A Flower's Little Warrior

An Unwanted Peek

IV.

The next thing I remember I was in bed, but I’m not sure if I was awake or half asleep, I can’t move but I can hear voices… Mom and Rankyn are talking…

“I don’t wanna leave right now, especially after this has happened again. I would just probably cancel my flight and just stay here with both of you; just to be sure she’s fine, I’ll sure find someone else to take my place”

“No Rankyn, if you do that you’d be fired already, you already took too many leaves, and besides, you won’t be long there, you’d be back here in a week or so”

“But I don’t want to leave her like this; I want to be sure she’s safe, I don’t want the same thing to happen again without me beside her”

“But she’s safe now Rankyn. We’re far from the city and she won’t be able to remember anything about it anymore. This is just an aftermath of it, she’d be fine, do this for her, keep your job.”

“Yes she’s safe, but I want to help her recover, I want her back.”

“And what if she won’t be back? What if everything will be permanent?”

“I don’t care; I’d fulfill my promise whatever the circumstance may be, even if she wouldn’t want me to anymore”

“What are you guys talking about? I sneaked through their conversation while struggling to get up from my bed. I felt they were surprised that I heard them talk. I don’t have any idea of what they were talking about and it doesn’t make any sense to me. But I don’t care, all I want to know is what happened to me and why I collapsed.

“Dear, you better stay on your bed; you probably just got stressed on your exams week. I think you should be better if we get you out of your hard courses” Mom answered in a soft voice, showing much concern and she looked like a bit nervous… while Rankyn is just staring at me like he won’t see me anymore. “And dear, Rankyn will be away for a while, because he has to work somewhere else”

“Ah that’s fine, how long would you be away?” I asked.

“Not for a long time, probably a few weeks” He answered with a smile. “that’s actually the reason why I went here, just to say goodbye”

“Haha you’re really funny, you’re saying goodbye like you’ll be away for years” I answered softly, trying not to move a lot so I won’t hurt myself… ahh. He’d be away for a while, that’s a bit of space then.

So the next day, Rankyn left for his job. I actually don’t know what it was, but I surely hope he’d be back safe, and soon. I definitely have been used to having him around and would be upset if he’s going to be longer than what he said he would be.

Days have passed, and weeks, and finally a month. But no Rankyn had been back. I was worried that he might have been happy wherever he is and decided not to come back anymore. And I was more worried that he had forgotten me and didn’t want to be with me. I just stared at the blank sky, now turning orange with shades of purple, as the sun starts to set. Takes my breath away, but makes me lonely. So I turned on the TV, which I don’t usually do, probably the first time in years. I don’t even remember what the name of our president is because I haven’t cared in a while. Oh it’s the news. I could probably see something interesting then…

“Until now the rescue is ongoing for the plane that crashed few weeks ago somewhere between Florida and Bahamas; 80 people had been recovered but the rest of the 120 passengers, 10 Crew members and the Head Pilot, Rankyn Tompkins are still missing, the police had said…”