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Chapter Ten

Danny

Meanwhile

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I sat in the hospital waiting room. I can't believe what the hell was happening. My sister Kiara and my dad got in a car wreck that morning. A drunk driver had rammed into them, pinning my dad to the car. They were both screwed up pretty bad, I have never seen myself cry so much before. Mom had gone with dad when the doctors reported he was conscious. I can't even see it, I don't want to. Kiara was in a coma. How could my life have changed so badly?

"Kyle, your father wants to talk to you," My mom said, she had fresh tears coming down her face.

I walked into the room, feeling like I had just jumped into the pool of death. My father was laying on his back. He had stitches all up his head and his right leg was really screwed up, I can't even describe it!

"Kyle, I needed to tell you something important in your life," My fathers voice sounded like the strange creature on the movie, the grudge.

"I'm listening," I managed to say. My throat felt like it was swollen and it made it hard to talk.

"Stop living in a disguise," my father croaked. "Be yourself and…and…."

"Dad," I said as I saw him begin to pass out.

"Keep living your life to the fullest," father said, out of breath.

He gasped a few more times and his heartbeat began to slow. The nurse shooed me away and I walked out of the room. The next thing I know the doctor comes out of my father's room. I stand up, ready to take what he was going to say. I saw his face and he didn't even need to say a word, my mom broke into tears. She wept into my shoulder. I dropped her off at the house a few minutes later. I found myself in my room. For the next three days I stayed there. The story hadn't broken out across the news yet, and I was hoping that it never would.

I felt like crap, I hadn't taken a shower yet, my hair was messed up, I hadn't ate anything, I felt like I was a walking corpse myself. Kiara was still in the coma and I felt like there was no hope left. It was five o'clock and I was laying in bed when I heard my father's voice in my head.

"Stop living in a disguise…" he had said, "Live your life to the fullest."

I bolted up right. How could I live my fullest when I felt like there was nobody in this whole world that could feel like I was. That was when Shay came to my mind. I didn't know what happened to her parents, but I know she didn't live with them, she lived with her friend Johnny. I began to wonder what had happened. Ben came into my room then, I hadn't even heard him show up.

"Hey man, are you okay?" Ben asked.

"Do I look all right?" I snapped.

"Dude, we have a game tomorrow and you need to show up," Ben answered.

I looked up at him and understood. All Ben had come up here for was to try and make me play football so that the team wouldn't loose and become unpopular. All he cared about was girls and popularity.

"You know what man, I think I'm going to quit football right now," I answered.

"So your going to quite and let our popularity sink into the ground?" Ben asked, proving what I had thought.

"Yeah actually, that is exactly what I will do," I answered.

Ben stormed out of the room. I thought I was going to be left alone but my mother walked in.

"Kyle honey, I know this is hard for us, but you need to go to school tomorrow. It might make you feel better," She said.

I rolled over on my bed and sighed. I heard my mom flip my alarm clock on and turn off the lights. Great, like I felt like going to school right now!