Note from the Author:
~I don't Owen anything~
(Yeah that was bad)
So anyways please leave a review! I originally wrote this as a stand-alone, but if anybody asks for more, I will look into it.
Bethany:
I've always dreamed of flying
And now
Owen is flying
But this is not beautiful
This is
Terrifying.
My mom texted me
I stopped to answer
But Owen
Owen kept going
Pedaling
Laughing
"Now I'm ahead."
I cannot I cannot
Someone needs to help
Because
Now he is falling
Crashing
And the car is moving on.
Owen:
I think
I am like the sky
Black
And blue
Dripping liquid
Drip drip
But this is not rain
Because rain is not red
Blood red
My blood.
Everyone is being too loud
Quiet
I need quiet
To think
Because
I have questions
But no answers.
Kiel:
I came as soon as I heard
It took me too long
Now I am in the hospital
The doctors didn't want to
Let me in
But I came
For Owen
Owen
Who is asleep.
"Comma"
That's what Bethany says
Bethany is crying
Isn't a comma
Just
Grammar?
But if it was true that
We are in a book
Commas
Must mean more
Much more
To Owen.
Bethany:
Owen's mom is here
Mine too
I called
Somehow
They understood
Through my tears.
"Might be a coma"
I can't I can't
Owen is lying down
His hair is a mess
I try to focus
On that
Since
Since it is cute
Cuter
Than the blood
Dripping down his nose.
Owen:
Someone is rubbing me
Wiping off the rain
No-
Blood
Cleaning my arms.
I want to say
Ow
But
My lips are glued together
Like my eyes
Must be
The Magister
Wait. Who?
Kiel:
The
Police came
Bethany says
She didn't
Get a good look
At
The car
She was looking at Owen
Everyone says
They understand
I don't.
How can you hit
A kid
A boy
A boy on his bike
And keep going
As fast as you did before
With no guilt?
Bethany:
Two hours earlier
Everything
Was fine
But now
Owen has done it again
Bittersweet
Now everything's a mess.
In thirty seconds
It will be worse
They will check
His heartbeat
And
I am sure
That nobody could miss
His metal heart.
Owen:
"Car wreck"
They whisper
Whispering
Finally
I can think
But
What about?
I don't remember.
Everything is foggy.
My head is beating
Like a drum
No
Thunder
Because I
Am the sky.
Kiel:
The doctors
Are confused
His heartbeat is
Normal
But not his heart
That is because, doctors,
Owen has the biggest
Heart
Of anyone I know.
I wish I knew
How to help
I am a thief
A magician
But no magic
Can fix this.
Bethany:
Why
Oh, why was it today
Couldn't this have waited
Just
One
More
Day?
Today
We would have gone
To the library
Maybe
If we had left sooner
This
Would not have happened.
Owen:
Charm
Is smiling at me
Finally
This is only
The second time
Of hopefully
Many more.
She looks different
"His heart-"
Sounds different
Is something
Wrong?
Kiel:
I hate
Feeling useless
I am not useless
I am Kiel
Dragon-Slayer
Magisteria-Saver
Boy Magician
A Main Character.
Owen likes
The last one best
Oh
Oh Owen
Why?
Bethany:
Owen's mom
Is trying
To tell them they are wrong
"Owen
Has never had surgery."
Oh, Ms. Connors
If only you knew
That isn't the half of it.
If something
Isn't on your medical history
Did it ever happen?
It did
In a different dimension
On a planet
By robots
Controlled
By a psycho.
Owen:
?
.
.
Kiel:
The doctors
Say its official
So now
Owen
Has officially
Gone into
A comma.
Coma.
One M
A coma
Is much worse,
Apparently.
Ms. Sanderson
Explained
Even though
I didn't say anything
She says she knew
"It's a mom power"
She was trying
To keep it light.
Bethany:
Nonononono
No
Owen
Owen no.
Without you,
Who is going
To make plans
That don't work?
And tell Kiel
about
Batman?
Who
Is going to draw Charm in class
While we
Pretend not to notice?
Bittersweet, bittersweet.
Owen:
.
.
.
Kiel:
It
Has been three days
And
We are still waiting
Waiting
For something
To happen.
Hey, Owen
If you can hear
Me
Wake up.
Wake up.
Bethany:
Somehow
School keeps going
All these people
Don't they see?
Everything is different.
I don't understand
How people don't notice
That
The bookish kid
Who cleaned the school library
When
No one was looking
Is
Gone?
Owen:
.
.
.
Kiel:
Today
Mr. Barberry
Took me aside
"Kiel,
I don't know you
Very well
But I heard about
Owen
And
Wanted to know
If
You
Needed anything?"
Yes.
I need Owen back.
Bethany:
Before he left
I never really noticed
How much
Owen
Meant.
I think
Life
Without my Best Friend
Is
Unimaginable
Except
I don't really have
To imagine
It
Anymore, do I?
Wake up,
Owen.
Owen:
.
.
.
Kiel:
Four days.
But
Who's counting?
It would be
Like
Counting sheep
By the time you
Are almost
Done
You
Can't finish
Because
You are
Gone.
Asleep.
Just
Like
Owen.
Bethany:
I
Need a book
But I can't
Even go
Go
To
The library
Without remembering.
Someone
I don't know
Is
Working the desk
How odd.
Ms. Connors
Won't leave Owen's side
I wish
I could do
The same.
Owen:
.
.
?
Kiel:
They let me
Out of class early
I have never been so
Happy
Elated
All those
Magnificent
Wonderful
Words.
I am light
Light
Light as a feather
Dancing, round the moon and stars-
No.
Coming back, because I am off to see Owen.
Owen.
Owen is awake.
Bethany:
Can't wait can't wait
Pat-pat
My shoes
On the pavement
Outside
The hospital
Just
Let me in.
Laughing
Owen
Pale, makes his hair look darker
Is sitting up.
"Bethany!"
I smile
Kiel is already there
Beat me to it
Oh well
Owen is awake.
Owen:
Actually
I
Don't feel that good
Like the clouds
With a
Headache.
I don't know why
But
I can't get it out of my head
That I
Am the sky.
Kiel:
All is well
Owen
Had to stay one more night
In
That hospital
Getting monitored
He denied
His metal heart
It is a mystery
Owen doesn't like
Mysteries.
But
I think
He likes this one.
The End