Chapter 18
Luke’s POV927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtxwPJSy1e
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.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCikEQaAHBi
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzESXl32OOo
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdpJpWQeKw
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5QIPLcASs
“Do you even know Puck, Alice?” Dad questioned next.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KfQtO2PHT
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd51EvYaZlZ
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHIs9rpTI2
“We….died?” She stuttered out after a few seconds of silence. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSvZEM7the
“Yep. Thats what I said. But it was okay, Luke took care of me and it was awesome!”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sM4PrmUrt
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO19zG00vEx
“Well it felt like it till I woke up every time.” Alice said looking down at her food.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLWQVf7ENa
“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?” 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03gkvxuRNi
“Yeah,” She whispered so low that I almost didn’t hear it. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbQCnalGjS
“Good. Just remember that I know what you’re going through and we will find the others.” I tried to comfort her. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRHExdKwZm
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXr26q6xUw
“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? 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX5g21dG3W
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.”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8YVcPPd4X
“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.” 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm1NoyMTWi
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGYjz70mSI
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOM9UwmPDR
“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.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfK8sMtPU9K
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8upODotYPF
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEvSjMZ3Or
“Call me as soon as you get a chance. I need to ask you a favor. My number is 321-845-2980.
-Kenza”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DXQRsnCtF
I pressed the number. It was lit up blue so that I could just call it right away. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡru3r0qwHhF
It rang a while and then when I almost pressed the end button she answered. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v3JZtR9R4
“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.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jAy6PSulH
“Hey Kenza,” I barely got done saying that when she talked again. Even when she’s sad she talks a lot. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNcYg7OnPF
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUASeeTmtMx
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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QXaAmohVj
“Of course you can.” I didn’t even have to think about it. I would do anything for my friends. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrFmwv31Ct
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9k9ElRWrzr
“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.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxHCFmEIg0
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUlGCJ4ETu
“Of course Kenz. Anything for you.” I whispered the last part. I don’t know why I said it, I just did.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW6aSjspVM
“So Luke, hows the non-coma life treatin ya?” She asked instantly perking up. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVkKLwrNdQ
“Well, It’s definitely different than the coma life.” I said with a laugh. “But considering my parents are still alive -” 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWfGmNkaZR
“Wait! Hold up! Your parents are alive?!?!”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSGSi7dquX
“That’s what I said.” I answered laughing. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrF00Ka0Er
“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.”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiB8uzuYZ6
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq2G01uRVq
“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?!?!?!927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYi5P5EsJk
“You went into your coma because of a car crash!?!?!” I interrupted her. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcS1kNY3zoG
“Uh...yeah..? Why?”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2wE6PhYC2
“CAUSE I DID TOO!!!” I said, a little too loud. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnQ4j9ay3b
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEBGkurgVu
“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. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmgXIkuKmB
“What day what?” She asked confused.927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYOpt89F3o
“What day did you go into your coma?”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQRKHipXif
“May 18th 2013. Why?”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3emMGKTAB9
I didn’t say anything for a few moments. “Luke? Luke you still there?”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAA5K0m127
“Yeah.” I whispered out. I couldn't think a coherent thought yet. 927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4UMyQkl0R
“You gunna tell me why asked for the day?”927Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewS94jUe7D
“Because that’s the day I went into the coma too. Along with Puck.” I replied. Still shocked by this news.
