Chapter 10

I woke up this morning feeling refreshed and ready for the day. I felt like going around and singing a good hello to everyone I saw. It's like no other feeling I've ever had. I love it. I decided that since I gave my life over to God last night I might as well go to church. There's a pretty cool looking one over on Chad's street. Maybe he'll want to go with. I'll call him.

"Buenos Dias!" I talked cheerfully through the phone.

"Hey man. What's up?"

"Ahh, not much. Just sitting here." I responded.

"Cool. How are you?"

"I'm good."

"No. I mean how are you with your dad. I heard he has cancer. I'm really sorry, Troy." He sounded sincere.

"Well, I'm still kinda upset about it, but I'm feeling a little better. Since last night at least." I answered honestly.

"What happened last night? Did you score with Gabriella?"

"Chad! Don't you dare talk like that about Gabriella or even me! I cannot believe you!" I was furious.

"Sorry. I guess I didn't think. So what happened that was so special last night?"

"I found Him."

"Uh, Troy. Your starting to sound crazy. Whose him?"

"Him." I restated, "You know Jesus."

"Troy, you do know that Jesus is dead. Right?"

"No he isn't, Chad. He lives. He lives in me." I told my best friend what I thought was great news. I told him all about how I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart.

"So now that you know all that, wanna go to that church on your street with me?" I asked him.

"Sorry man. I guess I'm not really into all this religion stuff. To tell you the truth, it kinda freaks me out."

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"All right. Well, I guess I'll just see you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye."

I hung up the phone and went to get dressed. I ran downstairs to grab some breakfast before I go. I saw my parents sitting there eating eggs when I came through the hall. Oh my gosh! I forgot to go to the hospital last night. How could I be so stupid?

"Troy." My dad said.

"Uh, I'm sorry I forgot to come to the hospital last night. I guess I was so tired when I got home from the walk I just fell asleep." I looked down at my shoes.

"So you decided that it was OK for you to leave your father, who has a terminal illness in case you didn't know, at the hospital without even calling. Do you have any idea how worried we were about you?" My mom screamed.

"Sorry, Mum."

"What about your dad? Huh?" She yelled although more softly this time.

"Sorry, Dad." I really was sorry.

"It's all right son. I forgive you. Where you off to any how?" My dad asked me.

"Church." I answered, "The one up by Chad's house."

"Good for you." My mom said. "Just be home by lunch. Your aunt is coming over."

"Which one?" I asked hoping to myself that it wasn't Aunt Marti.

"Aunt Marti." my mom smiled. Ugh, I cannot stand that woman. Sorry God, but it is hard for me to tolerate her.

"How long is she staying?" I asked with obvious disappointment.

"Come on Troy! She's not that bad." I rolled my eyes.

"How long?"

"'Til Wednesday." Mom said. Wednesday! How am I going to survive. You see, my aunt Marti has the most annoying voice on the planet. It is BAD! Then, she has to have every little thing in order. If it's not, she'll do it for you. Once, I had my CD's organized from my favorite to the worst one, and she went and alphabetized them along with my books, DVDs, and everything else I have in my room. By the end of that week, my clothes were color coordinated in my closet. That's not all, this lady is a vegetarian. That means for the whole time she's here, there is no meat allowed. Trust me, that is hard to survive.

"Ugh." I said walking toward the door.

"Troy. Wait! Is it OK if I come?" My dad asked.

"I couldn't be happier if you did!" I told him, and I meant it. "All right, lets roll!" We walked out the door together, and I drove him to church.

This church is awesome. There is a cool band that plays modern music. They asked us if we needed to pray for anyone or anything and then we had a time to do it. I prayed for my dad, Gabi, and Chad. I also asked forgiveness for the way I talked about aunt Marti. I felt so much better afterwards. It was about time to end when my cell phone rang. I forgot to turn it off. Oops! Everyone's eyes shot towards me in angry stares. Gabriella.

"Hello." I whispered.

"Troy, help." I heard her cry. Then the phone line went dead.

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update, and sorry the chapter was so short! The next one is gonna be good! I promise. You know what to do! Hit the magic review button! It will make me feel good. Lol.

This chapter is for Meg. The girl whose still searching. I'm prayin' for ya babe!