Save Him!

Chapter 2

I've been tossing and turning on my bed for what seemed like forever. The clock on my bedside said 3:45AM. I can't fall asleep and I can't stop thinking about what happened.

Who was this person? What was she doing in MY backyard? How did she suddently disappear?  And what did she mean by "Save him"? Save who? The cat? It's a she actually, so it can't be the cat who she meant.. 

After she disappeared, I've just stood there for a good 30 minutes staring at the trees she just magically crossed.

I need to talk to someone about what happened. Can't wait for the sunrise, so I can go to T's and just tell her about what happend. 

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It was finally the morning, I barely got any sleep last night. I can't stop thinking about what happened last night.

 I got out of bed, took a shower and put on whatever clean clothes I found and went downstairs. The house was quiet, so I guessed everyone was still asleep. My parents got home late last night, followed by my brothers.

I headed to T's house. She oppened the door wearing her pjs and asked me to get in. I followed her to the kitchen as she started making breakfast. Pancakes and orange juice. Yummy.

"So you think this person magically just disappeared?" She stated trying to understand after what I told her what happened yesterday. 

"Yes. This is what I'm trying to say.." I said. 

 "Don't you think you've read enough fiction books? You're starting to 'imagine' these things?" She pointed putting the fresh pancakes on the table in front of me.   

I titled my head looking at her. She may be right, what if I just imagined the whole thing. Because let's face it, one person can't just disappear in the trees.. Right? I'm losing my head..

"You may be right.. I just don't know.." I finally spoke putting one pancake on plate.

We ate in silence and then we cleaned the kitchen and went upstairs to her room where we spent the day playing games, listening to music and just chilling.

It was around 5PM when my mother called me to see where I was and asked me come home because she had something to tell me that she couldn't just say over the phone which worried me. What was there to be said that she couldn't say over the phone? Is everything OK? It was late, so T offered to walk me to my house.

She was leaving to LA in two days to spend the summer there at her grandma's house, so we decided to spend the next couple days just hanging like we used to. It was the first summer we weren't going to spend together since we became best friends at the age of 5.

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I got home half an hour later. I opened the door to the house and I saw my whole family (as my parents and siblings) sitting in the living room. From the look on my parents face, I knew it was not going to be good news.

"Is something wrong..?" I said closing the door behind me.

"Please take a seat." My mother gestured to me.

My heart was beating so fast I could hear it in my ears. I looked at my parents, then my brothers. My parents looked really sad, my brothers looked really confused, I guessed they didn't knew what was this family meating about yet.

After what seemed like an eternity, my mother finally spoke.

"There's something we need to talk about.." She said looking at my father, then back at us. "Your father is sick." Her voice was so low and shaken, but we heard it.

"What do you mean by sick?" My brother asked.

"We ran some tests. And.. He actually have.. Hmm.." She mumbled trying to figure what to say.

"I have lung cancer." My father said. "We ran some tests, and it's currable. The doctor suggested we start chemotherapy.."

"When?" I asked.

"The sooner the better." My mother said. "Look kids.. It's going to be OK. Your father is going to be OK.."

After that everything just sounded like a buzz. I don't remember what acutally happened after this conversation. I just remember walking to my room and just throwing myself at the bed but I felt like I landed on something other than my bed. I oppened my eyes and what I saw was the last thing I expected. I saw a girl. The same girl I saw last night. It freaked me out that I lost my balance and fell on the floor. 

"Who the hell are you..?" I screamed trying to pick the first thing my hands can touch to throw at this person, but there were nothing near me. 

"Calm down and I will tell you." 

"Caml down? Who are you? I'm going to call the police.  I tried to reach my phone in my pocket to diall the police, but my phone was turned off. GOD, I forgot to charge it.. 

"Only you can see and hear me." She said.

"What?"

"Look, you need to calm down and hear me out. This is important." She looked at me and I nodded for her to continue. "You may think I'm crazy, and I'm making this up. But believe me I'm not. What I'm going to say has to do with the conversation you had with your family today. Rylee, you need to save him."