Middle of Everything

CHAPTER 5 : Fifty Six

After the fight, Parisa and I started to hang out a lot. Loise and Renz welcome her in the group easily not because of her condition but because she is really funny. As usual, we hang out at the running field and I started to become Parisa personal wingman because I am the one who carries her with her wheelchair. Her other friends Hanna and Romiel also started to be part of the group. Hanna a not so fat girl with really small eyes that when she smiles her eyes turns into a thin line. Maybe her family is in the Chinese bloodline.

And Romiel a tall dude with really dark skin but his personality is a total catch. He is as light as a feather when you talk to him. Lots of insights and advises that you'll surely use in the future and also he is a real comedian and all of his jokes are all hilarious!

During my detention that will last for 2 weeks. Ms. Cancer stays with me at the detention room with the other students who also have been caught in the fight. I started calling her Ms. Cancer not because of her condition or sickness. It is because of her zodiac sign. In our group, we often call each other with some pretty sick nicknames, like a code name. Like for instance Loise we call her Tiger because of her zodiac and also intimidating looks. Renz is a Capricorn just like me so we split it and they call him Cap and unfortunately I am the corn. So you can tell that I am a corny comedian. Get it? So anyways that is why all of us call each other with that kind of names. That is why I started calling Parisa as Ms. Cancer. Well to those who know us or not really close to our group they think calling Parisa with that nickname is kind of rude or bad. But for her, she thinks that it is funny and cool.

Carl, Mark, Jonathan and the other 3 students that I forgot their names are inside the room with us. And for the other detainee, they are staying on the other side of the room including Bianca and her best friends. At the first day of the detention our homeroom teacher, Mrs. Sherley is the one who facilitates us for the whole 2 hours. Ms. Cancer at first isn't allowed to stay inside the room because 1: she is the victim and 2: she is sick but for some reason, after her talk with Mrs. Sherley she then stays. Carl as usual tries to mock Ms. Cancer but she just let him. I tried to shut Carl off but she stops me and we just let the teacher do the rest.

We always talk about a lot of stuff and it is really fun talking to her. Like what will happen if you play hip-hop song inside a jazz bar. Or how zombie story started if it is not really true. Or If undead is really a real thing and government is just covering it up. We also sometimes sleep during the detention and whoever woke up first will be the one who will get the treats that we bought from the vending machine near the corn field and also has the chance to share his or her story. But every Wednesday she wasn't around because of her chemotherapy. So that day I remembered, it was Thursday, Parisa is quite occupied. She is with us for the whole period but it is either she is drawing something or thinking something. I don't try to bother her because I'm thinking she is having a hard time as well.

But during the detention I just can't hold it anymore. I just want to know what is happening with her. I just want to hear her voice. So I change my seat and go next to her. She is seated in the middle row next to the window. As I seat next to her. She look at me for a second and look back to her own business.

"What are you thinking?" I whispered while she is looking out on the window.

"55." She whispered.

"What 55?"

"55 planes," she said then she turns to my direction.

"For what?" I asked.

"Because she's crazy!" Carl replied then his friends laugh.

"Shut up Carl!" I said. Then the teacher looks at us with a really scary glare.

We all stop talking and I just look at her. She is again facing the window wandering around. Then again she whispered. 56.

"56" she repeated. "You see when you reach 100 planes your wish will come true."

"So what is your wish?"

That day she just answers me with a smile. She said to me if she told her wish to someone important to her, her wish will not come true. So I just stop asking her and I started to count 100 planes as well.