chapter 8

The day for miley's surgery had come , she was afraid that she was going to be passed into a high radiation machine to be treated and not all survive the operation she was about to have . ritha tried to allay her fear for the operation and so did the others but it was useless, the operation would take about five hours , the doctors assured the team members that it would be risk , miley was afraid she would die in the process. Miley entered the operation room and the others stayed outside , bill proposed that they would start with a prayer , he led the prayer . Miley's heart beat rate was rising and she had sweaty palms the nurse tried to calm her down ad she managed to cool her down . " guys I think we should think of organizing a party to welcome miley once she recovered from her illness" ," yeah pete but I think it's just been thirty five minutes since she entered the operation room , let's just wait for her to cure and we shall think of it" . "Why don't we find something to do than wander around as lunatics" , " I think we could tour the building" , " lanna answered tom , " okay I'll guide you around the building" tom said , he then took them for a tour , they passed by his dad's office and the whole hospital . After the tour they returned to the waiting place , it had been two hours since miley had entered the operation room , the nurse came out to notify them . " is everything alright , tell us" , Jennifer said to the nurse , " so far so good , her situation was not very bad , she is going to make it , her body is still in good condition" , they all breathed heavily as they heard from the nurse , but they had to wait for some more time , time after time they waited until the last minute. The nurse came back , " any good news" lanna said loudly , "I am glad to tell you that she will wake up very soon she is still asleep" , " and shall we take her home" , " don't be silly, she will still stay for a while until she is good to go" the nurse replied to lanna , they waited for awhile until miley was awake . Miley finally woke up and they came in to check on her , they surrounded her , " miley just a few days and you will be well" , ritha said as she held miley's hand , " bill , I am so sorry for all the time I sent you back refusing to forgive you how will I ever repay you" , " miley I am glad that you are cured , after all that happened between us and you forgave me , this was the right thing to do" , mister donald bill's dad entered the room to check on miley , " oh you finally made it miley" , " I couldn't have been any better without your help" , miley said to bill's dad , "so guys would you give us a moment , I need to speak to bill's dad" she said and they all went out , " I think it has been a while without good atmosphere between us" miley breathed soundly , " I found little interest in your son back in the times , but that was nothing your son has become the hero you'll ever need , I just wanted to thank you for all , despite the bad character I had to bill" , " miley I get it bill wasn't any happy since that day, but the day you forgave him , I had to accept anything he would ask for you , because you released a burden on my son's heart and he's happy now", " I had to do it , I left my past behind and I aimed for a better future , and now he has been more than a blessing to me" , miley said and they both laughed , " so I guess I have to go , I have too much today , I'll just let you rest and I'll keep n visiting you often" , " of course , more lives to save" , miley said to bill's dad as he left the room . " Ok fellows I think miley is better but she has to stay for a while to regain energy s the wounds heal , we shall take good care of her" , " thanks mister Donald we shall head home and we shall keep on visiting her until she leaves , but I think t would be better I we say bye" , ritha said to bill's dad and they entered miley's room . They old miley that they were leaving and then went to the hospitals exit , " so guys I think I have been patient for a long time now let's get ideas of the party to welcome miley when she is well" pete said , " okay I almost forgot pete , we'll start with decorating the main hall so that the party would be awesome" lanna answered him , " and I suggest we could start now lanna" Jennifer said and they agreed on it they went to the barracuda club . " So we'll need some lights , some balloons and some surround sounds, so let's split up guys " tom said and the split to look for the needed materials, ritha and bill went to arrange the sound system , lanna went with tom and Jennifer with pete . All was done by the afternoon they got themselves drinks and went outside in the cool afternoon breeze , tom took a speech , " guys I want to thank you all for your contributions , we couldn't be organizing a party without miley being cured so let's give a toast for miley is cured" they clapped their hands after bill's speech , " I guess we have to go home now and it is getting dark" , they all then started going home , , " tom I am so proud of you , you have been good for sometime , time despite your behavior , but I wish we could stay like this , bill I really love you and I want to be with you ever happy" , lanna said to tom and hugged him , " lanna I promise I'll try to behave myself , let's go home" , tom accompanied lanna home . Ritha entered the gate as she reached home , she found her mom all about the day her mom was so happy and proud of her daughter , she prepared dinner with her mom and her dad . Dinner was served , her parents came to the table with her , ritha kept on talking to her dad about bill , the whole time until they were done , ritha went to her bed but bill kept on coming to her mind over and over , she slept late that night . Late in the morning his dad woke her up she was very late , " ritha I think you need to read the message on your phone" , she picked up her phone and read the message , the others had texted her and called her but she couldn't respond , until they called her dad , they would go pick up miley from the clinic , she woke up in a hurry and went to take a shower and had a bowl of muesli ,she then went to the subway station . she took her phone and bill was calling her , " hello" she said with a smile on her face , " hello ritha it is bill , how was the night" , " it was nice , and how about you" " same to me" , " I just wanted to know if you read the message" , " yeah I saw and I am on my way" , she said . She arrived at the barracuda club , the others were there , and they were busy preparing , the other club members were to stay and prepare the food and drinks , while was to pick miley from the hospital , after giving orders ,they all had to get prepared for the party , ritha went back home , and she dressed in her purple dress and stiletto , she had to make over her face and make her hair , after she was doe she came down stairs , to her surprise bill was right there in the living room ,he was talking to ritha's dad and mom , but the moment ritha came downstairs bill was shocked , he had never seen ritha like he was seeing her that moment , ritha came down stairs she hugged bill , her aroma made bill even more amazed , " ritha , bill has been here telling us about the party you have to attend and I wish I was there too , bad sadly I have to stay here with your dad , so bill is going to be with you" , " thanks mom" , ritha said to her mom " so bill have fun and take care , I hope you will enjoy the night" , ritha's dad said , then bill took ritha in his car , " I really miss the time you and I were still in high school angie" , ritha's dad said as bill's car went . Bill and ritha arrived and entered the hall it was decorated to perfection , miley would be surprised to see it , everyone was perfectly dressed , " so guys I think most of us are here , I need you to be as welcoming as you can be , Jennifer and I will go pick miley at the hospital" pete said , the others started talking and cheering , pete and Jennifer , went in pete's car and drove to the elite clinic . " Miley was at the reception room and bill's dad was with him , pete and Jennifer arrived , and they went to the reception room , " doctor , I think it is time miley has to return to her normal life , and we thank you very much for all that you have done for us" , " it was my pleasure , I was glad to help , now you can proceed" , miley went with them into the car , pete drove to the city mall and parked there. They went inside and had to change miley's cloths , pete bought her a nice dress and she tried it on , " pete thanks very much for the dress , but why did i have to change my cloths" , " let's just not talk much about it" , pete said and they drove miley to make up her hair . After they were done they were ready to go , but she was suspicious , though pete and Jennifer were trying to hide it , miley thought they were up to something but they kept it hidden , " miley I think you are ready to go , we can move on" , " but pete what is this all about" , " miley don't worry we want to make you happy , you are returning home" , " yes miley pete is right we just want to show you how much we care for you as our beloved coach" ," so without wasting more time let's hurry the others want to see you before you go home" , pete said , as he opened the backdoor for miley t enter and , then they drove to the club . They arrived at the club , the whole main hall was was decorated with lights all around , miley had no idea of what it was , " pete why is the hall surrounded with lights" , " uh , miley they have been some slight changes , we needed the compound to be more visible at night" ,pete said as he moved out of the car , and so did Jennifer miley stayed in the car pete texted bill , " we're here , guys" , the message said , bill came out , " guys what took you so long , where's miley" , " bill we had to make some changes , but she is still in the car at the parking zone , but she is about to know all about the surprise party" , " how , is she …" , " never mind she is so suspicious , just get ready" , pete said and went back to the car . " Miley do you mind" , pete said as he gave a hand to miley , miley went out of the car and they escorted her to the hall , " miley do you mind opening the door" , " okay pete , I'm going to open the door and you're going to explain this to me right away" , she went to open the door and " surprise !!!!!!" the crowd shouted at once and miley ran out of words , she looked all around the hall , she looked at the posters , the decorations , she had nothing to say , she covered her mouth and she was about to cry , " so pete, Jennifer this is all what you were up to" , they kept quiet thinking she wasn't happy about it ," don't you like it miley" , " more than I can tell pete , I love it" , the whole hall clapped their hands , she then went to the podium and took the microphone . " Barracuda's , this is more than amazing , it is another surprising and memorable good moment I have had with you , I want to say thank you for all you have done , from when I was in the hospital , you were my family from then until today this moment , bill step forward" , she said as bill stepped forward , " I want to thank bill and his father for without them I couldn't have made it , I demand a round of applause for bill" , they clapped hands , " and once again for Jennifer and pete , they tried all they could for the surprise party to be a successes , though they lied to me , but I forgive them , let's enjoy this evening" , the whole club in the hall clapped their hands for miley's speech . The party continued , bill was welcomed back to the team , but he couldn't just e welcomed without a speech , pete thought of calling him on stage and so he did , " ok guys , now let's have a speech from our fellow barracuda who has just comeback , give it for bill" , ritha was with bill he pushed him to go on stage , but bill insisted , but he finally went on stage , " guys, guys , I thank you all for this amazing moment , I really appreciate it , I am happy that , miley has given me a chance once again to be called a barracuda , and I am ready to do whatever I takes to make the team successful , the rest have a nice evening and enjoy the party" , bill returned to his place after the speech , they clapped their hands again , the deejay turn on the music and they started dancing , bill went outside at the veranda to catch some air because it was hot inside , ritha followed him . " hey ,there" , " hey , ritha" , " nice speech by the way , you made miley so proud" , " I guess now things are back to normal" , " glad to hear that bill" , " ritha I want to thank you once gain for not giving up on me , it wouldn't have been any good without you" , "it was nothing bill , it wasn't fair to see miley mad on you so I tried all I could to make you reunite with her" , bill spent a moment looking at ritha observing her , closely , she became shy and looked down , " cut it off bill I can't maintain my eye contacts" , she said while laughing " ritha I can't I am obsessed with your look tonight , you look very beautiful tonight" , " thanks bill you look perfect too" , " ritha , I want to ask you something" , " go on it's fine with me I am willing to answer" , ritha said to bill . " Okay how do see me , let's make it easier , how do you consider me , in real life" , " okay , you are making it hard for me , but bill, to me you are gentle and brave , you are funny sometimes , but often serious , and you are the kind of guy who never makes me bored when I am talking to you , and mostly you never give up , so I think that's all , but why did you ask me" , " oh I definitely don't know how to tell it to you , but I just wanted to know how I appear to you" , " oh , really , then I challenge you to tell me how I appear to you too" , " wow you are a stubborn one I didn't expect you to ask me in return , but no problem I'll tell you . " Ritha , for the first time I met you , you were the only thing on my mind that day , but I was I found more interest in you when I noticed your helpful and caring character" , " wow , bill I have nothing to say but it's just too much for someone as simple as me" , " no ritha I'm more than serious" , " thanks bill , but really I am a kind of girl who thinks negatively about my attitude I feel like I have to be beyond limits , because normally my dad pushes me to be the best I can be , but thanks to you made me feel something positive about myself " , bill smiled at bill as she finished , " so bill could we go back inside it is a little bit cold out here" , " sure" bill said but he seemed to hold back his true opinion about going inside , he held ritha's hand as he was about to go inside . "Ritha , I want tell you something it's very important , you can have my coat if it's chilly out here, ritha I have been keeping this in my heart for days" bill became silent for a while , ritha looked at him closely , " I love you ritha , and I don't regret to say this" ritha was shocked she ran out of words she was silent and speechless . " Say it ritha because I want to know" , " bill I'm just shocked , but oh god I can't believe I am saying this ,but bill I love you too and I have been feeling this for days" , bill held ritha's neck and kissed her . Tom came in search of ritha ,he wanted to go on with his untold words to ritha but he was shocked bill and ritha right in the action , his face frowned and he went back , tom had nothing to do he went back inside , the party continued bill and ritha came back inside , " care for a dance , ritha" bill said as he stretched his arm to ritha , " that would be nice" , ritha came close to tom and they danced together . The party came to an end , everyone started leaving after the final speech from miley , bill put ritha in his car and drove her home . They reached at ritha's home they got out of the car , " ritha I hope you enjoyed the night as I did" , " bill don't mention it , I am as happy as you are , but I am a little bit worried" , " but what are you worried about ritha" , " bill should we keep it a secret" , " I also wonder how we should handle it , but maybe let it be between us until it time some of our friends know about it" , ritha's parent opened the door as soon as bill and ritha finished kissing , " mom , how did you know we here" , " I heard a car outside and I came to check who it was , hope you had a nice moment together" , " absolutely and sory that we were a little bit late" , " no it is not a problem" , " I guess I'll get going now" , bill said as he looked in ritha's eyes , " bye bill" ritha said as bill went , he started his car and left , ritha went in her room , she spent a while thinking about bill and finally she fell asleep .