Chapter 18
Luke’s POV930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMCYysvga2
Previously:
While they sat there like that I picked up my fork and continued to eat my waffles, just letting it sink into their heads.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsd13eGkap
Now:
I had finished eating and was putting my plate in the kitchen, when I heard Alice come running down the stairs. She didn’t come into the kitchen so I assumed she sat at the table to finish eating. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq9s0Mvw9a
I heard Mom saying something to Alice but i couldn’t make out what she was saying and me being the curious person I was, walked back towards the table and sat down in my previous seat to hear what was going on. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNp9hncloiD
“I was talking to Puck.” Alice said, glancing at me for a second. Mom must have asked her what she was doing upstairs in my room. I don’t know why Mom asked her, I had already told them what she was doing. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcUDopsDdq
“Do you even know Puck, Alice?” Dad questioned next.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw9MoI0q6e
“Yep! He was in my dreams! Just like Luke! But you guys weren’t, you died.” She really had no filter. I didn’t expect her to say that otherwise I would have tried to stop her from being so blunt like it didn’t even faze her. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghAn1sqqp5
Mom looked at her weirdly. I wasn’t going to tell them that they had died and we were just fine without them in what we thought was real, but I guess that’s too late now. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobm1Gp2xKm
“We….died?” She stuttered out after a few seconds of silence. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdr7Wn7uSG
“Yep. Thats what I said. But it was okay, Luke took care of me and it was awesome!”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJiixcppYQ
“You make it sound like it was real.” Dad said. He wasn’t as fazed by their deaths in our apparently made up world like Mom was. Well, I thought it was real till I woke up. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Oxq2pkznx
“Well it felt like it till I woke up every time.” Alice said looking down at her food.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Jgg7sUpXH
“Hey, Alice. Look at me.” I said softly. Waiting for her to turn and look at me. Once she did I could see the tears in her eyes threatening to spill out. “Remember I thought it was real too? I didn’t believe anyone until I talked to you. Do you remember that?” 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWhux4r2vT
“Yeah,” She whispered so low that I almost didn’t hear it. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAXeC9yfwn
“Good. Just remember that I know what you’re going through and we will find the others.” I tried to comfort her. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F8oZTLK61
I hadn’t noticed before since I was talking to Alice but when I looked up both our parents were watching us. They must have watched us the whole time. Thanks Captain Obvious. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mMZf0B4bX
“Wow, Luke.” Mom said. “That was really nice of you.” I just looked at her confused. Why was it nice? I was just trying to make her feel better. Isn’t that what they should have done instead of asking her more questions? 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdknHwEaArq
Mom must have noticed my confusion because she started talking again. “You just calmed her down so easily. Like you’ve done it a million times.”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvnNH7qmYV
“Mom, I have done it a million times. When I was in my coma I took care of Alice all on my own. Just like she just told you.” 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9F0jpQQyq
Dad had been quite this whole time. I started to realize that this whole time that I’ve been awake Dad hasn’t talked much. it’s usually mom doing all the talking. He just watches as everything happens. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGdIOqEjuo
No one said anything more so I got up and was about to go up the stairs back to my room when I got stopped by Alice talking. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvMhnpEnmp
“Oh! Luke when I was talking to Puck your phone made a weird sound and vibrated.” I must have a gotten a text message or something.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5Io8bqwTm
“Thanks, Alice.” I walked up the stairs to my room, almost tripping on the top stair. I don’t know how I do it but I fall going up stairs a lot. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPjRjPXIF6
Once in my room with the door closed and phone in hand, I layed on my bed and looked at my phone. It wasn’t a text it was Facebook message from Kenza. I opened it and read it. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElpuNFovpL
“Call me as soon as you get a chance. I need to ask you a favor. My number is 321-845-2980.
-Kenza”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwWr5kzIIV
I pressed the number. It was lit up blue so that I could just call it right away. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAvwm4nlUy
It rang a while and then when I almost pressed the end button she answered. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvBXTWIkkE
“Luke!!” She sounded like she had been crying, but I didn’t say anything, no need to make her cry more by asking about it.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN9CDksBvB
“Hey Kenza,” I barely got done saying that when she talked again. Even when she’s sad she talks a lot. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNIvRLsYyJ
“First, I would love to go with you and Alice!!!! Second, would it be possible for me to stay with you a little while after that? Third, the second part is because my parents died and I have no where to go besides you. You know I wouldn’t ask unless I really needed your help. It’s the only way for me to get out of the hospital.” I could hear the tears through her voice. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zEV2ywigS
Now I know why she had been crying. It makes sense now. It was because of her parents. I felt bad for her, but I knew she didn’t like to be pitied. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrry3LWiqr
“Of course you can.” I didn’t even have to think about it. I would do anything for my friends. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjJXxKw0Il
“You didn’t even think about it. Or ask your parents.” Of course those would be her first thoughts, she was always concerned about other people before herself. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TuFszbNck
“You know I would do anything to help my friends out. And I don’t care what my parents say. You’re staying with us and that’s that.” I said leaving no room for argument.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcQq4grfcn
“Thank you so much Lukey.” I only let Alice call me that but Kenza uses it to tease me sometimes, I know this time she meant in a grateful way so I just left it. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWCdVRgeEi
“Of course Kenz. Anything for you.” I whispered the last part. I don’t know why I said it, I just did.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzpurdbNWI
“So Luke, hows the non-coma life treatin ya?” She asked instantly perking up. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaXtM9Ozi4
“Well, It’s definitely different than the coma life.” I said with a laugh. “But considering my parents are still alive -” 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtGsdXk5tA
“Wait! Hold up! Your parents are alive?!?!”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwZza4Utaz
“That’s what I said.” I answered laughing. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41klhzuqGp
“Holy Shit! That’s amazing! I bet the non-coma life is completely different then! I mean you don’t even take care of Alice anymore…..well I guess you never did..in real life anyway.”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyH9VEIBg2
“I know right! My mom looked at me funny this morning when Alice was feeling bad about something and I cheered her up. She confused me! But that was because I’m used to doing that kinda stuff for her.”
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“I would have loved to see her face! Her son who just woke up from a two year coma is comforting her daughter like he’s been doing it all his life.” Now that Kenza put it that way I could see why Mom looked at us like she did. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgzK12SLfj
“You’re right, it would have been hilarious if I would have understood why she was making the face.” We were laughing again. “Hows the non-coma life for you, Kenza?”
“Well I found out my parents died in the car crash that put me in the coma-” CAR CRASH?!?!?!930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpau0Hy6R1r
“You went into your coma because of a car crash!?!?!” I interrupted her. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡto4M05HC7b
“Uh...yeah..? Why?”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrvnwrIzrG
“CAUSE I DID TOO!!!” I said, a little too loud. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1hoGxqPRk
“Jeez, you don’t have to yell.” She said. “Wait. A car crash? As in we both went into our comas cause of a car crash?” She continued after she realized what I had said. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLszfiU6YD3
“What day?” I sat straight up in my bed from shock. It’s so weird how everything that’s happened to us four has been almost the exact same. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEknxRO00pV
“What day what?” She asked confused.930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpK3Fke34y
“What day did you go into your coma?”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡua3YYY5bQh
“May 18th 2013. Why?”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXviVud2V0
I didn’t say anything for a few moments. “Luke? Luke you still there?”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13eG7XtnTR
“Yeah.” I whispered out. I couldn't think a coherent thought yet. 930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7O3IsvsuC
“You gunna tell me why asked for the day?”930Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvx5AqKZ8E
“Because that’s the day I went into the coma too. Along with Puck.” I replied. Still shocked by this news.
