Tuesday morning :
the nurses pulled lacey's bed all the way to the operation room , and jackson was holding her hand until she disappeared behind the silent doors , and he knew he couldnt go any further . he waited outside the room in a cold steel chair , placing his hands over his head , " damn those headaches " jackson thought , rubbing his head . his eyelids became heavy , he just wanted to close his eyes and sleep , he hasnt slept all night cause he wanted to make sure if his mom needed something from him . and he looked pale like he didnt eat in days . Actually he didnt , which made his condition a whole lot worse , people passing him by felt really sorry for him , he really did look exhausted . as soon as he shut his eyes for a moment , he felt someone's hand on his shoulder , " hey , i brought you a cup of coffee , and some doughnuts " , " thanks loren , i was on the edge of zooming out " , said jackson drinking some coffee out of his cup and then taking a few bites from his doughnut . loren sat next to him , " asiah will be here soon " she said . " you guys really didnt have to come , i may get pissed on one of you , and that side of me is not pretty at all " .
loren patted his shoulder , " dont worry , we know that , even if you got pissed on us , everyone understands " , jackson nodded . a few minutes later asiah came by and sat next to them , " hey " , he greeted jackson , " hi " , jackson answered forcing a weak smile on his face . " so , how are you holding on ? " asiah asked . " im ok till now i guess , she just got in " , silence broke after that , and nothing else but silence , the surgery took 5 hours , jackson would have sworn that these were the longest , most intensed five hours in his life . finally , the doctor came out , he didnt look like he had good news , jackson took a deep breath , covering his mouth with one hand , with loren and asiah by his side backing him up . " we had some difficulties in the surgery " the doctor said , jackson closed his eyes , and pointed his head down , loren rubbed his back , " it took alot from us , but , the operation was a success " , the doctor smiled , " she was very strong , which made her survive , you should be proud of her " the nurse said , " i know , i already im " , jackson said letting a single tear slip from his eyes , loren jumped and hugged asiah , he put his hand around her waist and kissed the top of her head , jackson looked at the couple and gave loren the the thumbs up when asiah wasnt looking , loren gave him the thumbs up back too .
" only one person is allowed in " the doctor annouced , " i'll go " jackson said entering the room , his mother was sleeping in the bed , he smiled and pulled a chair and sat right next to her . two hours passed until she woke up , she slowly opened her eyes to see jackson sleeping in the chair right next to her , she tried lifting her self up a little without making any noise so she doesnt wake him up , but she did a wrong move and a sound of pain escaped her mouth , and woke jackson up , he rubbed his eyes , streched then yawned , he was still feeling sleepy though , " oh , im sorry for waking you up sweety , you probably havent slept all night " lacey said with a look of concern in her face , " no ,its ok , i really wanted to be awake when you open your eyes , but i guess that exhaustion got the best of me " jackson said , clearly disapointed . lacey placed her hand on her son's hand , holding into it really tight , " honey , i appreciate every thing you did for me , and you didnt have to do it , but now , what i need is for you to get some rest ok ? " , " ok mom , now if you excuse me , i've got a dream to finish " , jackson rested his head to the back of the chair and streched his legs then closed his eyes and he fell asleep right away , lacey smiled at the veiw then she also adjusted her pillow and slept as well . they both woke up at 6:00 p.m , and the doctor came in to check on her , " how is she doing ? " jackson asked , " actaully , she is doing very well that we might let her out by tomorrow " the doctor positivily spoke , " really ? , mom did you hear that ? , it means that you may be with me at my birthday ! " , he approached her and gave her a hug .
at midnight .
they were both still awake , and since it passed midnight , they were technically in the next day right ? so lacey pulled her present from under her bed , and gave it to jackson , " whats this ? " he asked , " its your birthday present " lacey answered , " i know but , what is it ? " , " why dont you open it and find out " his mother suggested , he unwrapped the gift to find a box , he slowly opened the box and looked inside , his heart skipped a beat when he saw what was inside , he held it in his hands carefully , is this really what he thinks it is ? , " dad's badge ? " jackson asked , " yes , it is " , jackson admired the peace of metal in his hand even more , " mom are you sure you want me to have this ? i mean , this is the only reminder that was left for you from dad " , his mom sqeezed his hand , " yeah , im sure he would want you to have it " . then jackson startrd searching the rest of the box , he found some army necklace , it had a picture in the middle of it , it was his family , his parents and himself , they seemed really happy that day , he took it out of the box and wore it right away . then the final two things left in the box were two letters , he pulled them out and wanted to open them but his mom stopped him " dont open those now , open them when you are feeling depressed , or something really bad happened with you , it'll help you go through hard times " , jackson nodded and returned them into the box and then he closed it .
wednesday morning .
jackson had a call from eric that he and the rest of the gang wanted him to come to melissa's house today because they were having a movie night , and because it was gonna be so much fun , but jackson had to say no cause he wasnt gonna leave his mother alone in the hospital , his mom heard the conversation and insisted for him to go , but he argued with her , then loren suggested that she stays with his mom . it took alot of convincing untill jackson finally said ok . he got dresssed , and headed to melissa's house at 7:30 p.m .
ugh ! i still have millions of things to write ! this story doesnt wanna finish .