Pale
“She made me a Pale.
When the ambulance came, I was already dead. They didn’t have much time. So they asked Sadie what I would have wanted. And Sadie told them to bring me back.
What I didn’t understand was why. Why did she do it? She knew I didn’t want to be a Pale, and she got them to bring me back anyway. That question tore me up. Why didn’t she just let me die?
It would have been better than living as a Pale.
After I got out of the hospital, I stayed off school for a few days.... But things at home were hard. Dad didn’t even look at me. Mom tried to be nice, but I could tell she was sad. I heard her crying when she thought I wasn’t around.
I didn’t feel any different to the way I was before. I still felt like the same old Jed inside. But Mom and Dad didn’t think I was the same. When they looked at me they saw a Pale. A Pale that looked like their dead son.MoreLess
When the ambulance came, I was already dead. They didn’t have much time. So they asked Sadie what I would have wanted. And Sadie told them to bring me back.
What I didn’t understand was why. Why did she do it? She knew I didn’t want to be a Pale, and she got them to bring me back anyway. That question tore me up. Why didn’t she just let me die?
It would have been better than living as a Pale.
After I got out of the hospital, I stayed off school for a few days.... But things at home were hard. Dad didn’t even look at me. Mom tried to be nice, but I could tell she was sad. I heard her crying when she thought I wasn’t around.
I didn’t feel any different to the way I was before. I still felt like the same old Jed inside. But Mom and Dad didn’t think I was the same. When they looked at me they saw a Pale. A Pale that looked like their dead son.MoreLess
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