The room was cold and Eighteen has now spent her whole weekend at the hospital. It's been a week since Krillin was in the hospital and he showed no signs of improvement.
Eighteen did not want to leave Krillin's side. Since Seventeen's suicide Eighteen wasn't her-self. She was a little more cold two other people. She just wanted Krillin to wake up so bad. That was the only person, other then her father that she really cared about now.
Eighteen got to the point to where that maybe if she talks to him he'd wake up soon. Every one who saw her talking to him new the truth, She talked to him to keep her-self company.
Eighteen was sitting next to Krillin, when ChiChi came by.
"Hi Eighteen." Said ChiChi
"Hey ChiChi."
"How's Krillin doing?"
"Same as he was yesterday and the day before that."
"Hasn't change a bit?"
"No." Eighteen then felt a tear come down her cheek. "What's the point of being alive if you don't do anything? It's like he's dead any way."
"Eighteen don't say that!" said ChiChi as she put her hand on her shoulder. "Krillin is strong. He WILL come too."
Eighteen wiped the tear off her face. "I just don't know how much longer I can wait."
"Well, Why don't you read him some thing?"
Eighteen gave her a funny face. "Read him some thing? What do you mean?"
"I mean To pass the time. Bring a book and read it out loud. I mean who knows if he can hear us or not, but it's worth a try."
Eighteen though about it for a bit. 'Hmm, I guess I should try it. I know just what to bring.'
The next day Eighteen came to visit Krillin. "Hello Krillin" she said to the body.
Krillin just laid there like he had been doing breathing in and out.
"ChiChi told me that I should bring some thing to read to you, so I figured I bring you some thing that I know you would enjoy." She then took out a book. "It's my diary. I know I never like talking about my past, but since Seventeen is gone, I think I should."
She sat down right next to Krillin and opened the book.
"Ok this first entry in here was when I was10 years old.
Dear Diary, 1/12
This is great to have some one to talk to, or in this case write. I'm so glad I have a diary now!! I mean having a twin brother who is very destructive, and a father who can care less about us, is very tough for me. I need to write down my feelings. This is going to great!
Signed
Eighteen
Dear Diary, 1/14
Today was hectic. My brother Seventeen wanted some money so he broke into my dad's car and took his wallet. My dad found out of course, and punished me and him. He bet me and him twice. He said that I was to be punished too because I let him do it, BUT I DIDN'T!!! I told Seventeen that it was wrong and he did it any way! He told me that dad shouldn't have hit me and juts do it to him. Some times I don't know if I should love my brother or hate him. I guess I'll choose to love him. After all he is my only brother.
Signed
Eighteen
Dear Diary 4/5
I think my dad has gone out of hand today. He told Seventeen that if he ever saw him in his stuff again that he will KILL HIM! I don't want my brother to die! I mean for the last couple of months Seventeen has been taking money from my dad, but that's no reason to kill him. Seventeen doesn't care for what dad says. All Seventeen says is "The minute I turn 18 I'm out of here."
I don't want my brother to leave. I want him to stay. I'll try and talk him out of stealing daddy's money. Maybe then he'll stop.
Signed
Eighteen
Dear Diary 12/ 24
It's Christmas Eve! I haven't written in a while because I've been to busy trying to save money to by my dad a Christmas gift. Seventeen didn't steal from my dad any more and we ending up getting him that expensive gift my dad wanted. We got my dad a lab top!! It's a used one, but it works fine. We used all the money we had and got it for him! I hope he loves it!
Signed
Eighteen
Dear Diary 12/25
I HATE my father!! That lap top we spent all that money on was a joke to him! I can't stop crying about it. He didn't care that we spent all our money on it. He said this "What the hell is this?"
Then Seventeen said "It's that lab top you wanted so much."
"I didn't want this piece of junk! Look this is a used lab top! You kids to dumb to know the different between new and used?"
That's the last time I ever buy my dad a gift! I can't write any more, I'm wetting the paper.
Eighteen
Dear Diary 6/19
Seventeen isn't doing that well. He's now into drugs. What 11 year old does drugs anyway? Man my life sucks. My room now always smells like smoke. I'm always coughing. He even sold that lab top we gave to dad for some drugs. Seventeen is going off the deep end.
Eighteen
Dear Diary 5/9
Today was horrible!! Just horrible I though it was just talk but no! Seventeen ran away!! I can't believe he did that! I mean he's only 12 he can't make it out there!! My dad found out he though I new where he was. Then he hit me. He hit me over and over and over again! Then when he was done he threw me to the ground. Then he left my room. Seventeen please come back for my sake. Please.
Eighteen"
Eighteen then stop reading for a sec. She then looked up at Krillin and saw him sitting there peacefully. He had no shirt on and a mouth piece to give him oxygen. She could she were the bullet hole was. It was near his stomach. Even though he's been asleep for a week he still looked cute.
"I think I'll skip a couple of pages. The next entries are all too sad. I'll just skip to the part where I met you." She then skipped the pages and found where see just met Krillin.
"Dear Diary
Today I Met the guy every one calls the Class clown. The dude that every one was talking about. The guy named Krillin. At first I didn't know why every one liked him. I mean he had wild hair, no nose and was very short. But then later on I started to see why. He was kind and a goofball. There's some thing about him I don't know what. I'm going to find it out though.
Eighteen
Dear Diary
I don't know why, but I can't see Krillin. For some reason I feel really weird around him. It's like I want to be around him, yet I just can't. Uh I can't stop talking about him! I need to get my mind off of him.
Eighteen
Dear Diary
I feel really good. Today I was asked out on my first ever date! Krillin asked me out can you believe it! Krillin out of all people! I mean the one guy I've been thinking about for months now asks me out on a date. I'm so nervous! I mean Friday is a long way, away, but oh I'm just so excited.
Eighteen
Dear Diary
Tonight was wonderful!!! I can't believe it!! I had my first ever kiss!! It was wonderful!! It was the best feeling I've ever felt. I can't say there was any time in my life where I ever felt like this before. I mean it was so passionate. All I can say was that it was great. I just can't get over the feeling. I'm going to be dreaming of this of a long time!
Eighteen
Dear Diary
It is official! I have a boy friend. He's the best boy friend in the world!! He treats m with so much respect! I just love him to death! I mean the last time I felt this safe was when my brother was around. With Seventeen around I felt safe. I mean he was like my only childhood friend. Now I don't need him anymore. He left me with out a care any way. I hate him for doing that. I don't need him any more. I have my Krillin. But deep down, I kind of what to see him again, but not as much as I wanted him to before.
Eighteen
Dear Diary
Seventeen is back and raying hell. I know is back to give me and dad hell I just know it. I was better off with out him way doesn't he just leave me alone!"
Eighteen then stopped reading her diary. "This is too hard for me to read. I can't read the bad things about my brother any more." She then put her diary back in her bag.
She leaned over to Krillin. "Krillin I just need you so much right now. I need some one to help me. I lost my brother and I almost lost you! I just need some help!" She then started to cry.
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK
Eighteen looked up to see some one she had never seen before. He was kind of short and had an ugly looking mustache and kind of a beer belly. His hair was wild and crazy and looked like he hadn't combed his hair in months. There was some thing about him that reminded her of some one.
"Can I help you?" asked Eighteen as she wiped the tears off her face.
"Ah yeah, Is this Krillin Chestnut's room?"
"Yes it is." She gave him a weird look. "Who are you?"
"Well who are you?" he said
"I'm his girl friend, Eighteen." She said "I've been here every day since it happened. Who are you?"
He looked up a bit. "I'm the boy's Father."
Eighteen's eyes when big. 'Krillin's dad?? I though he didn't care about him!' "Your Krillin's dad?"
"Yep. I'm his father."
Eighteen's face hardened up. "Why are you here? You never cared for him before? So why now?"
He looked at her with a hardened face. "I don't need your approval to see my own son!"
"OH yes you do! I've been taking care of him ever since he got here! You've never cared for him your whole life!"
"Don't judge me!" said Mr. Chestnut "What do you know about me? You have no idea what I've been though with this kid!"
"You act like he was such a burden!"
"He wasn't but you have no idea how it was to rays him!"
"Nether do you! He spent most of his life on his own! He made it with out you!"
"I Know that and I'm sorry for it!"
Eighteen stopped yelling at him after he said that. "What did you just say?"
"You heard me." He said as he sat next to his son. He face then softened up. "I wish I was there for him. If I could take back his childhood and make it better I would."
Eighteen looked at him funny. "Then why did you give him away to begin with?"
Mr. Chestnut then looked at his son. "I gave him away because I couldn't take care of him. I mean look at me! I look like I've never showered! If I took care of him he'd ether look like me or been dead right now. I didn't want to give him to the monks, I had to."
"Why did you?" asked Eighteen
"I couldn't take care of him. I didn't have the money to give him a good life." Then he looked up at her. "That and I don't think I could have put up with his screaming any more. Damn this boy was a screamer!! When he was only a month old he screamed his lungs out! I mean I though he was going to become a metal singer with all his screaming!"
Eighteen then started to giggle a bit. "How long did you keep him for?"
"Until he was a year. I just lost my job then. Couldn't afford any thing. I would have loved to have taken care of him my-self."
"But if you really loved your son so much why didn't you ever show him that you did?"
"To toughen him up. You see if I showed him love and kindness he wouldn't have the strength to get though life. I knew that he was going to have a tough life because of the way he looked. So if he was to toughen up, he wouldn't have his life as hard as I had it. My father did the same with me and now I pass it on to him. He won't do the same though. He learned to be nice form his mother. Not me."
Eighteen got what he was trying to say. "Couldn't you just teach him how to fight? Did you really have to go though all of this?"
"Well I'm not a good fighter. If I was to teach him he would have been a terrible fighter. Just like my dad tried to teach me. It didn't work so I tried to teach him, he would have a had a rotten life like mine. Meeting some stripper, getting her pregnant, never really living a happy life." He then took a good look at her. "I know with you around that's not going to happen to my son."
"What?" asked Eighteen "What do you mean by that?"
"I mean I see you and I know my son has a great future. He won't end up the way I did."
Eighteen smiled. "Actually Your son is the one that gave me a future. I really don't know where I would be with out him. I mean with out me Krillin won't be in this hospital. It's my fault he's here. I'm the one that needs him. I mean I don't know how I could survive High School with out him let alone life with out him."
Mr. Chestnut laughed. "I guess you too both mean a lot to each other. Wish I would have had a wife like that. I almost got married too."
Eighteen looked up at him. "Really? I though Krillin was a 'One night stand' baby?"
"He is. I never told him this and I don't plan to. So keep it to your-self. I was 22 and I was engaged to this girl I knew ever since I was 5. She was the love of my life. The only one I ever loved. She was a tall brown haired and beautiful brown eyes. She was a time bomb. Almost like you are to Krillin. I proposed to her and us where to be wed.
We had the bachelor party at a bar and my friends got me a stripper. She was dancing and doing what a stripper is paid to do. Then I got drunk. She got drunk. We ended up in bed with each other. I was ashamed with my self. I had to tell my fiancée. She was so depressed she committed suicide. My one true love killed her-self because she though she was living a lie. To make matters worst I got the stripper pregnant. She was only 16 and became a stripper to help pay off some family bills. She became a stripper with out her family knowing of course. She was going to abort the baby, in fear of what her family would do to her. I wanted the baby so I told her to give the baby to me.
She lied to her parents and told them she was going on a 9 month school trip. I still can't believe her parents believe her, but they did. She stayed with me for the 9 months and had Krillin. She was the one to name him. She never saw what he looked like. She left out of his and my life that day. The 9 months I spent with her I learned where Krillin got his kindness and goofball skills. Oh yea and the fact that he has no nose."
"You mean she didn't have a nose?"
"Nope. Can you believe it? No nose."
"Did you at least learn her name?"
"Yes I did. Her name was Kate. She got the name Krillin from her great grandfather who died that year."
Eighteen looked puzzled. 'This is the cold hearted man Krillin always knew?' "That story is a lot different Then the one Krillin told me."
"I hope so. How would you feel if you knew all that when you were growing up? He wouldn't have been the cheerful guy he is today." He then leaded back. "Of course, I do wish I didn't have to lie to the poor boy."
"You didn't have too, but I guess if that was the best thing to do."
"It wasn't the best, there where better things to do, but at the time those things seemed to be the best."
"Well Krillin grew up to be a kind strong boy. I guess you must have done some thing right."
"Naw, I didn't do any thing right. He gets every thing from his mother. The only he got for me was the hair." He then put his hand to his hair. "See, where both mop heads!"
Eighteen then giggled. "That and he's got the roundness in your face too and your shortness."
"HEY!" he said laughing. "I'm not THAT short. He's also got that cute charm you feel in love with from me."
He then gave off a smile. Eighteen could help but laugh. They spent there time there laughing and talking out there problems.
It was getting late. Mr. Chestnut ended up staying the rest of the day there talking to Eighteen. At one point he looked at the clock.
"Oh crap, I better go." He said as he got up.
"Well it was nice meeting you. You're a really nice guy."
"Thanks at least some one thinks so." He then stop on his way out before he left. "Oh yeah don't tell Krillin I stopped by. You understand right?"
"Yes. Goodbye Mr. Chestnut."
"Goodbye Eighteen. You know, Krillin is really lucky to have you."
Eighteen smiled as he left. Eighteen wished Krillin knew what kind of a real father his dad wanted to be. She really wished things were different for him.
She then put her hand over on Krillin's forehead. "You know Krillin. I'm glad your father stopped by. I felt like I was talking to you. And that felt really good."
She leaded her head over his chest and felt his breathing pattern. She then felt some thing weird. He started to cough.
"Cough, cough, cough!!"
Eighteen shot her head up. "Krillin?!? KRILLIN?!? You're awake!!"
He started to cough just a little bit more. She ran to the hall.
"Nurse! Nurse!" yelled Eighteen with tears of joy in her eyes "He's waking up!"
As a nurse came running, Eighteen ran right back over to Krillin's side. She looked at him with tears of joy. "Krillin?"
Krillin then opened his mouth and slowly opened his eyes. "Juu-chan?"
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Ha!! You have to wait to see what happens next!! : p Don't worry my comp. shouldn't break any time soon. I'll have it up as soon as I can. Thank you for reading my story