Promise

4.

The bell rang i grabbed my stuff and walked to my math teacher. I didn't know why she wanted to talk to me but i didn't really care anyways. She was a nice person and i didn't mind to be alone in the classroom with her.
"Please take a seat" she pointed to the chair in front of her desk. I quickly sat down and bounced my knee.

" I am aware that you already skipped 2 grades in your schooltime, and that must have been hard for you." She looked at me as if i was supposed to answer that statement so just nodded. " I don't want you to skip another grade because you will be graduating next year anyways. But with these grades you keep having i just am worried that you are extremely bored in my classes. Is that correct?"
"Yes that is correct, i still don't feel like a have to really work for my grades. Like it just comes naturally "I admitted.
She smiled and me and said "I want to give you that challenge. One of my friends is a mathematician at an university and he is willing to give you 1 math lesson a week. You will just so some equations with him and him and i will make sure your test will be harder"
I smiled at her " Thank you , i would love to do that"

"He will be happy yo hear that, i will give you his number so you can discuss a date with him to start the lessons"

"Will there be any extra charges?"

"No he wants to do for free, because it is bot everyday that a 15 year old has the same math level as a 25 year old."

I think i thanked her a thousand times before she asked if i have ever had my iq tested. I said that i didn't.

"Maybe you consider doing that, it will open a lot of new doors for you."

I nodded and shook her hand as a left the classroom. I was 15:15 and i had promised i would be by mrs Middleton's house at 15:15. That meant i had to run the whole way. I hated running , my ribs still hurt for the night before.

Whitin 15 minutes i arrived at mrs Middleton's house. She was sitting on the bench in front of her house.

I loved that bench, mrs Middleton and i had painted it together. It was one of the first things we did together. She later admitted that she didn't even want the bench painted but just needed somebody to talk to. That's how our friendship started. She would sit on the bench when i came home from school and then we would talk for hours. My brother sometimes joined but he never stayed long. Now i just visit mrs Middleton every day after school and in the weekends.

I sat next to her as a tried to catch my breath. She laughed at me "Looks likes somebody forgot the time" I gave her a look back and she stood up reaching her hand toward me. I quickly grabbed her hand and pulled myself up from the bench.

We had to walk 5 minutes to the bus stop, it was a 15 ride to the hospital. Thank god we didn't miss the bus. It was pretty full in the bus so i had to stand. Mrs Middleton was thankfully able to sit down.

I looked outside as i tried to keep my balance and tried not to touch anybody else. I hated cramped spaces, especially if there were a lot of people in them. I definitely felt myself getting sweaty. The bus stopped causing a man the bump into me. "Sorry miss" I returned a small smile before looking outside again. The man still stood very close to me which I hated, but i couldn't say anything about it because it was to cramped in the bus for either of us to move. With every move the bus made he "accidentally" bumped in me. I just wanted to cry and disappear but I was a woman not a child so i just ignored it.

Which what felt like 5 hours, we finally arrived at the hospital. I immediately ran out of that bloody bus. I was greeted by the nice cold air of fall. Mrs Middleton stood beside me and we walked to the entrance of the hospital together. She said her name at the reception and the lady told us to take a seat in the waiting room. I looked at the clock it was 15:50, so we only had to wait 10 minutes.

We both said down in the waiting room. I was really nervous but i didn't know why. I wasn't the one who was getting a checkup i was just here to write some things a stupid doctor said down. Mrs Middleton noticed i was bouncing my knee and asked "Why are you nervous bunny?

Her nickname for my was bunny because i was always running around and was nice to everybody. I didn't mind the nickname, it was better than the ones my uncle gave me.

I looked at her said "I don't know, mabye i am nervous because i can't even remember the last i went to a doctor. So i just don't really know what to expect."

She smiled "Would it calm you down if i explained what the doctor's are going to do during the appointment?"

"Yes i think that that will help me calm down "

" Okey, first dr Hemmings will check al my vitals and ask a few questions about my health. Dr hemmings is a family physician, which means he does routine checkups and screening tests, give you flu and  immunization shots, and manage diabetes and other ongoing medical conditions. After he finishes all that he will page dr Hood who is a Cardiologists, which means he is a expert on the heart and blood  vessels. I have to see them because of my heart problem and blood pressure. He will listen to my heart and than determine if a need new medication or something else. But most of the time everything is fine and then we schedule a new appointment and so it all over the next week."

Surprisingly that really helped with my nerves, i wasn't nervous anymore. Even though i already knew what a Cardiolmogists was and what he does ,it felt nice to hear that information from somebody else.