Chapter 3
When we got home my mom set out a plate of veggie pasta with salad in front of me. I ate the salad first, before the pasta. "So" my mom says sitting down with her own plate of food. "I saw that girl Kate looking at Isaac today. I think she likes him." I smile and take a sip of my water.
"I noticed as well. Maybe I should try to get them together. Then if i…" I didn't need to say anything else, she understood.
Finishing up our dinner I grabbed An Imperial Affliction to the couch, and started reading it for the millionth time. After a while, my dad got home from work and kissed my mom before coming to greet me.
"Hey honey! How was support group?" Looking up from my book I tell him about Isaac and Kate.
"Honestly one of the best ones yet. You know I love love!" he gave me a smirk "Ya right!" I smiled and went back to the book while he ate dinner and talked with my mom. My phone started buzzing, I see Isaac on caller ID.
"Hello?" I said upon picking up.
"I'm going to ask for her number."
"Are you?" I said playfully.
"Yup, next week, and I'll ask her out and it will be good for me." He sounded excited.
"Well I'm glad. You sound genuinely happy." I could practically hear him grinning.
"I am, I don't have to be sad for ever, Hazel. And neither do you." And that was it. We said our goodbyes and I hung up the phone.
I decide to lie down for a bit when I feel the headache coming on. I put in my ear buds and put Hectic Glow on shuffle. Eventually I dose off, dreaming of Gus, calling out his name as it faded further and further from my lips, until it was gone. I dream that I'm being suffocated that I can't breathe, and I wake up in panic, and realize that I'm not dreaming. I'm struggling to catch a breath, even with the tank, my stomach is churning, my head is pounding, my vision fuzzy. This is the end. I think to myself, when my dad comes in and sees me. I hear my name being called; I feel myself being lifted up off the couch. Then nothing.