Cory And Suzy - Katryn Ali (classic books for 11 year olds TXT) 📗

beat her to the punch. She took his hand and smiled. "Want to go for a walk?" she asked. He smiled. "With you beautiful, always," was his reply. Moiya's heart flopped to the ground and jealously sprang forth. She followed scowling.

But as they walked she sensed something was the matter. He didn't seem himself and he got out of breath. "What's wrong Michael?" she asked. Amistis too was concerned now. He was her best friend, besides Grant that is.

"I think it's just this high altitude. I'm not used to it, is all," he said.

"You never been in a high altitude before?" Moiya asked him. He really hadn't since the change his angelic body had gone through. He then went over to Amistis. Moiya frowned.

"How about you, you feeling alright?" he asked her. Moiya wished she were ill and had that attention Amistis got.

He felt Amistis' forehead for fever. "I'm fine," she said and smiled. Grant soon caught up with them. "There you are," he said. They gave a peck on each other's lips now. Moiya wanted to get a peck from Michael. How she wanted to kiss him and had planned to play it by ear but he looked genuinely flushed and pale. Even Grant now noticed that something was wrong with his comrade.

They headed back down to the camp site.

Michael kept feeling worse. He was about passed out by the time he, Grant, Moiya, and Amistis came back down. Moiya left him to rest on a rock while Amistis and Grant stayed to watch him while she went the rest of the way back down.

"Raph, Gabriel, something is terribly the matter with Michael!" Moiya blared running into the camp now. Raphael was fishing with a pole. He withdrew the line out from the water. She saw he had used a long stick and tied line to it with a hook that held a worm.

"What's happened?" now asked Gabriel pulling in his line too a bit farther down the stream.

They rushed up the incline with her to where Michael was.

"Hey, buddy," Gabriel said approaching him. He was just a sweating. Raphael walked over to where Grant was, who was taking Michael's pulse again. Gabriel felt on Michael's neck. His pulse was just a racing.

Grant had whispered something to Raphael. Raph then felt on Michael's neck next. He felt a few skips. "We need to get him down off this mountain, now," he told Gabriel and Grant.

Amistis too helped get Michael down the rest of the way. But Staggisus had been playing I-Spy and he had popped all 4 tires of Akos' van with his horns.

"That is just swell," Akos honked.

"We can use my truck. Not to worry," Michael said and slapped Akos on the back and smiled.

"Not all can go however. Some of you can remain here and camp. No use this spoiling everyone's fun," Gabriel said. He tried to smile too now.

"What do you suppose is the matter?" AAyael asked Grant who put his ear to Michael's chest to try to listen.

"I believe it's his heart. What is wrong I do not know till tests and a chest x-ray are done. Could be a virus or Rheumatic Fever," Grant explained.

"I've had Rheumatic Fever. When I was a teenager. I had to have a heart transplant," Amistis revealed. Michael was shocked. So was Grant for that matter. This, his wife had not revealed to him.

"Dear Lord in Heaven! Oh Amistis, you sure have had a rough life, and so young!" Michael blared.

Michael was specialized in heart surgeries himself. That's what he studied to become once he came here. Fresh out of Angelic Med school too. He knew it was his heart. But then they all saw the tires to his truck were flat as well.

"Staggisus!" Amistis said fed up. She went and just yelled at the deer now. Made him cry. He went a hopping off into the woods. At that point she didn't care if he ever came back.

"We'll go find him," said Suzy. She and Cory dashed off then.

Gabriel and Raphael had Michael lay down in their tent.

"Well, I do not believe he is in heart failure. He does need to stay down and rest and not overdue. His color has returned and he no longer is panting," Raph told them.

Amistis sat by Michael. She gave him a grape soda. Moiya stood a ways away watching them, biting her lip. She wished she had thought to do that.

Raphael and Gabriel were going to figure out how to get them all back down the mountain. They could hike down but place Michael on a home- made gurney made from two tree branches and a sheet tied to them to lay him on.

They got busy constructing it. They both were very helpful and Amistis was glad that there were several doctors here in case Michael's condition should worsen further but it didn't. He was able to fish and walk around the camp but do no more than that.

Gabriel was constructing the stretcher and now he had Michael lay on it.

"I can walk just like the rest of you," Michael told him.

"Get on the stretcher," Gabriel said. Michael didn't like his bossy tone.

"What about Staggisus? I am not leaving him here, out in the wild," Petra protested.

"Stay behind. Cory and Suzy know these woods. They said they'd find him. Come with us or remain here. Akos, Raphael, or Gabriel will come back, up the mountain for you later," Amistis told him. Petra didn't like her attitude.

"Let's go Petra. Your pet has spoiled it for us again. I told you to leave him on Quorlec 7, and rent a room for him at the kennel," Ahha began saying and they got into a big argument then.

Gabriel got to sweating lugging Michael on the cot. It was hot too now and the middle of the afternoon. But Raph took his turn next. Grant too took turns. They all went a huffing and a puffing, and a sweating when it was their turn.

We then all rested and Amistis handed Raph and Gabe a cold soda pop. They sure were thankful for it. She handed one next to her poor hot and thirsty husband. He popped it open thanking her and began to gulp it down. He belched LOUDLY not having any control. He was embarrassed and apologized. Everyone laughed.

Michael thanked Amistis when she handed him one next. They just looked at Grant then. He gave out a huge belch again. Michael, Amistis, Moiya, Raphael, and Angeleeka burst out in laughter over it. Off they went soon after.

Amistis felt sorry for Grant. He was so hot and sweaty. He looked miserable lugging Michael along when it came his turn again. Raphael's hands were shot. He had terrible rope burns from when it had been his turn to pull Michael along. It was hard on that gravel road.

So then Grant took a turn again. Gabriel had tripped and fell twisting his ankle when he had had his turn, so he just could not pull Mike any more.

"Akos, go take a turn so Grant can rest," Amistis said. But he couldn't pull it.

"I'm fine Amistis," Grant said and took the ropes and began to pull Michael along.

"This is stupid guys! I said I can walk! Besides, I am feeling even better coming off that high altitude now," Michael said getting up off the cot.

"Get back on!" Gabriel blared. Grant was just too tired. He was small like Michael so Gabe volunteered to take an extra turn. Raph's hands were bleeding.

"Maybe we can get a ride into town," Michael said ignoring Gabriel and he went and put his thumb out. Cars came but they were mostly men so none stopped.

"Amistis, come over here," Michael then said having an idea. "Roll your pants up, and tie your shirt like this, and then swing those hips. You'll soon get a ride no problem," he said re-fixing her cute blouse, but Grant protested big time. Moiya was crestfallen Michael hadn't asked her.

Grant and Michael got to bickering.

"For heaven's sake!" Gabriel honked. Amistis smirked. So she did as Michael advised and soon a young man stopped for her. "Where do you need to get to?" he asked her.

"My friend here is not used to the high climate. I need to get him to Amblen Falls, to the hospital so he can be checked," she said.

"Well, hop in you two, and I'll take the other woman too," the guy said. Moiya smiled as he smiled at her. She got in the front with Amistis, and Michael got in the back. Grant, near exhaustion, tried for the door of the backseat now.

"Oh, no, sorry. I can only take these three," the guy told him. Grant only squinted at him.

Gabriel by now was a bit cranky too. His sprained ankle was really starting to bother him, but the young man was firm on it that he would only take the women and that one blond man.

"Just swing those hips you two... scrawny, and big guy. You'll get a ride, if a cutie single woman happens along, that is," Michael said and he and Amistis got to laughing so hard on that. Gabriel huffed and Grant was fit to be tied. He was NOT amused.

Gabriel walked and walked and walked. So did Akos, Raphael, and Grant. But then later on that same evening, an older woman, who had her sister in the car with her, stopped for Akos, Raph, Grant, and Gabriel.

The driver smoked which really irritated Gabriel and Akos, and the older sister in the back seat with Grant and Raphael kept touching and tickling on them both. Grant kept telling her to knock it off. That it was inappropriate behavior, and that he was married.

Boy was Grant and Raphael never more glad to get out of that car!

Why, she even squeezed the cheeks of Raph's rear-end when he got out. His face turned beat red.

Grant only squinted at the ungodly acting woman. She winked and gave him her phone number but he not only wanted to throw it away when they left, but he and Raphael burned it with one of his matches. Gabriel himself was trying to keep a straight face.

Bergonby, Ahha, and Petra rode in the car with a young college student who was nice enough to stop for them a while back. Bergonby had him drop them off at Academy Hospital.

CHAPTER 8

Cory, Suzy, and Staggisus had a blast making it back to Ruty's house. Stag could fly and the snakes were fast as well. They got back in no time at all.

They were in the back yard when everyone came home late that night around 2 am. All but Michael, who had been admitted into the hospital. His heart was slightly enlarged and he needed some tests.

"Hi sweetie," Moiya said and came into Michael's hospital room.

"Hey," he replied equally happy to see her. She gave him a soft kiss on the lips. It was long overdue. He didn't seem to mind. In fact he thought the kiss quite nice. It wasn't inappropriate.

But he did wonder then if she had another relationship in mind besides being best friends. He knew Angels like him never married or even had any kind of relationship