Adopted By Team Crafted //tc 1

Talking

~Hannah's POV~

"Bethany Hamilton?!" I was in shock.

"That's me," Bethany said.

"How....how did you- I thought you were- what?" I asked.

"Adam called, and I knew I wanted to talk to you," Bethany explained.

Adam gave me the phone, and walked off to give us some "alone time."

"Why did he call?" I asked.

"He said you were having a hard time dealing with life. With having one arm," Bethany said.

"I am, but that doesn't mean I need help," I insisted.

"Sometimes, you need help. Without realizing. But that's okay," Bethany looked at me with a sad look in her eyes.

"It's hard, I know. It took me a year to get over the fact that life would never be the same. You have to overlook that. Think of the positives in life."

Tears started welling up in my eyes.

"But-but it seems like there aren't any positives left," I sobbed.

"You don't need to have two arms to be happy. Find things you love doing that you can do with one arm," Bethany insisted.

"Like what?" I said, wiping away my tears.

"Like.... things that require kicking, not holding things. Like soccer. Or frisbee, since you only use one hand. Or tennis. Or skateboarding.... the list goes on. You just need to decide." Bethany smiled. "It's not a hard choice. What's hard is accepting this isn't going to change. What's hard is accepting this part of you into your life now. And don't shut your friends out. Or the Team. They're the ones that saved you."

"You're right. You're right," I decided.

And she was.

Bethany called me a lot over the holidays, to make sure I was okay, and having a good time.

She taught me all sorts of things to do with one arm.

I took up skateboarding around the neighborhood, and it was great. Winta and Rene even tried it with me.

I tried tennis, but it wasn't as fun. Best of all, the guys got me an Xbox so I could play Minecraft, with a controller that only required one hand.

I started recording again, and life felt great. I was doing what I loved, just in a different way. I didn't know why I had been so upset before. Bethany had taught me an important lesson.

One that I took with me for my whole life.