Rudy: A Short Story

Rudy hated to go home with his left ear bleeding and his right eye almost closed. He is a 12 year old kid that is bullied at Middleton Middle School. Rudy opened the door to see his dog, Shepherd, stare at him with a gaze stronger than the sun. Rudy went through the door to find himself in a old, moldy house with the wallpaper peeling off like a banana. He walked over to the phone that had a voicemail on it, Rudy listened very closely as the speaker was muffled up with grime. All Rudy could hear was “Hey Rud……… how was you……… day………..hope your doin………….. fine……………. meet me at………..hospital,” the unknown character’s voice stated. Rudy instantly knew what the call was about, mom was done. Rudy ran to his bicycle while tripping on random garbage strewn across the floor and jumped onto the seat.
Rudy burst through the doors and ran up the stairs, not even worrying about the elevator. 10 floors later, Rudy kept up the pace and went to his mom’s room and saw her lying on the bed with her eyes closed. The nurse walked in and said “She’s just taking a nap right now, just try not to disturb her,” Rudy walked over to his mom and looked at her skin that looked as pale as the snow. “Hey mom, how are you doing?,” Rudy whispered as he slowly creeped up on his mom. She opened her eyes to see Rudy by her side. “Hey bud, how’s your day,” mom said in a raspy voice. “Good, but did are you good, do you not have cancer anymore!?!,” Rudy’s voice raised as he started shaking in excitement. “They’re not sure, I’m hoping that it’s fine, but I don’t know,” mom replied as she struggled to sit up. The nurse walked in and told Rudy to leave as they were still testing on her.