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Dan drove the entire family, plus Mitchell, to the memorial service in his SUV. He dropped Christine and Mitchell off near the rear of the building so Mitchell would not have as far to hobble to reach backstage. Christine held his good arm as he tried to keep his right leg from moving very much. His bullet wound was high on his thigh and chaffed when he tried to walk on that leg. To lessen the rubbing, Mitchell tried to keep that leg immobile and rely on his left leg to provide motion. It all made for an awkward gait. Any step with either leg still caused some pain in his injury.When they arrived backstage, Mitchell and Christine were impressed with the caliber of speakers and performers present. A girl that finished in the top five in American Idol the previous year lived in their state. She had volunteered to sing "Amazing Grace". Cindy Burns and Laura Anderson were scheduled to speak. Governor O'Leary was scheduled to speak after the first prayer. The mayor and the police chief w
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"Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, let me introduce the two students most responsible for preventing the recent shooter attack from being even more devastating to the Highland Nation. Risking their lives to save others seems to be commonplace for these two. I give to you, Christine Leonard and Mitchell Kays."Christine held Mitchell's hand as they slowly made their way to the microphone. Mitchell's difficulty in walking required almost half a minute for the couple to reach it. As Christine helped Mitchell hobble forward, the crowd stood and applauded. After they reached the microphone, the crowd continued the applause. Christine and Mitchell both smiled slightly and nodded. Then Christine stepped back from Mitchell and gestured toward him, and the applause increased.Surprised, Mitchell raised his flat palm toward Christine in the same universal sign used when indicating others for praise. Once again, the applause increased. Christine smiled and stepped back to take Mitchel
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"I want everyone to know that I will always have the backs of these three friends. Liam and Jared are now my brothers, and Christine is... everything. Anytime, anyplace, I'll be there if they ever need me."When I was a little more than a child, my grandfather died. My mother sang a beautiful song to me to help me feel better. She told me that her mother used to sing it to her in sad times. We all wonder why this terrible thing happened, and why it happened to us. There are no good reasons. How do you explain intolerance, envy, hatred, and fear? Just know that there is either a plan for us all, or everything in life is totally random. Your choice, but either way, you have to learn to accept what we cannot explain. I hope that Christine will help me with one final song, the song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney that my mother used to sing to me."Mitchell began playing a familiar tune on the piano and at the appropriate moment, sang into the microphone. "Imagine there’s no heaven it
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"Mom. I know what you're doing and the joke you're making. Now let him go, so we can get home," insisted Christine."Just a minute, Sis. You're not going to try to stop me from getting my hug, are you," laughed Maddie as she stepped into Mitchell's arms. "You're right, Hailey. This guy is very fresh. To think he did this to Aunt Donna, Mom and even Willow. Christine, your boyfriend has been coping feels of the entire family.""That's what I've been saying. I hear you enjoyed putting his tie on for him earlier. Well, I'll be the one taking it off tonight. Quit squirming against him and let go. Look how red his face is," pointed out Christine. "You might put him back in the hospital if you don't release him pretty soon.""Maddie, let me give the guy a hug. As his doctor, I'll be able to determine if he needs another transfusion," suggested Laura as she stepped in against Mitchell when Maddie released him. "No problem, Christine. His blood supply and pressure seem to be excellent. If
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"You're right, Mom. I'm sorry for being so selfish. Look. He's been bleeding again. Sit down so we can get this bandage off. I knew you shouldn't have been walking around. Hugging every woman in town didn't help any, either."Christine carefully cut away Mitchell's dressings while Melissa observed. Once they had the old bandage off, Christine carefully cleaned the wound the way Laura had shown her. Mitchell was using his good hand to hold his genitals up and away from the injured area. Melissa then handed Christine the necessary pads and gauze to rewrap the wound."That's a nasty injury. I can only guess how it looked when Christine first tried to stop the bleeding after you were shot. It looks to be healing okay and the blood was from the tissue and not the artery. That's a good thing. Christine, you did an excellent job. You'll make a very good doctor. Now let's work on that shoulder."Twenty minutes later, Christine put the finishing touches on Mitchell's shoulder bandage and tu
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"You know I won't mind. We were going to go to the funeral today and pay our respects to our friend and classmate. We'll just plan on doing that song. You do such an incredible job with it; I'm not surprised he asked. You were great last night."So it came to pass that Mitchell was seated at the old piano in the Methodist church with Christine standing behind him. She held a microphone and Mitchell had one placed in front of him. He nodded to Christine and began playing. Christine delivered an extremely moving rendition of the song. He joined her for the chorus, the part that he sang solo the previous evening when Christine became too emotional to continue.As he finished playing, Mitchell realized that Christine had been absolutely unbelievable. Those in attendance were totally silent except for the many sobs that echoed in the church. It was a fairly large church and almost every Highland high school senior was in attendance. It was actually slightly awkward because many felt that
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Maddie was the only one at home when Christine and Mitchell returned to the Leonard's. She immediately picked up on how saddened Christine and Mitchell were."I have to leave for school in a little while. I took a couple days off to see if I could help you guys through a tough Time, and to be sure Mitchell would be okay. When I heard you were shot twice in that attack, my heart just about stopped. When I saw Christine on television rallying the Highland Nation to donate blood, my heart almost burst with pride. You are both incredible individuals, but together you're absolutely amazing."Mitchell, go get undressed and Christine and I Will redo your bandages. Wait a minute and I'll undo your tie," teased Maddie as she stepped close to Mitchell and began fumbling with his tie."I know what you're doing, Maddie. I was the one that tied it this morning, although I almost had to fight mother for the chance. You seem to be taking an awfully long Time, and you're not even wearing a bra. Mi
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"Young lady, you're not supposed to notice things like that," warned Melissa as she carried a bag of groceries into the kitchen. "You just never had any brothers, so you're not used to seeing powerful, good looking, bare-chested men.""So, Mom, are you saying the same thing I was, but in a round-about way? You like having good looking guys with their shirts off in the kitchen?""I'm saying that we're used to girls, but have much less experience with males in this house. Mitchell can go shirtless anytime as far as I'm concerned. I'll just have to endure it since I want to be a polite hostess."Did I hear today that you and Christine will be performing at the funeral for Mike Reynolds? This singing you two are doing seems to be very popular. Hailey already told you that a lot of people stopped us to say what a great job you did at the funeral today and the memorial last night. The fact that you are so good at singing and dancing seems to go against the fact that you're the star quart
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