Re: This Is Why I'm Here... 1

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:03 pm

I smiled sweetly and continued to look up at him... and I wasn't watching where I was going so I tripped over one of those flat benches, fell on it with a thump and flipped over the rest of the way, landing on my butt.

"Oww...."

Oh yeah... I'm a klutz too.

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:08 pm

I stopped and watched her fall, that was my fault, I distracted her. I ran over and started to help her up but I was scared now, I'd caused her to get hurt.

"I'm so sorry, you have no idea how sorry I am!"

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:10 pm

"No, no! It's okay!" I sat myself up and grinned at him, giggling some. "I could trip over that with no one around me. I'm just a total klutz! It's not your fault!" I was really laughing at myself though. I'm sure I looked pretty funny!

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:11 pm

Why was I shaking so badly?

"Are you sure?" How would I ever confess now? I didn't want her to get hurt again because she was talking to me.

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:14 pm

"I'm positive!" I pulled myself to my feet and rubbed my butt. It hurt. "Thanks for asking though. You're really sweet!" I smiled warmly up at him. Kind cute too...

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:16 pm

I wondered if my face turned red or not when she said that, my heart was certainly racing. "Ah... aha... I'm glad you're okay..." I had to say something.

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:23 pm

I think I blushed some. My face certainly felt hot! I'd never really experienced that before though so I wasn't positive. "So um... you still wanna see the fish?" I asked meekly. I didn't want to pressure him. "If you don't want to, that's okay! We can go somewhere else!"

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:53 pm

"No we can still go see the fish." I said with a smile, I felt a little bit shaky still but I supposed it would get better over time.

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:55 pm

"Yay!" I couldn't help it! I was always excited to see my buddies! <3

And now I had a friend who wanted to see my buddies too!!

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:27 pm

Just then I heard a phone ringing.

"Is that your phone?" I asked.

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:29 pm

"Huh? Uh- Oh! Yeah, I guess so!" I reached for it and answered it. "Hello?"

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:34 pm

I could hear someone on the other line, her phone wasn't too quiet.

"Katie, it's Mom. We're coming by to pick you because..."

I heard the words 'Ian' and 'In the hospital' but nothing else came out clearly.

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:37 pm

I'm sure I turned pale. "M-Mom... calm d-down. What happened?" I gulped, trying to hold back tears until I knew what happened. But something told me it was pretty bad.

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:53 pm

"He just stopped breathing and collapsed! The ambulance just took him away and now we're driving down!"

This sounded bad.

**Jayrin** Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:57 pm

I nodded and even though I tried to hold them back, like the big girl I needed to be, I couldn't. I started sobbing. "I-I'm at th-the pet store entrance." I sat down on the bench I'd just tripped over and hung up the phone. I couldn't talk to her right now. She wouldn't be able to understand anything I said!

**Ikuar** Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:58 pm

I felt worried, I was scared for her and I sat down and just sat silent. I knew she wouldn't be able to talk to me.

**Jayrin** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:01 am

I don't know what came over me... but I really needed a friend. I grabbed his hand and turned to him, hugging him suddenly. I'm sure I probably startled him. I fully expected him to push me away, but I didn't care. A three second one-sided hug is better than none. T-T "My brother's in the hospital! He j-just collapsed!"

**Ikuar** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:05 am

I hugged her back, a bit nervous about it at first but then I felt a little bit better, we were both hugging so that was fine. I wasn't sure what to say to her. I could offer to pray... but that's all I could do. Sad

**Jayrin** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:11 am

I cried into his shirt and hugged him tighter. I didn't know this guy from Adam, but he wasn't being mean to me at all. Not like I expected him to be anyway. "I'm s-so s-sorry." I cried. "I'm s-sorry." Every sob seemed to wrack my entire body. I rarely cried this hard. "Y-You shouldn't have to stay." But I wasn't letting go of him. I wanted him to stay because he was the closest thing I had to a friend at that moment. And he almost didn't seem to mind.

That or he was minding it but he just hid it. ._.

**Ikuar** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:16 am

She felt so small in my arms, like a fragile doll that was breaking. A saw a car pull up and a woman climbed out and sped walked into the mall.

"Katie!" She called when she saw us.

**Jayrin** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:25 am

I wanted to look up, but didn't want mom to see me crying. And I suddenly didn't want this guy to see my crying face. I don't know why... I didn't normally think like that. But I was suddenly nervous around him... like maybe after he saw my emotional breakdown he might not want to talk to me ever again. :(

And we didn't even get to see the fish! T-T

But eventually, I did look up at her. "Momma." I couldn't get more than that out. I become an emotional wreck when it comes to Ian. T-T

**Ikuar** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:30 am

"Come on sweetie." Her mom smiled to me a little bit but I could see the pain in her eyes, something I had never seen so prominent before. She took Katie and seemed to hide her face from me as if she knew something I didn't.

**Jayrin** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:34 am

I was still holding his hand though and I didn't notice until we started to walk away and I had to let go. I cried harder and hugged my Mom. Why did I act like such a baby when it came to stuff like this?

**Ikuar** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:36 am

*Rhema*

"Shh, shh. Don't cry so hard, sweetie, it's scary right now but he's not dead, it's okay." I led her out of the store and to the car. The kids were in the back seat and I left the middle back for her to sit in, right behind me while Kyle was up front.

**Jayrin** Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:38 am

I sat it the back, trying hard to wipe my tears away when Elijah took my hand and just held it. T^T

"Wh-what could have happened to him?"

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