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Chapter 2:
T-bone: Hello. I need help. Mr. Camden seems like he had heart attack.
Ms. Banta (the lady on the phone): Okay. How is he? I'll call for the ambulance to send him to the hospital. Where would you two be?
T-bone: I don't think he's doing too well. We found him laying on the sidewalk right now next the movie theater.
Ms. Banta: Is someone with you?
T-bone: Yes. His daughter is here.
Ms. Banta: Alright. Keep her calm while I call the ambulance and stay there till they come.
T-bone: Thank you.
Ms. Banta: You're welcome.
T-bone finishes the call (looks at Ruthie and notices she is sad) and then calls Mrs. Camden
T-bone: Mrs. Camden.
Mrs. Camden: Is he okay?
T-bone: Are you sitting down?
Mrs. Camden: T-bone! Just tell me.
T-bone: I would of joke saying something like the saying "Daughter like Mother", but Mr. Camden isn't okay. I just called 911.
Mrs. Camden: O, no...What happened?
T-bone: I'm not so sure but we found him lying down on...(notices Ruthie saying no so he changes what he about to say). Mrs. Camden, You got to go to hospital and wait till we come. I'll take care of Ruthie and him. I promise.
Mrs. Camden: I know you will. I'll go right now. Has the ambulance gotten there yet?
Sirens start getting louder and closer to where they where Ruthie: They are coming. Tell mom that they are coming!
T-bone: Alright. Ruthie told me that she hears them coming and there they are. They just stopped. Take care, Mrs. Camden and find someone that can drive you to the hospital.
Mrs. Camden: Thank you, T-bone.
T-bone: You're welcome.
T-bone notices when he gets off the phone that Ruthie is already talking to someone that is helping Mr. Camden into the ambulance.
Ruthie: He will be okay right? He has to be. He is my father.
Mr. Andrew: And who are you, son? T-bone: I'm a friend of the family. I just called Mrs. Camden so she can go to the hospital right away. We can come with him, right?
Mr. Andrew: It's usually family only, but since there is room. We will let you come.
Soon as everyone is in the ambulance and its starts going, Ruthie grabs on to T-bone's arm and he looks at her with the look that says, "Don't worry. I'm here." To the trip to the hospital, it's every quiet in the ambulance and Ruthie thinks that this might be her longest trip and then she there at the hospital pushing her dad along and doctors and nurses talk of what's wrong.
Ruthie: Where's my mom? (looking around like a child lost in a store)
T-bone: She has to be here...There! (pointing Ruthie in the right direction by holding her) There is your mom.
Mrs. Camden: I just got here. I need to talk to one of the doctors to see how he is doing. I called Lucy after you called T-bone and told her the news and she told me that she would call everyone else so I could go. Jane drove me here with Margaret. They are still outside looking for a parking space. Why don't you two just go sit down over there by all those blue chairs?
Ruthie (hugs her mom): Mom! Soon as you find out information about Dad. Please tell me.
Mrs. Camden: We'll see, Ruthie.
Ruthie: Mom.
T-bone: Come on, Ruthie. Let's sit down.
Ruthie: No! All the time I was in the Ambulance, I was sitting down. I don't need to sit down.
T-bone: Ruthie. (grabs her and starts pulling her to the chairs) We can't do anything except sit down and be calm.
Ruthie: Alright...Just stop grabbing me. I can walk you know.
T-bone: I had no clue. (both smile then the smiles go away when they realize that they are in the hospital then Ruthie just hugs him)
Ruthie (still hugging him): I'm sorry. I just really need this.
T-bone: It's okay. I need it too.
(Background the song, "My Grown-up Christmas List" by Kelly Clarkson starts playing.
" Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies
Well, I'm all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream
So here's my lifelong wish
My grown up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown up Christmas list
As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath our tree
Well heaven only knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal
A hurting human soul
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown up Christmas list
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth (there'd be)
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, oh
This is my grown up Christmas list
This is my grown up Christmas list " )