EMILYS POV-
I shudder
"Kelly! Does the water have to be so cold?"
She nods And smiles sarcastically
"just trying to knock some sense into you."
"Ha. Ha." I smile "I can be a bïtch too!" I cup my hands and splash her.
She stands up and screams "that's COLD!"
I look up at her and raise my eyebrows "well no shït Sherlock!"
After she had dried off and drained, then refilled the tub with warmer water, she sits.
"I asked savannah if she was doing a report on chemicals that make you go blind."
I swallow. "What'd she say?"
"She said yes, and that she needed help from you."
I exhale sharply. I owe savannah a date.
"now." She pauses grinning. "I have a surprise"
I hold my face in my hands "oh God."
"Shut up Emily!" She playfully shoves my shoulder and hands me a towel.
"Close your eyes!" She barks.
"Damn woman!" I close my eyes obediently. And when I open them I see a tiny square box, it's hard to focus on it with only one working eye, so I squint.
"What is it?" I frown rolling it between my index finger and my thumb.
"So.. You know how visiting day is coming up?"
"Um, yah?"
"This is a voice box for luke."
She squeals in delight.
"Oh." I mumble. "So Luke can get fixed but I CANT?"
She frowns "there was only enough money for one thing.. I just thought-"
"Thought what? That I wasn't selfish? Because I am selfish okay? I was willing to go blind so I didn't have to see things!" I take a breath and smile weakly "but I'm happy for him."
-LUKES POV-
When Emily told me about the box thingy, I have to admit. I liked being mute. I didn't have to worry about holing up my side of the conversation all the time. Kelly explained to me how the operation would work. I would have to take the little chip and the doctors would insert it into the part of my brain that controls the basic motor skills such as speech. Then to the part of my throat that was damaged. And when I felt- or thought
