Summer just turned off her street when she saw a cab coming her way. She waved for it to stop and it finally did.
"Can you take me to the airport please?" Summer asked the rugged old man behind the wheel.
"Sure" he said. "Buckle up"
"Ok," summer said. "Can you please try to hurry…I need to catch someone before
they board."
"I'll try my best" he said and put the car in drive.
About 20 minutes later they arrived at the airport. Summer handed the man the money she owed him and ran into the lobby looking for Kate and her mother. When she finally spotted them and quickly walked over.
"Hey" Kate said as she saw summer.
"Hey, my mother changed her mind." She lied. "She just dropped me off because she has a meeting to go to…is it still ok if I come."
"Oh yea, definitely" Kate's mother said.
They boarded the plain and lifted off about a half hour later. Summer loved plane rides. They always relaxed her.
The plane landed 4 ½ hours later.
Summer looked around as soon as they got off the plane. It was beautiful. She would have loved for her mother to have come and seen it.
They got into one of the cabs waiting outside of the airport. – The ride to Kate's house was exciting for Summer because she got to see all of the beautiful stuff outside.
About 42 minutes later they stopped at a mint green house with a stone pathway about 13 feet long leading up to a shinny white door. Summer thought this was the most beautiful house she had ever seen.
-The inside was just a gorgeous. The walls were all a light hue of pink. And the floors were so spotless that Summer could see her face in it.
"Sorry, we haven't been home so we haven't had a chance to go food shopping yet." Kate's mother told the girls as they opened the fridge for something to eat.
"Oh, that's ok mom. Summer and I will take a walk down to the grocery store and pick up some stuff."
"Ok here's some money," Her mother said as she reached for her purse.
They left the house and started walking down the street.
"The store isn't that far away don't worry." Kate stated, worried that Summer didn't want to walk.
The walk there was silent. Neither one of the girls knew what to say.
When they got there, Kate opened the door for Summer. First they went to the vegetable isle, then the meats and finally the junk food. When they were on their way to the register a man dressed in a scruffy leather jacket and 2 sizes too big jeans walked into the store. The two girls only looked at each other and kept moving toward the register.
"NO-BODY MOVE" the man yelled as he pointed a gun at the girl working the register. She was young. About 17-18. "Put all the money you have in here" he told her as he handed her a stained supposedly white pillowcase.
She started putting the money in when the man behind Summer pulled out a gun.
"FREEZE" the man shouted at the robber. The robber pointed the gun to the man. The man got so nervous he shot the robber in the leg right above his knee.
"Ahhh" the robber yelled in pain and shot back. But he missed the man. Instead it hit Kate.
All Summer heard was a high-pitched scream as the man grabbed what was in the pillowcase and ran. Everyone else blotted toward Kate.
It had hit her right in the stomach.
"CALL 911!" Summer heard a woman screech. "HURRY!"
In the hospital Summer was waiting outside of Kate's room. Kate's mother had come too as soon as she got the call. They let her in the room and her only.
Even though she was inside the room and Summer was in the hall, Summer could hear Kate's mother crying.
Summer had called her mother and she said she would be on the next flight down. Summer was tired but couldn't sleep even if she tried to. She just sat there and prayed that Kate would be all right.
Kate was her best friend. Even though she didn't know Kate as long as the rest of her friends it didn't matter. She loved Kate. Kate was like a sister to her. The sister she never had. And if anything ever happened to Kate, Summer would Shirley not be able to go on. So she prayed. She sat there and prayed to god that Kate would be alright.
Even though It wasn't, Summer couldn't help thinking it was her fault. If she had never came with Kate back to Texas than they would have never gone to the store and none of this would have ever happened.
Suddenly the crying of Kate's mother stopped. Summer wondered what was going on.
The door opened and a nurse came out.
"Can I go in now?" Summer asked her.
"No" the nurse said.
"Why not."
The Nurse looked Summer in the eyes and then looked down at her feet. Summer felt her face start to sweat and her hands start to shake.
"NO" Summer yelled. The whole lobby of waiting patients stared at her. She felt tears running down her cheeks.
"I'm so Sorry" the Nurse said and walked away leaving Summer all alone. Summer stood up, she couldn't stand the thought of never being able to talk to Kate again. So she ran. She ran down the hall and turned Still running down the next heading toward the exit. She Finally got to the exit and pushed open the doors but ran right into someone. But that someone didn't just move or push her away. They held her and hugged her and kept saying 'everything's going to be ok, everything's going to be ok'. Then Summer realized it was her mother. So she hugged her right back letting out all her tears. They stood there for what seemed like forever. Then they got in the car. And headed home.