Blu

Blu's older brother pushed her into her new high school. After she got inside, she put her hands on the wheels signaling for him to let go.

"I'm gonna go see if I can find Crutchie, ok?" he nodded,

"Spot calm down, I know that my episode was only a day ago, but the doctor cleared me for school. To prove it, race ya!" she yelled and zipped down the hall. Suddenly a boy almost stepped in front of her wheelchair, she almost flattened him.

"Sorry!" she yelled as she continued racing down the hall. She finally spotted Crutchie.

"Crutchie!" she yelled in excitement. He turned around to hear his friends voice. She screeched to a halt in front of him.

"I see you haven't lost your touch." he smiled.

"Never, not even paralysis will stop me from whooping Race's butt in a race. Speak of the devil." Race ran up behind Blu, pulling his sucker out of his mouth.

"You think you could beat me in a race?"

"I don't think I could beat you… I think I would pummel you." Race got a sarcastic surprised face.

"Well, someone still hasn't found their manners."

"No, I found them. They are just on vacation." Blu smiled,

"What class do you guys have first?"

"Art." said both in unison. All three laughed,

"Me too." Crutchie looked down at his phone.

"Jack wants me in the art room. He's been basically living there, he's struggling with his new foster family."

"I'll see you guys in a few minutes, I'm gonna go find Buttons."

"Well I have to go find my locker." muttered Race popping his sucker back in his mouth. Blu rolled off to the auditorium, she rolled into the costume room to see Buttons rifling through a pile of papers.

"Buttons, see you haven't left." His head popped up from his pile of papers.

"Yeah, Medda gave me the new script for the new show. I have to start working on costumes. Did you have another episode?" he looked back down to his papers.

"Yeah, I went swimming the other day, guess I pushed it a bit. What are we doing for the spring show?"

"Medda told me not to say anything."

"Not even to me." Blu fake pouted, Buttons looked up from his papers.

"I hate it when you make that face." Blu pouted even more dramatically, Buttons rolled his eyes smiling,

"Fine, we are doing Tuck Everlasting." Blu's face lit up,

"Really!" she yelled.

"Whoa, don't let the whole school know." he joked. The bell rang, Buttons pulled his books out from underneath a pile of costumes. Blu rolled out of auditorium trying to get to art class. She zipped in to see Jack hanging from the ceiling.

"Blu!" exclaimed Crutchie. She rolled in next to Crutchie,

"I see that even though I'm late I still beat Race."

"We are gonna need to come up with another name for him." joked Crutchie. Blu looked up to see the boy from earlier in the hallway.

"Oh my gosh! It's you!" she exclaimed "I almost ran you over this morning, I'm really sorry about that." she sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck feeling her face turn beet red.

"Hey! How about as a peace offering you can come sit with us." she watched as he began to protest,

"Oh come on! You don't want to sit by yourself the whole class." he reluctantly picked up his notebook and moved into the seat across from me. She could tell he was really shy.

"So what's your name?" the boy looked up from the table,

"I'm David, but everybody calls me Davey."

Race dashed into the room popping his sucker back in his mouth.

"Someone's ready for Track tryouts," she muttered

"Nice to see you too." smirked Race, he slid into the seat next to her,

"Who's your new friend?" asked Race motioning to Davey,

"This is Davey."

"I'm Ben, everyone calls me Race though." Soon Specs, Jojo, and Smalls wandered in. Soon all introductions had been made, and class started. She bordly came in and out of awareness listening to her old teacher drone on. Soon the bell rang, everyone jumped out of their sleepy daze and dashed for the door. Blu rolled up next to Davey,

"What class do you have next?"

"I have Biology."

"Me too! We could sit by each other!" he smiled,

"I'd like that."

A few days passed, she had just finished her skype with Davey when her mom told her it was time to go. She and her older brother Spot had been adopted by the Conlon family. They had been in the foster system for a few years before finally getting adopted. Blu grabbed her backpack and stuffed her laptop inside it. She placed it in her lap and rolled herself down the hall. She took the wheelchair friendly path downstairs. She rolled herself out to the car. Spot picked her up out of her wheelchair and placed her in the car. She saw her brother trying to hide the worried look on his face. He climbed into the car sitting in the seat next to her. She grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze,

"I'm going to be ok, soon we'll be running down the halls like always." Spot gave a weak smile and squeezed her hand back. The car pulled out of the driveway and started the drive to the doctor's office. Blu felt nervous, but she tried not to show it because Spot was already nervous enough. The car pulled into the doctor's office and Spot hopped out of the car and took her wheelchair out of the back. Spot wheeled it around next to the side of the car and picked Blu up and put her in her wheelchair. The three of them came into the office, Spot and Blu watched as their mom checked them in. They walked into the elevator and rode up to the second floor. Soon she was called for her appointment, she took a deep breath. Spot and her mom followed after Blu as she followed the nurse. As soon as they made it into the examination room, Spot lifted her out of her wheelchair and set her down on the table. The nurse came in, she tested Blu blood pressure, temperature, looked at her ears and eyes. The nurse typed some stuff into the computer, then asked her mom a few questions. Soon the nurse left the room, and Blu was able to breath out. Spot grabbed her hand and gave her a small smile. She whispered,

"Is it ok that I'm nervous?"

"Of course it is. I'm probably more nervous than you. I'm sure when the doctor comes in, he'll give you some tests. Then medicine, and you'll be on your feet in no time."

"Can't believe I'm gonna say this but, I can't wait to be getting my own music off the table." The doctor opened the door,

"Blu, so it looks like you had an episode again." Blu looked over at Spot, he rolled his eyes and she laughed. The doctor tested her reflexes, then she had to go to get medicine through an IV which she hated. Spot put her back in her wheelchair and she wheeled herself into the room where she would get her medicine. She got the medicine, which made her really tired. Blu sat groggily in her wheelchair as the doctor droned on about different things about her disease. Soon Spot was rolling her out to the car, she fell asleep in the three-minute ride home. Later she woke up in her bed to the creaking door, to see Spot coming in. She sat up in bed,

"Hey." she saw a plate in his hands,

"Did you bring me food? Please let it be a grilled cheese." Spot walked over to the bed and set a plate down in front of her.

"Just like you like it!"

"Yes!" Blu excitedly dug into her dinner.

"Scoot over." Blu shifted over to the right side of the bed and Spot jumped in next to her.

"Want some?" Blu offered the other half of her sandwich to her older brother. He took it out of her hands and started to eat it,

"Hey Spot, I get kinda nervous sometimes that I won't be able to walk."

"But, you know you will be able to though right."

"Yeah I guess, fill me in on what the doctor said. I was too sleepy from the medicine."

"He told mom that you would be able to be able to walk with forearm crutches tomorrow." Blu pumped her fist in excitement,

"I can't wait to tell Davey!" Spot gave her a questioning look,

"Oh Davey is that kid I was on skype with earlier, he's new at school. I met him in art class the other day."

"Is he nice?" Blu looked over at Spot,

"Spot, I can make my own decisions on my friends."

"Fine," he said rolling his eyes dramatically, Blu rested her head on Spot's shoulder,

"Thanks, Spot."

"For what?"

"For being a good big brother."

"No problem." Blu yawned and closed her eyes falling asleep again.

She woke up in the morning to the annoying alarm clock. She climbed out of her bed and crawled into her wheelchair. She limped out of the bathroom struggling to get used to the forearm crutches. Slowly but surely she made it down the stairs, to the table. Soon it was time to leave, as she was making her way to the car she stumbled a little bit.

"Ugh! I hate these stupid things!"

"Ok then, I'll go get the wheelchair," said Spot sarcastically.

"No, I don't want my wheelchair."

"I thought you hated those stupid things."

"You know what I mean, they are just clunky." Blu got into the car with a little help from Spot. Soon she was at school, she saw Davey coming. She got a really big smile on her face. The week continued, as usual, Davey and her got to be better friends. She knew soon she would be walking on her own feet again.