Learning to walk again

Amas lay on his bed sleeping, dreaming merrily about the same girl he saw last night in the parking lot, his mother came in by 5:03 am and patted his head gently saying, "Wake up kid it's the big day."

And at her voice Amas woke up without wasting a second and said, "Yes mom, I remember." He tried to get up all by himself first and then realised that's why he required rehab so he let his mother support him, just when the doctor arrived.

"Ready to be back on your feet big boy? " asked the doctor with a wide smile on his face.

Amas replied, "You bet I am," And smiled back.The moment was trivial but was a happy one, as everyone in the room was filled with bliss. The assistant nurse got him a walker, they all walked their way to the rehab center of the hospital. The doctor asked Amas to walk first with the support of steel grills running on either sides of his waist and try to keep the pressure minimum on the feet at first.

"How do you feel boy?" Asked the doctor, Amas looked up from his feet and replied, "feels great to be on my own feet." He kept on holding the railing and after finally have made it to the end, he requested the doctor to allow him a bit of rest with tetra pack of milkshake.The doctor gave out a little laugh and said, "Only if you make it back to the starting end."

Amas gave him a look that told him what a cruel bastard he was but he knew it was Amas's own sake so he just laughed it off, and told him to keep up with his exercise that was gonna earn him a tetra pack of thick chocolate shake and 30 minutes worth of rest. The only motivation to keep him going, was tasting the shake again he had almost forgotten. So he held the railing as tight as he could and turned around feeling an immense amount of pressure on his palms. He started to walk with a look of determination in his eyes, he was determined to get his chocolate milkshake as soon as possible and a sandwich if possible. He realised he was hungry too while walking to the starting point and shouted, "MOM! Get me a sandwich too!"

His mom smiled and cheerfully said, "Sure honey, just finish your little walk first!" As she watched her son learning to walk again with a happy smile at her face, as if Amas was a toddler again trying to walk with his little feet and balancing with his hands flying around. She could not help but laugh a bit as all those sweet memories of his childhood poured in the moment, it was all exactly same just one difference the absence of his father, but the tears were not to be shed at such a happy occasion or it would get Amas sad too, something she could not afford.

Then he finally made it back to the starting point and triumphantly looked at the tyrant doctor as if to say, "Yeah bitch I'm through with it. Come at me better next time." But he held it in and was satisfied with just the triumphant look instead. The doctor did not react with any words but just a giggle, a rather manly giggle going," Hahaha" and got Amas the walker to walk him to the canteen where he bought the shake and the sandwich out of his own pocket and smiled at the boy. Who was rather at par with his own height so they had an eye level eye contact with a smile on either face. If everyone had not known what the matter was they could have been misunderstood for a gay couple, but that wasn't the case. It was like a friendly battle between a father and a son, the doctor patted his head asked him to head over to the bench in the garden where he could have his breakfast in peace and so Amas headed out for a walk in the hospital garden.

As he sat on the bench, he saw the same girl sitting right next to him and his face was flushed in no time. He would've talked to her if he wasn't enjoying his child's meal (he thought it was embarassing). She turned towards him and said, "I think you should rather look at the food than my face."

And he was all red now feeling too embarassed to look up again and the girl let out a giggle. As she was leaving she said, "See you around!"

After she had left Amas quickly had his breakfast which at that moment was the best food in the world for him and he began sipping on the shake from the tetra pack. As soon as he finished his mother came to pick him up and took him to his room for resting as he had to take other sessions of rehab and he had to rest well for it. As he walked with his mom he saw the mysterious girl walkong away too. The only thing he wondered then was, "Who is she?"