`No way of wrapping it pretty or pretending otherwise: Rafa was dying. I start pacing in my room thinking about what I could do but I knew there was nothing I could. I am not a doctor my brothers dying and I cant do nothing about it. I look around my room and see all his pictures of when he was a kid. There’s photo’s covering the crack that he made when he threw beer at me. I look round and see the dirty red walls covering the whole room and our white beds which where good but comparing it to our old life it felt like sleeping on clouds.
I come out the room and see mami sitting on our shiny brown sofa with Rafa’s clothes in her hands, from when he was a baby, ” He bought him this” mami said with a slight tear coming down her eye. “But why did you keep it I thought you hated him” I replied but then she said “I do really but it was the first and only thing that he ever bought Rafa” I went over to give her a hug.
I left the hose to go and smoke but as I go out I see a familiar face. It was Rafa, I run over to him and say ” what are you doing here? You’re meant to be in hospital” I questioned “I don’t care, am felling fine, I really don’t know what all the fuss is about” ” you have cancer” “yeah and” ” come back to the hospital they will look after you” He sits down on a rusty old park bench and I sit down beside him and he says ” Remember when he picked us up and brought us here” “Yeah almost 20 years ago” I replied. We look into the distance and see two brothers playing in a colorful playground, it had had a giant green swing and a shiny long slide, it looked like they were having a lot of fun together then I say “Its a shame we were never like that” ” Sure we were” he would reply “No we really weren’t” then we both snigger “How about this me, you and ma go for some burger and chips and then I’ll take you to the hospital” I said “Fine but only if you’re paying” he replies
I call ma down to come but at first she was a little surprised to see him but then once I told her what happened and what we were going to do she understood. We were gong to walk to a new burger shop but while walking to the shop we were very surprised to see Rafa’s monarch in one peace, it was cleaner and in better condition then when we last saw it with you know who also it had the keys on the outside, when I guided Rafa to the back seat of the car we see an envelope and inside it was the 100 dollar bill and a letter saying,
Dear miss Isabella, Rafa and Yunior, I am very sorry that I stole from you I had to go somewhere, it was urgent my ma called and she wasn’t feeling well, so I had to go. I know I should’ve asked but I knew you wouldn’t have let me as I know you never really liked me. So I seriously felt bad and guilty especially how Rafa’s very ill, I thought about it and I brought everything back and I just wanted to say sorry. By Pura.
Once we read it mami burnt it with Rafa’s lighter and she put the 100 dollar bill in her bag then Rafa said “Why ma!” ” you know why, Rafa, after all that you still want to forgive her” Once ma said that the car went silent and I started diving off. I turn on the radio only to find the news which was saying ” At approximately 3.00pm there will be a big earthquake that will go through all of New Jersey, for now everybody should stay inside and boarder up there house to make sure you will be safe” Then I say”But that’s only 30 minutes away we will never make it we should go back home” but then Rafa says ” Ohh Yunior same old Yunior scared of everything trust me its a lie they always say this its just for entertainment at 3.00pm we will be dope” “Fine then” then I turn off the radio and drive ahead.
When we reached to the new Burger place we found out it was called, Rafas burger bar and then he said ” See am so awesome they even named a burger place after me,” but when we went through the drive through it was barded up with a note saying “We are closed, opening back up once the earthquake is finished” then I say ” We should go back now!” and mami agreed, we were expecting Rafa to tell us how scared we are of everything but then we didn’t …
… Me and Ma turned round only to find Rafa laying there flat on the worn away seats, with his eyes closed. I jumped to the back of the car and start shouting and slapping him Rafa trying to wake him up, I always wanted to slap Rafa and not to get killed back but I never thought it would be while it was dying. I jumped back to the front of the car and start driving, Ma jumps to the back and tries to help Rafa, he starts coughing like mad and turns as white as a polar bear but driving down to the hospital it was completely deserted “Ma there’s something wrong here” and she replies by saying ” I know but just keep driving!”.
We nearly reached the hospital but then we feel a bit of rumbling it starts getting harder and harder until there was a full on earthquake we’ve never felt anything like this before, I look into Ma’s eyes and the fear in there was unbearable and then I see Rafa’s eyes to find them open and then he says ” H# h# I t##d yo# ##u w##e s#a##d” unfortunately I couldn’t hear what he was saying but then I shout “GOODBYE” and then they both say it back and we all smile and then I see trees falling on parks and across roads and I also see roads cracking up but then it went pitch black.
I wake up to find myself under a pile of rubble, bricks and a tree but then I see some light and someone is standing there reaching out to me and I say ” God is this you” in a weird cackling sound but then I couldn’t remember a thing after that. “Beeeep Beeeep Beeeep” was the first thing I hear after that, I open my eyes and see blue clothed people standing around my bed clapping I sit up to see a tube going up my nose and another one going through my hand I sit up, I feel very dizzy and light headed so I ask ” where am I” I try to shake my self awake and they say ” You’re in hospital” I look around and see a blue shiny curtain reflecting from the light above it going round my bed, I look down and see I am laying on a white, clean long gurney so then I ask “what going on” and they reply by saying “there was a earthquake you guys got caught up by it and you where in a coma for 5 weeks” and then I remember about Rafa and Ma so then I say ” Where’s my brother and my mum” ” Do you mean the people that were in the car with you” “YES!” ” Erh am sorry but they didn’t make it” “NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO your lying” I rip of everything that is connected to me and head for that exist but before I leave I see the person that I thought I would never see again…
…It was him
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