Get yourself together, Emma, I thought to myself. Simpson has been in
a coma for three weeks. You should be used to it by now. Deal with it. He
is going to die and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Nothing.
I sat at my computer, staring at the screen numbly. I was vaguely aware of Sean sitting next to me.
"How's Simpson?" he asked, looking back to make sure his crew isn't watching. "Is...is he alright?"
I looked at him. "He's in a coma...does it sound like he is alright?"
"I was just asking. How are you doing? Are you okay?"
"Just great," my voice dripped with sarcasm. "great."
Just then Jay came up to the doorway. "hey, Cameron...we're goin' for a ride. You comin' or not?"
We held eye contact for a moment and he got up and left. Leaving me sitting in silence, alone. Like always.
After school, I lingered around. I didn't want to go home. Home was empty. Home wasn't home anymore. I decided to go to the hospital and visit Snake. I asked the nurses station if he had any visitors at the moment, and the woman said no, so I went in.
I saw him laying in the hospital bed, hooked up to a heart monitor. The steady beating pierced the deathly silence.
I pulled up a chair and sat next to the bed. "Hey," I said awkwardly. "School really wasn't the same without you. Media Immersion is too quiet....almost like a class." I chuckled softly, wiping a tear away with the back of my hand. "Sean asked about you today. Yeah, right before the jerks pulled him away."
The beating of the heart monitor was the only response I received.
"Listen, man, you have to pull through okay? You have to get better. Mom and Jack need you...things are too weird without you there. And I need you too," my voice broke. I couldn't control the tears anymore. "I have to go...I can't..."
I ran from the room and leaned against the wall outside the hospital. I tried to stop the tears...but I couldn't.
I sat at my computer, staring at the screen numbly. I was vaguely aware of Sean sitting next to me.
"How's Simpson?" he asked, looking back to make sure his crew isn't watching. "Is...is he alright?"
I looked at him. "He's in a coma...does it sound like he is alright?"
"I was just asking. How are you doing? Are you okay?"
"Just great," my voice dripped with sarcasm. "great."
Just then Jay came up to the doorway. "hey, Cameron...we're goin' for a ride. You comin' or not?"
We held eye contact for a moment and he got up and left. Leaving me sitting in silence, alone. Like always.
After school, I lingered around. I didn't want to go home. Home was empty. Home wasn't home anymore. I decided to go to the hospital and visit Snake. I asked the nurses station if he had any visitors at the moment, and the woman said no, so I went in.
I saw him laying in the hospital bed, hooked up to a heart monitor. The steady beating pierced the deathly silence.
I pulled up a chair and sat next to the bed. "Hey," I said awkwardly. "School really wasn't the same without you. Media Immersion is too quiet....almost like a class." I chuckled softly, wiping a tear away with the back of my hand. "Sean asked about you today. Yeah, right before the jerks pulled him away."
The beating of the heart monitor was the only response I received.
"Listen, man, you have to pull through okay? You have to get better. Mom and Jack need you...things are too weird without you there. And I need you too," my voice broke. I couldn't control the tears anymore. "I have to go...I can't..."
I ran from the room and leaned against the wall outside the hospital. I tried to stop the tears...but I couldn't.