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screamed and thrashed in the bed below. It would seem she had use of her arms again. She reached up and clawed at Tinsley's face, getting her good.
"Ouch! Dammit." Tinsley glanced up. "Get a sedative."
"No." I moved to the other side of the bed and grabbed Amanda's chin tightly, forcing her to look at me. "Guess what I learned today."
"What?" She calmed almost immediately as tears filled her eyes. "What did you learn?"
Her speech was slurred thanks to the drugs mixed with terror.
"I'm getting a doctor." Tinsley walked away from the bed as I moved to my knees beside it and leaned in with a smile on my face. I moved my fingers from underneath Amanda's chin and rubbed the top of her chest softly like I would my brother's when he was scared.
"I learned why Mr. Jackson calls me a fruit fly."
"I'm scared, Dana," she whispered and glanced around, her eyes growing frantic.
"Don't be. I'm right here, and Kendal will be here as soon as I can get ahold of him, okay?"
"Call him, please?" She gripped my hand tightly and forced me to stop rubbing her.
"I'm here." He walked in and moved to the other side of the bed, dropping to his knees and placing his strong fingers around her hand and mind. "I'm right here. I was on my way up here. Were you throwing another fit just to see me?"
"No." She turned her face toward me and let out a sob. "I don't wanna die, bubba. Please make it stop."
Tears blurred my eyes as I leaned toward her and pressed my cheek to the side of her face. I couldn't look at Kendal, but the soft panting coming from his side of the bed let me know that he was hurting beyond anything any of us could heal. The results were back for Amanda's decreased use of her limbs. She was getting worse... fast. There was little they could do, but the doctor was hoping for a few more good months for her. No one had told Kendal yet, or not that I knew of.
"Fuck," he mumbled and got up, walking to the window and pressing his hands to his face as his shoulders shook violently.
I glanced up as Dr. Lewis walked in. "Hi there, Dana. You doing okay, sweet girl?"
"She's worn out." I stood up, but kept my hold on her hand.
The doctor glanced over at me and nodded. "Let's get you a good nap and then we'll grab anything you want from the cafeteria or get your unruly brother to run down to Burger King like you like. That sound good?"
Amanda nodded and turned a little to look at Kendal. "I'm sorry, bubba. Forgive me."
He turned and shook his head, walking to the bed and reaching down to brush his fingers by her cheek. "No, hush that. I'm just lost right now. I'd give everything I had to have me in that bed and you up here wasting your life on stupid shit."
"What stupid shit?" she mumbled and closed her eyes as Dr. Lewis gave her an injection.
"Nothing, sweetie. Rest and I'll be here when you wake up."
"You promise," she whispered.
He leaned down farther and kissed her forehead several times. "Promise."
My heart ripped in two as he glanced up at Dr. Lewis with so much pain in his expression. "Save her, Nick. Find something that will slow this down."
"I wish I could, old friend." He extended his hand toward Kendal. "You need to start preparing for end of life."
"What?" He pushed Nick's hand back and walked around the bed, his expression crumbling in grief. "You save her. You promised my mother that you would."
"I know, Kendal. I've done all I c-"
"Well, it's not enough!" He walked out into the hallway and turned toward the cafeteria.
"I'm going after him." I got up and walked toward the door, half expecting the lead physician for the floor to tell me to mind my own business. He didn't.
I rounded the corner and saw him standing outside of the hospital in the small garden area out back. I pushed the doors open and stopped before going any farther. What the fuck was I doing? I didn't know Kendal and he was lost in a moment of grief. He had a girlfriend or maybe a mom or dad that he could call, right? Where was everyone?
He turned
"Ouch! Dammit." Tinsley glanced up. "Get a sedative."
"No." I moved to the other side of the bed and grabbed Amanda's chin tightly, forcing her to look at me. "Guess what I learned today."
"What?" She calmed almost immediately as tears filled her eyes. "What did you learn?"
Her speech was slurred thanks to the drugs mixed with terror.
"I'm getting a doctor." Tinsley walked away from the bed as I moved to my knees beside it and leaned in with a smile on my face. I moved my fingers from underneath Amanda's chin and rubbed the top of her chest softly like I would my brother's when he was scared.
"I learned why Mr. Jackson calls me a fruit fly."
"I'm scared, Dana," she whispered and glanced around, her eyes growing frantic.
"Don't be. I'm right here, and Kendal will be here as soon as I can get ahold of him, okay?"
"Call him, please?" She gripped my hand tightly and forced me to stop rubbing her.
"I'm here." He walked in and moved to the other side of the bed, dropping to his knees and placing his strong fingers around her hand and mind. "I'm right here. I was on my way up here. Were you throwing another fit just to see me?"
"No." She turned her face toward me and let out a sob. "I don't wanna die, bubba. Please make it stop."
Tears blurred my eyes as I leaned toward her and pressed my cheek to the side of her face. I couldn't look at Kendal, but the soft panting coming from his side of the bed let me know that he was hurting beyond anything any of us could heal. The results were back for Amanda's decreased use of her limbs. She was getting worse... fast. There was little they could do, but the doctor was hoping for a few more good months for her. No one had told Kendal yet, or not that I knew of.
"Fuck," he mumbled and got up, walking to the window and pressing his hands to his face as his shoulders shook violently.
I glanced up as Dr. Lewis walked in. "Hi there, Dana. You doing okay, sweet girl?"
"She's worn out." I stood up, but kept my hold on her hand.
The doctor glanced over at me and nodded. "Let's get you a good nap and then we'll grab anything you want from the cafeteria or get your unruly brother to run down to Burger King like you like. That sound good?"
Amanda nodded and turned a little to look at Kendal. "I'm sorry, bubba. Forgive me."
He turned and shook his head, walking to the bed and reaching down to brush his fingers by her cheek. "No, hush that. I'm just lost right now. I'd give everything I had to have me in that bed and you up here wasting your life on stupid shit."
"What stupid shit?" she mumbled and closed her eyes as Dr. Lewis gave her an injection.
"Nothing, sweetie. Rest and I'll be here when you wake up."
"You promise," she whispered.
He leaned down farther and kissed her forehead several times. "Promise."
My heart ripped in two as he glanced up at Dr. Lewis with so much pain in his expression. "Save her, Nick. Find something that will slow this down."
"I wish I could, old friend." He extended his hand toward Kendal. "You need to start preparing for end of life."
"What?" He pushed Nick's hand back and walked around the bed, his expression crumbling in grief. "You save her. You promised my mother that you would."
"I know, Kendal. I've done all I c-"
"Well, it's not enough!" He walked out into the hallway and turned toward the cafeteria.
"I'm going after him." I got up and walked toward the door, half expecting the lead physician for the floor to tell me to mind my own business. He didn't.
I rounded the corner and saw him standing outside of the hospital in the small garden area out back. I pushed the doors open and stopped before going any farther. What the fuck was I doing? I didn't know Kendal and he was lost in a moment of grief. He had a girlfriend or maybe a mom or dad that he could call, right? Where was everyone?
He turned
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