Chap. 12 Thank You

Maria's POVI walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, only to see Adele sitting on a stool at our kitchen island, surrounded by signed items. "Hey love" she says when she sees me, and I involuntarily turn around to see the person she's actually talking to. Adele laughs and says, "I was talking to you babe." "Sorry," I reply, "this will all take some getting used to. Now, would you like a donut?" "Of course! You know my best friend, Laura, calls me that.""Yeah I know." I reply while reaching for the box of donuts on the counter. I grab the box and two plates from one of the cabinets. I hand her a plate with just a plain donut on it."Would you like me to heat it up? It tastes like it was just made that way.""Sure, your the expert here." Adele jokes. I heat it up in the microwave while Adele asks me questions and keeps signing things. "So do you play any sports?""Yeah I play basketball, tennis, and I may continue with soccer. The reason I say may is that I've had two major injuries in the past couple of months.""Major injuries? What major injuries?" Adele asks, sounding concerned."Well during basketball, I fractured my growth plate in my ankle. Then in soccer I got a concussion. See I play goalkeeper and someone kicked me in the head. Actually, you really helped me through my ankle injury.""How could I have done that? I didn't know you a few months ago.""Well, you see I fractured it during the first thirty seconds of a game. While my mom was driving me to the hospital I was crying uncontrollably because it both hurt a lot and I was going to miss most of the rest of basketball season, plus the 8th grade teacher volleyball game, which was happening the next day. So I turned my phone on to listen to you, because your my favorite artist and I just always listen to you. The first song that came on was Skyfall and the part where it goes 'we will stand tall together and face it all at skyfall' I just stopped crying. Those words made me realize that I'll always have you and your music. You've been such a constant in periods of my life where I really needed one. Another time was a before Christmas. My school was hosting a basketball tournament. Four people in my grade came up with the idea to form a 'spirit squad' which I found really dumb. Well, one of the leaders, her name is Riley, really does not like me. So when the spirit squad decorated the boys and girls basketball teams lockers, they skipped one. And it was mine. I didn't really understand why they would do that, and I still don't, but I'm over it now. Anyways, during that time, listening to you made me feel like I had a friend who'd look out for me. So yeah, thank you for that." Now it looked as if Adele was the one who was going to cry. "I have a few things to tell you." She said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So that one was hard for me to write, which is why it took so long. All the stuff Maria said about the injuries and the bullying actually happened to me. I've always wanted to say thank you to Adele for helping me through it, and writing this kinda makes me feel like I have, at least a little bit. Guys please don't ever be bullies. I can tell you from experience that it really really sucks to be bullied. Until next time, don't forget to comment and vote.