Chapter 3: Personal Issues

Jens point of view:

We were now home from the hospital. We were trying to figure out something to do.

"How about we play scrabble?" suggested Caitlin.

"I'm still blind," Commented Jude.

"uh...monopoly?" asked Wyatt.

"Monoply sucks, and I still can't see!" yelled Jude.

"Oh, right..." muttered Jonsey, followed by, "blind people aren't fun..."

"uhhh..." said Jude, almost as a whisper. "I have to use the washroom...can someone please take me?"

"NO WAY!" shouted everyone.

"But I have to go!" complained Jude.

"Hold it in, dude!" cried out Jonsey.

"Then you'd have to change my pants after," warned Jude.

"ok, ok," said Wyatt, putting his hands up in the air. "It has to be a boy...he has something we all saw before."

"Rock, paper sissors?" asked Jonsey.

"ok." said Wyatt.

"Rock, paper, sissors!" shouted Wyatt and Jonsey.

(Wyatt ended up having sissors, as Jonsey had paper.)

"CRAP!" yelled Jonsey.

Jonsey took Judes hand, as he slowly lead him to the washroom, followed by everyone laughing.

A few minutes later, was a loud "clunck!" followed by Jude screaming. Everyones eyes got big, as Caitlin said, "Geeze, I'm glad I didn't have the bean burrito...he must have really had to go."

Jude and Jonsey came back from the washroom, with Judes pants soaked, and Jonseys shirt all wet.

"What happened?" asked Nikki.

"Well, first, Jude couldn't find the toliot." started Jonsey. "Then, his butt fell INTO the toliot."

Everyone laughed, as Nikki asked, "how'd you get wet?"

"You try to get a blind person to the washroom without getting wet!" snapped Jonsey.

"well, I'm ready for bed," Caitlin said, yawning.

everyone got into their sleeping bag. Caitlin was to the far right, followed by Nikki, then me, then Jude, Jonsey then Wyatt. No one had troubles sleeping, besides Jude and myself. It's been about a half an hour. My eyes were closed, but I kept on twisting and turning. Then, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Jen?" asked the voice. I realized it was Jude, for he had troubles finding my shoulder, and his voice sounded un-life like.

"Yes?" I asked him.

"are you asleep?" Jude asked me.

"Jude, if I was sleeping, I would have responded, wouldn't I?" I said, a little angry. (LOL don't you hate it when people do that?)

"Oh..." Jude said. "I can't sleep, either."

"What's on your mind, Jude?" I asked him. I sat up in my sleeping bag.

"I don't know. What if I never get my sight back?" he asked, worried.

"Don't worry, you will." I assured him. "YOu remember what the doctor said...this will pass."

"I dunno," said Jude, still un-sure. "I'm worried I will never see my friends faces again."

I began to look down, feeling sorry for Jude. I pulled Jude towards me, pulling him into a hug.

"You will see us again, Jude." I told him. "I know it."

I'm sure I felt something wet on my shoulder. Was Jude crying?

"You know, Jen," Jude said, after breaking our hug. "You were always my confidence. I never really had confidence in myself, but when I think about you...I dunno..."

I smiled. It feels so good when people give you a compliment.

"I feel the same way, Jude." replied.

Jude slowly found his sleeping bag, as we closed our eyes, trying to fall asleep.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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