“Wake up! It has been a month already. How long are you going to lie on that bed? Sniff. You know a lot of people care about you. Including me…” Ann said whiling sitting next to Dan, holding his hand. Dan suddenly popped up. “I’m here Ann” answered Dan but there wasn’t anyone in the room. Dan felt very tired; he was unable to move a single muscle. He thought to himself, “was that really her? Or was just my imaginations?” He was so confused and tired to think so he went back to sleep. “Dan wake up!” “Ann I’m here. Don’t leave!” Dan said with excitement. When he opened his eyes, it was just his sister. “Who’s Ann? Tell me or I’m telling mom” asked his sister. “No one, just my angel” he answered. “Dan, I have bad news to tell you” “what bad news. Wow I’m feeling fine. I thought I was going to die after that crash” “Dan, listen to me… Your leg!” “What!?” “Your ankle bone has shattered. I’m afraid that you will be disabled for the rest of your life” “Ouch! What? I’m going to be crippled?” “Yes” Dan covered himself in his blanket and shouted “FUCK” as loud as he could.

     Dan wanted to get out of this hell hole, he wanted to leave the hospital and go home. Dan’s parent couldn’t stop him from making this decision because they’re scare that he would suicide. When they brought Dan home in a wheelchair he felt like he was an old man, spending the rest of his life in a wheel chair. At home Dan wasn’t capable to do a lot of things. For instances he couldn’t even go to the bathroom by himself, he need an escort. Dan would open trash his room to express his anger by throwing and smashing. He wanted to move on with life and make something out of it; he doesn’t want to sit at home all day. He made his decision to finish high school since there was just a few more months before his graduation. His parents disagree but there couldn’t stop Dan. His parents brought Dan a cripple stick.

When he arrived at school he was looked among as a monkey in a cage. His friend just looked through him as if he was transparent. He walked up gradually walked up the stairs, step bye step, floor by floor. By the time he reached to his first period class the bell rung. Life was hard for Dan but he never gave up.

“Can I go get some water” asked Dan raising his hand. “Yes you may. Do you need someone to help you?” she answered. “No” he took the pass and went out with his cripple stick. As he was walking to the fountain, he trip over a glass bottle. He fell on top of his stick and broke it. Dan also twisted his ankle 180 degrees causing him scream “Ahhhhhh” He was in so much pain that he just lay there. After 5 minutes he tried to get up but it was hard without his cripple stick. He tried to get up by the support of the radiator but the heater was on and it burned his hands. Dan doesn’t want anyone to see him like this, so he tried to crawl back to his class as soon as possible. It would be impossible for him to make it back to his class room before the bell but he tried anyways. He crawled and crawled but he only moved a small portion to this destination. Beeeeeeeep! Dan could hear the crowd getting louder. He was scare that he would be laughed at. Dan putted down his head. “Look at him. He’s kissing the floor” “no he’s humping the floor” When Dan looked up he saw Shu looking down at him and then she walked away. None of his friends helped him; they all stared at him, laughing. It all ended when the late bell rang. Dan was on the floor next to a puddle of tears. Sniff Sniff