A/N: Sorry for the late chapter. This semester in college is really killing me.
Chapter 2
Hope skipped her last class of the day in order to avoid Mark and his friends. She ran all the way to the hospital, and was surprised to see Monica there when she got there. She put her books down on the table in Rob's room, and then stole a glance at the bed realizing he wasn't there. She looked at Monica, ready to freak out. Where was Rob? Had something happened? Was he okay? Was his condition worse than he had told her the other day? What was going on?
"Hope, don't freak out. Rob's okay, the nurse just took him to get some tests." Hope's sister,Monica stated. She obviously had seen Hope's distress.
"What are you doing here?" Hope asked, sitting down in one of the chairs in Rob's room.
"Rob called me. He knew Mom and Dad hadn't told me anything, and he wanted to make sure I knew his cancer was back. He also said there's something I might be able to help you with." Monica replied, studying me. Monica was going to school for science, genetics to be exact. Leave it to Rob to decide she could help me.
"Did he tell you what?" Hope asked, wanting to know what he told her if anything.
"Not really, though I do have an idea with the hints he gave." Monica said in response.
"Well, tell me, what do you think it is?" Hope asked, looking at her.
Monica was the oldest in Hope's family. She was twenty five. Rob was her younger brother, and when he called asking for help, not just for him, but for Hope too she had to come. She had never been extremely close with Hope, being she was away at college by the time Hope was old enough to share common interests with her. She was however, close with Rob. He was five years younger than her, and so when she left for college he was a teenager and they had a bit more in common, and kept in touch over that . It hurt Monica that her parents did not call her to tell her his cancer had returned. She would have been at the hospital in a heartbeat as she knows Hope probably had been. Hearing Hope's question, Monica walked over and closed the door to Rob's room.
"I think, that maybe you could be a mutant." Monica replied.
"I think, maybe your right." Hope said, joking around.
"Hope, I'm not kidding. I need to know if that's what it is Rob was hinting at or not." Monica stated, seriously. She had a grave expression on her face that scared Hope.
"That's it Monica. That is what he was hinting at." Hope replied, ready to bolt if Monica reacted badly.
"Well, then I can be of more assistance than he thought. One of my best friends is a mutant, and is now at Xavier's School for the Gifted, which is a school for mutants. No one in the general public knows that the school is for mutants. They think it is a school for intelligent kids. I can call my friend, and I'm sure I can get you in there. You'll learn how to control whatever power or powers you have." Monica told me.
"I can fly. Though, controlling it will be nice since I fell trying to land, and didn't know how I even began to fly." Hope said.
"Well, I will call my friend tonight. Right now, we both need to be here for Rob. He's struggling more than he's letting you see. What you said yesterday, really bothered him." Monica stated.
"What do you mean? I freaked out, he's being so optimistic when he doesn't know that it's all going to be okay. How can he pretend when he doesn't know?" Hope asked, trying not to show her fear.
"Hope, optimism is all he has. He could die, and he knows that better than anyone. He's the one who truly knows how sick he is Hope. He knows he has limited time, and that scares him. You gave him doubts. He was trying to stay strong for you, but you brought doubt into his head. Hope, listen to me, his optimism could help him to get better, or survive longer. Don't you want that?" Monica asked.
"How can you even think I wouldn't!" Hope yelled, and before she knew it she felt herself rising. That freaked her out. Was this going to happen every single time she got upset now? She couldn't control it and was glad when she felt Monica's hands on her legs pulling her back don to the floor.
"I know you want him to survive longer, that's why I'm telling you to please try to be a bit more optimistic for his sake." Monica said.
"I want him to survive for ever Monica! Not just longer. I don't know what I'd do without him, I don't even want to think about that. It scares me." Hope stated, finally releasing the tears.
"Well, I can't tell you he'll definitely be okay, but Hope he's a fighter. He's not going to give up." Monica told her, pulling her little sister in for a hug. Hope just cried in her arms.
"If I go to this school, I won't be able to see Rob as much will I?" Hope asked Monica, once she finally calmed down enough.
"You will, I'll make sure to tell my friend that you want to, and I'm sure they can find a way to get you here to see him." She replied.
"Aw, having a family reunion without me?" Rob asked, as a nurse wheeled him back into the room.
Hope ran over and wrapped her arms around his neck. She was so happy to see him. When she had walked into the room and saw the bed empty she had freaked. Even if it was only for a split second, it had scared her worse than anything. She was glad Monica had been there and had straightened her out in a split second and now she was glad to see him.
"Happy to see me, I see." Rob said, jokingly as he hugged Hope back. After she released him, he allowed the nurse to help him get back in bed. He was a little bit weak from all the tests, and he hated that Hope and Monica had to see him so vulnerable.
"Well, duh!" Hope replied, sitting down in the chair next to his bed.
"I told Hope, about my friend Rob. She was more concerned about being able to visit you still it seems." Monica told him.
"Hope, don't be. Don't pass anything up for me. I'll be out of here before you know it and then I'll be the one worried about visiting you there." He said, smiling at Hope.
"But, Rob I've never gone a day without seeing you while you've been here." Hope argued.
"Well, it's time that you did. You need to do things for yourself sometimes Hope, not for me or anyone else. Go to this school. You may visit less frequently, but I'll be fine and you will have a good time. Monica, told me you'll meet other kids who are going through the same thing as you." Rob stated, reaching his hand over to play with his little sister's hair.
"Fine, but only because you want me to go so bad." Hope said.
"Great! I'll call my friend tonight, and be ready to head there tomorrow. I'll take you." Rob said.
