Two days later Tessa awoke in a hospital bed next to Jodie's. Her
throat still hurt, but now in a different way. It felt better than it had.
She had been a wake for quite a while, but had only opened her eyes a few
hours earlier to see Jodie. And as she felt that someone was sitting on her
bed, she opened her eyes again. There she saw her Mother dressed in a
nurse's uniform. She handed her a bowl of chocolate ice cream. Tessa
couldn't help but smile.
"Feel better sweetheart. And don't talk." She said as she gave her a chalkboard and chalk and kissed her and left the room.
"Hey, what are you doing here? What happened?" Jodie asked.
Tessa wrote on her chalkboard.
"Oh, you got your tonsils out, ouch, I hope you feel better!"
Tessa wrote on her chalkboard again.
"Well, at least we can talk, well sort of." Tessa smiled at his remark.
"You'll probably be out of here and talking again in a day, long before I will." Tessa nodded. "Yeah, I am going to be here for quite a while!" As he said those words, Tessa once again saw her father sitting in the chair by Jodie's bed. To her, this was not a good sign for Jodie; she wondered what was going on.
An hour and a half later, Jodie was asleep and Tessa was just lying in her bed. She was relieved and a bit surprised when Zoë came in. Tessa simply drew a question mark on her chalkboard.
"Oh, I'm just here to try and make you feel better, we're all working here, and I don't have to go to school, I'm to young to help, so I have to sit in the waiting room, but Mommy said I could come and see you." Tessa smiled. "How are you feeling?"
Tessa wrote something on her chalkboard.
"I have been better too. Auntie Gloria and Uncle Adam are back by the way, they had a great time, and they told me to say hi to you. Are you sure you can't talk?"
'Mom told me not to', she wrote.
"Alright, but I say, talk whenever you can!" Tessa desperately tried not to laugh, but she could not help herself. Suddenly she heard a knock on the door. She looked up to find Gloria.
"Hi Tessa, how are you feeling?"
Tessa wrote on her chalkboard.
"I know it hurts, but you'll feel better soon, I think that you'll even be able to talk soon. Maybe even tomorrow." Tessa smiled. "Zoë?"
"Yeah?"
"It's time to go. We can go and get ice cream."
"I don't want to go, but I can't refuse ice cream, besides, she's getting all of the ice cream she wants. Bye Tessa." She said talking Gloria's hand. Gloria laughed.
"Bye Tessa, hope you feel better." She said as she and Zoë left the room.
Tessa wanted to know why Gloria and her sister had left so quickly. But then she got her answer when Jodie suddenly woke up.
A few hours later Jodie and Tessa got a visitor, or really quite a few of them. It seemed like Emma's entire family was there. Tessa very much appreciated this gesture of friendship, for both her and Jodie. She only wished that she could talk.
"Wow, two of my very best friends in the same hospital room. In an odd way, it's kind of funny!"
"Yeah, it is!"
"How are you feeling Tessa?"
'Much better.' She wrote on her chalkboard.
"You can't talk, how horrid!"
"She can't talk, but she gets so much ice cream that, well, she doesn't need to talk."
"Can I have some?"
"No Joey!" everyone said at once.
"Fine, I was just asking!"
"Anyway, Tessa, when do you think you'll be out of here?"
'I don't know.' She wrote.
"Too bad. Because I have to go to Paris, we're not going to see each other again, not for a while anyway."
'Oh, I'm sorry.' Tessa wrote.
"Don't be. It's fine. Well, I do have something for both of you." She said reaching into her bag. Jodie, another thing for when you can move your hands: a deck of cards. And Tessa, a gift certificate so you can shop in beautiful New York City without me." She began to cry.
'Thank you. And I'm sure you'll end up liking Paris.' She wrote. 'I'll miss you, and I'll come see you some time.'
"Oh, I'm gonna miss you to sweetie." Emma hugged both of her friends and then she and her family said their final goodbyes and departed. This all confused Tessa very much. Her assignment was going off to Paris, and she was stuck in a hospital bed? The whole thing made no sense whatsoever. But now was not the time to try and figure the whole mess out. And she figured that tomorrow, she would try to find her Mother or Tess.
The next day Tessa was excited to find that she could talk again. She woke up not only to find that great piece of news, but that Jodie was no longer in his bed. She wondered if he had gone home. But those thoughts were quickly dismissed when she realized that the bed was not made and that all of his stuff was still there. This all puzzled Tessa, who's Father, was no longer sitting by Jodie's bed. She was greatly relieved by that, by the way. She felt rather tired so she decided to attempt to get a few more hours of sleep.
By the time that Tessa woke up Jodie was back. He was a wake watching a movie and his body-cast was completely gone. This was even more puzzling than the fact that her assignment had just left, and there was nothing she could do about it. Then, suddenly, she heard something that brought her out of her own thoughts.
"Hi." He said.
"Feel better sweetheart. And don't talk." She said as she gave her a chalkboard and chalk and kissed her and left the room.
"Hey, what are you doing here? What happened?" Jodie asked.
Tessa wrote on her chalkboard.
"Oh, you got your tonsils out, ouch, I hope you feel better!"
Tessa wrote on her chalkboard again.
"Well, at least we can talk, well sort of." Tessa smiled at his remark.
"You'll probably be out of here and talking again in a day, long before I will." Tessa nodded. "Yeah, I am going to be here for quite a while!" As he said those words, Tessa once again saw her father sitting in the chair by Jodie's bed. To her, this was not a good sign for Jodie; she wondered what was going on.
An hour and a half later, Jodie was asleep and Tessa was just lying in her bed. She was relieved and a bit surprised when Zoë came in. Tessa simply drew a question mark on her chalkboard.
"Oh, I'm just here to try and make you feel better, we're all working here, and I don't have to go to school, I'm to young to help, so I have to sit in the waiting room, but Mommy said I could come and see you." Tessa smiled. "How are you feeling?"
Tessa wrote something on her chalkboard.
"I have been better too. Auntie Gloria and Uncle Adam are back by the way, they had a great time, and they told me to say hi to you. Are you sure you can't talk?"
'Mom told me not to', she wrote.
"Alright, but I say, talk whenever you can!" Tessa desperately tried not to laugh, but she could not help herself. Suddenly she heard a knock on the door. She looked up to find Gloria.
"Hi Tessa, how are you feeling?"
Tessa wrote on her chalkboard.
"I know it hurts, but you'll feel better soon, I think that you'll even be able to talk soon. Maybe even tomorrow." Tessa smiled. "Zoë?"
"Yeah?"
"It's time to go. We can go and get ice cream."
"I don't want to go, but I can't refuse ice cream, besides, she's getting all of the ice cream she wants. Bye Tessa." She said talking Gloria's hand. Gloria laughed.
"Bye Tessa, hope you feel better." She said as she and Zoë left the room.
Tessa wanted to know why Gloria and her sister had left so quickly. But then she got her answer when Jodie suddenly woke up.
A few hours later Jodie and Tessa got a visitor, or really quite a few of them. It seemed like Emma's entire family was there. Tessa very much appreciated this gesture of friendship, for both her and Jodie. She only wished that she could talk.
"Wow, two of my very best friends in the same hospital room. In an odd way, it's kind of funny!"
"Yeah, it is!"
"How are you feeling Tessa?"
'Much better.' She wrote on her chalkboard.
"You can't talk, how horrid!"
"She can't talk, but she gets so much ice cream that, well, she doesn't need to talk."
"Can I have some?"
"No Joey!" everyone said at once.
"Fine, I was just asking!"
"Anyway, Tessa, when do you think you'll be out of here?"
'I don't know.' She wrote.
"Too bad. Because I have to go to Paris, we're not going to see each other again, not for a while anyway."
'Oh, I'm sorry.' Tessa wrote.
"Don't be. It's fine. Well, I do have something for both of you." She said reaching into her bag. Jodie, another thing for when you can move your hands: a deck of cards. And Tessa, a gift certificate so you can shop in beautiful New York City without me." She began to cry.
'Thank you. And I'm sure you'll end up liking Paris.' She wrote. 'I'll miss you, and I'll come see you some time.'
"Oh, I'm gonna miss you to sweetie." Emma hugged both of her friends and then she and her family said their final goodbyes and departed. This all confused Tessa very much. Her assignment was going off to Paris, and she was stuck in a hospital bed? The whole thing made no sense whatsoever. But now was not the time to try and figure the whole mess out. And she figured that tomorrow, she would try to find her Mother or Tess.
The next day Tessa was excited to find that she could talk again. She woke up not only to find that great piece of news, but that Jodie was no longer in his bed. She wondered if he had gone home. But those thoughts were quickly dismissed when she realized that the bed was not made and that all of his stuff was still there. This all puzzled Tessa, who's Father, was no longer sitting by Jodie's bed. She was greatly relieved by that, by the way. She felt rather tired so she decided to attempt to get a few more hours of sleep.
By the time that Tessa woke up Jodie was back. He was a wake watching a movie and his body-cast was completely gone. This was even more puzzling than the fact that her assignment had just left, and there was nothing she could do about it. Then, suddenly, she heard something that brought her out of her own thoughts.
"Hi." He said.