Life in the Sun (standard:drama, 1784 words)
Author: Karina Rose	Added: Jun 02 2003	Views/Reads: 3168/2082	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Are you ever too young to give up on life? Does Jade have a good enough excuse to give up on hope? Or can she once again live a life of happiness? Come along and live through an experience that will determine Jade's future...

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was continuing and hope had quickly escaped her body. "Jade, you're 
ready to go home", the nurse spoke while hastily sticking needles here 
and there and shoving pills down Jade's throat. 

Blankly looking into space as the nurse man-handled her feeble body,
Jade couldn't help but think. She wondered where her home was and if 
she was ever going to find it. In the past week her life had fallen 
apart. The laughter that filled her soul, the happiness that shown 
through her eyes, had suddenly disappeared without leaving a trace of 
where it had gone. Every breath she took was once for love, hope and 
faith. That was a time when she believed in life. It seemed that 
reality was now suffocating her and there was nowhere and no one she 
could turn to for fresh air. She couldn't help but ask herself why it 
had to be her and why she was being punished for being an optimistic. 

As soon as the drugs were settling into Jade's system and taking her
into a 'happy place', the nurse instructed her to change her clothes 
and that she could finally go home. The nurse and her mom helped her 
from the bed and left the room as soon as they saw that Jade was 
stable. As she was getting her things together, she felt her purse 
vibrate. At first the thought of a moving purse terrified Jade, but 
then she abruptly remembered that it was her cell phone. She reached 
into her pocket and pulled out the jiggling phone. She looked to see 
who was calling and saw that it was Steve. She hesitated for a moment 
to answer the telephone. Then realized who was calling and who she 
still loved. She decided to answer the phone. 

"Hello?" she answered in a dazed voice. Steve replied with a simple
'hey'. "How did everything go?" he asked, almost sounding concerned. "I 
woke up from the surgery crying for my baby," Jade answered in hopes 
for a sympathetic response from the love of her life. "Oh, how sad", 
was what the boy who once would die for Jade's love, would say. "Well, 
I just wanted to see how everything went. I'll talk to you in a few 
days to see how you're doing." There was a long pause, "you there, 
Jade?" Steve asked. Jade wanted to ask him the same thing, but with 
different meaning. "Yes, I'm here. Okay. Um, I'm sure I'll be fine and, 
yeah, I'll talk to you in a few days." There was another pause as tears 
began to fall from Jade's eyes. This time her sobs were silent, for she 
would not let Steve know he had broken her heart. "Alright, well I'll 
talk to you later then. Bye", Steve said, not knowing what his 
insincerity was doing to the girl he once cared for. 

Before he could hang up, Jade spoke up. "Steve?" He answered her with an
irritated voice and told her that it was time for him to go. "I know. 
Can you just do one thing for me?" "What's that?" he asked. "Tell me 
you love me. Please? Even if you don't anymore. Just lie. Please? It'll 
make me feel better." She couldn't believe that she was presenting her 
vulnerabilities to him so openly. But, at this point in the day- and 
her life, there was one thing she wasn't confused about, and that was 
her feelings towards him. Steve answered quickly; "Don't do this, Jade, 
not today or ever again".  Her tears began to flow heavily and her 
cries grew a little louder, as she heard him hang up the phone. 

She sat at the edge of the bed. Her eyes were closed and her thoughts
were at a halt. The only thing racing in her head was the sound of 
Steve's voice as he said "....not ever again." The thought of moving on 
without him devastated her and she felt as if she had nothing else to 
live for. Staring blankly at the wall in front of her, she had an 
abrupt flashback that caused the tears to stop rolling down her already 
stained face. She blinked rapidly and lifted her tired body from the 
bed. She continued to dress and as she put on her gray draw string 
pajama pants, a small smile came upon her face. 

She walked over to the window, tugging the shirt of Steve's she planned
to cuddle in on the way home, over her head. She peered out the small 
window that seemed to give the hospital room life. She saw the bustle 
of common day life as people of all races, sizes and ages crowded the 
incredibly busy Los Angeles street. She looked up to the sky, to the 
sun and the clouds, and for an instant it seemed as if the Sun was only 
shining on her. Squinting her eyes, she embraced the warmth and ease of 
the sun beams that gave life to every living thing on Earth. For a 
moment, she felt as if it was giving her all the life it had to give. 
And without shying away, she excepted it, letting the warmth flood her 
soul and begin to birth a new hope that had once lived deep in her 
spirit. 

She continued to smile as she walked away from that window and started
to gather her things. She turned back around to the small window that 
the sun shone through, letting life into the hospital and into Jade's 
heart. She whispered "thank you". She wouldn't ever be able to describe 
that sudden wave of enthusiasm, but she knew she'd never let it leave 
again. And that was enough inspiration for her to begin the long 
journey of recovery. 


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