ke stumbled backward like he’d been pped, his eyes going red.


    “Skr, what the hell happened to you?”


    I couldn’t hold on anymore and passed out again.


    When I came to, I was back in my hospital bed.


    ke was staring at me with this mix of guilt and confusion I’d never seen before.


    “Sky, how’d you get hurt this bad?”


    “Why didn’t you TELL me?”


    I didn’t have time for his bullshit. I could feel my body shutting down faster now.


    Maybe tomorrow’s finals would be myst day breathing.


    “My sketches!”


    I frantically looked around: “Where are my designs?”


    ke’s eyes shifted away from mine.


    I stared him down: “Where’s my stuff?”


    ke looked all helpless and shit: “Sky,e on, quit ying games.”


    “You need money? I’ll help you. But I can’t watch you steal-I won’t let you destroy yourself like this.”


    “Those sketches were rough drafts, probably Genesis’s throwaway work. I already… burned them.”


    Burned them?


    I felt like I’d been hit by lightning.


    Tears started pouring down my face.


    My life’s work. The time I’d stolen back from death itself. Myst wish on this earth.


    Gone.


    “WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT! ke! WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT!”


    Ipletely lost it, practically screaming: “How DARE you destroy my work!”


    “GIVE IT BACK! Give me my designs back!”


    ke just looked at me with pity.


    “I’ll personally apologize to Genesis for you stealing her work.”


    “And if Brittany presses charges for you attacking her, I’ll take the heat for you.”


    Seeing my dead, hopeless stare, ke got this panicked look.


    “You’re hurt and emotional, I get it. Just… rest up, okay?”


    With that, he got up to leave.


    “ke.”


    His steps faltered and I saw him wince.


    We’ve got plenty of time ahead of us. You made some bad choices-111 help you get back on track.”


    Then he was gone.


    I stared at the ceiling,pletely numb.


    Wave after wave of pure devastation crashed over me.


    I wanted to scream, to rage, to crawl out of this bed and start drawing again.


    But my muscles were so far gone I couldn’t even cry anymore.


    All that pain and fury with nowhere to go, just exploding inside my useless body.


    I couldn’t even shed a tear.


    In the end, after fighting so hard for so long… I still lost.


    All I could do was make these pathetic “ahhhh” sounds while my body convulsed.


    Next time I woke up, crying voices filled the room.


    “She’s only twenty-three years old! Doctor, please, you gotta help her!”


    She saved my ass-I’ll do whatever it takes! Take my blood, my organs, anything!”


    “There’s gotta be something you can do! You’re supposed to be a doctor, right? DO SOMETHING!”


    “Everyone back off-I’m the oldest here, use me!”


    Principal Rodriguez and a bunch of students surrounded my bed, sobbing their hearts out, keeping bowing to the doctor.


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    “Don’t… me the doctor…”


    Hearing my voice, Principal Rodriguez’s eyes went red: “Skr, all these years you’ve been the one keeping food on these kids’ tables, keeping them in school.”


    How is this fair? Good people should get good things.”


    slowly turned toward the kids and suddenly smiled.


    Genesis could lose, but Skr? Hell no.


    struggled to sit up and looked at Principal Rodriguez:


    I’m entering that designpetition. As Skr West.”