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The prom is over and Luke's friends didn't enjoy it. Sarah has been visiting Luke for a while but she feels like he doesn't care that she's there. Luke thinks it's nice that Sarah visits him, he likes the stories that happened at school and how she imitates the guy that speaks on the intercom. Sarah sent Luke some articles of half blind sports players and he read them but he wondered who sent them to him.

Lots of people are still down that Luke is still in the hospital and they have heard that he has a high chance of loosing sight in his left eye. Luke finally went home, he tried watching tv but he didn't like what was on so he just slept. The school prom is close and Luke's friends feel bad that he isn't going to be there and they feel like it isn't right to go without him.

The doctors said Luke will be out of the hospital in a few more days. He's happy that he's about to get out but he said the days go by so slow. He said they go by faster when people come to visit him, and it's like he's stuck on a desert island and ships come every so often but they don't save him they just visit and then vanish into the sunrise.

Kyle, the pitcher for the other team that hit Luke, gave his jersey back to the coach and said he quit. The coach didn't like it and said he needed him to win the games, but Kyle didn't listen. Luke finally woke up and could see and talk a little but he was still hurt. The doctor told Luke's family that Luke was lucky he survived the first night and that he was going to be blind in one eye. They were really mad.

The whole school was quiet, nobody is talking and the teachers are scared that Luke has died. There were rumors going around that Luke was dead and everyone felt worse. Luke's English teacher about fainted when she heard the rumor. Luke kept waking up but he couldn't feel his face and he didn't know if he was dreaming or if he actually was awake.

Luke was up to bat and the pitcher pitched it and it hit him in the head. Everyone yelled and rushed to see Luke laying there unconscious with blood all over him. The umpire yelled for someone to call an ambulance and to see if there was a doctor in the crowd. A doctor rushed to Luke with a first aid kit, he checked to see if he was breathing and told everyone to give him some room.

Kyle Dawkins might get drafted to a college team. He said he wanted to get a degree before he became a professional player. Luke got sick and wants to play in the game, if he misses school he can't participate in the game. So he tried to be quiet so nobody knew he was sick.

Two boys, Luke and Andy, play high school baseball together. They both have a dream, Luke had a dream about him and Andy being Co MVP's, and Andy dreamed about kissing a girl. Luke hasn't been doing to well in school so his teacher had a conference with his parents.