My Life: Soccer

My Life: Soccer

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So far, it had been a perfectly normal day. Actually, it wasn't normal. We had won the game, and were moving on to Nationals! I leaned against the telephone pole, weary from my soccer game, waiting for my dad. He was never this late. Something must have happened! Just as I was getting hysterical, our navy blue convertible pulled up. As soon as I got in the car, I was usually enveloped in a parade of remarks from my parents. But on the way home, there wasn't much sound except for the occasional awkward attempt to start up a conversation about my soccer game. Other than that, it was silent. Way too silent. Back home, I sprinted upstairs to change from my sweat-filled soccer uniform. As I was pulling a shirt over my head, I heard my parents call, "Ivy! Ivy!" This was abnormal- my parents and I usually only exchanged a word or two, and never did anything together. Not that I didn't want to, I had no time. Every spare moment I had was spent practicing soccer. Soccer was more important than anything else to me. "I'm coming," I yelled back. I ran down the stairs, and grabbed a banana, but before I could finish chewing, my mom started talking, as if she had something really important to say. "Ivy, do you remember your last doctor's appointment?" Yeah," I replied with a full mouth. "What about it?" Well, the doctor did a few different tests, and..." Her voice unsteadily trailed off. She looked at my father for help. My dad suddenly cut the silence short. He calmly said, "It's asthma, honey. Serious asthma. You can't play soccer anymore. We're sorry, but..." Suddenly the room seemed to suffocate me. I needed to get out. Running to my room, I slammed the door, and burst into tears. I had only heard 5 words when my parents were talking. "Asthma...can't play soccer anymore..." I HAD TO PLAY SOCCER!
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Words We sat on opposite sides of the room, she was asleep. I think he was exhausted, so was I,but we both didn't want to sleep. We couldn't sleep, maybe a bit scared that if we close our eyes then she will be gone. Nathan"I'll ask the nurses if they can organize a bed for you" Me" Am fine here" He didn't argue, for once he didn't try to control the situation. "You can get one for yourself" Nathan" I'll sleep next to her" For the next two days we spent waiting for her to wake up. Each day felt like a huge battle that we were losing, it felt like she was gone and maybe we both knew she was gone but we didn't want to admit it. Days turned into weeks, Nathan and I refused every suggestion the doctors made. Some days they said she was improving, would be taken to surgery then they would discover something new. It just felt like nothing was working, and our options were limited. Me" I can't stay here" He didn't answer me, I grabbed my things and went to the door. "Don't give up" He whispered, I turned around and looked at him. Me"I need to bring her toys here, I need to bring Mr Elephant, she needs her toys here." "I just need..." I bit my bottom lip fighting the tears "I'm sorry for everything" Pulling up in our drive way, my mind took me back to when Nate and I moved in here. The house has changed over the years, we have also grown up in a lot of ways. We were happy, we thought we had it all figured out and it turns out we knew nothing. I also never imagined myself here, in this house with him. Maybe subconsciously I know I don't belong here, maybe I am the reason my daughter is fighting for her life right now. My bad luck, why did I think I could be happy?. I drove back to the hospital and Nate was sleeping, I put the sandwich on the table then Mr Elephant next to Claire. Looking at them, I couldn't help but reminisce about the first time I met Nathan and how we got to this point in our lives. !

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