Co-operative creative writing.

The doctor leads me and Rosetta somewhere else. He walks with his fat belly and his slow gait, pacing up the street bumping into strangers. We reach a hill with a gate and the template saying, "St. Morris hospital". This is it, I thought. I look at Rosetta and she looks back. We are too afraid to speak to each other. Earlier, I had waited behind the cafe for Rosetta. Anxious of what to tell her, I fiddled with my watch and sweated through my blue jacket. I thought about how I was going to ask a doctor about classified information. I even worried if Rosetta said she wouldn't come. Eventually, I walked out of the place, to see if Rosetta had waited in a wrong place. I came out of an alley and there she was, standing with a tall plump man with squarish glasses and a emblem on his shirt pocket showing the sign of the Big hospital. He was a doctor! It was good to see a doctor, so I came up to greet them.But the doctor told me to follow him and he somehow recognised me. Thinking I was in some trouble, I asked Rosetta where he was going. She said, " No idea, but Colin everyones been looking for you since yesterday even your brother's asking me where you've been.""What? Why?" "Your Birthday is tomorrow remember?" she replied."I know, but why do they need me before properization?""I don't know Colin..." she said, her face in worry. I touch her shoulder."Rosetta.. Your birthday's coming up as well, you ready for it?" I ask as I stare into her eyes, wanting honesty from her."Y-yeah, but it's still scary isn't it? Remember what happened to your brother? I don't know, I just have to do it, is all I know and my mom says it'll be fine." She smirked and said, "Why? Don't tell me you called me out there to confide your fears right?""What? No, I wanted to ask you to come along and go see the Doctors and ask them questions that's all." I say feeling embarrased."Yeah? Well, that's fine, I like you better when you're brave. Cause then, then I don't have to be scared." She said and looked back at the doctor. Yeah, I know... But I'm scared too I thought. "What's the doctor's name?" I asked her quietly. And she said it was Jonathan Raid, the chief doctor. My eyes widened and that was the end of our conversation till we reached the Gates.We climb the hill, passing the gates where only two guards were protecting it. But dozens of camera CCTV stuck out of the ground and sat quietly, observing the guests. I fidget under their black eyes.We finally reach the hospital. It is of course a hospital like any other, just the biggest. I've been here a couple of times, to get shots when I was a baby and then to visit mother with Dad and Lewis when she was sick. The hospital was basically shaped like a semi circle, one flat side and a round curve to contain all the hospital rooms. The building was as tall as Dad's office building, almost 20 floors. It was normal with the usual amount of cars parked around and the average size of crowds bustling in and out. It didn't look belligerent or scary at all.Jonathan opens the entrance doors and beckons us inside. We walk to the elevator and he presses a floor button."So where have you been all this time Mr. Fletcher." he asks me inside the elevator."Um, not anywhere special. I was just in at school today and then I went to a cafe." I reply."All right, I suppose that's true. Then how about yesterday?"Uh oh."I stayed at my home doctor. You can ask Rosetta, she walked with me yesterday." I look at Rosetta."Yes Mr. Raid, I walked home with him." Rosetta says, looking a little bit doubtful."Okay, it doesn't matter. You're here now. We need to take a couple of tests with you and make sure you're body will be fit for operation tommorow. So you'll come into my office and we'll run a couple of tests." I nod and say, "Okay." The elevator door opens and he leads us all the way to his room. I see patients with casts and masks sitting on the armchair waiting for some sort of cheuque I suppose. I wonder how many children like us will be here tomorrow, anxiously waiting on the very same armchairs for the operation that changes their life.We find his door with his name plate stuck on it and we enter his fresh smelling room. But in the room I see a table full of operation utensils of sharp needles, tweezers and metal picks. Plus a coil of plastic wiresJonathan smiles warmly at me and beckons me to sit. I reach for Rosetta's hand and she clasps it, we walk in together.I couldn't help thinking,This is gonna hurt.