Chapter 28
Luke’s POV
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Previously:
Once we had all our new stuff in our rooms I made sure Alice was in bed and then Kenza and I passed out almost immediately on our separate sides of the bed.
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Now:
The next morning, I wake up to sniffling and heavy breathing, I’m confused on who or what is making the noises but then I remember that Kenza was here. Realizing that thought isn’t reassuring though. I gently moved to shake her shoulder to see what was wrong.
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She moved around but she’s still sleeping. Why is she crying in her sleep? I wondered to myself.
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I decide to let her sleep a little longer and call Puck about going to visit him soon.
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I got out of bed to find my phone, it’s plugged in across the room, laying on the floor.
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I first look at the time, it’s 9:13. Hopefully that’s not too early to call him.
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I search his name and dial his number, he answers after a few rings.
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“Hello?” He asks, he doesn’t sound like he just woke up so that’s good.
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“Hey, it’s Luke.”
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“Oh, hey! What’s up?”
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“Just woke up, Kenza’s still sleeping.”
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“Oh yeah, I almost forgot she was coming to stay with you. How’s that going?”
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“Other than my parents being stupid, it’s good.”
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“What are your parents doing?”
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“Just being rude and won’t leave us alone about her being here. They’re being so mean to her and it just makes me so mad.” I confess to him.
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“Man, that sucks.”
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“Yeah, tell me about it.” I agree with him. “Do you think we could come to see you today and stay for a while?” I ask him. Not only would it be good for us to get away from my parents and let them cool down but also we could finally see Puck!
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“I mean I’m still in the hospital but sure! I would love for that.” He answers right away, with no hesitation.
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“We’ll find somewhere to stay up there till you get out then. It will be good for the three of us to get away from my parents and to finally see you!” I say.
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“Great! Dude, I can’t wait to see you guys!” Puck says.
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“I know right! Do you think you’ll be getting out soon?”
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“I honestly have no clue! They haven’t really told me anything, I barely even saw any nurses yesterday let alone my doctor.”
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“Wow. I hope you get out soon, then we could all do something other than sit in a hospital room, I think we’re all tired of that.”
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“You can say that again.” He says, agreeing with me. “Oh you guys can also meet Peter and Will!”
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Peter and Will? I don’t remember anyone by those names. Maybe he’s talking about his nurses. Oh..wait..he could be talking about his other friends. I feel dumb for even thinking they could be nurses, they had to be some friends he had before he went into the coma. “Peter and Will?” I ask just to be sure.
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“They were friends I had in before the coma but in the coma I thought we had gone our separate ways but apparently that didn’t happen. We hung out for a while yesterday and caught up, they’re really cool. You guys will like them.” So I was right about the friends thing.
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“Then I can’t wait to meet them.” I say and I really meant it. Puck knows us really well and if he says we’ll like them I’m sure we will.
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Kenza then starts moving around and making noises in her sleep, I get up and go over to see if she’s okay. She’s crying again and I want to comfort her but I don’t know if I should wake her up or if I should let her sleep.
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I decide waking her up is probably the better option. “Hey, Puck. I’m gunna go. Kenza’s waking up and I think she’s crying. I’ll call you again later and we can make plans to come to see you.” I hurry up and say.
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“Alright. Talk to you later, Luke.”
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“Bye, Dude.” I say as I hang up. I set my phone down on my night stand, then reach over and shake Kenza’s shoulder to wake her. “Kenza. Kenza you need to get up. Kenza.” I say softly but loud enough to wake her.
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It’s a few seconds later before she actually wakes up. “Luke?”
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“Yeah, it’s me. You were crying, I didn’t know what to do so I woke you up.”
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“Sorry, it’s just…” She couldn’t finish before she starts crying again, covering her face to hide it from me.
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“Hey, what’s wrong?” I ask her, pulling her hands away from her face. She lets me and looks at me with a sad face.
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“M-my p-parents.” She says, bursting into sobs. I instantly pulled her in to my arms, hugging her. She wrappes her arms around me and sobs into my shoulder. I just let her while I hold her in my arms and stroke her hair.
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We sat like that for a long time just hugging each other, Kenza crying, and me comforting her.
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After a long while when she was just sniffling, she pulled away and mumbled something I couldn’t hear.
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“What’d you say?” I ask gently.
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“S-s-sorry, I’m s-such a m-mess.”
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“Hey, don’t be sorry. If you need to cry then cry and I will be here for you for whatever you need.”
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“Luke…..” She doesn’t finish but instead pulls me into a tight hug and whispers, “Thank you.” in my ear.
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“I’m always here for you.” I assure her. “On a happier note, we’re gunna go up to where Puck is and stay there for a while.”
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“Really? When?” She asks excitedly.
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“As soon as we’re all ready to go! The only bad part is that I’ll have to bring Alice back before we come back because she has school.” I just realized that I would have to bring Alice back today and then hopefully I could get her up there for as many weekends as we’re going to stay there.
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“Oh yeah, I forgot she’s in school since we haven’t been going.”
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“Me too. And it’s sunday, I’m gunna have to either wait till next weekend to take her or just take her and bring her back today.”
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“You should probably wait till next weekend. It would be better. But there’s only one problem, you guys only have one car, how are you going to drive her back and forth if you can’t take their car?”
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“Shit, Kenza you’re right. And it’s not like I can afford to buy a car or anything like that.” How am I going to do this? I guess the only way to figure something out would be to have a talk with parents about it. “The only thing I can do is talk to my parents and see what we can work out. As much as I dread doing it it’s the only option we have.”
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“Ugg, this sucks. Can’t we just go back to being in the coma? Life seemed so much easier and better there.”
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“I wish we could.” I agree with her. And it was true, even though my parents were dead it was so much better than how my life is now. If I could go back I would.
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