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smile.
    Kate moved the car forward and grabbed the
hot bag of food. It smelled so good that I hurried and took the bag
out of her hands. Kate asked for some sauce and attendant gave her
a handful.
    She parked the car around the corner and we
ate our food while listening to the radio. I ripped off the paper
covering my burger and took a forceful bite. It tasted so good, and
I even dipped a few fries into the milkshake. (Even though it’s bad
for you, but I needed the comfort food.)
    “ So what’s going on in school then?”
Kate asked while putting hot fries into her mouth.
    I knew this question would be coming up
sooner or later. “It’s okay, just the same.” I replied.
    “ Is that all, how’s Becky and Lilly I
haven’t seen them in a while?” Kate said.
    “ Yeah they’re good, we have our ups and
downs, but I don’t think I would be able to face school without
them.” I answered.
    “ Oh? Why’s that then?” Kate asked. She
knew the answer already, but she wanted to talk about
it.
    “ Just that school is sometimes hard for
me, that’s all, I don’t have many friends in school and sometimes
I’m on my own.” I said while taking another bite.
    “ It gets better, trust me when your
older school may seem a million miles away.”
    “ Kate, why are you really
here?”
    “ What do you mean?” Kate looked
bewildered.
    I stared at her.
    “ Fine,” she broke. “Your Dad is worried
about you Ellie. You’re behavior is scaring him.”
    “ I didn’t know that.” Hearing Kate’s
confession made me feel guilty. The burger started to taste foul in
my mouth.
    “ He told me, he found you on the floor
the other night. He thought you were dead.” Kate said. “You know
how he worries.”
    I drank from my milkshake. The coldness
spiked throughout my head giving me bad brain freeze.
    “ There’s nothing wrong with me. I’m
fine” I said as I rubbed my forehead.
    “ I’m not saying there is, but if you
need to tell us anything you can, ok?” Kate said.
    Did they think I was on drugs or something,
well who can blame them when they find me curled up on the floor
screaming.
    “ Ok let’s change the subject, are there
any boys you like?” Kate asked.
    It was relieved when Kate finally changed the
subject, but this was another subject I was no good at. “No not
really, I’m kinda’ invisible to them, but Becky’s the one that has
the attention.” I said.
    “ Does it bother you?” she
asked.
    For a moment I thought, it was a weird
question to ask. I was never really jealous of Becky, but
sometimes, I’d wish I had her confidence to just go for it but that
wasn’t me at all. I brushed off the self doubts and answered her
question.
    “ No not really.” I answered.
    I took the last handful of fries, dipped them
into the sauce and shoved them into my mouth. Kate handed me one of
the ice creams and I began to eat at it slowly.
    Dad really brought in the big guns in with
Kate. He knew she could get me to talk. That’s kinda’ low for Dad,
but I could understand where he was coming from. I know he’s just
looking out for me. I’ll have to have a proper talk with him
soon.
    Now it was my turn to question Kate. “So how
goes the dating then?” I asked.
    “ Not good to be honest,” She replied.
“Looks like we’re in the same boat.” she laughed.
    It was nice to hear Kate laugh for once. Kate
might put up a front of a strong woman that lets nothing gets to
her, but I do worry for her sometimes.
    “ What about work?” I asked.
    “ Yeah it’s fine, very busy I don’t have
time to sit down. There are more patients coming in everyday and
there’s talk about shutting down a ward as well, which people won’t
be happy about that.”
    Kate works as a nurse at the local hospital.
She’s really good at her job, always there when someone needs help.
Some of the nurses at that hospital don’t give a crap. No bedside
manner at all.
    I was having my appendix out at the
local hospital and I remember one