Chapter 4: Friends
"Lizzie! I heard what happened! I'm so sorry! Lizzie? Where are you?" Miranda said.
Lizzie sat in the huge window sill, with the sun shining down brightly on her. There were tears shining on her face.
"Miranda?"
Miranda came over and sat down next to Lizzie.
"Miranda, this stinks- they don't think I'll ever be able to see again! What will I do? How can I go and see movies with you and Gordo or do anything that other people do? What will I do for dates- boys can't take me to the movies bacause I can't see. How will I go to the zoo- I can't see the cute animals! How will I talk to you and Gordo on IM? I can type pretty well, but then I wouldn't be able to see what you're writing back to me. I can't read letters or notes from other people! Miranda, what will I do?" Lizzie was crying by now, and so was Miranda.
"I don't know, Lizzie, but we'll figure it out somehow..."
Lizzie and Miranda sat there for a while, silently.
"Lizzie? Miranda?" Said a quiet voice from the doorway.
"Gordo?" asked Lizzie.
"Hi. I heard what happened. Are you okay? Never mind- you probably don't even want to answer that question now."
Lizzie started crying again. "Miranda and I bought some flowers and balloons for you." Gordo said.
"Thanks." Lizzie said.
Gordo stood there in the doorway, not quite knowing what to say. Miranda sat quietly next to Lizzie.
"So, when are you getting out of here?" Asked Miranda.
"I don't know. I think sometime this week."
"Well, what could we do until then?" Asked Gordo.
"We could push each other down the hallway in a wheelchair..." Said Miranda, giggling.
Lizzie laughed at Miranda's idea. She could hear Gordo walking out of the room, going to find a wheelchair.
A few minutes later, Gordo came back with a wheelchair. "Here it is! Ready to ride?" Gordo exclaimed.
Lizzie and Miranda lauged. Gordo and Miranda led Lizzie to the wheelchair and helped her get in. They pushed Lizzie out into the hallway. Gordo held onto the wheelchair tightly and pushed Lizzie down the hallway as fast as he could. Lizzie screamed, in delight. Lizzie, Gordo, and Miranda spent about an hour pushing each other down the hallway in the wheelchair, but stopped when it was time for dinner.
"Lizzie! I heard what happened! I'm so sorry! Lizzie? Where are you?" Miranda said.
Lizzie sat in the huge window sill, with the sun shining down brightly on her. There were tears shining on her face.
"Miranda?"
Miranda came over and sat down next to Lizzie.
"Miranda, this stinks- they don't think I'll ever be able to see again! What will I do? How can I go and see movies with you and Gordo or do anything that other people do? What will I do for dates- boys can't take me to the movies bacause I can't see. How will I go to the zoo- I can't see the cute animals! How will I talk to you and Gordo on IM? I can type pretty well, but then I wouldn't be able to see what you're writing back to me. I can't read letters or notes from other people! Miranda, what will I do?" Lizzie was crying by now, and so was Miranda.
"I don't know, Lizzie, but we'll figure it out somehow..."
Lizzie and Miranda sat there for a while, silently.
"Lizzie? Miranda?" Said a quiet voice from the doorway.
"Gordo?" asked Lizzie.
"Hi. I heard what happened. Are you okay? Never mind- you probably don't even want to answer that question now."
Lizzie started crying again. "Miranda and I bought some flowers and balloons for you." Gordo said.
"Thanks." Lizzie said.
Gordo stood there in the doorway, not quite knowing what to say. Miranda sat quietly next to Lizzie.
"So, when are you getting out of here?" Asked Miranda.
"I don't know. I think sometime this week."
"Well, what could we do until then?" Asked Gordo.
"We could push each other down the hallway in a wheelchair..." Said Miranda, giggling.
Lizzie laughed at Miranda's idea. She could hear Gordo walking out of the room, going to find a wheelchair.
A few minutes later, Gordo came back with a wheelchair. "Here it is! Ready to ride?" Gordo exclaimed.
Lizzie and Miranda lauged. Gordo and Miranda led Lizzie to the wheelchair and helped her get in. They pushed Lizzie out into the hallway. Gordo held onto the wheelchair tightly and pushed Lizzie down the hallway as fast as he could. Lizzie screamed, in delight. Lizzie, Gordo, and Miranda spent about an hour pushing each other down the hallway in the wheelchair, but stopped when it was time for dinner.