Baby, I'm a Million.
Who Knows?
I hesitated to go into Nancy’s hospital room. I knew that since she didn’t remember Cameron she definitely wouldn’t remember me, and it was a sad thought. So I stood at the door watching as everybody else walked in and re-introduced themselves. Watching them all have to explain to Nancy who they were and what they meant to her broke my heart, especially watching Cameron deal with it. It was obvious that he was in love with her, and she probably knew before the accident. Now she didn’t even know they were ever friends.
I decided to go home. I said goodbye to everybody, and I go to the waiting room where my mom was reading a magazine.
“Did you talk to her?”
“Yeah,” I lied.
“Did she remember you?”
“No, she doesn’t remember anybody right now. She doesn’t even remember her parents.”
My mom nods, but she doesn’t say anything else about it. We didn’t talk on the way home, and we didn’t talk at the dinner table. Dad calls, but I don’t talk to him either. I just go upstairs and go to sleep only to be woken up at two in the morning by Ferris throwing pebbles at my window again.
“Can I come up?” he asked politely.
I didn’t really want him to, but I figured since he spent the time walking here I would let him.
“Sure, come on.”
He climbs up the vines, and into my window. As soon as he gets in my room he cups my face in his hands, and I thought he was about to kiss me. Instead he just stares at me. It freaked me out a little bit. I tried to move away from him, but he wouldn’t let me.
“Avery,” he whispers. He breathed in deeply like he was about to say something else, but he doesn’t.
“Ferris, you’re freaking me out.”
He smiles, “Sorry. You’re just so beautiful.”
“You’re so lying.”
He leans down and kisses me softly.
“I’m so not lying.”
The next morning, I go back to the hospital to see Nancy. Her parents meet me at the entrance, which surprised me.
“She remembers you,” they say at the same time.
“She remembers me?”
“Well, she remembers your name,” her dad explains.
Her mom nods, “All morning she’s been talking about knowing somebody named Avery.”
They practically drag me into her room, and I sit on a chair beside her bed. I wait for her to say something.
I decided to go home. I said goodbye to everybody, and I go to the waiting room where my mom was reading a magazine.
“Did you talk to her?”
“Yeah,” I lied.
“Did she remember you?”
“No, she doesn’t remember anybody right now. She doesn’t even remember her parents.”
My mom nods, but she doesn’t say anything else about it. We didn’t talk on the way home, and we didn’t talk at the dinner table. Dad calls, but I don’t talk to him either. I just go upstairs and go to sleep only to be woken up at two in the morning by Ferris throwing pebbles at my window again.
“Can I come up?” he asked politely.
I didn’t really want him to, but I figured since he spent the time walking here I would let him.
“Sure, come on.”
He climbs up the vines, and into my window. As soon as he gets in my room he cups my face in his hands, and I thought he was about to kiss me. Instead he just stares at me. It freaked me out a little bit. I tried to move away from him, but he wouldn’t let me.
“Avery,” he whispers. He breathed in deeply like he was about to say something else, but he doesn’t.
“Ferris, you’re freaking me out.”
He smiles, “Sorry. You’re just so beautiful.”
“You’re so lying.”
He leans down and kisses me softly.
“I’m so not lying.”
The next morning, I go back to the hospital to see Nancy. Her parents meet me at the entrance, which surprised me.
“She remembers you,” they say at the same time.
“She remembers me?”
“Well, she remembers your name,” her dad explains.
Her mom nods, “All morning she’s been talking about knowing somebody named Avery.”
They practically drag me into her room, and I sit on a chair beside her bed. I wait for her to say something.