Okay guys, this chapter is shorter than the others, but I hope you like it and review.
Christine's Pov
It was now Wednesday morning and Michael and I were now at school. We'd be skipping the last two classes of school because we were going to the hospital today, but first we had to deal with Ford. Michael and I headed towards our friends they didn't notice us, which meant Michael was able to grab Ford in a head lock and start giving him a knuckle rub. Ford tried to get out of Michael's hold, but Michael was a lot stronger.
"Ow, fuck dude, what the hell?" Ford shouted as he ripped away from Michael.
"Because of you I know have my eleven year old sister asking me if Christine and I are dating. She's eleven you idiot" Michael shouted at him and I watched as Darius, Stacey and Anna came to my side, smiles on their faces.
"How the hell is that my fault?" Ford demanded.
"What did you tell Lana?" I asked and Ford's face was confused for only a moment, but then it filled with realization and he looked back at Michael.
"Dude, I swear I told her not to tell Kat about my crazy idea that you and Chris here should be together" Ford said and I went over to him, slapping him upside the head.
"She's ten Ford, ten year olds don't exactly know how to keep secrets. That's kinda why Michael's parents don't let Katherine near dead bodies, because she'd just go and tell everyone at her school every single detail" I stated. I mean come on; everyone knew kids don't have a word filter.
"Yeah, well I'm obviously not as smart as you two. Then again, maybe Katherine is just as intelligent as you two and can tell that you two…" Ford didn't get to finish because Stacey went up behind him and hit him extremely hard across the head.
"We made a deal moron. No more talking about that subject, now class time" Stacey said and she dragged Ford away, Anna quickly following after her.
"Christine, can you excuse us for a moment. I need to have a word with my boy here" Darius said as he wrapped an arm around Michael's shoulder.
"Sure" I said and I went to sit on a lunch bench as they walked out of hearing distance. I had a feeling Darius knew something I didn't, but I guessed it was some sort of boy secret. Those are the sort of secrets girls didn't want to know.
Michael's Pov
The moment we were out of hearing distance Darius pulled me to a stop. I already knew what this talk was about.
"Dude, you seriously need to grow a set and tell her the truth" Darius said and I looked over at Christine. She wasn't watching us anymore; she was now leaning back on her arms while her face was bent toward the sky. She had a bright smile on her face as the sun made her skin glow like an angels.
"I can't" I said simply and he pulled me back so I was looking at him instead.
"Okay, I'm about to sound like a fricken girl when I say this, but I guess that's what happens when you date Kate" Darius said and I laughed inwardly. Kate was a great girl, but she is a love fanatic. "Look dude, I get that you and Christine have been friends forever, longer than even us, but you can't keep pretending that you don't dig her"
"Don't say it that way" I complained. I mean his words were true, but saying that I dig Christine just sounded wrong to me.
"Dude, I see you when you know no one is looking. You can't take your eyes off that girl and I can't blame you. She is a smoking hot girl, so I suggest you hurry up and tell her you have feelings for her before someone else beats you to the punch" Darius said and I knew he was right, even though I couldn't believe he was being so mushy.
"I have no idea how I'm actually going to tell her" I said and he shrugged.
"Well don't look at me, I'm not an advice columnist." Darius said, then he patted me on the shoulder. "But just so you know bro, if you tell anyone we talked about this I will kick your lover boy ass" He said and I laughed.
"Like you could" I said and I hit him in the shoulder, which made him hit me right back.
"I will never understand why boys do that." Christine said and I looked to see her standing in front of us.
"You're not meant to Chris, now lets go" I said and I wrapped my arm around her shoulder as we walked toward class together. I hated to admit it, but Darius had made me jealous at the thought that some other guy might end up dating Christine, which was why I knew I had to own up and tell her soon.
Christine's Pov
As we arrived at the hospital I couldn't help but wonder what Michael and Darius had been talking about today. Also about how grounded I was going to be again when my parents found out I had skipped school again. The same was going to go for Michael. I mean I knew we could tell them, but I figured they'd just follow us sooner or later and figure it out themselves.
"Michael, what were you and Darius talking about today?" I asked and he shook his head.
"Don't worry Christine, it was nothing" He said and I scoffed.
"I'm not an idiot Michael, I can tell you're lying to me about something" I said as we started walking through thehospital. Nearlyevery single person knew us here or at least everyone in the children's ward anyway.
"I'm not lying to you, it's just something between Darius and I" Michael said and I smiled sneakily.
"What, that you two are actually gay together. We all already knew that" I said and he scrolled at me, shoving my shoulder as he did.
"You think you are so funny" Michael said and I smiled.
"Oh I know I am" I said as we walked into the children's ward.
"Hey you two, I'm glad to see you both" Nurse Joy said and I smiled at her. "Alice is really looking forward to seeing you Christine, she's been waiting for you to come all week" She said and I smiled.
Alice Mason is an eight year old girl with leukemia and she was losing her battle. I did what I could for her and I knew I had become like a big sister to her, but I had no idea how much longer she was going to last and neither did the doctors.
"Okay, I'll go see her" I said and I started toward her room, leaving Michael to go visit Declan, who was a twelve year old boy with neurofibromatosis. They were still looking for a cure for neurofibromatosis and they had made developments, but nothing solid had been produced. I was still proud of my father for hosting a carnival for those kids. I reached Alice's room and saw her sitting in the corner of her room, playing with dolls with her mother, who just looked tired. I knocked on the door and she turned around to face me, a bright smile on her lips.
"Christine, you're finally here!" She cried and her mother came over to me.
"Thank you for doing this every week" She said and I nodded.
"It's fine, she's sort of like a kid sister to me now. Now why don't you go get something to eat" I said and she smiled, then she left the room. I went over to Alice and hugged her very tightly.
"Of course I'm here, I come every Wednesday" I said with a smile and her face became sad.
"I wish you could come more" She pouted and I smiled.
"I know, but unfortunately I have school and I can't miss more than two classes if I want to pass" I said and she nodded.
"I miss school, more than anything" She said sadly and I wrapped my arm around her shoulder.
"Well you have me to be your teacher, so why don't we do some reading" I said and she smiled. She got out of her chair and went over to the hospital bed. I helped her up and then I sat down beside her, grabbing a book from the side table as I did. It was a big book of fairytales, which was something Alice could not get enough of.
"Where's Michael?" Alice asked and I smiled as I wrapped my arm around her shoulder. She loved Michael too.
"He's with Declan, now what fairytale would you like to hear" I asked and she smiled up at me.
"Red riding hood" She said cheerfully and I smiled. I still found it so amazing that she could be so happy, even though she was slowly dying. I flicked through the book and found the story of little red riding hood, then I started reading it with her.
Angela's Pov
As I got off the phone with Michael's and Christine's high school I was debating whether or not I should tell Booth that they had left school again. I knew though, that even though he was arresting the victim's boyfriend for her murder, that he'd answer his phone if the school called. I didn't know what was going on with those two, but I had a feeling it was nothing they were ashamed of; otherwise they wouldn't skip school every week on the same day at the same time. Especially since we could easily follow them to find out what they were up to.
"That was the school, wasn't it?" Hodgins asked as he came into the room.
"Yeah, they've both skipped out again." I said and Hodgins shook his head.
"What is going on with those two?" Hodgins asked and I smiled. I had nothing against Michael skipping school and it didn't sound like the principle did either, which meant he knew what they were up to. Michael's an intelligent boy, so he wasn't failing, and also it was normal for teenagers to skip out on school.
"I don't know, but they obviously don't care if we find out, otherwise they would skip school at random times, not on the same day at the same time" I said and Hodgins nodded.
"Yeah, but Booth isn't happy. Isn't it funny how we lived to disobey our parents, but now we hate it when our kids do similar things to what we did" Hodgins said and I smiled.
"Yeah it is, but it's just the way things are" I said. I still hoped Michael didn't do what I had done in high school though.
