AUSTIN:

I drove up to my parent's house with Isaac, because I didn't think it would have been a good idea to take him to the transplant. He would be sleeping there overnight, and I decided my family could see me in the morning. I got to my parent's house, and carrying Isaac on my hip, I rang the doorbell. My mom answered the door. She smiled in my presence and she said,

"Hi, son,"

And she kissed and hugged me. I said,

"Hey, Mom,"

And I kissed and hugged her back. Isaac said,

"Hi."

My mom was very happy to see him and she said,

"Hi, Isaac."

Isaac spent a lot of time with my parents and my sister because they watched him while I worked and I didn't have a babysitter. I handed off my son to my mom and she cooed,

"Can Grandma have kisses and hugs?"

Isaac hugged her and touched her cheek with his lips and said,

"Mwah."

I said,

"Damn, the house is pretty quiet."

My mom said,

"Your father has a seminar to go to, he'll be home by eight, and your sister, she's on a date with Ethan to Xtreme Action Park. According to her, his family has season passes."

"He's true boyfriend goals if he takes her to a place like Xtreme Action."

I loved that place. Xtreme Action Park was this amazing amusement park in Fort Lauderdale that had an arcade, go-karts, bowling- you name it. I had gone there with a few high school friends and with Brooke and her friends and sometimes my family and I went there. That was also our class outing in middle school and even in high school. I hate tooting my own horn, but I was pretty popular in middle school and high school. I asked my mom,

"Hey, can I have some help with loading some of the things for Isaac in?"

I had brought Isaac's port-a-crib, his diaper bag, some tomorrow clothes, pajamas, his pacifier, blankets, toys, what you need when you have a fifteen-month-old toddler.

"Yeah."

I grabbed the port-a-crib, and my mom grabbed the diaper bag because she was holding my son. I unpacked the bag with his stuffed animals, some toys, two books, his sippy cup, his pajamas and his pacifier. I grabbed the booster seat and his stroller and put them in my parent's house. I also moved Isaac's car seat in my parents' car. My mom, still holding Isaac on her hip, asked me,

"So, what is it exactly that you're doing tonight?"

I said,

"I'm saving a girl's life. There's this girl I've met, her name is Ally, and she's been diagnosed with Lupus, which is a disease like cancer, and her kidney is failing and she needs a kidney transplant. I'm giving mine to her."

"You're giving a sick girl your kidney? Austin, are you sure? That's such a huge sacrifice."

I said,

"I love this girl. And mine's going to be replaced by the kidney of a guy who died in a car accident a while ago. Besides, you always told Leah and I it was a good idea to help those in need."

My mom laughed.

"I do say that. I think it's incredibly heroic what you're doing to save this girl."

I said,

"I love her and I care about her."

My mom asked,

"How did you two meet?"

I said,

"It was at school. I was on my way to pick up Isaac from the daycare, and I saw her getting catcalled by some asshat and I stood up to who was catcalling her and she had a panic attack. After Brooke and I broke up, I was very focused on Isaac, working and school. Especially because Brooke as we know it cares more about drugs and drinking than Isaac. Technically, we met in high school. She was a freshman when I was a senior and "

My mom said,

"I'm proud of you, son, you're protecting and saving this girl."

I said,

"Thanks, Mom. I should be at the hospital soon, though. I'll see you in the morning."

She smiled at me.

"I'll see you in the morning."

I gave her a big hug and she kissed my cheek and I said to Isaac,

"Bye-bye, buddy. I love you. Be good for Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Leah, OK?"

Isaac said,

"Yeah,"

And I gave him a kiss on the cheek. My mom laughed.

"He's always good."

I walked towards my car and drove up to the hospital, where Ally was waiting for me. She saw me and she ran towards me and hugged me, allowing me to twirl her around for a second. I was really loving the height difference between her and I- I was six feet tall and her head reached just below my shoulder so she was about five foot one or two. She was also very petite which made her adorable. She was twenty years old and I was twenty-three years old so if we were to date, our relationship would be legal.

I planted a kiss on the top of her head and I picked her up like a bride, carrying her to the surgery ward, where we both changed into hospital gowns and lied down on beds just adjacent to each other, where we held hands and romantically gazed into each other's eyes. She had large brown eyes that made her look like a hybrid between a puppy and a doe. I asked her,

"Ready to take my kidney?"

She giggled.

"Yeah. Are you ready to take a dead guy's kidney?"

I laughed.

"Yeah."

We both had stickers placed on our chests, we each had oxygen tanks and we were both given anesthesia and were put to sleep, allowing the kidney transplants to take place. It seriously gave me some Romeo and Juliet vibes, except our families didn't hate each other and we weren't committing suicide. We were getting kidney transplants- although, I was stopping Ally from potentially dying because her kidney was failing.

Over twelve hours later, I woke up at around seven o'clock in the morning in a hospital room and Leah came in, in a hot pink hoodie over purple Tangled pajamas that said, You are my dream and she had moccasins on. She had diamond stud earrings on her ears and her long, blonde hair was tied in a fishtail braid. She was carrying Isaac on one hip while he was sucking his pacifier. Isaac was in a gray t-shirt with blue cuffs on the neck and the wrists and it had a gray and white puppy on it, and the pants were blue and had gray and white puppies and black pawprints on it. Isaac was pointing to me and he said,

"Daddy!"

I said,

"Hi, buddy. Hi, Leah."

She put Isaac down next to me and she said,

"Hi, Austin."

I embraced her. I asked,

"Where are Mom and Dad?"

Leah pulled Isaac from the bed and she sat down in the chair beside the bed, holding Isaac on her lap.

"On the way. Dad's filling the meter with money and I kind of beat Mom here. I seriously can't believe you donated your kidney to a sick girl, Austin. That's freakin' incredible."

I said,

"It was about nine months that I went without paying attention to my love life. I was so focused on school, work and taking care of Isaac, providing him with what he needs."

My sister smiled while she was holding my son on her lap. I asked,

"Speaking of love lives, is Ethan your boyfriend yet?"

She giggled.

"Yes. He asked me to be his girlfriend last night. We've had three dates so far, and last night he dropped the L word to me."

"The L word?"

Leah laughed.

"The L word is I love you."

I couldn't believe my baby sister had a boyfriend already. It seemed like only yesterday she was throwing her cheerios on the floor and dressing up in princess costumes and fantasizing about living in a castle and I was forced to sit through Princess movies with her. But I loved her nonetheless. Mom and Dad walked in, in contrast to my sister and my son, they weren't in pajamas. My dad was saying,

"Hi, son. How are you doing?"

I said,

"I'm good. All I wanted to do was save a girl's life."

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