Reviving Talise

Chapter 13

"When the world tells you to give up, hope whispers just try one more time"

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I clung onto Christine the day of Regionals. We cried into each other shoulders, I was balling my eyes out and she was trying not to cry, but still shedding tears. We knew we would have to compete against each other, I just didn't think it would happen now, and this fast.

'You'll be okay, boo" she whispers in my ear and puts her hand on my head.

I bite my lip and shake my head. "Only one can win"

"Its not that bad." she says.

"If one wins, they stay here in Hawaii and the others go back" I choke. I can't stay here and compete for the Pro's. What about her? And my family? And Joel? And everyone I would miss back home? Today was the day I found out if I was good enough. To compete. But I had to stay positive and think of the good. I had a while to wait. Regionals start at 3. Which means I already have 6 hours of free time.

She sighs.

I Pull back from our hug and sniffle and try to wipe away most of the tears.

"Just promise me one thing" I gasp.

Christine nods. "Anything" she murmurs.

I take a shaky breath.

"When we compete, don't sacrifice anything for each other. We just go for it and forget we're friends at that moment. And whoever wins is for the best. We stay friends afterwards."

"Promise" she nods.

"Promise" I repeat and we hug.

I was with Joel in my basement watching movies. I was comfortable in his arms giggling.

I suddenly got a call and I check my phone. It was Seth. Joel turns down the volume and I pick up.

"Whats up?" I say.

"We need you at the hospital. Matt is--" and it got disconnected.  Seth was about to tell me whats wrong. And I noticed something. He was crying.

Joel and I dash upstairs and hop in his car. We speed up to the hospital. My breath was starting and stopping really fast. I get that when I'm anxious and it's really fatal for me.

"Joel" I wheeze. "My breathing. I need air" I point to my mouth.

He hands me a paper bag and opens my window a crack. I breathe in it, trying to control my breath. Once my heart and lungs were at a steady pace, I let go of the bag and leaned my head against the headrest.

Please let Matt be okay. Please.

I hope a lightning struck of luck would strike my family right now.

I run to the appropriate room in the Hospital and see a bunch of doctors around a stretcher. Matt was in it, unconscious.  He was being wheeled to a room with a bunch of fancy electronics.

"Matt!" I yell. Even though he couldn't physically hear me, I was hoping the doctors would stop leading him to the room.

Seth and Trey came up to me and Joel. Joel's hand was on my shoulder to tell me to keep calm.

"Matt!" I repeat. Why are they taking him away? I want them to let my brother go now.

"Talise, quiet down" Seth said. I tried running towards Matt and the doctors but Joel was smart enough to hold my waist before I tried anything sneaky. Trey was holding me back too. I felt like a wild animal being taken away from my habitat by animal control.

"What are they doing?" I ask at the doctors push him through the door leading him into a a room with a white tube. They quickly put a dark blanket over his body. The doctors lifted him and put him on a platform. The platform started moving towards a big white tube. It had laser and a bunch of other stuff.

I tried budging from them. Tears started streaming down my face. Matt meant too much to me. There wasn't anything I could do anymore but stop. I just stop trying to jerk away from Joel and Trey and I just sat down and stared at the door Matt went through, tears streaming down my face.

"What are they doing on Matt?" I cry and look at Seth.

Seth and the other guys sit next to me. It was silent for a while as I started hearing beeps from the room he was in.

"There trying to see where the cancer--"Seth starts.

"Cancer?" I turn my head towards him. "Matt has...cancer?" I choke out. I put my hand on my throat. It throbbed with fierce pain and my mouth was dry. My eyes were puffy but my legs felt numb. Matt has cancer.

"Its not something, he can control, Talise." Seth says.

I start crying again, still not taking my eyes off of the door. Every living part of me told me he wasn't going to be okay, but it was that little piece of my heart telling me something was going to get better.

"You have to surf" Seth says.

"But I can't" I say.

"Matt would want you to win, Talise. He wants you! He wants to wake up seeing that huge trophy in his hospital room. He counting on you Tal." Seth says.

I wince. Tal was the nickname the guys gave me when I was 7. They stopped calling me that a couple of years ago. I can't believe he remembered. Tears filled in my eyes. I knew Matt. I knew well enough that he would want me to surf my heart out and win. He loves going to school and bragging to everyone in his grade that his little sister won a minor competition back at home.

"Okay, for Matt" I whisper. Joel hugs me for good luck. It was time to go out. All 6 competitor plops into the water and started pedaling out farther. I followed closely behind.

A wave was forming. It was mine. I started pedaling out further, the rest of them saw what I was going for and tried racing me for it.

I caught it before them. I did everything right. I was balanced and my feet were perfect. I rode it with no sweat. Once the wave died, I plopped into the water, rising back up. My score? 9.7 out of 10.

Amazing! Everyone cheered! Joel and my family. I smiled and knew in my heart Matt was watching this on TV.

Everyone else got a couple waves. Time was almost up and there was one wave forming. It looked perfect. I dove under before anyone else and arose up.

I caught the perfect wave! I was practically floating in air. I could hear Joel and parents cheering my name.

"Woo! Go Talise!"

"Keep balance Talise!"

"Don't fall Talise"

But all those side comments were blocked. I just smiled and enjoyed the thrill while it was still here.

Whoosh! A gust of wind knocks me off my surfboard. I collapse into the cool water. I come up for air but just as I breathe in, another wave swallows me, dragging me back down into the water. Then another, and another. I couldn't hold my breathe for any longer. I struggle to reach the air, but it's too late. My whole world turns black and I gently fall asleep.

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Paragraph sound familiar? Hmm. And what happened to Matt? And now what happened to Talise? And who won?! Questions that will have to wait for the next chapter.(:

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