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The cool breeze lifted my hair up and behind as I sped down the street. The
other day was cold but today was exceptionally warm so I welcomed the cool air
blowing in my face.
The wheels of my blue mountain bike were rattling from the great speed I was
gathering on the big hill I was rolling down.
I was on my way to Sora's house on this warm Saturday. I couldn't help but
wonder why I didn't see him for a long time. I was just hoping that nothing bad
happened. I would be torn apart if something happened.
After riding on my bike down the hill, I was nearing the bottom where Sora
lived. As I got closer to his I saw two people got out of a car in his
driveway. they were immediately noticed as his parents. His short, brown haired
mother was crying on his tall brown-haired and thin as a pencil father's
shoulder. Slowly, his parents were walking in through the side door to the
inside of the house, but there was no Sora.
This sight made me extremely nervous. This made me think even more that
something bad happened. My stomach was furiously churning inside me.
When I wasn't looking, a car had pulled out of a driveway on front of me. I was
too busy looking at Sora's parents to notice. In an instant I hit the side of
the car at full speed. My body just about flipped over the handle;e bars. My
body was lying on the top of the hood, and amazingly, I was barely hurt. Well,
I don't think i was. maybe I was too worried about Sora to worry about myself.
The driver of the car was yelling at me when he stuck his head out the window.
So, I went around and picked up my bike and saw a huge dent where I crashed. I
didn't really care about it so I walked my bike across the street and to Sora's
house.
When I arrived, I leaned my bike against the railing on the steps to the house.
My hand was frozen in midair when I hesitated to knock on the door. Inside, I
could hear faint cries of Sora's mother. Very lightly, I knocked on the door.
When nobody came, I knocked slightly louder.
I felt the vibrations from footprints walking toward the door. The door was
very slowly opened and revealed that Sora's father was standing there. It
seemed that when he saw me, it was like he felt a sense of relief, because once
I was seen, he smiled a little bit.
"Oh, Kairi," he said with his soft voice. "Come on in." I nodded in a agreement
and went inside. The house looked and felt really homey. Sora's mother was
bawling her eyes out on the couch in the living room. I sat down in a chair
that was near them. Sora's father sat down next to his mother and held her.
I hesitated a long time before speaking. When I did, I almost started to
stutter. "I want to ask a question. What happened to Sora?" When I said that,
Sora's mother started crying twice as loud. "I'm sorry,"
"Don't be," The father replied. "Sora's down at the hospital. Visiting hours
are still open if you wish to see him. He's in room 206."
"What happened to him?" Sora's mother again started to cry very loudly. "That's
okay. I'll find out when I get there,"
Without saying much of a goodbye, I stepped out of the house and grabbed my
bike. I felt too sick to ride it, so I walked with it. The local hospital was
only about a mile away. It would probably take me a half-hour to walk there, so
i started off in the hospital's direction.
On the way, I kept on thinking. I was thinking about Sora. What happened? I was
so worried. It was hard to imagine what life would be like if I lost Sora. To
me, It seemed as life-changing as having one of your hands cut off.
Sora was all I was thinking about, except for Riku. Riku was his best friend
too. How would it affect him? Riku usually isn't the kind of person that shows
that he grieves. Maybe on the inside but not on the outside. Would it change
him? Everything was getting too overwhelming for me.
While I was thinking about Sora, the walk went by pretty fast. I was there
before I knew it. In front of the building I stood for a while as I looked up
at the three-story building.
I wasn't very quick about going inside. The first thing I did was lock up my
bike on the bike rack. I had a tough time to remember the combination because
too many other things were on my mind. Eventually, I got it and I walked
inside. There was a long hallway where I walked in. the walls were lined with
wheelchairs. I started thinking about Sora again. How life-changing would it be
if Sora got stuck in a wheelchair his entire life. it would put a burden on
everybody and things would much more difficult for Sora to do. This was the
first time I shuddered at a thought.
Slowly I shuffled through the hallway until I ended up at a reception desk. The
lady at the desk was rather husky and had a pink uniform. her curly hair lifted
up her pink nurse's hat from on her head. As i walked up to her, she gave me a
mean look.
"What do you want?!" She yelled at me when I walked up close to the desk. Her
voice sounded raspy as if she smoked for her whole life.
My voice was shaky because I got frightened when she yelled at me. "I'm
l-looking f-for room 206,"
The receptionist looked at me with an even harder look and then squinted her
eyes. "The kid, eh? You can't see him right now."
"I thought that it was still visiting hours,"
"It is!" This yell made me even more shaky and nervous. "he's being treated
right now. the should be done in a moment. I'll tell you when you can go in so
SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!!!" I heard her mumble as I walked away. "mumble I hate
kids... mumble."
The waiting room was right near the desk so I sat down. Next to me was a wall
of pamphlets. I quickly looked at the titles. It was nothing but information on
how to treat injuries and prevent illnesses. I decided not to read any of them
and just wait while holding up my head with my elbows on my knees.
I was too hypnotized by my own thoughts to be in touch with reality and I
didn't know exactly how much time passed. But, after a while Riku came in. He
was going to the reception, but he walked over to me first. When he sat down he
looked at me, but I kept on looking down on the floor. I wasn't speaking at all
when Riku came in, but after a while Riku made a little small talk.
"You heard he's in the hospital too?"
I was still staring at the floor and spoke quietly when I talked. "I can't
believe that something like this has happened. I wish I knew what happened to
him."
Riku let out a large sigh. "Why aren't you seeing him right now?"
"He's being treated. The receptionist will tell us when he can be visited."
As soon as I said this, the receptionist came out from behind the desk and
walked over to us, seeming to be stomping her feet while doing it. "Hey! You
can see your friend now!"
Riku and i sat up from our seats at the same time. We walked towards the
elevator so slowly it as if we were the ones walking the death walk.
Neither of us were really talkative, so you might have noticed we don't talk
that much. We didn't talk much either as we took the elevator up to the second
floor.
i started looking at the doors down the hall to find Sora's room. 202... 204...
206. I stood in front of the door. Riku was standing directly behind me. The
door creaked as I slowly pushed it open.
Note: I don't know exactly know what I'm going to have happen to Sora. So I'm going to let you(the readers) review and tell me what you would like to see. While this happens, I won't start my next chapter for a couple days.