Visiting Hour

~Chapter 3~

"You ready?" I smiled. He looked up and smiled. "Uhm.. Yes" He said. We walked towards the automatical doors and walked towards the elevator. The elevator door opened and we walked in. He pressed the button and looked at the ground. I played with my hands. I was nervous. I hope we will talk and don't have those awkward moments... Like now. He smiled at the ground. The elevator door opened and we walked towards the cafetaria. "You hungry?" He asked. I was not really hungry. Even though if i was hungry i didn't wanted to eat those standard and disgusting meals. "No not really." "You sure? I pay." "No thanks" I smiled. "Alright i'm gonna eat something if you don't mind." "Don't pick a sandwich please." I laughed. He looked confused. "Huh? Why?" "They are disgusting" "They can't be that bad, can they?" He went to the cash desk and orded a sandwich with cheese, like i had. "Grab yourself a drink." He smiled. "No i don't want you to pay.." I said. " C'mon please? I really don't mind. " "You sure? I will pay you back if you want." "Yes and no" He smiled. "Alright then.." I picked some lemonade and went to the cash desk. We waited until his sandwich was ready. 

We sat down next to a window. He smiled at me. "What?" i asked. "Nothing" He laughed weak. He picked his sandwich. "I warned you" I laughed. "They can't be that bad right?" He took a bite or 3 and looked with wide eyes. He put down his sandwich. "Oh my god they are disgusting!" He looked disgusted. I laughed. "Told you!" "Jesus what is this?!" He coughed. I laughed so hard, i thought i would die. Everyone looked at us. "Oh my god!!" He screamed. I never laughed so hard in my life. It was too funny. "Urgh!" He swallowed. "Thank God.." He said. I was still laughing and he looked at me and started to laugh too. "I'm so sorry everyone!" He yelled through the cafetaria. I cried of laughter. "Maybe we should leave.." He laughed. "Alright" I laughed hard. We went outside and i could finally breathe again. We sat down on a bench. "You okay?" He laughed. "Yeah jesus that was horrible" I laughed. "Those people think we are freaks now!" He laughed. "Yeop, laughing with a complete stranger who is a freak!" I laughed." Well this freak has a name though! My name is Rider." He smiled. "Rider huh? Well my name is Skyler." I smiled. "Skyler? Like the sky huh?" "Yeop." I smiled. "Well 'Skyler' i think we are gonna be friends" He smiled. " Us? Friends? Not with a freak like you!" I laughed. "Says the one" He smiled. I smiled. He's a complete stranger but yet it feels like i know him for ages. I don't think i had so much fun in a hospital. Like ever. "So your grandpa had surgery?" He asked after a long moment of silence. "Uhm yes. He had a lot of back pain. They had to remove some 'overgrowed' bone." "Well that sucks..." He looked at the ground, like there was something he wanted to tell me. " My mom has cancer." He said. 

He kept staring at the ground. It was quiet for a long time. I didn't knew what to say... I felt so bad for him. He looked like he wanted to cry. "I'm so sorry.." The typical answer. I wanted to say more than that, i just didn't knew what... What can you answer on that? I stared at the ground. "I really feel bad for you.. I don't know what to say.." I said. "I know." He said. He looked away. So i couldn't see him crying. "She doesn't deserve this at all..." He sobbed. "I know. She must be a powerfull woman." I said. I looked at him. But he kept looking away. "You don't even know how hard it is.." He said. "It's okay to be not okay." I said. I touched his shoulder. He was shaking. I heard him taking a breath. "I'm so sorry.. I don't want you to see me like this.." He sobbed. "I know it's weird to cry in front of a stranger but i'm here for you. She will be okay." I said. I couldn't stop looking at him. But he just didn't wanted to look at me. "Look at me." I said. "I don't want you to see me like this..." "Look at me" He looked at me. His eyes were red and full of tears. He looked so broken. I knew there was more about it. There must be more reasons why he is so broken. But i stayed quiet. I smiled at him. "She will be okay right?" He looked at the ground. He wiped is tears off with his sleeves. He took a breath. "Is it okay if i can go to my mom..?" He said. "Ofcourse." I smiled. We went back inside and it stayed quiet until he was back to his mom's room. I thought he didn't wanted to say anything so i went back to my grandpa's room. I felt quite ignored but i understood. "There she is!" My mom smiled at me. "Hi.." I said. "Hello sweetie" My grandpa said. I saw a nurse checking his blood pressure and stuff. "Your blood pressure is quite low.." The nurse said. "What a suprise! I didn't eat anything for 2 days." My grandpa said. "I know. At 6 pm we will try to feed you. Because of the medicines you might throw up." She said. "We will see." My mom said. "I really need to go to the toilet" My grandpa said. "Oh ofcourse! You might wait outside now." The nurse said to my mom. " Okay we wanted to leave anyway.." My mom smiled. "Bye grandpa.. I will see you tomorrow." "Bye sweetie." "Bye dad." We walked out of the room and i was worried about Rider. I looked in the room and he sat there. He stared. He just stared in front of him. I was disappointed he didn't wave at me or smiled at me...