Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Chapter Three: Changing Times
Three months later he was finally going back to school. Another thing he though he would never miss. It had been hard, not only on him but to his whole family. He knew all the "special" things he needed were expensive and not easy for two young parents like Paul and Megan to bare. Still he fell in despair.
Jamie tried to walk proudly into the school, as if nothing had happened. He had gotten very capable with his cane, and could almost go anywhere with it. He had mastered the language that told him what time it was and what colors his clothes where. It was written on the books that he carried and the tests he would take. But, it couldn't tell him the expressions on people around him, the color of the bird that flew by.
"Hey, Jamie! Welcome back." Val said as she hugged him, Caitie followed behind her. "We have a surprise for you." Jamie followed them unquestioning to where he knew as the gym.
"There's a welcome back banner hanging on the bleachers." Tyler told him as he and Hank approached him too.
"We raised money for you to get a training seeing eye dog.." someone said on a microphone. It seemed like the whole school was there. This surprised Jamie, he had friends sure, but he never thought anyone else would care.
He felt some one put a leach in his hand. He felt below him and indeed there was a dog sitting before him. Eyes. He decided he'd call him. As everyone cheered and clapped for him, Caitie took his hand. "I can't believe you guy all did this." Jamie stated. He appreciated what they had done, but what he really wanted was for everything to return to normal.
Normal.
His doctor had warned him about that. Life would never be the same for him again. He was in a whole new ballgame. Denial was what he faced.
"Well you know me I'm not much for bake sales and fundraisers but for you. I'd do anything." Caitie replied. Now, before the accident the pair had been just friends, but now they seemed like much more. He reached over, hoping to find her lips and kissed her in front of everyone.
"Go Jamie!" Tyler, Hank, and Val yelled.
*~*
Jamie told Eyes to turn left into the EMS station door. He felt odd coming into a closed building with a dog, places like a mall or a supermarket he still used a cane. He hated the stares he got when he was with Eyes.
"Jamie!" He heard Brooke squeal as he hugged him. "It's good to see you." He smiled at all his friends as they came up to him. He stood their wishing he could still be apart of it all. To be an EMT again. "There's someone else here."
"Yeah, um that's Greg he's um…" Val said nervously.
"He's taken my place."
'Well, it's only till you get your sight back."
"Come on we both know that's not going to happen."
"Are you alright with this?" Hank asked.
"Yeah it's fine." He hoped they didn't hear the lying in his voice.
"I'm Greg Mitchell." the new EMT stated. Jamie went to hear where he was so he could tlak to him face ti face.
'Do you see me? Your staring right at me."
Jamie ignored him. "I have to go anyway. I just wanted to say hi." Jamie said as he retreated back in to the dark.
*~*
It hurt Megan to his her baby brother like this. He was in pain. He was expecting his blindness of the outside but on the inside he clearly wasn't. She missed the old Jamie. His wittiness and his music. It had been a long time since Jamie had smiled or picked up his guitar. Paul, Peter, and herself tried everything to react him but he secluded himself in his own world. Not letting anyone in. Plus everything she did seemed to be wrong.
Boom!
She heard from the stairs rushing to the stairs where the sound came from , think it had to be Hannah. But, instead it was Jamie he had fallen on a small toy on the stairs.
"Are you alright?" she rushed over to him hovering. "Hannah! I told you to pick up your toys. Uncle Jamie can't see." she yelled at the child.
"Meggie, its ok."
"No, its not ok. You can't see. You could have been seriously hurt. " she said as if he need reminding that he was blind.
"I know." Jamie replied harshly.
'Hannah , say your sorry."
"It was my fault I didn't have my cane. " Megan ignored him and made her apologized. It was a consent fight wit her now.
*~*
A/N: Too fast?
Chapter Three: Changing Times
Three months later he was finally going back to school. Another thing he though he would never miss. It had been hard, not only on him but to his whole family. He knew all the "special" things he needed were expensive and not easy for two young parents like Paul and Megan to bare. Still he fell in despair.
Jamie tried to walk proudly into the school, as if nothing had happened. He had gotten very capable with his cane, and could almost go anywhere with it. He had mastered the language that told him what time it was and what colors his clothes where. It was written on the books that he carried and the tests he would take. But, it couldn't tell him the expressions on people around him, the color of the bird that flew by.
"Hey, Jamie! Welcome back." Val said as she hugged him, Caitie followed behind her. "We have a surprise for you." Jamie followed them unquestioning to where he knew as the gym.
"There's a welcome back banner hanging on the bleachers." Tyler told him as he and Hank approached him too.
"We raised money for you to get a training seeing eye dog.." someone said on a microphone. It seemed like the whole school was there. This surprised Jamie, he had friends sure, but he never thought anyone else would care.
He felt some one put a leach in his hand. He felt below him and indeed there was a dog sitting before him. Eyes. He decided he'd call him. As everyone cheered and clapped for him, Caitie took his hand. "I can't believe you guy all did this." Jamie stated. He appreciated what they had done, but what he really wanted was for everything to return to normal.
Normal.
His doctor had warned him about that. Life would never be the same for him again. He was in a whole new ballgame. Denial was what he faced.
"Well you know me I'm not much for bake sales and fundraisers but for you. I'd do anything." Caitie replied. Now, before the accident the pair had been just friends, but now they seemed like much more. He reached over, hoping to find her lips and kissed her in front of everyone.
"Go Jamie!" Tyler, Hank, and Val yelled.
*~*
Jamie told Eyes to turn left into the EMS station door. He felt odd coming into a closed building with a dog, places like a mall or a supermarket he still used a cane. He hated the stares he got when he was with Eyes.
"Jamie!" He heard Brooke squeal as he hugged him. "It's good to see you." He smiled at all his friends as they came up to him. He stood their wishing he could still be apart of it all. To be an EMT again. "There's someone else here."
"Yeah, um that's Greg he's um…" Val said nervously.
"He's taken my place."
'Well, it's only till you get your sight back."
"Come on we both know that's not going to happen."
"Are you alright with this?" Hank asked.
"Yeah it's fine." He hoped they didn't hear the lying in his voice.
"I'm Greg Mitchell." the new EMT stated. Jamie went to hear where he was so he could tlak to him face ti face.
'Do you see me? Your staring right at me."
Jamie ignored him. "I have to go anyway. I just wanted to say hi." Jamie said as he retreated back in to the dark.
*~*
It hurt Megan to his her baby brother like this. He was in pain. He was expecting his blindness of the outside but on the inside he clearly wasn't. She missed the old Jamie. His wittiness and his music. It had been a long time since Jamie had smiled or picked up his guitar. Paul, Peter, and herself tried everything to react him but he secluded himself in his own world. Not letting anyone in. Plus everything she did seemed to be wrong.
Boom!
She heard from the stairs rushing to the stairs where the sound came from , think it had to be Hannah. But, instead it was Jamie he had fallen on a small toy on the stairs.
"Are you alright?" she rushed over to him hovering. "Hannah! I told you to pick up your toys. Uncle Jamie can't see." she yelled at the child.
"Meggie, its ok."
"No, its not ok. You can't see. You could have been seriously hurt. " she said as if he need reminding that he was blind.
"I know." Jamie replied harshly.
'Hannah , say your sorry."
"It was my fault I didn't have my cane. " Megan ignored him and made her apologized. It was a consent fight wit her now.
*~*
A/N: Too fast?