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suddenly, I couldn’t remember what it was I searched for. I
flopped back onto my pillows and I rolled over shivering, afraid to
close my eyes. The clock read 2:20 a.m. like it did the night
before.
The soft light of the full moon gently shined
into my room and helped bring me to reality. My heart finally
slowed as sleepiness clouded my mind.
I’ll just close my eyes for a second.
Something made a horrible buzzing noise.
Feeling groggy, I opened my eyes to find the sun’s happy rays
glaring throughout my room. Annoyed, I reached over, hit my alarm,
and groaned. My body ached all over.
Keeping very still, I wondered how I would
make it to school today. Staying home seemed like a more logical
choice, but I knew I’d go stir crazy waiting around at home all
day.
Once I got to school, I wished I’d gone with
my first instinct. Even though only two days had past since the
accident, life at school returned to normal. My rescue story was
already yesterday’s news and everyone stopped living vicariously
through me. Actually, they were starting to get annoyed at my
disability and so was I.
The girls played volleyball again while I sat
on the bleachers and watched during P.E. class. I tried to listen
and take notes in History, but found myself daydreaming and tuned
out Mr. Marshall’s monotone voice. When the bell rang to let us out
of Chemistry, I packed up my things and gasped when I looked at my
notes. I unconsciously doodled Nicholas’ name all over my paper.
Quickly, I crumpled the evidence into a ball before Sam could see
it.
There goes turning over a new leaf.
We waited until the crowd subsided before
leaving the room – less people for me to accidentally run into. She
took one look at my pathetic heavyhearted expression and furrowed
her brow.
“You’re not doing any better, are you?” she
asked.
I pouted up my lips and nodded my head.
“I’m trying, but I can’t stop thinking about
him,” I said, completely despondent.
We headed across the lawn towards the
cafeteria and Sam kept a slower pace. Since the accident, my
appetite diminished to practically nothing and the thought of food
made my stomach lurch.
“I know, let’s go do something tonight,” Sam
suggested cheerfully.
“I can’t do much with these,” I said while
lifting up my crutches.
She sighed. “When do you get rid of
them?”
“The doctor said, depending on how I’m
healing, I could try moving around without them on Monday, but he
warned me not to overdo it.”
“How does your ankle feel?”
“Still tender,” I said not wanting to reveal
my heart felt a hundred times worse in comparison.
“I can’t wait until you can walk again. It’s
hard to cheer you up when you can’t go anywhere.”
“Tell me about it,” I said with a sigh.
“Hey, I know what we can do.”
A mischievous smile spread across her
face.
“Oh no. What?”
“How about going to the Boardwalk?” she said
while raising her right eyebrow. “We could get you a wheel chair so
you don’t have to wait in line.”
I imagined how stupid I would look and rolled
my eyes.
“No,” I said, wrinkling my nose.
Everyone knew the only reason locals hung out
at the Boardwalk was to show off their current infatuations, which
I didn’t have. And even if all the rides happened to be free, I did
not want to be subjected to unbridled displays of affection.
“There’s always the beach,” she
suggested.
“How am I going to use crutches on the sand?”
I said, completely annoyed my injury prevented me from enjoying
everything.
Her sudden embarrassment made me realize my
harsh tone hurt her feelings.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like that. I
know you’re just trying to help.”
“It was a stupid suggestion.”
“No, you know I love the beach. I’m just…” I
searched to pinpoint my actual problem. “…being stupid.”
Sam laughed.
“No, you’re not. It’s Nicholas’ fault. He’s
the one being stupid.”
“You’re right. I’ll
flopped back onto my pillows and I rolled over shivering, afraid to
close my eyes. The clock read 2:20 a.m. like it did the night
before.
The soft light of the full moon gently shined
into my room and helped bring me to reality. My heart finally
slowed as sleepiness clouded my mind.
I’ll just close my eyes for a second.
Something made a horrible buzzing noise.
Feeling groggy, I opened my eyes to find the sun’s happy rays
glaring throughout my room. Annoyed, I reached over, hit my alarm,
and groaned. My body ached all over.
Keeping very still, I wondered how I would
make it to school today. Staying home seemed like a more logical
choice, but I knew I’d go stir crazy waiting around at home all
day.
Once I got to school, I wished I’d gone with
my first instinct. Even though only two days had past since the
accident, life at school returned to normal. My rescue story was
already yesterday’s news and everyone stopped living vicariously
through me. Actually, they were starting to get annoyed at my
disability and so was I.
The girls played volleyball again while I sat
on the bleachers and watched during P.E. class. I tried to listen
and take notes in History, but found myself daydreaming and tuned
out Mr. Marshall’s monotone voice. When the bell rang to let us out
of Chemistry, I packed up my things and gasped when I looked at my
notes. I unconsciously doodled Nicholas’ name all over my paper.
Quickly, I crumpled the evidence into a ball before Sam could see
it.
There goes turning over a new leaf.
We waited until the crowd subsided before
leaving the room – less people for me to accidentally run into. She
took one look at my pathetic heavyhearted expression and furrowed
her brow.
“You’re not doing any better, are you?” she
asked.
I pouted up my lips and nodded my head.
“I’m trying, but I can’t stop thinking about
him,” I said, completely despondent.
We headed across the lawn towards the
cafeteria and Sam kept a slower pace. Since the accident, my
appetite diminished to practically nothing and the thought of food
made my stomach lurch.
“I know, let’s go do something tonight,” Sam
suggested cheerfully.
“I can’t do much with these,” I said while
lifting up my crutches.
She sighed. “When do you get rid of
them?”
“The doctor said, depending on how I’m
healing, I could try moving around without them on Monday, but he
warned me not to overdo it.”
“How does your ankle feel?”
“Still tender,” I said not wanting to reveal
my heart felt a hundred times worse in comparison.
“I can’t wait until you can walk again. It’s
hard to cheer you up when you can’t go anywhere.”
“Tell me about it,” I said with a sigh.
“Hey, I know what we can do.”
A mischievous smile spread across her
face.
“Oh no. What?”
“How about going to the Boardwalk?” she said
while raising her right eyebrow. “We could get you a wheel chair so
you don’t have to wait in line.”
I imagined how stupid I would look and rolled
my eyes.
“No,” I said, wrinkling my nose.
Everyone knew the only reason locals hung out
at the Boardwalk was to show off their current infatuations, which
I didn’t have. And even if all the rides happened to be free, I did
not want to be subjected to unbridled displays of affection.
“There’s always the beach,” she
suggested.
“How am I going to use crutches on the sand?”
I said, completely annoyed my injury prevented me from enjoying
everything.
Her sudden embarrassment made me realize my
harsh tone hurt her feelings.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like that. I
know you’re just trying to help.”
“It was a stupid suggestion.”
“No, you know I love the beach. I’m just…” I
searched to pinpoint my actual problem. “…being stupid.”
Sam laughed.
“No, you’re not. It’s Nicholas’ fault. He’s
the one being stupid.”
“You’re right. I’ll
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