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Isaac sighs, pulling the sleeves over his arms, but not getting farther than that, grumbling, "I'll put it on in the car" He grasps Akio's hand gently and begins walking quickly down the hall to the stairs. He says in an emotionless voice under his breath, "No matter what, don't say anything to my mom.... we're best friends, ok, just friends.... that's all she needs to see.... she doesn't need to be worrying about my salvation on top of everything else.... we should be ok, she doesn't really even speak much english..." He trots down the stairs with Akio's hand in his, finally getting outside, Jordyn's car all ready started and running. He quickly gets into the front seat of the car, remembering the exchanges between Akio and Jordyn and figuring this was best anyways. He waits for Akio to get in the car, asking Jordyn small questions like which hospital it was. Jordyn was cold, silent, simply answering with no real emotion. He finally says softly, "They think she's doing ok though.... they may even think she'll be out of ICU by tomorrow." There were obvious tears in his voice, but they weren't there on his face. Isaac just nods, in a sort of daze.

Isaac sits in the front, silent, staring straight ahead the whole time, his face void of an hint of emotion. Jordyn was about the same, but he seemed to be turning his head a lot, as if searching for something out in te snow beside the roadways. They fianlly pull in to the parking lot, both walking in to the hospital, knowing their ways around, almost like two zombies going through the motions. Jordyn walks up to the desk, talking in low voices with the lady there as Isaac and Akio stand a few feet away. Isaac finally pulls the sweat shirt the rest of the way on, pushing up the sleeves almost immediately. Finally, Jordyn comes back, leading them towards ICU, towards a small room, all of the rooms were small, but this seemed smaller for all the IVs and equipment around the bed. In the bed was a small lady, not very old, seeming only in her 50's, but her face was much more wrinkled than other women her age. She was very small, but not skinny of feeble, she was normally rounded. Her still jetblack hair was braided on each side of her loving little face. She had to be atleast as short as Akio if not shorter. He smiles a little, her eyes barely open, when she sees Jordyn and Isaac come in. She mumbles something softly, her face lighting up. For a sick woman in the hospital in the ICU unit, she looked very peaceful and even pleased. Jordyn says in a loud voice, very slowly, "I bring Isaac, meyma....." The lady smiles even more, having very few teeth left.

((awww, I'm sorry, but its good to remember things like that... last time I saw my grandfather before he died, he couldn't remember my name, he was very sick, but he recognized me and he got a really big smile, he was so amazing... the kind of guy who didn't know what to do with his huge retirement fund because he worked for the same company for like 40 years, so he'd walk around with a hundred dollar bill sticking halfway out of his shirt pocket))
Isaac walks slowly over to his mother and kneels down by the hospital bed, taking her cool hand into his own. He kisses her palm and whispers something in Cherokee. His mother's eyes brim with tears for a moment, but they don't fall. He lays the side of his face in her hand once more, for a long moment. He finally stands up, with a small sad smile, the motions to Akio and says many Cherokee words, in which the name "Akio" was included. The lady looks up, smiling a large prideful smile that only a Native American woman can pull off. She motions him with her hand to come close. Once Akio was near, she takes his hand, squeezing strongly and says in very simple english, "Beautiful boy.... Handsome Friend for my Isaac..." Her pronunciation is off, but still recognizeable. Isaac beams in a sad sort of way. He says softly, "Meyma has no fear.... she's amazing... even though she is growing so much sicker, she's never really afraid... she's just worried about Jordyn and I.... She has sickle cell anemia.... but she lives the old ways... she refuses to take her medicine... She'll be ok, they just have to keep her hooked up to moniters and IV's to balance her out..." Isaac sits in a chair beside the bed, looking at his mother, he says in slow english, "You like Akio?" His mother smiles again, lookig up to Akio and says in her own slow broken english, "Yes... Akio good for Isaac"

((awww... hey Mie.... how do ya gift wrap things???))
Isaac smiles a little bit, Jordyn coming to the other side of teh bed and taking her other hand. Their mother reaches out weakly, taking a lock of Isaac's hair and commented matter-of-factly, "Better when braids..." But he smile faded somewhat as she looks over at one of the IVs. She presses a small button on it and it drips something into her arm. She lets out a small sigh. She looks back to Isaac and searches for some words. She says weakly, "Still feathers though.... Jordyn no feathers anytime.... Isaac still feathers..." Jordyn smiles and laughs a little bit, pulling out two feathers from his pocket and showing them to his mother. She then looks at Akio and smiles widely, "He very easy for feathers... red prey bird and brown loud bird..." Isaac looks to Akio and smiles, "Of course... She's saying your feather would be red tailed hawk and mocking bird... Jordyn's are cardinal and raven, mine are bluejay and raven... They are chosen specially for each person... She must really like you...." His mother smiles widely and comments in broken english, "No better mate for Isaac...." Isaac blinks, turning to stare at her speachless. She just laughs joyfully as always. Jordyn giggles, "I told you she'd figure it out..."

((wow, that simple?? thankyou! oh and btw, I'm going to wait until tomorrow to open your gift to me, but thanks you already for what it may be, lol))
The woman giggles as well and says softly to Akio, "You smile tells..." Isaac sits on the edge of his mothers bed, squeezing Akio's hand gently. He says a few words to his mother in Cherokee an she responds as happily as always. Isaac's thum begins to rub over Akio's hand and he gives Akio a discreet wink. Their mother then looks at Akio again and says in her same accented broken english, "Mocking bird sings, but only some seasons.... He no like his sing... his voice... he no like... But red prey bird show.... show courage.... show you will no let no liked voice get you sad.... you courage like red prey bird, it keep you strong when there is no thing left but bad visions..." Isaac squeezes Akio's hand tighter, closing his eyes slowly. His mother had always been so special to him and now.... now everything felt... right somehow.

A tall but gangly man walked into the room, wearing his white doctor's coat and carrying a clipboard with paperwork, "Good, her family is here... I need one of you to fill out this paperwork... Visiting hours are ending now anyways, sadly, but we'll take good care of her..." Isaac looks to Akio and says softly, "I'm probably going to stick around here today... I can drive you back to the dorms if you like... I just think I should stick around...." His smile was fading and he was beginning to look more and more like a lost little boy. He turns to his mother and leans over, kissing her forehead and her cheek. She muttered something to him, he said something back. Jordyn and the woman went through a similar exchange. As they were walking from the room, the tiny Native American mother said something in almost casual Cherokee. Isaac looked back, giving her a small bit of a smile that seemed in broken pieces before quickly turning his face away, tears breaking their unshed barrier and travelling down his tanned face. Jordyn's jaw was also tightly clenched and his adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed the lump in his throat. The two boys keep walking though, from the oom and from the ICU in general. Finally Jordyn says softly, "Let me buy you both some food... the cafeteria's not the best food but..." "It will do," Isaac says slowly.

Jordyn leads them to the cafeteria of the hospital which was half-filled with patients in pastel blue robes, hobbling around, but the rest were joyous doctors and nurses on breaks and people who were there for hurt or ill loved ones... who looked about as on-edge as Isaac and Jordyn. Isaac is breathing in slow shaky breaths. Jordyn says softly, "You know... she didn't mean it... Isaac, she didn't mean it..." Isaac glances up at his brother then back to Akio and says softly, looking off into the distance, "I'll find a table and save it for us..." He walks off quickly, Jordyn's hand hooking Akio's arm before he can follow, "He's going to need a minute or two... help me carry the food back... you know, Isaac and mother haven't gotten along very well.... not well at all... she values past ways and he's trying to protect her by pushing her into the world of modern medicine and such... she insists she'll be healthier without it... its hard to take a side..."