P.L.A.Y.ED

My phone rang at 9:00 pm, I was

studying with my classmates, I quickly pick it up, it was my mom, she

sounded like she had been crying.

"Mom calm down, whats wrong? did

something happen?" I asked with worriedly.

"Honey, its your sister, she's in the

hospital fight for her life." she said shrieking.

I stood up in shock, "What!" I said

and everyone in the room turned to look at me at me. I was shaking my

friend Sasha stood with me, she held my hand and she felt that I was

shaking.

"What's wrong Jennet?" she asked, I

was still in shock, "Jennet!" she said and snap out of it.

"I have to leave, I've to go home."

I said in panic, I walked out of the study room and went to the

boardinghouse, my my friend Sasha followed me.

"Are you gonna tell me what's going

on?" she asked with concern in her voice.

"It's my sister, she in a coma." I

said holding my face. "What happened to her?" she asked.

"Am not really sure." I said as I

opened the door to my room, I went straight to my bag and began

packing. "Are you leaving right now?"

"Yes." I said not stopping and

Sasha grabbed my hand, I stopped to look at her. "C'mon are you

crazy, its late plus its a 3hrs drive, you can leave early in the

morning." she said, I looked her for a minute, I thought about what

she said and it made sense. I stopped packing and just sat on the

bed. The night went by slowly and I hardly slept.

I got up at 05:00am and I hit the road

it was a long drive. On my way, I ran into a girl she was on the side

of the road, I stopped and I gave her a ride, she looked to be 17yrs,

she had fair long hair and was also pretty.

"Thank you, you saved my life." she

said putting on the seat belt.

"What were you doing in middle of

nowhere." I asked not looking at her.

"I was with my boyfriend but the

idiot left me cause we had a disagreement, so he kicked me out of his

car." she said.

"I would have called my brother but I

left my in his car." she said frustratingly.

"What an asshole." I said.

"Am Jennet by the way." I said with

a smile.

"Nice to meet you, Am Ruth." she

said smiling back. For some reason she reminded me of my sister and I

couldn't imagine what was happening to her. I dropped Ruth off at a

cafeteria, we said our goodbyes and I drove off.

I got home and there was no one home. I

just dropped my bag in my and I drove straight to the hospital, I got

there and I found my parents were just clinched in each other as

arms, tears were falling from my mom's cheeks, "Mom, Dad." I said

and they both turned to look at me.

"Jennet, what are you doing?" Dad

asked surprisedly. I just ran to them and hugged both of them, out

saying a single word. "Mom called me and I felt I needed to be for

my sister." I said looking at them.

"How is she?" I asked worriedly.

"Not so good, the doctor said she as

to undergo surgery." dad said looking down.

"What happened?" I asked, "we

don't no exactly what caused this, we just received a call from one

of her friends." mom said in a soft voice.

"Can I go and see her now?" I asked

looking at them. The doctor came out before they could answer,

"Doctor, can we see her now?" I asked.

"Yes but its as to be one at a time."

the doctor said, as he led my parents to the room. I remained there,

moment later my brother showed up.

"Jennet, your here." he said as he

hugged me, "where hell have you been Jack?" I asked angrily. Jack

his the oldest among the three of us with just two years gap between

us.

"I was..., I went to get something."

he said. Moment later my parents came out holding each other, I went

in and she was just laying there with all these machines, I couldn't

help but wonder if she would ever wake up.

My parents told me to go home, shower

and rest a bit, I went home it was 8:00pm. I got home took a shower

and ate something, I wasn't in mood to prepare anything, so I just

ordered some take away. I went to my room but I couldn't stop

thinking about how this happened, I woke up to my alarm clock, it was

07:00Am in the morning, I checked my phone and I had 10 messages and

4 missed call it was my friend Sasha. I called her back, the phone

rang for only a few before she answered.

"Jennet." she said, she sound like

she was sleeping.

"Were you sleeping?" I asked.

"No.., I was.., yeah, I was sleeping.

Tell me did you get home safe? How is Sophie?" she asked waiting

for me to answer.

"Yes I made it safe, she's not okay,

she's in a coma." I said looking up. "Am so sorry." she said. "

What happen to her? What caused this?" Sasha asked.

"I don't know but I'll find out what

happened." I said.

"Don't worry she'll get better, just

have faith." she said. All of sudden I heard something in the

kitchen, I went to the kitchen a little scared. It was my brother, he

was doing.

"Morning Jennet." he said not

looking at me.

"Morning, When did you come home?"

I asked standing there waiting for a response but before he could

answer, I heard a knock on the door, I went over to the door and

opened it, it Carly my sister's best-friend, she had short black

hair, blue eyes and also cute.

She was at the door, "Jennet! Hi?"

she said, she looked surprised to see me.

"Yeah, Am here for my sister." I

said holding the door. I was curious to know what happened to my

sister, what lead to her problem, if anyone knew something it was

Carly.

"I came to found out how she is

doing." she said with concern on her face.

"Honestly, it doesn't look good." I

said running my hand through my long blonde hair. I had to ask if she

knew something, "I be going to the hospital, any moment, you could

come with if you want." I asked looking at her.

"Okay, yeah." she Said..

"Do you wanna come in and wait for

me? I'll only take a min." I said as she walked and sat in the

living. I rushed to my room and put on a blue dress that was just

above the knee, I walked out and we got in my car.

"Am..., you were with Sophie when she

fell ill, right?" I asked not looking at her.

"Yeah." she said nervously.

"Can you please tell me what happened

to her?" I said.

"Well.. I am..., we were sitting and

of all sudden she just fell to floor, I don't know why." she said

stuttering. I turned to look at her and she quickly looked away, I

don't know but I felt that she wasn't telling me the truth.

"You are not lying to me are you?"

I said not taking my eye of her. She answered anxiously, for some

reason I felt like she was been completely honest, I drove off and it

was a silent drive to the hospital, 20mins later we reached the

hospital and she couldn't wait to get out of the car, we walked in

and my mother was sitting on one of the chairs, she was just there

alone lost in her thought. "Hi, mom." I said, holding her

shoulder.

"Hi, girls." Mom said.

"Hey Mrs. Bolden." Carly said. "Am

how Sophie? As she woken up yet?" she asked.

"No sweetie she's still in a coma."

she said looking away sadly, I was staring at Carly as soon she heard

that Sophie was still in a coma, she looked relief.

"Were is dad?" I asked looking

around

"He went to get us coffee." she

said sitting down and I sat beside her put my arms around her, it was

sad to her sad look that. "Would you like to go see her?" I asked

looking at Carly. She looked surprised. "Yeah!" she mumbled

getting up from her sat.

We walked out after half an hour, my

father was already back and he was just holding my mom in his arms.

My mom always taught us to be strong in situations like this, but I

could see it on her face that this was hurting her in even tho' she

didn't want to show it. My mom as always been a tough woman. The

doctor walked over to us with a sheet of paper in hands.

"She need a heart transplant and if

we don't find a donor soon she's gonna die." the doctor said with a

sad look on his face, my mom just fell to her knees in tears, my dad

just lifted her up and hugged her. I never felt so downhearted like

the way I felt in that moment.

I looked at Carly and she was just in

disbelief, she looked back at me with shock on her face. We stayed

for about 1hrs. Carly said goodbye to my parents before I took her

home. We walked to my car but before we got in Carly stopped me.

"Um.. Jennet, I've to tell you

something." she said. "Your sister was seeing someone." she

said not looking at me.

"What!" I said dumbstruck.