To Die For
I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!
Chapter 5
Peter stood in front of the entire school in the cafeteria; all were waiting for him to start talking.
"As most of you know, Shelby Merrick went to the hospital today, after many tests were done, it was determined that she has a very advanced liver disease," He looked around at the surprised face of the students and teachers alike, "What the doctor has determined is that the only thing that would save her is a liver transplant, she will be put on the donor list the hospital has. The bad thing, Shelby has a rare blood, it will be very hard to match her, what we have decided to do, if anyone thinks they would want to be a possible donor, meaning giving half your liver, we are making a list outside," Peter stopped for a second then continued, "This of coarse is not mandatory, the operation is very dangerous for both the donor and receiver, so don't feel like you have to do this, no one will feel any less of you."
Rachael, a Trailblazer raised her hand
"Yes?" Peter asked
"Is it even possible to give half your liver?"
"Yes, your liver will regenerate," When she nodded he asked, "Any other questions?" When no one raised their hands or spoke up he continued, "If you want to be tested for blood type, go outside now."
Scott was the first outside the door, followed by the rest of the Cliffhangers, but then only ten people from other various groups got up and left the room. Although Shelby had changed her personality, the girls didn't like her either because she had tried to steal their boyfriends when she first got there or because she had Scott. Most of the guys didn't like her because she turned them down and they let their egos win above anything else.
The list consisted of twenty seven candidates all together, and the next day, the nurse drew blood from each of them. The tests would take a day to complete, while waiting, Peter drove Scott to the hospital.
When he walked in the room, a nurse was checking the many beeping machines, Shelby was watching, but when she heard the door open, turned her attention on the visitor and lit up when it was Scott.
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Nice to see you too." He joked
"No, it is, but I'm just suprised."
"Peter let me come back." He smiled
"Remind me to thank him later." She started laughing, but it turned to a violent cough
Scott ran to her side and started rubbing her back, the nurse brought a cup of water to her and after taking a few sips, Shelby stopped coughing
"I take it your Scott?" The nurse smiled
"Yea, how'd you know?" Scott asked confused
"Never shuts up about you." She laughed motioning to Shelby
Shelby mocked surprise, "That is not true, I talk about…umm…yea I guess it is true." She smiled up at Scott who took her hand and kissed the top of it
"I'll give you some space." The nurse said and walked out of the room
"The nurse did the blood tests today!" He said excitedly, showing her the band aid on his arm. He left out the lack of volunteers
She smiled, but secretly hoped that a match would be found, "When do we find out the results?"
"Tomorrow," He saw her apprehension, "There will be a match Shel."
"Yea? We'll I hope so."
"Well I know so." He said grinning
"Do you now?" he nodded then leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips
"Peter said we have to be back by dinner, but he wanted to talk to you, so I have to go, but I'll be back tomorrow," He kissed her again, "Promise."
"Ok, bye until tomorrow."
He smiled and walked out to find Peter waiting for him
"How's she doing?"
"No real change from yesterday, what time did they say the tests would come back?"
"Sometime in the morning, I'm just going to see her; I'll see you in a few minutes."
Peter went into the room, and true to his word, was out in less than five minutes. They drove back without making real conversation, when Peter parked the car, Scott spoke up
"Do you think someone is going to match?"
"I don't know Scott, there's less odd with the lack of people, but we can only hope."
"Will you come get me once you find out?"
"Definitely." They walked out of the car
Dinner went by with not much conversation, the Cliffhangers had a solemn group, Peter and Sophie promised to take them to see Shelby the next day, and then everyone got ready for bed.
At seven in the morning the next day, Peter's phone rang, "Mount Horizon, this is Peter Scarbrow speaking."
"Hello, this is Dr. Arkus…..the results are back."