Fresh Air, All I Want

Chapter 5- so many emotions

I finally stop crying, because I hear the door slam. "HEY" a young boy calls. "Ethan" I think too myself and wipe my arm across my face and run to the bathroom and wash my face with hot water. The door again. Slam. "Hi Granudent Family!" A woman's voice says sing-songly. Yep. That's definitely my nurse Layla. Ugh I hate my last name. Anna Granudent. I don't like it at all. Hmm I wonder how my name would go with Noah's last name. I quickly get him out of my mind, as he now isn't interested in me now that he knows the real me. Anyway, I run downstairs to come face to face with a skinny, freckled face. He puts his arms around me and says "I missed youuu". "Dude, I saw you last Sunday" I reply with a laugh. Well it seems like forever he says as he throws his hands up. "where's your wii, I have my Mario bag!" He grabs a blue backpack from Layla, who has a stern look on her face as Andy grabs the bag from her. " sorry mom" Andy replies, with a voice that seemed like he did not care at all. "Over there" I say. I shove my tongue into my cheek, something I do when somebody is making me feel sad. "Hey sweetheart" Layla says and gives me a big bear hug and a kiss on the cheek. She hands me a purple bottle and says "take one". I glare at my mom and she gives me a face that says "just do it" and I open the top. I take out a tiny blue pill and say to Layla, what do I do? "Chew it" she says. "And why would I do that" I say with frustration. My mom and Layla glare at me. I don't know why but suddenly I'm mad at everyone. "because you have a very serious disease and whatever I give you is best for you" Layla replies strictly. I scoff and chew on the pill, which tastes like mangos, which I hate. I chew it until it gets small enough to swallow, and then I get some water from the fridge to get the taste out of my mouth. My mom quickly walks over to me and whispers "what has gotten into you?!" "I'm sorry, I wanted to play with Andy today but all he wants to do is play on my wii" i sulk. "Oh stop it, Anna, don't get upset over a fourth grader who likes to play video games" she says to me and puts a hand on my shoulder. I take her hand away from my shoulder instantly. She sighs. "I knew this would happen, so me and Layla got you something" she says proudly. I look over at Layla, who is texting on her phone. I give Layla a hug and whisper into her, "I'm sorry". She tussles my hair and says "your gift is in your dads closet. He is in there waiting for you. I start up the stairs and go into my dads room, and he smiles when he sees me and says "hey kiddo" and opens the closet and I see something that looks like an air cushion with pink gift wrapping with pandas. I tear the wrapping apart, to find a memory foam mat. I look at my dad with wonder, and he replies, your mother and Layla thought you needed a new hobby. "gymnastics?" I suggest. My dad nods his head in agreement, and I grab the mat, pulling it to my room to try I out. "THANK YOU" I yell as I pull the mat across the floor to my room