue, not a cloud in sight. "I love watching the sunsets.

"So do I." she said looking at me.

It was silent for another minute or so. The only noise was the birds and the silent wind.

"Did you mean what you said about not being in a relationship ever again."

I looked at her, she was looking at me. She reached over and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.

"I wanted to know...because...every time I was in the hospital...I signed up to keep watch of you, no one else would, but I did, I wanted to, and it may seem weird but over time I think I started to like you. "

Her face slowly started to turn red. I had no doubt mine was to.

"R...really?" I said quietly.

She had started moving closer to me, and I hadn't noticed it until now but I had started doing the same. We were only inches away from each other, I could smell her shampoo. What am I doing? smelling her.

I was glad that I had the injected a hour ago, or right now I would have passed out. She brought her hand up and cupped my cheek. I looked into her eyes, and she was looking into mine.

"What Sam did was idiotic," I said. "and I don't think his decision should determine wheter or not I should be in a relationship again."

She smiled and leaned in even more. I did the same meeting her halfway. Our lips pressed together. Her kiss was sweet, like strawberries.

When we pulled away I didn't feel what I would usually feel, I felt amazing. No one, had ever make me feel like this, emotionally or physically.