The next morning, Riku awoke to the sound of his father's car engine starting and then a few short screetches on the driveway.
Why is Dad up this early? thought Riku as he rolled over and covered more of himself with his blankets. He opened his eyes to look at the clock on his nightstand to see that it was 7:00. His parents respected that he was a teenager and he needed a lot of sleep, so they never disturb him before ten on weekends and vacations, unless it was an event or a family gathering or something. He had a job, but he only went to work at noon and worked until 9:00 at night.
"No, Rep, you gotta stop stepping on the brakes less frequently!" called his father's voice.
Riku sat up and looked out the window. His vision was blurry and he couldn't see. He didn't have his contacts on, so he took out his glasses on his nightstand, put them on, and looked out the window. He saw his father in the passenger seat of the newly purchased sedan and Rep seated in the driver's seat, with his hands tightly gripped to the steering wheel.
Riku sighed and closed his eyes again, trying to get back to sleep, but he couldn't. So, he threw off his blankets, got dressed, and went downstairs where he found his mother sitting at the kitchen table, watching the morning news on the little TV sitting on the counter. She jumped when she saw Riku.
"Whoa, Riku!" she said. "Surprised to see you're awake this early! You always give me and your father this big speech on not bugging you on Saturday mornings before ten and-"
"Rep and his stupid driving lessons woke me up." explained Riku as he pulled a chair, picked up a piece of toast, and bit into it.
"You did the same thing when you were learning how to drive." said Riku's mom and with that, she took a sip of coffee. "It drove me crazy!"
Riku snickered.
Then, Riku heard the front door slam and Ryo walked in.
"AHH!" screamed Riku. "Don't you ever go to sleep?"
"For your information, I go to sleep every night at approximately 9:00 and wake up at 5:30!" said Ryo with a smile on her face.
"Well no wonder you never answer the phone or never online after wrestling." muttered Riku.
"Glad you're here, Ryo." said Riku's mom. She picked up a plate of bagels with red specks on them. "Want to try my new cranberry bagels?"
"Don't mind if I do!" said Ryo as she took a bagel. She sat down, cut it open with a knife, smeared cream cheese all over it, and took a large bite. She looked up at Riku. "Hey, you look better in glasses. Why don't you wear them more often?"
"Because 1. they're uncomfortable on my face and 2. I don't want to look like Rep." answered Riku, taking off his glasses. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go back to sleep."
He got up and was about to walk out of the kitchen, but ended up walking into the wall. He put his glasses back on and then walked out.
A few days later, Riku's parents went and enrolled Rep at Destiny Islands High. He got no classes with Riku, since Riku had 1 Special ED class and the rest were normal classes. Rep had advanced placement classes, since he was extremely smart. Two days later, Rep went with his mother to DMV to take his driving test.
Riku, Kairi, Ryo, and Alexa were hanging out in Riku's room the day Rep went to the DMV. Kairi was helping Riku, Alexa,and Ryo prepare for their Algebra final in a few weeks.
"Now Alexa," said Kairi. "What is the equation of a slope?"
Alexa looked up at the ceiling. "Ummm..." she said thoughtfully. "Uh, isn't it Y equals X plus B?"
"Close, but it's Y equals MX plus B." said Kairi.
Suddenly, Rep burst into the room with a smile on his face.
"What do you want, Rep?" asked Riku.
"I passed the driving test and I got my license!" said Rep excitedly. "This is the happiest day of my life! WOO!"
He ran out of the room and Riku, Alexa, Ryo, and Kairi exchanged glances.
"Since when did Rep want to learn how to drive?" asked Kairi.
"I don't know." said Riku. "He's been like this ever since he came home from boarding school."
The next day, Saturday, Sora and Riku were at Riku's house, practicing on their skateboards, since it stopped raining days ago. Rep was taking his new car out for a drive.
"You know what my mom told me?" asked Sora. "She thinks I should wear knee and elbow pads for skateboarding."
"Well, she's doing that to keep you safe." said Riku.
"But I look totally goofy with those on!" protested Sora. "I'm already wearing the stupid helmet!"
"Riku!" called Mrs. Thompson. "Alicia's on the phone! She needs to ask you a question on her English study guide!"
"Be right back." Riku said to Sora.
"Yeah, I know you will." said Sora. "I'm going to practice some more skateboarding."
He put one foot on the skateboard and used the other foot to push himself.
"Yeah, you do that." said Riku. He jogged over to his house and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Riku?" asked the girl. "Can you tell me the answer to number thirty-two?"
"I'm not even finished with it myself." said Riku. "But-"
Then, out of nowhere, Riku heard something getting hit and Sora letting out a yell.
"What was that?" asked Alicia.
"Eh, it was just Sora." replied Riku. "We were skateboarding and he must have fallen-"
"Riku!" called Rep.
"Why are you calling yourself?" asked Alicia stupidly.
"That's Rep, my twin brother. I gotta go." said Riku. He hung up the phone and crossed his arms. "What do you want, Rep?"
Rep ran to Riku, panting like crazy from running.
"Riku, Sora-he..." began Rep. "He's lyingonthestreetandithinkhegothurtandallthisothercrapandidon'tthinkicandealwith-
Riku slapped his twin in the face. "Rep, tell me what's going on!" he cried.
"Riku, Sora got hit by a car!" said Rep, more calmly.
"WHAT?" cried Riku. "Call a freaking ambulance!"
Rep picked up the phone and called a dispatcher while Riku ran outside to find Sora lying in the middle of the street, passed out. He had cuts and scrapes all over his body. He picked up his best friend and lied him on his lap.
"Sora, wake up!" said Riku, shaking Sora. "Come on, man, say something, even if it'sstupid!"
But Sora remained unconscious.
Riku took Sora's hand and felt for a pulse. There was one, so he was still alive. Then, Riku heard the wailing sirens come and he picked Sora up. The ambulance pulled up and two EMTs came out with a stretcher.
"Set him on here!" said the EMT.
Riku lied Sora down on the white stretcher only to discover that his hands were covered in blood.
"Hey, I think he's bleeding!" said Riku.
The EMTs wheeled Sora into the ambulance and Riku jumped in. A third EMT shut the doors and motioned the driver to go, while the first two EMTs put an oxygen mask over Sora's nose and mouth and examined Sora.
"He might have a broken rib." said an EMT as he rushed to unzip Sora's jumpsuit halfway to see the wound and put a big gauze on Sora's back, where he was bleeding.
When they got to the hospital, Riku found Sora's parents already there. They were total wrecks. Riku was told to stay in the ER waiting room and wait while they took Sora in and treated him. To pass the time, Riku had to do one of the hardest things he's ever had to do. Call his friends and tell them that Sora was hit by a car and was badly hurt...
Sora: Hey! No fair! Why doesHurky like to keep hurting me and plagueing me in sickness and killing me off?
Riku: Because it adds to the drama and mystery. (turns to readers) Hurky will update as soon as she can. Please review, people!