my phone ringing is what woke us up from our nap. Rylan was still next to me and we fell asleep again. "hello?" i said with barely any voice. "oh my god is she okay?" i practically yelled. "okay. no i'm fine here. some kids are still here." i replied. "okay bye." i threw my phone down and sighed. "hey what happened?" "my mom had a heart attack while she was driving." i said holding in my sobs. "is she okay?" he rylan asked. "i don't know. the doctor wouldn't give me any more details until the tests came back." he sat up where i was and hugged me. "do you need to call your dad?" "i can't" he stopped and stared at me. "he's serving in afghanistan. he's over there for 28 months. it's been the hardest two months of my life." "i'm so sorry baby. do you need a ride home or you know what? i'm going to stay over here with you. until tomorrow so we can go to school" "no you can-'' "no i'm staying here and there's nothing you can do about it." i chuckled and we made our 'bed' for the night and curled up. "goodnight. i love you." he said as he cuddled with me "i love you even more." and we both fell asleep.