Larry rushed to the Carlson house the next morning. Chloe and Riley
were both still sleeping. Larry has two rose bouquets. He knocked on the
door and Macy answered it.
"Larry?" she asked, looking at her watch. She yawned and wiped her eyes, "its six in the morning. Larry smiled his goofy smile.
"I know, I wanted us to get a start on things today. I brought flowers!" he said holding up the roses. Macy nodded and let him in. He rushed upstairs to see Riley still sleeping. Chloe was rolling out of the bathroom in her wheelchair.
"Larry?" she asked, trying to climb back into bed. Larry put the flowers down on Riley's bed and helped Chloe get under the sheets.
"How did you get yourself out of bed and into the wheelchair?" Larry asked, looking at her amazed. She smiles weakly.
"It wasn't easy." She said as he got her bundle of roses.
"To make you feel better!" he said. Chloe sniffed the flowers.
"Aw, thank you Larry!" she said putting them in an empty vase on her nightstand. She put her hands in her lap. "What does Riley have planned for today?" she asked Larry.
"Riley has planned for us to go to the beach," a voice said from behind Larry. It was Riley, she had finally gotten up. Larry and Riley both smiled at Chloe, but she looked a little upset.
"What's wrong?" Larry asked. Chloe began to cry.
"The doctor says if I go outside, I might have an episode." Riley looked confused.
"Chloe, everything will be alright! We are just going for a walk." It took Larry and Riley almost two hours to convince Chloe to go on a fifteen- minute walk. Larry wheeled Chloe onto the beach with a special wheelchair. The wheels were big and rubber. The ocean breeze smelt salty and of fish. Chloe looked around bored.
"I don't think she's enjoying it," Riley whispered to Larry. As they wheeled around, kids and adults alike looked at the once beautiful Chloe Carlson. Her hair was a dim shade of blonde and was messy and dirty. She was pale and was skinnier. The oxygen mask took up most of her face. Larry nodded at Riley and they wheeled Chloe home.
"Night Larry," Chloe and Riley said as Larry walked out. Riley hugged Chloe.
"Night Chloe, see you in the morning," Riley said. Chloe nodded and drifted off into an uneasy sleep.
"Larry?" she asked, looking at her watch. She yawned and wiped her eyes, "its six in the morning. Larry smiled his goofy smile.
"I know, I wanted us to get a start on things today. I brought flowers!" he said holding up the roses. Macy nodded and let him in. He rushed upstairs to see Riley still sleeping. Chloe was rolling out of the bathroom in her wheelchair.
"Larry?" she asked, trying to climb back into bed. Larry put the flowers down on Riley's bed and helped Chloe get under the sheets.
"How did you get yourself out of bed and into the wheelchair?" Larry asked, looking at her amazed. She smiles weakly.
"It wasn't easy." She said as he got her bundle of roses.
"To make you feel better!" he said. Chloe sniffed the flowers.
"Aw, thank you Larry!" she said putting them in an empty vase on her nightstand. She put her hands in her lap. "What does Riley have planned for today?" she asked Larry.
"Riley has planned for us to go to the beach," a voice said from behind Larry. It was Riley, she had finally gotten up. Larry and Riley both smiled at Chloe, but she looked a little upset.
"What's wrong?" Larry asked. Chloe began to cry.
"The doctor says if I go outside, I might have an episode." Riley looked confused.
"Chloe, everything will be alright! We are just going for a walk." It took Larry and Riley almost two hours to convince Chloe to go on a fifteen- minute walk. Larry wheeled Chloe onto the beach with a special wheelchair. The wheels were big and rubber. The ocean breeze smelt salty and of fish. Chloe looked around bored.
"I don't think she's enjoying it," Riley whispered to Larry. As they wheeled around, kids and adults alike looked at the once beautiful Chloe Carlson. Her hair was a dim shade of blonde and was messy and dirty. She was pale and was skinnier. The oxygen mask took up most of her face. Larry nodded at Riley and they wheeled Chloe home.
"Night Larry," Chloe and Riley said as Larry walked out. Riley hugged Chloe.
"Night Chloe, see you in the morning," Riley said. Chloe nodded and drifted off into an uneasy sleep.