[ WP ] scientists have invented a serum that allows animals to speak . Your dog was recently given the serum , but it appears the treatment has not worked . Your cousin , whom you have n't seen since your youth , comes to town to visit . As the door opens , your dog suddenly whispers in your ear : `` run . ''

I did a double take, suprised that Dergio had spoken to me. And so i did, i ran, like the wind i ran. My cousin told me later that she had never seen someone move so fast, and she was so puzzled how i knew her ex was right behind her. She cried as she thanked me when i woke up in that hospital bed, somehow i had gotten a concussion, three broken ribs, and a broken arm and Dergio had a fractured spine, but we had delayed him long enough for the old marine across the street to lay the evil bastard out. The cops showed up and did n't even wait for the ambulance just rushed me to the hopital. 
 
 As it turns out the hospital had to do x-rays on my chest to see what was wrong and found two masses i started immuneotherapy the next week and when that did n't work kemo. 
 
 Now i had to go to physical therapy because the drugs were causing my muscles to atrophy. My life became a series of goals. I had to get myself back to one-hundred percent at all costs because by god i was going to go to the park with Dergio as soon as the vets were finished with him. They told me he would have no lasting injuries and his spine would heal splendidly. My whole left side was on the other hand was malfunctioning and i had to relearn how to do everything. It was slow. The first 7 months left me without friends, i was angry with myself and i had driven them all away. I was bitter, i was angry, and i was useless. 
 
 After that i began to heal in earnest. I was able to run ironically before i could walk. I could finally blink both eyes and my smile did n't make my look like two face anymore. I was currently learning how to use my fingers again so i decided to become ambidextrous. Throught this all watching my struggle was my PT nurse Erica. I will say she is an angel. Blond hair, green eyes that are always hiding something, and just the right height she supported me through every step. Even when i didnt deserve it. Today is my last day, i just got responses from the letter i wrote ( with my left hand ). Some of my friends had moved on, amd wanted nothing to do with me, one had died, and a handful told me to come to their welcome back barbeque next week. I guess those were the real friends. I asked Erica out to dinner and after 18 months she said yes. I got to know her. She said her dog wanted to meet Dergio really bad and asked me if i could come see her place so our dogs could get to know eachother. I said that sounds swell. On the way to her house i saw a shooting star and wished a wish. Someone was watching out for me up there because the next morning i woke up with an angel beside me and when i looked into her eyes i saw and i am not kidding, right down into her soul. 
 
 
 It has been three years, and the bbq was wonderful. My friends said they were all jsut waiting for me to get my head out of my ass and apologize no matter how long it took. Me and erica live together. We had traveled the world and ended up living in am old Irish fortress with a rich heiress and her lover. Our dogs passes last year, but not before having puppies which i gavw to everyone who was still talking to me. Today i finally realized that Dergio was my best friend, and i never got to thank him for telling me to run. He never spoke a word other than that. So here i am about to ask my best friend to marry me. To have children with me. And eventually to die with me, because i could n't exist without her. Today is the day where i stop running through life. Today is the day where i leap and plant my roots, where ever that may be. Wish me luck.
