Hi guys! Why hasn't anyone reviewed? I'm thinking about two or three more chapters. Here's chapter 23. Enjoy & review. This is a really short chapter, but I promise the next one will be longer.
When I woke up, I didn't know where I was. I eventually realized that I was in the hospital. I have to stop coming here. I need a membership card. The door opened & in walked Parker.
"Where's Soda?" I asked. He put his hand on his heart.
"Nice to see you too." he spoke. I felt kind of bad.
"Sorry." I whispered. He shrugged it off & sat down in the chair.
"Soda's fine. He woke up a couple hours ago. You guys got hypothermia. You had pneumonia. Soda didn't. Dang. You guys gave us a scare. We brought you guys here last night. It's now two in the afternoon." he informed. I coughed.
"Are we gonna go home today? Can I see Soda? Are you guys gonna still go camping? What hospital are we at?" I asked, the questions came flooding out. I started coughing again & Parker gave me a glass of water.
"Easy." he fretted. I nodded.
"No. We're not going back camping. We're at Tulsa Memorial. You are not going home due to the added bonus of the pneumonia, but Soda is. He in fact, is already out. Everybody's waiting outside." he informed. I pouted. Parker laughed.
"Well, can they come in instead of peeping through the door?" I asked, pointing to the ten faces, including my dad's staring at me. Two-Bit waved. I started to laugh & then had a coughing fit. All of the gang came bursting through the door. My dad followed. Soda came over & kissed the top of my head. My dad did a warning cough & everybody started laughing.
"Ooh, Soda got in trouble!" Steve sang.
"How are you feeling?" Paxton asked. I shrugged.
"I've felt better." I said. Everybody nodded.
"Do you remember anything from last night?" Steve asked. I had to think about that.
"I remember not being able to breathe real well. I was really cold, & then I would be real hot. I remember trying to talk to someone, but I was slurring." I murmured. Everybody nodded, except for Soda. My dad had to go to work, so he left & the nine of us played poker. Even in the hospital, I whooped them. They were all whining, even Darry. The day came & went & the next morning I was aloud to go home.
"You need to be on bed rest for a couple of days." the doctor monologue instructed. Now, I feel Pony's pain. I thought as Paxton wheeled me out. Soda pushed him out of the way & we went down the hallways. He made sure to go slow around the corners. We invited the whole gang over to our house & everybody agreed except Dally. He & Shepherd had some "business". Paxton had a basketball thing. He couldn't play, but his response to the coach was,
" Sir… I've been playing basketball since I was big enough to grip one. I'll have to be six feet under before I miss a practice." Evie had to go home the night before because Robin got sick & she had to babysit. The two boys parted ways at the hospital & the rest of us went home. The boys got comfy in the living room & I went upstairs to change. I got into a nicer sweatshirt & a pair of jeans. I put my hair into pigtail braids & went back down stairs. Soda & Steve were on the floor playing with Rain. Darry & Two-Bit were talking & so were Parker & Pony. I sat down on the floor next to Soda. Rain came over & started licking my face.
"Let's do something!" I exclaimed. They all looked at me.
"Like what?" Two-Bit asked. I thought about this for a second.
"Poker?" I suggested. Everybody groaned & I laughed.
"No. Not poker. Anything but poker." Steve whined. Before everyone left, we ended up playing 12 games of poker. Me winning eleven & Darry winning one.
