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Chapter 8: Truth
Summer fluttered her eyes open weakly. Her surrounding was unfamiliar. At first she had thought she was in her room, but the white walls was enough proof she was elsewhere. She heard loud beeping sounds and turned to her left. A heart monitor. Hospital, popped into her head immediately. She let her eyes wonder the room. At first, she hadn't noticed the figure lying on the couch on her right side. When the figure moved, that's when she took notice. It was her mother. Summer opened her mouth, it was dry and she could hardly say anything.
She thanked God for her being at the hospital at that moment. She was having a very difficult time breathing again. She felt so weak, so un-like her strong self. All she wanted to do now was cry away the pain. Her mother groaned and got up. She noticed her daughter's eyes were open and locked onto the ceiling. She threw back her blanket, that she had brought from home, and walked over to Summer's left side. "Hey sweetie. How are you feeling?"
"N..," Summer was unable to finish. Every growing second she found it hard to speak and breathe. She shut her eyes and two lonely tears slid down her cheeks. Heather panicked and held onto her hand. The pain was unbearable, but she would not let anymore tears fall from her eyes. "I.. it h..h..hurt..hurts. I..I can't brea... How long was I in here.?"
"A week," Heather replied. Summer shut her eyes and was out. She was too weak and too tired for any thing that afternoon. It was the first time she opened her eyes in days, since checking into the hospital. Growing more panicky, Heather rushed out the door and spotted Roger heading down her way. She called out to him and he quickly ran over to her. They entered the room at the same time and Heather told him about what happened.
Roger did his check ups and told Heather he would be back in a few minutes. Heather insisted she went with him to wherever he was heading. Unable to refuse her, Roger agreed. They walked down the hall into his office. There seats out in the hall for some strange reason. Roger had asked her to sit and wait for him, she agreed. Two seats away from her a blonde young women who had a comic book to her face. Next to the blonde girl was a little blonde boy, who was swinging his legs back and fourth. Heather thought it was cute. After waiting for several minutes, Roger came back.
He looked down at the tiled floors before taking a seat in between the comic girl and Heather. He turned to her, with a look of sadness plastered at all corners of his face. Heather's heart sank. "I'm sorry. Her heart isn't pumping enough blood to the rest of her body. We can do surgery, but as you know it won't cure anything. I'm not going to lie to you Heather.. if not enough blood is being pumped, Summer could die. She could die within months, weeks even days. Unless.."
At the name Summer, the girl with the comic book moved the book away from her face. Her jaws were dropped and her eyes were watery. Did she really hear what she had just heard. Anna decided she would eavesdrop on the conversation. Roger continued, "We find a heart donor. It's hard to find a donor these days. But that's the only option we have right now. Heather?"
"My Summer is going to die," Heather mumbled. Her eyes were filled with tears and they were glue to the floor. Tear after tear they fell from her eyes. Roger did not know what to do but embrace his friend in a supporting hug. After pulling away she wiped her tear stained face and got up abruptly. "Roger, I don't want to lose her. I lost Matthew, I don't think I can bare losing Summer.. she and Marissa are all I have right now. Please do everything you can to find a donor"
"I will try," Roger said. Roger got a hold of her hand and they walked back to Summer's room. Anna was shocked, Summer was dying. She had a strong feeling Seth was clueless to this new bit of information. Being his friend, it was her duty to tell him what she heard. But it would have to wait, Anna and her little brother had to wait for their uncle, who also was a doctor at the same hospital.
Eventually Anna was home free, after sitting on the uncomfortable chair for almost an hour. She hated hospitals, who didn't? She dropped her brother home and turned for the Robert's house. She noticed none of the cars were there. She reached for her cell phone and dialed Seth's number. After four rings, he answered. She asked him where he was and he had told her that he was at the skate park with Ryan. Immediately she headed toward the skate park.
She parked her car under a huge tree and rushed out of the car. She scanned the park, there was a lot of skaters. After 3 full minutes of her eyes wondering the park, they finally spotted Seth's Jew-fro. He was sitting on side watching everyone skate. Ryan was standing next to him, talking on his cell phone. Anna had a good guess at who it was. She ran over to them and pulled both of them with her. Ryan hung up his phone when they reached her car. "What the hell Anna? I was talking to Marissa and you know you just don't do that"
"Ryan, shut up!" Anna said trying to catch her breath. She put her hand over her chest and sighed heavily. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out. Thinking about what she heard earlier made her eyes tear up. She knew breaking the news to them would be hard, but she didn't imagine it to be this hard. Seth and Ryan looked her way, both with weird expressions on their faces. "Okay, I have to tell the both of you something"
"What," Seth asked growing impatient. Anna sighed heavily, once again. "Anna, what's this about? Is it that important you had to pull us away from the fun?"
Anna shot him a look and he smiled jokingly at her. She didn't return the smile, Seth knew she was being serious and that whatever she had to say was important. Ryan shoved his hands into his pocket and waited patiently for Anna to say something. He looked at her expectantly. She coughed and shifted on her feet nervously. "Anna!"
"Summer.. she's not visiting relatives," Anna confessed. Ryan raised his eye brow and threw her a confused look. He wondered what the girl was talking about. Seth just looked at her weirdly. "She was never visiting her relatives"
"Anna. Heather told us she was visiting relatives"
"She lied," Anna cut through.
"Why would she do that?" Ryan asked growing impatient. He looked at her waiting for an answer. "Well?"
"Because she's probably covering up for Summer," Anna said softly. Seth threw his skateboard onto the ground and sat on it. Anna was giving him a headache and at the same time was driving him crazy. As if not having Summer around for the past week wasn't already driving him crazy, Anna had to make it worse.
"Anna, what's this about"
"Summer's in the hospital," Anna blurted out. Seth got up and stared dead straight into Anna's eyes. His expression was serious and so was Ryan's. They both read 'Are you telling the truth, because this isn't funny'. "I wouldn't joke about something like this. If you want we can go to the hospital and visit her or better yet, why don't we pay Marissa a visit and ask her. She's knows about Summer. She's been lying to you both"
Ryan glared at her and followed her to her car. Seth stood there, taken back at what Anna had just said. Ryan and Anna sat in her car and Ryan reached over and honked the horn. Seth was startled and flipped both of them off. He ran to it and hopped into the back seat. "So Ryan, it's kinda weird seeing you without Marissa. Do you know where she is?"
"She's at home," Ryan answered rolling his eyes. Anna gave him a soft smile and drove toward the Roberts home. The same time they got there, Marissa walked out of the house. Seth, Ryan and Anna jumped out of the car and met up with her on the driveway. Marissa was shocked to see them. Just then a cab pulled up to her house. "Where you going?"
"Um.. to see a um friend," Marissa answered nervously. "Okay, I gotta go"
"Not so fast," Ryan said grabbing her hand. Anna walked down to the cab driver and told him his service was no longer needed. He mumbled a few words before angrily driving off. "Is it true?"
"What," Marissa asked putting her hands on her hips. "Anna, why'd you do that. I need to see my friend"
"Liar," Seth blurted out. Marissa looked at him with a questioning face. Ryan and Anna looked at her with questioning looks as well. She crossed her arms in front of her and gave Ryan puppy dog eyes. She was pleading him to let her go. Ryan sadly shook his head. She pouted. "Summer's in the hospital, isn't she?"
"I don't know what you're taking about," Marissa lied taking a step back. The three took a step closer to her. "Summer's visiting some relatives"
"That's a lie and you know it," Anna put her two cents in. "I saw Heather at the hospital. They were taking about Summer"
"Marissa?" Ryan said. Marissa begged god for forgiveness. She was going to break the promise of not mentioning anything to the boys. She had no choice she was cornered and if she didn't, she knew Ryan would be upset and never forgive her for all the lies she had told. Her eyes watered up and she sported a frown. Ryan sensed she was going to cry and immediately hurried over to her. He hugged her tightly and she cried onto his shoulder. "What's wrong with her?"
"You guys can ask her yourselves," Marissa said through the sobs. Anna and Ryan exchanged glances before turning their attention to Seth. His face was full of sadness and pain.
The ride to the hospital was quiet except for Marissa's sobs. Ryan had tried to calm her down, but failed every time. He gave up after the 5th time. He would be crying as much as she was if he was in Marissa's place. Ryan looked up to the passenger seat, where Seth sat staring at the window. He felt bad. One because he didn't tell him about Summer's feelings and second because the girl he cared about was in the hospital.
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The four teens walked down the very same hall Marissa had walked through not even a week ago. She was trembling. Ryan held onto her hand tightly and gave her a reassuring kiss on the top of her head. Anna, walked two steps behind the couple with Seth. He had his eyes locked onto the floor the whole time. Anna reached for his hand and squeezed it. Seth looked up for a few seconds and smiled weakly.
Ryan and Marissa made a complete stop in front of Summer's room. The door opened and a puffy-eyed Heather walked out. Her face dropped at the sight of Seth and Ryan. She looked at Marissa with a question ridden face. Marissa took her Aunt's hand and led her down the hall, away from the other three. She explained what had happened. Heather understood.
Ryan glanced back at Anna and Seth. "You guys want to go in?"
"OK," Anna said taking a step towards the door, pulling Seth along with her. He groaned and shook his head. Anna looked at Ryan and he shrugged. Ryan motioned for her to go inside and she did. Ryan stayed out with Seth.
"You don't want to go in?" Ryan asked. Seth shook his head down and sunk to the floor. Ryan sighed heavily. "You sure?"
"Yeah," Seth replied playing with his fingers nervously. Ryan nodded and walked into Summer's room. Anna was sitting down besides Summer, holding onto her hand. Ryan found that to be weird but shrugged the thought away as he walked over to the opposite side of where Anna sat. He looked down at Summer and frowned.
Seth lifted his hands and looked at them blankly, he was bored, but nervous and scared at the same time. Nervous and scared to see Summer Roberts. He had been sitting out in the hallway for a little over seven minutes. Suddenly, the door to Summer's room opened. A silent Anna and Ryan walked out, both overwhelmed with sadness. Seth got up from his place on the ground, he was ready. Or at least he thought he was.
No words were exchange, but Ryan knew Seth was ready to face Summer. He guided Anna down the hall in search for Marissa. Seth watched them disappear around the corner before opening the door quietly. The sight of Summer, with machines hooked up to her, almost made him lose his composure. But he had a little bit in him, to hold himself up. Seth walked over to the side of Summer's bed.
Besides the beeping of the heart monitor, the room was completely quiet. He stared at her for long seconds before taking her hand into his. He brought it up to his lips and kissed it softly. It was short, but it meant a lot. He gently let go of her hand and placed it onto the bed slowly, his eyes not moving from he sleeping face. She looked so peaceful, but he knew she was in a lot of pain. He, with his right thumb, gently stroked the back of Summer's palm; hoping she'd wake up.
She stirred a little, but did not wake up. Seth sighed as a tear managed to escape his eyes. He was thankful for Ryan not being there, he had no desire to cry in front of his brother or any one for that matter. He sighed once more putting the puzzle together. Summer had turned him down because she was sick. He wondered why she didn't' tell him, it wouldn't have mattered if she was sick or not, Seth would have still felt the same way. He got up and leaned his head in close to her forehead. He closed his eyes and kissed it. "I love you Summer"
He couldn't stay in the room with her any longer, or else he'd burst into fits of tears. That and because he had just openly, kinda, admitted he loved her. He never loved anyone before her. Softly, he took tiny steps away from her bed. Just as he reached the door, Summer's eyes fluttered open. They wondered around the room before spotting Seth's retreating figure. Her hand rose above the bed about a few centimeters, before falling back down. "S..S.. Seth"
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EEK, I don't think that this chapter was written so well (not that the other chapters were). What do you think of it? I love getting feedback. Please leave the me some reviews. Thanks.
Note: Anyway I just go The O.C CD and I personally think it rocks!
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Chapter 8: Truth
Summer fluttered her eyes open weakly. Her surrounding was unfamiliar. At first she had thought she was in her room, but the white walls was enough proof she was elsewhere. She heard loud beeping sounds and turned to her left. A heart monitor. Hospital, popped into her head immediately. She let her eyes wonder the room. At first, she hadn't noticed the figure lying on the couch on her right side. When the figure moved, that's when she took notice. It was her mother. Summer opened her mouth, it was dry and she could hardly say anything.
She thanked God for her being at the hospital at that moment. She was having a very difficult time breathing again. She felt so weak, so un-like her strong self. All she wanted to do now was cry away the pain. Her mother groaned and got up. She noticed her daughter's eyes were open and locked onto the ceiling. She threw back her blanket, that she had brought from home, and walked over to Summer's left side. "Hey sweetie. How are you feeling?"
"N..," Summer was unable to finish. Every growing second she found it hard to speak and breathe. She shut her eyes and two lonely tears slid down her cheeks. Heather panicked and held onto her hand. The pain was unbearable, but she would not let anymore tears fall from her eyes. "I.. it h..h..hurt..hurts. I..I can't brea... How long was I in here.?"
"A week," Heather replied. Summer shut her eyes and was out. She was too weak and too tired for any thing that afternoon. It was the first time she opened her eyes in days, since checking into the hospital. Growing more panicky, Heather rushed out the door and spotted Roger heading down her way. She called out to him and he quickly ran over to her. They entered the room at the same time and Heather told him about what happened.
Roger did his check ups and told Heather he would be back in a few minutes. Heather insisted she went with him to wherever he was heading. Unable to refuse her, Roger agreed. They walked down the hall into his office. There seats out in the hall for some strange reason. Roger had asked her to sit and wait for him, she agreed. Two seats away from her a blonde young women who had a comic book to her face. Next to the blonde girl was a little blonde boy, who was swinging his legs back and fourth. Heather thought it was cute. After waiting for several minutes, Roger came back.
He looked down at the tiled floors before taking a seat in between the comic girl and Heather. He turned to her, with a look of sadness plastered at all corners of his face. Heather's heart sank. "I'm sorry. Her heart isn't pumping enough blood to the rest of her body. We can do surgery, but as you know it won't cure anything. I'm not going to lie to you Heather.. if not enough blood is being pumped, Summer could die. She could die within months, weeks even days. Unless.."
At the name Summer, the girl with the comic book moved the book away from her face. Her jaws were dropped and her eyes were watery. Did she really hear what she had just heard. Anna decided she would eavesdrop on the conversation. Roger continued, "We find a heart donor. It's hard to find a donor these days. But that's the only option we have right now. Heather?"
"My Summer is going to die," Heather mumbled. Her eyes were filled with tears and they were glue to the floor. Tear after tear they fell from her eyes. Roger did not know what to do but embrace his friend in a supporting hug. After pulling away she wiped her tear stained face and got up abruptly. "Roger, I don't want to lose her. I lost Matthew, I don't think I can bare losing Summer.. she and Marissa are all I have right now. Please do everything you can to find a donor"
"I will try," Roger said. Roger got a hold of her hand and they walked back to Summer's room. Anna was shocked, Summer was dying. She had a strong feeling Seth was clueless to this new bit of information. Being his friend, it was her duty to tell him what she heard. But it would have to wait, Anna and her little brother had to wait for their uncle, who also was a doctor at the same hospital.
Eventually Anna was home free, after sitting on the uncomfortable chair for almost an hour. She hated hospitals, who didn't? She dropped her brother home and turned for the Robert's house. She noticed none of the cars were there. She reached for her cell phone and dialed Seth's number. After four rings, he answered. She asked him where he was and he had told her that he was at the skate park with Ryan. Immediately she headed toward the skate park.
She parked her car under a huge tree and rushed out of the car. She scanned the park, there was a lot of skaters. After 3 full minutes of her eyes wondering the park, they finally spotted Seth's Jew-fro. He was sitting on side watching everyone skate. Ryan was standing next to him, talking on his cell phone. Anna had a good guess at who it was. She ran over to them and pulled both of them with her. Ryan hung up his phone when they reached her car. "What the hell Anna? I was talking to Marissa and you know you just don't do that"
"Ryan, shut up!" Anna said trying to catch her breath. She put her hand over her chest and sighed heavily. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out. Thinking about what she heard earlier made her eyes tear up. She knew breaking the news to them would be hard, but she didn't imagine it to be this hard. Seth and Ryan looked her way, both with weird expressions on their faces. "Okay, I have to tell the both of you something"
"What," Seth asked growing impatient. Anna sighed heavily, once again. "Anna, what's this about? Is it that important you had to pull us away from the fun?"
Anna shot him a look and he smiled jokingly at her. She didn't return the smile, Seth knew she was being serious and that whatever she had to say was important. Ryan shoved his hands into his pocket and waited patiently for Anna to say something. He looked at her expectantly. She coughed and shifted on her feet nervously. "Anna!"
"Summer.. she's not visiting relatives," Anna confessed. Ryan raised his eye brow and threw her a confused look. He wondered what the girl was talking about. Seth just looked at her weirdly. "She was never visiting her relatives"
"Anna. Heather told us she was visiting relatives"
"She lied," Anna cut through.
"Why would she do that?" Ryan asked growing impatient. He looked at her waiting for an answer. "Well?"
"Because she's probably covering up for Summer," Anna said softly. Seth threw his skateboard onto the ground and sat on it. Anna was giving him a headache and at the same time was driving him crazy. As if not having Summer around for the past week wasn't already driving him crazy, Anna had to make it worse.
"Anna, what's this about"
"Summer's in the hospital," Anna blurted out. Seth got up and stared dead straight into Anna's eyes. His expression was serious and so was Ryan's. They both read 'Are you telling the truth, because this isn't funny'. "I wouldn't joke about something like this. If you want we can go to the hospital and visit her or better yet, why don't we pay Marissa a visit and ask her. She's knows about Summer. She's been lying to you both"
Ryan glared at her and followed her to her car. Seth stood there, taken back at what Anna had just said. Ryan and Anna sat in her car and Ryan reached over and honked the horn. Seth was startled and flipped both of them off. He ran to it and hopped into the back seat. "So Ryan, it's kinda weird seeing you without Marissa. Do you know where she is?"
"She's at home," Ryan answered rolling his eyes. Anna gave him a soft smile and drove toward the Roberts home. The same time they got there, Marissa walked out of the house. Seth, Ryan and Anna jumped out of the car and met up with her on the driveway. Marissa was shocked to see them. Just then a cab pulled up to her house. "Where you going?"
"Um.. to see a um friend," Marissa answered nervously. "Okay, I gotta go"
"Not so fast," Ryan said grabbing her hand. Anna walked down to the cab driver and told him his service was no longer needed. He mumbled a few words before angrily driving off. "Is it true?"
"What," Marissa asked putting her hands on her hips. "Anna, why'd you do that. I need to see my friend"
"Liar," Seth blurted out. Marissa looked at him with a questioning face. Ryan and Anna looked at her with questioning looks as well. She crossed her arms in front of her and gave Ryan puppy dog eyes. She was pleading him to let her go. Ryan sadly shook his head. She pouted. "Summer's in the hospital, isn't she?"
"I don't know what you're taking about," Marissa lied taking a step back. The three took a step closer to her. "Summer's visiting some relatives"
"That's a lie and you know it," Anna put her two cents in. "I saw Heather at the hospital. They were taking about Summer"
"Marissa?" Ryan said. Marissa begged god for forgiveness. She was going to break the promise of not mentioning anything to the boys. She had no choice she was cornered and if she didn't, she knew Ryan would be upset and never forgive her for all the lies she had told. Her eyes watered up and she sported a frown. Ryan sensed she was going to cry and immediately hurried over to her. He hugged her tightly and she cried onto his shoulder. "What's wrong with her?"
"You guys can ask her yourselves," Marissa said through the sobs. Anna and Ryan exchanged glances before turning their attention to Seth. His face was full of sadness and pain.
The ride to the hospital was quiet except for Marissa's sobs. Ryan had tried to calm her down, but failed every time. He gave up after the 5th time. He would be crying as much as she was if he was in Marissa's place. Ryan looked up to the passenger seat, where Seth sat staring at the window. He felt bad. One because he didn't tell him about Summer's feelings and second because the girl he cared about was in the hospital.
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The four teens walked down the very same hall Marissa had walked through not even a week ago. She was trembling. Ryan held onto her hand tightly and gave her a reassuring kiss on the top of her head. Anna, walked two steps behind the couple with Seth. He had his eyes locked onto the floor the whole time. Anna reached for his hand and squeezed it. Seth looked up for a few seconds and smiled weakly.
Ryan and Marissa made a complete stop in front of Summer's room. The door opened and a puffy-eyed Heather walked out. Her face dropped at the sight of Seth and Ryan. She looked at Marissa with a question ridden face. Marissa took her Aunt's hand and led her down the hall, away from the other three. She explained what had happened. Heather understood.
Ryan glanced back at Anna and Seth. "You guys want to go in?"
"OK," Anna said taking a step towards the door, pulling Seth along with her. He groaned and shook his head. Anna looked at Ryan and he shrugged. Ryan motioned for her to go inside and she did. Ryan stayed out with Seth.
"You don't want to go in?" Ryan asked. Seth shook his head down and sunk to the floor. Ryan sighed heavily. "You sure?"
"Yeah," Seth replied playing with his fingers nervously. Ryan nodded and walked into Summer's room. Anna was sitting down besides Summer, holding onto her hand. Ryan found that to be weird but shrugged the thought away as he walked over to the opposite side of where Anna sat. He looked down at Summer and frowned.
Seth lifted his hands and looked at them blankly, he was bored, but nervous and scared at the same time. Nervous and scared to see Summer Roberts. He had been sitting out in the hallway for a little over seven minutes. Suddenly, the door to Summer's room opened. A silent Anna and Ryan walked out, both overwhelmed with sadness. Seth got up from his place on the ground, he was ready. Or at least he thought he was.
No words were exchange, but Ryan knew Seth was ready to face Summer. He guided Anna down the hall in search for Marissa. Seth watched them disappear around the corner before opening the door quietly. The sight of Summer, with machines hooked up to her, almost made him lose his composure. But he had a little bit in him, to hold himself up. Seth walked over to the side of Summer's bed.
Besides the beeping of the heart monitor, the room was completely quiet. He stared at her for long seconds before taking her hand into his. He brought it up to his lips and kissed it softly. It was short, but it meant a lot. He gently let go of her hand and placed it onto the bed slowly, his eyes not moving from he sleeping face. She looked so peaceful, but he knew she was in a lot of pain. He, with his right thumb, gently stroked the back of Summer's palm; hoping she'd wake up.
She stirred a little, but did not wake up. Seth sighed as a tear managed to escape his eyes. He was thankful for Ryan not being there, he had no desire to cry in front of his brother or any one for that matter. He sighed once more putting the puzzle together. Summer had turned him down because she was sick. He wondered why she didn't' tell him, it wouldn't have mattered if she was sick or not, Seth would have still felt the same way. He got up and leaned his head in close to her forehead. He closed his eyes and kissed it. "I love you Summer"
He couldn't stay in the room with her any longer, or else he'd burst into fits of tears. That and because he had just openly, kinda, admitted he loved her. He never loved anyone before her. Softly, he took tiny steps away from her bed. Just as he reached the door, Summer's eyes fluttered open. They wondered around the room before spotting Seth's retreating figure. Her hand rose above the bed about a few centimeters, before falling back down. "S..S.. Seth"
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EEK, I don't think that this chapter was written so well (not that the other chapters were). What do you think of it? I love getting feedback. Please leave the me some reviews. Thanks.