Chapter 33: Niki 2

“What do you want?” Niki said with an hoarse voice startling me because again I was lost into my thoughts.

“You followed me just to mock me, don’t you?” She added as I didn’t responded to her first question.

“No, nothing like that. I ...I just...”

‘Yes what, I don’t really have a reason to here except for being an human who just assist another one while crying.’ I pondered and it seemed to me like good enough reason.

“I just wanted to make sure you’re fine.” I responded

“Why? You don’t know me?” She asked no buying what I just said earlier. “Since you came to school you hadn’t talk to anyone else except the freak Chan, why now?” She added.

‘Sincerely what should I answer to her, I already have enough in my own plate so no need to add other people problems, but the truth is all the mess in my mind now is other people problems, one more won’t make a difference’

“Maybe because I thought it was time to change that, what happened?”

Instead of answering she stayed there looking at me intently without saying anything, what made me felt uncomfortable no use to be the center of so close scrutiny from a stranger.

“I don’t think that you really care about it, so don’t pretend that you are interested in what happened or could be happening to me.” She said after what she resumed crying.

She must have been really hurting in that moment because she didn’t even tried to muffle the sound of her cries anymore instead she went on and on crying her heart out. Somehow I felt hurt me too, seeing her like that made me think to the way I felt when my mother died. I was too young so I dine understood what that meant to be dead.

‘Daisy, I’m sorry honey...mom ...your mom is gone.’ Was the first thing dad told me when he came home that day, there were unshed tears into his eyes, I felt sad too because I saw him crying but I didn’t understood what it’s meant. For me she had just gone to visit her parents or she just went to a journey and soon would come back.

‘Where did she go?’ I responded.

‘She won’t comeback Honey...I’m sorry.’ He responded.

‘Why? Did mom doesn’t love us anymore?’ I asked him that was all I recalled from that day but the feeling it’s the same. I’ve felt it from time to time when I thought about her but never had I felt that way because of someone else.

“Why are you still here?” Niki say. “You are here to mock me right?”

I didn’t said anything I stayed there looking at here, I had no clue about what I had to answer her.

“Go away! Leave me alone!” She asked.

“Why?” ‘I must had lost a screw or something like that, what to ask someone who was visibly hurting’. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bother you. It’s just made me feel sad when I see you crying. I don’t know what happened so I’m sure about what to say. And I’ve a friend who said that if you share your happiness it increases and if you share your sadness it decreases in half.” Celia was the one who use to say that, she not my friend but Niki didn’t need to know that.

“Really?” She asked not convince.

“Yes or I think so. She had never lied to me up until now for what I can remember.”

“Who is she?” Niki asked

“A friend I already told you.”

“What is her name? Is she here also?” She wanted to know.

“Celia, her name is Celia. She is not here she is a couple of years holder.” I responded and changed the subject. “What happened to you?” Bad thing to ask because sadness once again felt upon her face. For a moment she seemed to be better when she was asking about Celia, but after hearing my question went back to her initial mood state. “Sorry, sorry bad thing to ask. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.” I quickly added.

“I don’t think you are interested in what had happened, and even if I tell you can’t help me nobody can.” She said and end up sobbing.

“What happened to you?” I said out loud without noticing.

“My mother...it’s my mother...she is.....” Her sobs made it impossible for me to understand the last part.

“What happened to her?” I feared the worst happened.

“She is sick...nobody can help her now...” She continued crying what made me feel useless, I didn’t knew what happened to her or how to help her either. “She is dying...and doctors all of them said the same she is dying.”

After saying that Niki get on her feet and started pacing back and forth mumbling some incomprehensible words.

“My father is a doctor maybe he can help.” I said out of a blue whiteout thinking.

She stopped pacing and came to crouch by my side and hold my shoulders.

“Really...he can help her?” She was talking so quickly that I had a hard time trying to understand what she was saying and given she wore a crazy expression on her face. That summed to the mess of her hair she was comparable to a patient who had escaped a psychiatric hospital. I didn’t laugh because of the situation we faced.

“He has to look at her first, then he can do something.” I said. “Anyway where is she?”

“She is at Grace Memorial hospital, it’s been days and they don’t want to help her.” She said.

“My dad work there too, so it’s easier and quicker for him to see her.”

“Yeah...yeah, you are right.” She said then catch one of my hands and started to drag me toward the gym entrance.

“Wait what are you doing?” I asked at the same time I tried and failed to stop her dragging trough the gym.

“We need to go now.” Niki responded still dragging me outside.

“Wait! Where?”

“To the hospital.” She stopped and looked at me with pleading eyes. “You didn’t lied to me when you said that your father can help her, didn’t you?”

‘Technically my father is a surgeon and I don’t even know what happened to her mother furthermore I’m not sure if dad can help or not.” I thought but I couldn’t tell her so because she seemed t have found a bit of hope how could I crush it only seconds after giving it to her?

“No...wait ...maybe he can help but ...” I wanted to say You need to prepare yourself in the case it’s the opposite, but I couldn’t instead I said. “Let’s go then, but first I need to get my backpack and yours also”.