Chapter 4
It had been a few hours, Rita had moved in her sleep so I was able to move unfortunately. Later on Mimi and Tai had fallen asleep on the couch in Rita's room. I decided to go check and see how Rita was doing. I sat down beside her and looked at her. The moonlight was shining on her face; I kneeled down on the floor and placed my chin on my arms. Which were laid on the bed. I felt so at peace just looking at her. She was so sweet so sincere, truthfully she was a lot like Mimi, but also so different. I know Mimi is a great person with a great heart, but truthfully I never was attracted to Mimi. Of course she's pretty and a good friend. However there was something different about Rita. I like her; I think I better admit it to myself, that I did in fact like her, but what now? I felt my eyes get heavy, I looked back to see Mimi snuggled up towards Tai. I hope he can tell her how he feels, and maybe… me too. I decided to just close my eyes and sleep where I was.
I woke up to the sunlight hitting my face; I stood up and looked towards Mimi and Tai. I walked over to them and shook them. Tai mumbled "Mom… I don't want to go to school." "Tai wake up," I said as I shook him till his eyes opened. "Wha Izzy?" Tai muttered. "Huh, ohaiyo," Mimi spoke as she sat up. "Oh so everyone's awake," we turned around to see Rita smiling at us. "Rita, how are you feeling?" I asked as Mimi dove into Rita's open arms. "I'm feeling much better, thanks," Rita replied. "Thank god, we were worried," Tai stated as he walked over to give her a hug. "You guys didn't have to stay all night." Rita said looking concerned. "Don't worry about it we're glad you're okay." Tai replied. "Excuse me," We turned around to see the nurse. "What's up?" Mimi asked. "Umm we have a little girl here she wants to see Rita," the nurse replied. "Of course," Rita spoke. We all looked at the door when the little girl who was chasing after the puppy came in with what I assumed was her mom. "Hi," the little girl spoke. "Hello," Rita replied. "Thank you for saving my puppy," said the girl as she went up and hugged Rita. "We don't know how we can thank you," the mother added. "Don't worry about it," Rita replied. "Well we feel terrible, the doctors said that you could have died and you did that just to save our puppy." The mother replied back. "Really it's okay," Rita said modestly. "Well I don't know what to say just that you are one amazingly kind girl." The mother smiled. "Oh no really I'm not," Rita said tying to be modest. The mother continued to smile as she left the room with her daughter after thanking Rita once again.
Rita looked over at us; her face was a bit red. "Eh heh sorry you guys had to see that." "What's to be sorry about?" Tai asked. "Well I mean I just moved here and this is what you see of me on my first day meeting you, I end up in the hospital and you have to stay here to look after me… I'm so sorry." Rita spoke, her eyes looking like they would well up any minuet. "Don't say that, we chose to stay here with you remember, the others are all just as worried, we don't think less of you if anything we think higher of you after what you did." I exclaimed. "Izzy…" Rita replied. Tears fell from her eyes, I watched as she got out of bed. "Rita are you sure it's not too soon for that?" Tai asked. She didn't listen; she just continued to walk towards me. She stopped as soon as she was in front of me. I looked at her in the eyes; more tears were forming as the rest fell down her face. "Rita?" I spoke. She pressed her body against mine and clutched my shit in her hand. "Thank you," she whispered. I felt my heart race faster and faster, and I felt my face get hotter and hotter the more she held on to me. I just wanted to hold her tight, but the thought of rejection kept popping up in my head. I didn't have a chance with a girl like her. Still I wanted to stay like this, as long as I could.