Modesty sat on the floor with Destiny and looked around. She couldn't
believe the mess they had created.
Modesty figured if it was somebody she had wronged in the past, it was probably somebody she went to school with. She called Destiny over and they brought down all the yearbooks, class pictures, and regular pictures she had collected over the years. Now they sat on Modesty's floor in the middle of the boxes, photo albums and lose pictures.
"How are we supposed to narrow it down again?" Destiny asked. Modesty rolled her eyes and began to reconsider. Destiny was the reason her LAST plan failed after all. But the whole friendship thing got in the way and Modesty HAD to include her out of the goodness of her heart.
"Ok we're going to go through yearbooks and pictures and see if we remember anybody that I pissed off in the past. If we do we'll interrupt each other and show it? Ok?"
"Ok I got it."
"Good. Now let's look."
~~~~~~
"Mr. and Mrs. Helms?" The doctor, Doctor Schindler, said as he walked into the waiting room. Shane froze. This was it. He knew it. They were going to tell him he could go see Shayleen and he wasn't ready.
"Yes?" Nidia asked.
"You and your husband may go see Shayleen now."
"How is she?" Shane asked stalling for time.
"She's in critical condition. Do you know she's amazing? I truly feel any other child under the same circumstances would have died." He said. Shane blankly nodded, almost automatic.
"Can we please go and see her now?" Nidia asked. Shane wanted to kick her.
"Sure, follow me." Doctor Schindler said and led them down a hall.
~~~~~~
"Did you piss her off?" Destiny asked and pointed to a picture. Modesty looked at it and sighed.
"Yes." She said for the millionth time.
"What did you do to her?"
"At one of the dances she banged into me and I got mad and poured punch on her dress." Modesty answered. Destiny laughed.
"I remember that! It was mean, but I doubt it's mean enough to kidnap, almost kill a kid and blame it on you."
"True. But did she hold grudges? I don't remember."
"I don't remember either." Destiny said sadly. Modesty sighed.
"Ok well write her name down anyway. You never know."
"Ok." Destiny said and wrote it down.
~~~~~~~
Shane paused outside Shayleen's room. He watched Doctor Schindler walk down the hall. He tried to think of a question, anything, to yell out to Doctor Schindler so he could come back and give Shane some long ass answer that would take up time.
"Come on Shane." Nidia interrupted his thoughts. Now he had no time to think of a question.
Shane walked in and almost had a heart attack. Little Shayleen was in the middle of a big bed; she had an IV in her wrist and tubes and bandages everywhere.
"I.no I can't.Nidia.no." Shane stumbled on the words as his knees grew weak. Nidia was already on the other side of the bed. She looked up confused.
"Shane? What's wrong?" She asked. Shane's eyes darted everywhere and he started to sweat. Eventually his eyes always landed on Shayleen.
"Nidia I can't." He managed to get out. His face was all white.
"Shane are you ok? Do you want me to get a nurse?"
"All the tubes.Nidia I have to.I can't be here.I have to leave."
"Ok. It's ok. Shane leave!" Nidia almost yelled. Shane turned and ran out of the room. He ran into the bathroom and started crying. He felt like the hugest asshole in the world.
Modesty figured if it was somebody she had wronged in the past, it was probably somebody she went to school with. She called Destiny over and they brought down all the yearbooks, class pictures, and regular pictures she had collected over the years. Now they sat on Modesty's floor in the middle of the boxes, photo albums and lose pictures.
"How are we supposed to narrow it down again?" Destiny asked. Modesty rolled her eyes and began to reconsider. Destiny was the reason her LAST plan failed after all. But the whole friendship thing got in the way and Modesty HAD to include her out of the goodness of her heart.
"Ok we're going to go through yearbooks and pictures and see if we remember anybody that I pissed off in the past. If we do we'll interrupt each other and show it? Ok?"
"Ok I got it."
"Good. Now let's look."
~~~~~~
"Mr. and Mrs. Helms?" The doctor, Doctor Schindler, said as he walked into the waiting room. Shane froze. This was it. He knew it. They were going to tell him he could go see Shayleen and he wasn't ready.
"Yes?" Nidia asked.
"You and your husband may go see Shayleen now."
"How is she?" Shane asked stalling for time.
"She's in critical condition. Do you know she's amazing? I truly feel any other child under the same circumstances would have died." He said. Shane blankly nodded, almost automatic.
"Can we please go and see her now?" Nidia asked. Shane wanted to kick her.
"Sure, follow me." Doctor Schindler said and led them down a hall.
~~~~~~
"Did you piss her off?" Destiny asked and pointed to a picture. Modesty looked at it and sighed.
"Yes." She said for the millionth time.
"What did you do to her?"
"At one of the dances she banged into me and I got mad and poured punch on her dress." Modesty answered. Destiny laughed.
"I remember that! It was mean, but I doubt it's mean enough to kidnap, almost kill a kid and blame it on you."
"True. But did she hold grudges? I don't remember."
"I don't remember either." Destiny said sadly. Modesty sighed.
"Ok well write her name down anyway. You never know."
"Ok." Destiny said and wrote it down.
~~~~~~~
Shane paused outside Shayleen's room. He watched Doctor Schindler walk down the hall. He tried to think of a question, anything, to yell out to Doctor Schindler so he could come back and give Shane some long ass answer that would take up time.
"Come on Shane." Nidia interrupted his thoughts. Now he had no time to think of a question.
Shane walked in and almost had a heart attack. Little Shayleen was in the middle of a big bed; she had an IV in her wrist and tubes and bandages everywhere.
"I.no I can't.Nidia.no." Shane stumbled on the words as his knees grew weak. Nidia was already on the other side of the bed. She looked up confused.
"Shane? What's wrong?" She asked. Shane's eyes darted everywhere and he started to sweat. Eventually his eyes always landed on Shayleen.
"Nidia I can't." He managed to get out. His face was all white.
"Shane are you ok? Do you want me to get a nurse?"
"All the tubes.Nidia I have to.I can't be here.I have to leave."
"Ok. It's ok. Shane leave!" Nidia almost yelled. Shane turned and ran out of the room. He ran into the bathroom and started crying. He felt like the hugest asshole in the world.