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Phone call in early rainy morning by Ann Wood

It is rain and I am alone at home. I stay in my room and reading a book. Birds' song, come from the garden. My mobile phone is ringing; I look the screen, to see who calling me, at this time, early in the morning. It was my friend, I answer the phone, and say hello to her, ask how she is, and how can I help her. She says she is in hospital with her mom. She was victim in car crash night before when they back from cinema. I ask her in which hospital that, I can go and being with them. She gives me the address, and I close the line to get ready. In few minutes I get to my car and was in my way to the hospital. In half an hour I was in hospital reception to ask for the way to ICU unit. The lady on the desk gives me direction and I say thank you to her. Then go to ICU and ask for my friend and her mom. The nurse takes me to them and says I can stay for an hour. I say hello to my friend and give her a hug. Then go to her moms' bed and kissing her chicks and say hello to her too. She was asleep, but I know she can hear me. I tell her who I am and to get well soon. Then go to venue machine and get coffee for us. My friend was so sad and tired; I ask her if she want to eat something. She says no thank you I can't eat at the moment. I sit next to her and hold her hand in mine. I tell her that her mom is in good hands and will be better soon. We start chatting about her mom when the nurse comes to check on her. I ask may I talk to hers doctor to give us update, she says she will tell him to come in few minutes. He come and tells us that they need to do MRI and CT scans, also to run some more tests and blood tests too. Also says us to go home and get some rest, he will call us when have some answers. Then he left the room, we stay a bit longer, with my friend mom. Few minutes later we kiss her and left the room too. My friend was come with the ambulance and I take her in my home. At home I make breakfast for us and make my friend comfortable on the sofa. We eat in silent's our breakfast, when she start crying. I take the plates away and hug her to give her some comfort. She cry for few minutes then hugs me and says thank you, you are here for us. I take her to my guest room and tell her to get some rest when I cook something for lunch. It is still raining outside; I put some music on and go to the kitchen to clean our breakfast trays. Then make fresh coffee and sit in the living room to watching TV. At 11am I start cooking lunch, when my friend mobile starts ringing. I take it to her to answer it was the doctor to say that her mom is awake and start breathing on her own. I back to the kitchen finish cooking our lunch. When it was ready we eat and go back to the hospital. Her mom was asleep again but wakes up when we get in the room. She says hello to us but was so weak, to talk. We sit on both her sides and hold her hands. We stay for one hour when one nurse asks us to leave, because they need to take her for her scans. We says bye and that we will be back later again. At home I make cup of tea for us and put the TV on. It is still raining outside. Later we order pizza for supper and I make some salad too. Late that evening we go again in hospital to see how is my friend mom. We stay for an hour and then go back to my place. We have glass of wine and watching the new series of Orange is new black. At 1 am we go to bed, but both can't sleep, we both was thinking about her mom. They keep her mom in hospital for few weeks, now she is at home and we both looking after her. We both glad that she is back home with us. My friend live next door, in small flat, for that I offering her to come in my house when I have space for all of us. Now three months later we all happy and give her flat rented to help us for medication for her mom.

Short story by Ann Wood