Chapter 2: Dealing with the news.
My eyes widen and my stomach drops. I freeze up and stare at the door of my hospital room. Carlton stands up fast and quickly walks out of the room and down a hall. At the end of a the hall he turns the corner and leans against the wall. I look around shaken and don't see him. Tears start streaming down my cheeks. "C...Carlton?" He's trying so hard not to cry. But the tears come running down his face as he slides against the wall; sitting down. "Carlton?!" A long pause with no answer. I scream "No!" I say quieter, "This can't be happening..." He brings his knees up to his chest and rests his forehead on them. [I can't believe this happened to her...to us..] The tears won't stop coming down my cheeks and I lean back on the hospital bed. [I want to go home...] Carlton wipes his face and rubs his eyes. I quickly wipe my face and I close my eyes. There isn't that many people in the hallway that he is in. He looks around while all shaken up. My hands are shaking as I grab the blanket. He puts his head back on his knees and sniffs a couple of times. As I feel this pain throughout my whole body; I drift away; feeling less and less of the pain going away. The room swallows me into the darkness and I lay still; thinking of nothing; feeling no longer nothing. Carlton also drifts into this darkness.
