3 A Call And A Promise

I was standing in a white hallway as I was waiting outside Myra's room, a bit nervous. That was when I saw James running towards me with panic clear on his face.

When he was in front of me he was breathing hard and said, "Myra, haa, where is, haa, she."

I smiled and pointed at the door beside me and then I saw him walk inside. I sighed and walked away and towards the stairs, but right before I did I looked at the door of Myra's room while I was feeling a bit conflicted.

As I was walking out of the hospital I saw many patients, families and their friends. I glanced at them all as I reached the main entrance to the hospital and went outside while I was feeling a bit more relieved now as I was not close to James and Myra anymore.

That was when I saw a cab which I waved over. I quickly walked over, opened the door and said, "Hello, can you go to S street?"

The cab driver nodded and then I went inside. And as I was sitting there I took a last look at the bright lit hospital before he began driving.

As he was driving I saw many lights passing by outside and I remembered how scared and panicked James was in the phone call.

I took out my phone while my whole body was shaking and called James. "James, Myra has got into an accident. I think you need to come. I am in X hospital." I said with an extremely quiet voice.

That was when he said just one word in disbelief. "What?"

I felt tears nearly overflowing my eyes and then I said while stuttering, "S,she, M,Myra is, is in the h,hospital. P,please come."

"What do you mean the hospital!?" He shouted angrily into the phone.

"I, I found her bloodied and battered in the street. L,luckily the doctors s,said that s,she is a,alright." I kept stuttering and stuttering but all James knew was how to yell.

"Why did you not protect her Luke!? You know how I feel about her!" James yelled again on the phone.

"A,as I said James, I, I found h,her on the street c,crying f,for help when..."

But I was interrupted by him. "Stop with your excuses Luke! This is just like the time with her!" James yelled and I fell onto my knees while tears began bursting out of my eyes...

Finally I arrived at the destination and paid the cab driver. When I got out of the cab and came inside the house I saw my mother for once being awake. She glared at me as I walked inside the house as if I had done something to offend her while I still had a hint of red around my eyes.

"Mother? What are you doing awake?" I asked her in a hazy voice while I slightly tilted my head with a smile on my face.

"What do you mean "what are you doing awake?"!!!" She walked towards me with large and angry steps while her eyes seemed like they were holding a burning flame. "DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED ME AND YOUR SISTER WERE!?" And then she slapped me.

But before I knew it she then hugged me and I sighed while I felt my cheek hurt a little bit. "Sorry mother. It was an emergency. I promise it won't happen again." I said as I patted her back calmly when I saw my sister peeking at me and my mother from the stairs.

When she saw I looked at her she ran away immediately which made me feel even worse than before. So I looked at my mother and said goodbye before I walked upstairs and into my room while trying to hide my tears.

I walked over towards the bed and then I fell onto it with a large sigh. I took my pillow and screamed into it until I couldn't scream anymore. Until I had lost my voice completely. And as I slowly fell asleep a picture of a small girl with blond hair in pigtails and red eyes appeared in my mind.

When I woke up the next morning I rubbed my red eyes eyes and looked at my phone. I had gotten seventeen calls from James for some reason. I yawned and took my phone when there came another call when I took it to my ear.

I answered it. "Why did you tell Myra that I saved her!?" He yelled at me and I took my phone a bit away from my ear.

I was surprised and felt a lot of pain but I suppressed it all and said in a calm voice, "You know James, I did this for your sake. It would be better if she thought you were the one who did it so she can like..."

But he cut me off before I could continue my words. "No! I am not having it this time, Luke! You are always lying about this and that while trying to be calm when you are actually sad and depressed! Why can you just not be honest and go straight to the topic and tell us the truth without trying to convince us otherwise?"

I sighed after he was done talking. I nearly couldn't take this anymore. My emotions are overflowing. "Haa, you know what, James, I am sorry. I really am but... she needs to like you. After all, if she knew I was the one who did it she would maybe have some feelings for me instead of you which I don't want. I don't want our friendship to end James." I could feel my voice nearly giving out to sadness as I said those last words.

After I was done James was silent. It was as if he was thinking about something. Time went by without him saying a word at all. I became more and more anxious the more silent he was.

But finally he spoke. "Alright Luke. I will keep your secret this time. But if you ever do anything like this again I will..."

"Don't worry about it James. I will not do this again unless I have to." I said with a happy tone of voice.

"But don't expect me to like you again, Luke." He said and ended the call.

I walked out of my room while I could feel my heart became heavier and heavier. As I entered the bathroom I could feel my legs nearly giving out. The harder I tried to preserve everything the harder it became to actually do it. It was as if the world was working against me.

When I got out of the shower I saw my sister walk to the dining room but she twitched slightly when she walked by me who had just gotten out of the shower while my chest was completely exposed. I wonder what has gotten into her?

I walked right behind her behind her while I was putting on the top part of my school uniform. I smiled at her when we sat down at the table and she blushed for some reason again, but I just ate my food as I was thinking about some homework I had to do.

As soon as I was done eating I stood up and smiled at my sister, and so I walked out of the house with the usual calm look on my face which no one could read. Not anyone other than "her".

And as always I arrive at school just in time and then the class starts as I look out of the window while listening to the lesson. My eyes gradually began to close because of all the energy I had spent yesterday. And eventually I yawned and placed my head on my desk.

And soon everything became darker and darker and I was eventually enveloped in a warm and comfortable darkness. It felt like I could finally sleep peacefully with the teacher speaking in the background as the information naturally embedded itself in my brain.