lungs

part 2

(if you're wondering, matthew is her brothers name. not dylan.)

eventually dad and sarah get home with the car from the airport when i was in my room unpacking.

matthew comes into my room, "dads here." he said. i turn around and give him the stank eye, "knock next time." i snap at him.

he chuckled, "whatever." i got up and followed him down stairs to everyone in the kitchen.

dad sees me and smiles, "hey pumpkin," he pulls me into a hug, "how you feeling?" he asked.

i pull out, knowing what he means, "i'm okay."

he leans on the table counter and talks to mom while i go over to sarah.  "what's up?" i ask, trying to start a conversation.

she looks up from her phone and realized that i'm talking to her. "oh," she paused," nothing." she looks down at her phone and smiles.

i lean over and look who she's texting. the contact at the top name was "daniel." with three hearts.

i raise my eyebrows and smile, "who are you texting?" i asked her.

she looks up from her phone and turns it off, putting it in her pocket. "n-no one." she stutters.

i giggle and get close to her ear, "don't worry." i said, "i won't tell."

"hey anna." i turn around to see my mom smiling with my dad. "why don't you go take a walk around the neighborhood. maybe meet some of your neighbors."

i look at matthew and sarah, they're not paying any attention. "um okay."

she smiles and continues to talk to dad. i go and get my coat and put on my shoes. i put my phone in my coat pocket as i zip it up.

i open the door and walk out, getting the wind blown in my face with the smell of fresh air.

i start walking down the sidewalk. no one is outside so i don't know what mom was talking about meeting "some neighbors"

i turn the corner to go to the house next to me and down a little is two boys playing basketball. they both look like my age,if not then older.

my social anxiety kicks in as i get more and more closer to them. i get even closer and one of them sees me.

"anna?" says a familiar voice. i know that voice. i walk closer and i see that it's joey with some other dude with brown hair.

"what's up?" he said as he picked up his ball that he was playing with.

i shrug, "nothing really." i said as i felt the other boys eyes on me. "my mom told me to take a walk."

he nodded and smiled. he introduced me to the boy he was playing with, "this is jacob."

i look at him and smile, he smiles back. "do know how to play basketball?"

i don't know if i can because of the accident. something could happen, but oh well. "um yeah kinda." i pull out my phone and look at the time, "i got time."

he looked at my phone, "could you play music?" he asked. "my phone is inside and i don't feel like getting it."

i giggled, "um sure." i go to my music and put on lil skies. jacob looks at me and smiles. i put my phone down and roll up my sleeves.

"you're on my team." joey said to me. i nodded and jacob and him checked the ball.

he dribbles the ball and realized that he can't go any where with jacob blocking him. "anna!" he called my name and passed me the ball.

jacob comes over to me and tries to block but i moved and shot the ball in the hoop, doing a layup.

"damn." jacob said, laughing. "where you learn that?"

"i played when i was little." i say. he nodded and we played again.

this time i'm checking up with jacob. i dribble the ball and go past him. i pass it to joey and he shoots but he misses. i get the ball and do the rebound, doing a crossover to jacob.

i bend over and place my hand on my thighs, trying to catch my breath.

"oh no." i said under my breath. i start to see stars and my vision starts to get blurry.

"yo are you okay?" joey asked as he put his hand on my shoulder. i look up at him and i fall down to the ground, everything goes black at that moment.

"anna!" i hear joey yell.