CHAPTER 16: The Next Day
During the night, I couldn't stop thinking about how Jason had helped Andrew and kept me from losing control. I even dreamed that I was on the back of his bike as we were going through the desert. And no, we weren't anywhere near Four Corners. You see, Daddy and Elizabeth had taken me and my brothers, as well as Kristy's friends, Abby, Jessi, and Mallory on a RV trip, and that was one of the places we'd visited.
By the way, Four Corners is a spot out West where Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico touch points. It's marked by a sign, and people can experience being in all four states at once, which is what my brothers and I did.
Okay, back to the dream. The sun was setting, and the sky was all these different shades of purple, pink, and orange. In the distance, I could hear a wolf howling.
"Having fun?" Jason called over the bike's motor.
"Yeah!" I shouted back. Even though both of us were wearing helmets, the wind still blew our hair around. In fact, I had to lean the side of my head against his back so his ponytail wouldn't hit me in the face. It was such a nice dream.
The next morning, I woke up to see that it was raining, but not very hard. Still, it was no day to go bike-riding. Oh, well.
"'Morning, Karen," Daddy said, pouring himself some coffee, as I came into the kitchen.
"Hi," I yawned. "What time are we going to the hospital?"
"Actually, as soon as they call—which should be any minute now—Daddy and I will be going," Elizabeth answered. She was reading the horoscope section of The Stoneybrook News, and apparently, what she read made no sense whatsoever. "Who wrote this? Yoda?"
I tried to stifle my giggles, but no such luck. Sometimes, I'll think the same thing whenever I read mine.
At that moment, the others started coming downstairs. I was pretty sure they were wondering when Andrew would be coming home, but none of them showed it. That's when the phone rang. Nannie went to answer it, and Kristy started serving breakfast.
"Hello? Oh, hi, Dr. Dellenkamp," Nannie said from the next room. We stopped what we were doing to listen. "Fine, thanks. How is he?...Oh, thank God, that's wonderful!...Yes, he sure did. Okay, we'll be there as soon as we can. 'Bye."
She hung up the phone and came back into the kitchen. "Andrew doesn't have a concussion!" she announced happily.
I was soooo happy. I jumped out of my chair and let out a cheer, then ran over and hugged Nannie. Everyone else was smiling, cheering, and wiping away happy tears. After the celebration died down (yes, we can be a pretty wild bunch), Daddy called Mommy and Seth with the good news.