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A/N: OK GUYS! IT'S THE LAST CHAPPIE BEFORE THE EPILOGUE! YAY! OK, enjoy!
P.S. This chappie is dedicated to Swirly because it has lots of duh duh duh DRAMA! in it!
My Life in High School Series
#4 My Life As A High School Senior
Sequel to
My Life As A High School Junior
My Life As A High School Sophomore
My Life As A High School Freshman
Chapter 8- Dying A Vader Death
Cindy's eyes fluttered open to bright morning sunlight. She blinked a few times before her eyes adjusted. She sat up and leaned against the tree, trying not to wake Jimmy. Then it hit her, the call. New York. Shit. She shook Jimmy a little more violently then she meant to.
"Jimmy! Wake up!" he stirred in his sleep and mumbled something about chemical equations. Cindy softly giggled. He was such a nerd sometimes. She shook him harder. "JIMMY!"
"Wah...I'm up," he said groggily, rubbing his eyes.
"Jimmy, what time is it?"
"It's just about," Jimmy started looking at his watch, "shit. It's 10 till 8!"
"MY PLANE LEAVES AT 8:30! WE'RE NEVER GONNA MAKE IT!" Cindy screamed, jumping up.
"Yes we will, Cin," Jimmy replied. "I'll drive you." Cindy and Jimmy rushed to his car and jumped in. Jimmy started the car and sped down the road. Cindy spent the whole time worrying about going back to New York. She had received a call a couple nights ago about her dad. Apparently he was extremely sick; on the verge of death actually. All he wanted was to see Cindy. She wrung her hands together and took deep breaths. He was going to be OK...he just had to be. They finally arrived at the airport and Jimmy stopped by the side to drop Cindy off.
"Well, this is it," he said quietly. He got out with her and helped her with her suitcases. When all the suitcases were out, Jimmy slammed the trunk down and looked at Cindy. Her brilliant green eyes were filled with tears. "Cin, don't cry," Jimmy begged, wiping the tears from her cheeks. "We'll see each other again."
"I can't do this, Jimmy!" she sobbed. "I just can't! Losing my mother was hard enough...and I'm gonna be away from you..." Jimmy took her protectively into his arms and held her close.
"I know Cin, but we'll see each other again. I promise."
"I love you Jimmy," Cindy choked out. Jimmy pulled away and looked down into Cindy's eyes.
"I love you too, Cin." He closed the space between them and placed a light but passionate kiss on her lips.
"Promise me one more thing?" Cindy asked.
"Anything."
"Promise to not fall for any other girls while I'm gone?" Jimmy smiled and looked straight into Cindy's eyes. His smiled turned into a serious expression.
"Never in a million years." Cindy nodded and kissed him one more time before going into the airport.
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After what seemed like forever, Cindy was stepping onto the carpet of the Manhattan City Airport. She immediately found her aunt waiting for her. She followed her aunt out into the parking lot and into her car. The ride to the hospital was quiet, but Cindy didn't care. She needed time to think things through. They finally arrived at the hospital, and Cindy slowly walked in. She hated hospitals...they were so full of death and sadness. She found a nurse to escort her to her father's room.
"Well, here it is," the nurse said politely. Cindy nodded with thanks and watched the nurse walk away. She took a deep breath and wiped her hands off on her jeans before slowly walking inside. She found her father on a white bed with white sheets.
"Dad?" she asked quietly. His eyes slowly fluttered open and looked over towards his daughter.
"Cin," he said weakly, "I was afraid you weren't going to come."
"I'm here dad," she said, walking over to him and taking his hand in hers. She softly wiped the tears away from her cheeks.
"My daughter," he said quietly, touching her cheek with his free hand. "You've grown up so much." Cindy could tell his breathing was growing short.
"Stay with me dad," she begged. Cindy's dad let out a slow breath.
"Cin, there's something you need to know," he said slowly, quietly, death like.
"What?"
"You were right, you were right about Jimmy. He is a good boy, and you deserve him. Tell that boy...you were right..." With that, Cindy's dad let out a long, slow, final breath. Cindy felt his hand go cold. She dropped it and looked at her father's dead body.
"Why?" she asked. "WHY? WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME? WHAT HAVE I DONE?" Cindy screamed into the air. The nurses came in and dragged her out of the room.
"It's going to be okay, sweetie," they assured her, but Cindy didn't care. They had no idea what her life was like. The nurses took her back to her aunt.
"Time to go Cindy," she said.
"Aunt Nikky, can you take me back to the airport?"
"Why? You don't have a flight ticket."
"I can get one there."
"You really can't, we'd have to get one offline."
"Then do that, I'm going back to Retroville." Aunt Nikky knew there was no arguing with this girl. She sighed in defeat.
"OK, we'll book a flight ticket back to Retroville as soon as we get home."
"Thanks Aunt Nikky," Cindy said, hugging her aunt.
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Cindy arrived back in Retroville the next day. She had called Jimmy to pick her up. She looked around before spotting the familiar car. She jogged over to it and right into Jimmy's waiting arms.
A/N: EPILOGUE IS NEXT! WOOOOOO! R&R YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO...
And Yet Another Word From Nicoley…..
Thanks to everyone who loved my last poem. As a gift I have written you another one! WAH LA!
This is for the ones
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And not their love for King Kong
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