Chapter 2:
I was riding the bus home. 'Just a peek. No, Yes, No. I need to show my mom first.' I thought. Today is the day we bring report cards home. "Hey Mori, this seat taken?" Skylar asked. "No." I answered. "Good. Tracey and Mike and James are sitting together." Skylar sat down. "Do you know how it feels to have a new baby around in the house?" I asked. "Well. Tommy is a little pain in the neck, but it's really fun." Skylar said. "My mom says that I have to share a room with the baby." I jerked my head back. "Oh, that's a problem." Skylar dropped his backpack on the floor. The bus started to move. The rest of the trip was about our report cards. I got home. "Hey Joshi… have you found a college yet?" I asked, taking an apple from the counter. "Weber State and… University of Utah." Joshi was on the computer. "Suri home yet?" I asked, taking a bite. "Nope." Joshi looked up. I went to my room. My phone rang. "Hello?" I asked. "This is Mike. I was wondering if you would like to come and hang-out with us?" "I have homework to do. I did most of it in homeroom though. I don't have much." "Oh, good." Mike hung up. I did my homework until Suri got home.
"Yes!!!" Suri yelled. "What?" I giggled. "Mom had her baby a month early and we don't have to go to school until she comes back!" Suri showed me a text dad has sent her. It read:
Famili,
Sta hom tel wee com hom.
My dad got strucked by lightning last week and forgot how to spell. Here's a translated form:
Family,
Stay home until we come home
Suri didn't show me the part were mom had her baby. I grabbed a phone and called the hospital. "I need the room with Shakari Kara in it." I said. "Room 204. Here." "Hello?" "Hi, is this Mori?" "Yes." I said. "Your mother had a beautiful girl baby. It's connected to some tubes right now." "What's her name?" I asked. "We don't know. The sad part is, the baby might die. It was diagnosed with cancer." I dropped the phone in horror. "Dad? We will save it… right?" I asked, slowly. "we'll do everything we can." "Alright." I hung up.