Hero Unknown
Chapter 4
SAM: Welcome to the next chapter!!! I hope you liked the last chapter. Gosh, that last one seemed almost pointless at the end. -_-whatever. Anywho, here is your next chapter. I hope this is a tad bit better. Manny gets confused it everyone knows it gets really funny when a guy is confused. Sorry boys, but you got to admit it; when you see a guy that's confused about something, even if its one of your best friends, it's ridiculously funny. Anyway, Manny gets uber confused in this chapter. Why? Well, lettuce find out. ONWARD!!!!
Weeks passed. Frida visited Manny everyday after school. She was so well known there at the hospital after a few weeks, some of the nurses gave her permission to stay the night on weekends.
"Hello Ms. Frida." The receptionist said as Frida walked by.
"Hi Mrs. Ramirez. How's Johnny?" Frida asked politely. She smiled.
"He's doing just fine, thank you." She said and Frida smiled. She began walking again and finally reached Manny's door.
It was slightly ajar, so she peeked in. Manny was fast asleep in his bed and snoring slightly. She stifled a laugh and quietly opened the door. She tiptoed her way in and stopped right next to Manny's good arm. She waved a hand over his eyes and Manny didn't move at all. She smiled and set her backpack down silently. Frida grabbed her chair and sat down. She decided to mess with him. Frida picked up his arm and waved it around a little bit. Manny snorted in his sleep and Frida tried to stifle another laugh. She held his wrist and waved it a little more and Manny started mumbling something. Tears were starting to come to her eyes from not laughing. Frida took a deep breath and started to slowly put Manny's hand back down. Just before she could place it on the bed, Manny's hand grabbed her wrist.
"AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" Manny yelled as he held onto Frida's wrist. Frida shrieked as she tugged on her wrist. Manny began laughing and Frida's adrenaline rush from fear faded into her laughter.
"Don't freak me out like that!" She said as soon as she could muster up enough air to speak. They finally calmed down and Manny wiped a tear away from his eye.
"Sorry Frida, but that was an opportunity waiting to happen." Manny said. Frida playfully punched him in his good arm and leaned back against the back of the chair. "So what's up? Anything new?" Manny asked.
"Yup. El Oso tried robbing a jewelry store again but that la Loba chick stopped him. Dr. Chipotle Junior was vandalizing the puppy hospital and the orphanage but La Loba stopped him too. In fact, that Loba chick is basically cleaning up the messes Miracle City makes everyday." Frida said unsmiling. "Dude! She's gonna steal your publicity! She's gonna do all this junk and then you're going to end up forgotten! Or she'll do all this and by the time you're out of here, she'll make you do something and make you look like a total bad guy! You're NOT a bad guy! You're only half of a bad guy…" Frida said softly towards the end. Manny seemed shocked at her accusation.
"La Loba would never do that to me! Would she?" Manny asked more to himself than to Frida. She just shook her head.
"I don't know, dude. All I'm going to say is BE CAREFUL. That La Loba girl seems like trouble if you ask me." Frida said crossing her arms. Manny frowned in thought then decided to push the thought away.
"Other than that, what else is going on?" Manny asked trying to get out of the subject. Frida's eyes lit up.
"Mr. Vaca tripped into a catapult and was sent flying into a burger factory." Frida said excitedly. Manny's face lit up and all thoughts before were forgotten.
"REALLY!?! What happened?" Manny asked excitedly. As Frida gossiped about poor Mr. Vaca, Manny listened to every word while a small thought tugged at the back of his head. Manny did his best to push it away.
"…and then he went flying across the sky over the school yard. Everyone watched and pointed at him and we all went to the gate to see where he would land. By the time we got there, we were just in time to see him crash into the Burger factory with the giant cow head on top of it." Frida finished enthusiastically. Manny's eyes were streaming with tears of laughter. Frida started laughing and Manny finally released the laughter he had held in until the end. They gasped for air as they continued to think about how ironic it was for Mr. Vaca to land in a burger factory. (I believe in Spanish, Vaca menas 'cow'. Now do you get the irony?)
"I can't believe that happened to Mr. Vaca…" Manny said wiping a tear away. Frida was still giggling a little.
"Sorry to interrupt, but your parents are here now Mr. Rivera." Sylvia the Nurse said sticking her head in. Manny, still smiling, nodded and Nurse Sylvia left the room.
"It's probably my mom. She has pretty much the same hours as you Frida. Being a librarian at the school and all." Manny said. Frida nodded and then gasped.
"Well, why couldn't I have gotten a ride from her then! Your mom is always at the school and I'm just supposed to be there, and we both visit you! Why can't I just get a ride from her?" Frida said realizing the thought at that very moment. (Hint, hint, Manny's been in the hospital for about 3 weeks now.)
"Yeah! Then you can get here faster! My mom has a car, so it would probably be fine if you rode with her!" Manny said. Maria walked in smiling.
"Manny, sweetie, I brought you some cookies." She said setting a small basket on the table next to Manny's bed.
"Cookies!" Many and Frida said together. Maria smiled and gave them a few. Manny and Frida munched on the cookies as Maria brought up a chair.
"So Frida, I was thinking," Maria started. Frida looked across the bed at Maria and gulped down her cookie. She wiped the crumbs of her face and glanced quickly at Manny who shrugged.
"I was thinking maybe I can give you a ride here." Maria said. Manny and Frida both looked at each other and smiled. Soon, they began laughing a little. Maria frowned. "What is so funny? I didn't think riding with your best friend's mother was that funny." Maria said sadly. Manny reassured his mother.
"Not that mom, it's just that Frida and I were just talking about that." Manny explained. Maria smiled.
"So you would do that?" Frida nodded and smiled. Maria grinned happily and grabbed a cookie for herself. "It's settled then. Tomorrow after school, I'll drive you here so we can both see Manny and then I can drive you home. How's that?" Maria asked leaning back. Frida's smile started to fade a little.
"That sounds great, but my father wants me to walk home. It's just around the corner." Frida said. Maria shrugged.
"Ok then, but now you won't have to walk all the way from school." Frida smiled again and bit into her cookie. There was an awkward silence as they all nibbled on their cookies. They were all at a loss of words.
"So….."Frida started. Maria's watch beeped and she looked at it quickly.
"Oh my! I'm sorry, Manny, but I must get to my class!" Maria bent down quickly and swiftly pecked him on the cheek and began heading towards the door.
"You're taking a class mom?" Manny asked confused. Maria turned around and smiled worriedly at them.
"Yes, I'm taking a class on medicine. I'm sorry sweetie, but I'm going to have shorter visits for a while now. And now I really must be going. See you tomorrow kids!" And with a quick wave and a smile, she was gone.
"Wow. I guess your little mishap made your mom crazy because she didn't understand how to help." Frida said more to herself than Manny. Manny nodded and stared at his cookie. He felt bad that his mom had felt helpless. Just then, a beeping noise went off.
"What is that?" Manny said. Frida looked down and saw it was an alarm on her wristwatch.
"Dang! I'm really sorry, Manny, but I have to go!" Frida said quickly. She started rushing around and grabbing her things. She hugged Manny a little too tight and ran out the door as she smiled at him. "Bye!" Manny stared at the door where she had disappeared sadly.
"Bye…" He said with a sigh. Manny looked around his room, as bored as ever, now that Frida was gone. He didn't even know why. She had been very, well, secretive lately. Almost like she was holding something back. Manny was even more confused at that since they shared everything together. Besides his famlia, she was the first to know about his El Tigre powers. Many grew worried and frowned. He pushed all of the negative thoughts away and brought in some more confusing thoughts that he'd had since he fought El Oso. La Loba.
And so ends chapter 4……..I hope you like! WHY Does he think of La Loba so frikin much!!! It's annoying. But there IS a reason. ^-^ Maybe he has little crush on her???? ;] XD YOU SHALL NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU REVIEW!!!! Ok, ok, this was a really lame chapter, but, hey, writer's block sucks. What'cha gonna do?
